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Deen Muhammad Baloch
Deen Muhammad Baloch was a government employee in Balochistan who has been missing since 2009. He was also a political activist and a close associate of Chairman Ghulam Mohammed Baloch in the revival of non-parliamentary and libertarian politics. He was associated with the struggle for the national rights of Baloch. Disappearance On the night of 28 June 2009, Deen Muhammad was forcibly disappeared from the hospital while on duty in Ornach, Khuzdar area. His family has tried to recover him by demanding from the judiciary, Pakistan's parliament, political parties and human rights organizations. Family's struggle His daughter Sammi Deen Baloch has been at the forefront of his recovery struggle. She has spent much of her time on the streets, in front of journalists' press clubs across Pakistan - photograph in hand, asking the question: "Where is my father? What is his crime?" Protests and advocacy The families of missing persons from Balochistan, including the family of Deen Muham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khuzdar
Khuzdar ( Brahui/ bal, ; ur, , ), historically known as Qusdar ( ar, قصدار, quṣdār), is the capital city of Khuzdar District in the central part of Balochistan Province, Pakistan. Khuzdar is the 2nd-largest city of Balochistan province and It is the 47th largest city of Pakistan by population according to the 2017 census.. Historically, Khuzdar was the main city and capital of the Jhalawan province of the Khanate of Kalat. From October 1952 to 1955, it became part of the Balochistan States Union. In 1955, Khuzdar became the capital of the newly formed Kalat Division. Currently, It is the largest Brahui-speaking city. Sunrise school College khuzdar Balochistan History Khuzdar was the capital of the Brahui kingdom of Makran. In the early 17th century it was part of the Jhalawan Kingdom, but it soon fell under the Khanate of Kalat, where it remained until a series of revolts during the reign of Khudadad Khan (1857–1893). By 1896, after Khudadad's death, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balochistan
Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. This arid region of desert and mountains is primarily populated by ethnic Baloch people. The Balochistan region is split between three countries: Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Administratively it comprises the Pakistani province of Balochistan, the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, and the southern areas of Afghanistan, which include Nimruz Province, Nimruz, Helmand Province, Helmand and Kandahar Province, Kandahar provinces. It borders the Pashtunistan region to the north, Sindh and Punjab region, Punjab to the east, and Geography of Iran, Iranian regions to the west. Its southern coastline, including the Makran Coast, is washed by the Arabian Sea, in particular by its western part, the Gulf of Oman. Etymology The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghulam Mohammed Baloch
__NOTOC__ Ghulam Mohammed Baloch (Balochi: غلام محمد بلوچ) was a Baloch nationalist politician. At the time of his assassination in 2009, he was serving as the president of the Baloch National Movement, as well as the General Secretary of the newly formed Baloch National Front. He had earlier served as a chairman of the Baloch Students Organization. His dead body was discovered on 9 April 2009, five days after being detained by gunmen who were believed to be Pakistani Law enforcement officers. The killing led to riots around Balochistan. He had been detained several times in the past by Pakistani intelligence agencies due to his political activities. Early life and family Ghulam Mohammed Baloch was born on 1 January 1959, in Soro, Mand, the hometown of classical Balochi poet Mullah Fazul, in district Kech of Balochistan. He was the son of Mohammed Ayub and Khair ul Nissah. He received his early education from Mand High School in his hometown and later graduated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forced Disappearances In Pakistan
Forced disappearance in Pakistan originated during the military dictator General Pervez Musharraf (1999 to 2008). The practice continued during subsequent governments. The term missing persons is sometimes used as a euphemism. According to Amina Masood Janjua, a human rights activist and chairperson of Defence of Human Rights Pakistan, there are more than 5,000 reported cases of forced disappearance in Pakistan. Human right activist allege that the law enforcement agencies in Pakistan are responsible for the cases of forced disappearance in Pakistan. However, the law enforcement agencies in Pakistan deny this and insist that many of the missing persons have either joined militant organisations such as the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, TTP in Afghanistan and other conflict zones or they have fled to be an illegal immigrant in Europe and died en route. Since 2011, the government of Pakistan established a Commission to investigate cases of enforced disappearance in Pakistan. The Commiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Pakistan
The Parliament of Pakistan ( ur, , , "Pakistan Advisory Council" or "Pakistan Consultative Assembly") is the federal and supreme legislative body of Pakistan. It is a bicameral federal legislature that consists of the Senate as the upper house and the National Assembly as the lower house. According to the Constitution of Pakistan, the President of Pakistan is also a component of the Parliament. The National Assembly is elected for a five-year term on the basis of adult franchise and one-man one-vote. The tenure of a Member of the National Assembly is for the duration of the house, or sooner, in case the Member dies or resigns. The tenure of the National Assembly also comes to an end if dissolved on the advice of the Prime Minister or by the president in his discretion under the Constitution. The Parliament meets at the Parliament House building in Islamabad, where debating chambers for both houses are present. Until 1960, the Parliament House was located in Karachi . The pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammi Deen Baloch
