Pakistan’s Balochistan faced a second day of mobile and internet disruptions amid security concerns, affecting residents and businesses. Financial services were also suspended in Nushki, while Baloch rights activists accused authorities of restricting communications and gatherings ahead of Independence Day observances
Religious scholars in Quetta urged dialogue and transparent probes into missing persons cases in Balochistan. Activists, including members of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee, also raised human rights concerns at the Asma Jahangir Conference
Former senator Nawabzada Haji Lashkari Raisani criticised the Mines and Minerals Act in Quetta, alleging it enables resource exploitation and undermines provincial rights. He warned of a public movement if lawmakers fail to amend the legislation
A Pakistani airstrike in Balochistan’s Chiltan Hills injured nine civilians, a rights group said, alleging an attempt to conceal the incident. The organisation urged the UN to investigate what it called part of a recurring pattern of indiscriminate military operations.
"Tragically, today morning, around 9:00 a.m., the family received devastating news: Zeeshan's bullet-riddled body was discovered near Surdu Ghareeb Nawaz Hotel. His body bore multiple gunshot wounds," read a statement issued by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC).
The Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus has claimed 17 lives in the southwestern province alone this year, according to the Secretary of the Health Department, Abdullah Khan.
