Clashes in Balochistan Escalate: Soldier Killed, Dozens Injured as Ethnic Rights Protest Intensifies
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Tensions escalated in Balochistan as a Pakistani soldier was killed and 16 others were injured during confrontations with protesters in the province’s Gwadar city, according to military reports released on Monday. The protests, organized by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), an advocacy group for the Baloch people’s rights, have intensified amidst allegations of human rights violations including extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, accusations that government and security agencies have denied. The BYC, …