Amid growing unrest in Pakistan’s Balochistan, the provincial government has imposed a ban on night-time travel across several key national highways.
At least 11 labourers were killed and seven others critically injured when a bomb, planted on a road in the Shahrag area of Harnai in Pakistan's Balochistan province, exploded on Friday.
Many of these individuals are held without charge, leaving their families in a state of uncertainty regarding their fate. While the issue has garnered international attention, efforts to hold the perpetrators accountable have largely proven ineffective.
Pakistan reported three new cases of polio in the country's Balochistan, Sindh, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, bringing the total number of the disease-infected children to 21 since the beginning of this year, the health ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
Eight security personnel were injured when a bomb went off in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, police officials said on Friday.
The report highlights the human rights situation throughout the year with infographics. According to this, in January 2022, there were 92 forced disappearances, 15 murders and one person was tortured by the Pakistan army. 95 enforced disappearances, 42 murders and 5 tortures cases were reported in February.
Under Section 144 imposition of any rallies, sit-ins, public gatherings of more than five people and display of any weapons is prohibited.
"Leaving national security at the mercy of [Asif] Zardari's politically-immature son is criminal stupidity," The News International quoted Imran Khan as saying.
The former college professor and her husband, an independent filmmaker and human rights activist, were brutally tortured by the Pakistan government and the country's intelligence agencies.
Innocent Balochs are being killed in fake encounters and their mutilated bodies are found in remote places, according to several reports.