Sammi Deen Baloch () is a leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC). She serves as the General Secretary of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP). Over the last 15 years, Sammi has been a prominent advocate for the rights of Baloch people, including the case of her father, Deen Muhammad Baloch, and other missing individuals from Balochistan. Her advocacy has drawn attention to enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and other human rights abuses in Balochistan. In recognition of her efforts, she was honored with the Front Line Defenders Award 2024 in Ireland. In July 2024, Sammi, along with Sabiha Baloch and other members of the BYC, was arrested during the Baloch Raji Muchi protests in Gwadar, where security forces killed three protesters and injured dozens. Activism Sammi is involved in advocating against enforced disappearances in Balochistan by law enforcement agencies. She walked from Quetta to Islamabad in 2014, demanding the safe release of her father, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fake Encounter
Encounter killing is a term used in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka since the late 20th century to describe extrajudicial killings by the police or the armed forces, supposedly in self-defence, when they encounter suspected gangsters or terrorists in a shootout situation. Sometimes policemen are also killed by criminals in encounters. Critics are sceptical of the police motivation behind many of these reported incidents, and further complain that the wide acceptance of the practice has led to incidents of the police staging fake encounters to conceal the killing of suspects when they are either in custody or are unarmed or have surrendered. These are also termed ''fake encounters''. In some cases, surrendered criminals are shot in the leg as an extrajudicial punishment, and these are called as ''half encounters''. In the 1990s and the mid-2000s, the Mumbai Police used encounter killings to attack the city's underworld, and the practice spread to other large cities. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aitzaz Ahsan
Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan ( ur, ; born 27 September 1945) is a Pakistani politician and lawyer. He served two times as the Leader of the House in the Senate of Pakistan from 1994 to 1997 and again from 2012 to 2015. He also served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. He was elected a member of the Senate of Pakistan from Punjab in 1994. His tenure ended in March 2018. Born in Murree, Ahsan studied law at the Government College, Lahore and received a LLM from the Downing College, Cambridge. Ahsan became the Planning and Development Minister for Punjab in 1975. After the Operation Fair Play coup, Ahsan became a prominent figure of the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy. Ahsan was elected to the National Assembly from Lahore in 1988 and served as the interior minister of Pakistan under Benazir Bhutto's first government and served until 1990. Ahsan was elected as a member of the Senate in 1994. He re-joined the cabinet after Benazir's re-election, and went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Court Of Pakistan
The Supreme Court of Pakistan ( ur, ; ''Adālat-e-Uzma Pākistān'') is the apex court in the judicial hierarchy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Established in accordance to thePart VIIof the Constitution of Pakistan, it has ultimate and extensive appellate, original, and advisory jurisdictions on all courts (including the high courts, district, special and Shariat court), involving issues of laws and may act on the verdicts rendered on the cases in context in which it enjoys jurisdiction. In the court system of Pakistan, the Supreme Court is the final arbiter of legal and constitutional disputes as well as final interpreter of constitutional law, and the highest court of appeal in Pakistan. In its modern composition, the Supreme Court is incorporated of Chief Justice of Pakistan, sixteen justices and two ''ad hoc'' who are confirmed to their appointment by the President upon their nominations from the Prime Minister's selection based on their merited qualifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enforced Disappearances
An enforced disappearance (or forced disappearance) is the secret abduction or imprisonment of a person by a state or political organization, or by a third party with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of a state or political organization, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate and whereabouts, with the intent of placing the victim outside the protection of the law. According to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which came into force on 1 July 2002, when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed at any civilian population, a "forced disappearance" qualifies as a crime against humanity, not subject to a statute of limitations, in international criminal law. On 20 December 2006, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Often, forced disappearance implies murder: a victim is abducted, may be illegally detained a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwarul Haq Kakar
Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar (; ; born 1971) is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the caretaker prime minister of Pakistan, in office since August 2023. He succeeded Shehbaz Sharif. He previously served as the spokesperson of the Government of Balochistan from 2015 to 2017. Early life and education Kakar was born on 15 May 1971 in Qilla Saifullah, Balochistan into a prominent middle-class Pashtun family: his grandfather Dr Noor Ul Haq Kakar was the personal physician of the Khan of Kalat, his father Ihtishamul Haq Kakar was a civil servant while his maternal uncle Arbab Yousaf Kasi and other relatives have been involved in politics. The Kakar tribe to which he belongs is considered to be particularly influential in the northern parts of Balochistan. Kakar was educated at St. Francis School, Quetta and later attended Cadet College Kohat. He holds a master's degree in political science and sociology, which he completed at the University of Balochistan in the 1990s. He furt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
