By Gurdeep Singh, Senior Editor at BoldVoices, Date : 14/05/2025
A Land Where the Sun Rises Without Light
In Balochistan, the sun rises, but light does not spread. Each morning begins with someone’s scream, and every night, someone is forcibly taken from their home. This is not Balochistan; it’s an open-air prison—its cruel warden: the Pakistan Army.
Those Taken by the Army Never Return
Forced disappearances in Balochistan are not an unfamiliar crime; they have become a declared strategy of the Pakistani Army. In every village and town, people recognize the sounds of military vehicles in the dead of night—because they know someone will not return.
Thousands of Baloch youth—teachers, students, poets, social workers—have been abducted merely for speaking about Balochistan’s identity and rights. No warrants, no trials. The army drags them away—and then erases them from history.
The Arrest of Dr. Mahrang Baloch
Dr. Mahrang Baloch, a courageous human rights activist and symbol of peaceful protest, was recently arrested by Pakistan’s security agencies—simply for raising her voice against enforced disappearances and the army’s brutality in Balochistan. Her arrest is not just a violation of individual freedom but also indicates that speaking the truth in Pakistan has become a crime. This attempt to crush Dr. Mahrang’s peaceful appeals with fear and oppression further exposes the suffering of the Baloch people and the Pakistani Army’s oppressive attitude.
Dreams Destroyed by the Pakistani Army
Those who do return often come back as corpses. And sometimes, not even that. They are killed in fake encounters, followed by statements declaring, “A terrorist has been killed.” The Pakistani Army treats its own citizens as if conducting operations in enemy territory.
Every Baloch mother’s heart knows—her son was killed by the Pakistani Army. This is the same army sworn to defend the country, yet in Balochistan, it writes tales of rape, murder, and abduction.
Humanity Crushed Under Military Boots
In Balochistan, the army’s presence symbolizes not security but terror. Entire villages have been emptied, people’s lands seized, and those who resist simply “disappear.” The army has not only trampled bodies but also crushed souls, cultures, and voices.
Mothers Bear Witness to This Brutality
For years, mothers have sat in Islamabad, seeking answers about their sons abducted by the army. Yet, Pakistan’s justice system remains a slave to the same army. Courts stay silent to their cries, the parliament turns a blind eye, and the media is bought. In a country where the army considers itself the nation—citizens’ screams do not echo; they are silenced.
Statistics on Missing Persons in Balochistan
The numbers regarding missing persons in Balochistan vary and remain highly sensitive and disputed.
According to one human rights group, approximately 5,228 Baloch individuals were forcibly disappeared between 2001 and 2017. These are individuals allegedly taken by Pakistan’s security agencies, with no information provided about them.
Another report suggests that since 2011, a total of over 10,000 people have been subjected to enforced disappearances in Pakistan, with a significant portion from Balochistan.
However, Baloch human rights activists and independent organizations claim that the actual number is much higher—asserting that tens of thousands of Baloch citizens have disappeared over the past two decades.
The lack of official data, absence of transparency, and fear of military repression prevent many families from coming forward. This is why the disappearances in Balochistan are not just numbers—they represent a deep and unspoken wound.
Balochistan: A Colony, A Battlefield
What is happening in Balochistan is not merely a security operation—it is a colonial war. The Pakistani Army has turned Balochistan into a battlefield, where the enemy is its own people. This war is not against terrorism; it is against identity, culture, and the right to exist.
When the army itself is the criminal, who will deliver justice?
When the army of a nation becomes the murderer of its own citizens, when the justice system is crushed beneath its boots — then it is the tears of Balochistan’s mothers that will write history.
These tears will say — Our children were killed by the Pakistan Army. Our culture was trampled by their guns. And our future was crushed beneath their tanks.
“The Pakistani army is not merely a military institution — for Balochistan, it is the greatest engine of terror.”
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