Alarming Surge in the Enforced Disappearances of Baloch Women in Balochistan Demands Urgent International Attention.
Stop the Enforced Disappearances of Baloch Women

 

What is Happening?

In 2025, Balochistan has entered a dangerous new phase of repression: Baloch women and girls are being forcibly disappeared. Since May, at least six women and girls have been taken across Hub Chowki, Khuzdar, Dalbandin, and Hub, from homes, hospitals, and public spaces, in front of family members and other eyewitnesses. 

Victims include a 15-year-old girl, a university student and polio survivor, mothers, and housewives. They are taken by law enforcement agencies without warrants, charges, or legal process.

For decades, enforced disappearances mostly targeted men. The targeting of women is a new escalation, aimed at traumatizing Baloch.

This is collective punishment and a serious violation of Pakistan’s international obligations.

 

Who are the Victims?

Throughout 2025, the targeting of Baloch women has increased dramatically, sending a chilling message: no home is safe, no person is beyond reach.
This new clampdown affects ordinary women, students, mothers, homemakers, activists, and terrorizes the entire Baloch population. Fear itself has become a weapon.
Victims include:
1.    Mahjabeen Baloch, a university student and polio survivor, disappeared in May 2025
2.    Nasreena Baloch (15) disappeared from Hub Chowki on 22 November 2025
3.    Farzana Zehri disappeared while returning from a hospital in Khuzdar on 1 December 2025
4.    Rahima Baloch disappeared from Dalbandin on 9 December 2025
5.    Hazra Baloch disappeared from Hub on 18 December 2025 and was released after two days
6.    Hani Dilwash and Hair-Nisa disappeared on 20 December 2025

These cases are part of a widening pattern of gender-based state repression. Every disappearance is an attack on dignity and justice.

 

What we Demand:
1.    Immediate Release of All Victims
The safe and unconditional return of all disappeared Baloch women and girls.
2.    Independent International Investigation
An independent, international fact-finding mission to Balochistan to investigate these disappearances.
3.    End Impunity for Perpetrators
Accountability for the counterterrorism department, the Frontier Corps, and the intelligence agencies responsible for these unlawful detentions.
4.    Repeal Laws Enabling Disappearances
Repeal the Balochistan 2025 Anti-Terrorism Amendment Act, which is being misused to “legalize” 90-day secret detentions.
Why your voice matters

• The disappearance of women is not just a legal violation, but it is a calculated assault on the social, cultural, and moral foundations of Baloch society.
• Gender-Based Terror: Women are targeted to instill fear far beyond traditional political repression.
• Multiplier Effect: Families collapse, and children are traumatized
• Rule of Law Eroded: Each day without accountability replaces justice with unchecked state violence.

This is an attempt to break the social fabric of Baloch society. Women are being targeted to silence peaceful activists.

Remaining silent while girls like Nasreena and students like Mahjabeen are disappearing sends a dangerous message: some lives do not matter.
We must speak out now. Silence will normalize these crimes and leave an irreversible stain on our collective conscience.

Baloch Yakjehti Committee