A new report by the Baloch Advocacy and Studies Centre (BASC) has revealed an alarming surge in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan, exposing the scale of Pakistan’s violent suppression of dissent amid its drive to exploit the province’s mineral wealth.

Titled “Minerals and Misery: The Human Cost of Pakistan’s Resources Politics in Balochistan”, the report documents 824 enforced disappearances between January and June 2025, surpassing all cases recorded in 2024. Of these, 530 individuals remain missing, while 294 were later released. Kech district recorded the highest number of victims, followed by Awaran and Gwadar.

Students made up 42.5 per cent of all identified victims, with 217 disappearances, while labourers and drivers were also heavily targeted. The

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