Escalating human rights violations in Balochistan

Motion text

That this House is alarmed by the recent reports of escalating human rights violations in Balochistan including reports of the drone strike in Zehri, District Khuzdar, on 5 October 2025 in which six civilians, including four children, were killed; is concerned by the reports of enforced disappearance of Mahjabeen Baloch, a student with disabilities, on 29 May 2025, and the enforced disappearance of the teenage girl Nasreena Baloch on 22 November 2025; is further concerned by reports of collective punishment and the detention of five women by Pakistani security forces on 17 November 2025; and calls on the Government to take further steps in response to these incidents given previous assurances that human rights concerns in Balochistan have been raised with the Pakistani authorities.

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Democratic Unionist Party

2 December 2025