Human Rights
In the period from 2003-2012 it is estimated that 8000 people were kidnapped by Pakistani security forces in the province. In 2008 alone an estimated 1102 Baloch people disappeared. There have also been reports of torture. An increasing number of bodies "with burn marks, broken limbs, nails pulled out, and sometimes with holes drilled in their heads" are being found on roadsides because of a "kill and dump" campaign conducted by Pakistani security forces especially by the Punjabi-dominated Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Pashtun-dominated Frontier Corps (FC) - which until 9/11 fought alongside the Afghan Taliban and Al-Qaeda against the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan. In July 2011, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan issued a report on illegal disappearances in Balochistan and identified ISI and Frontier Corps as the perpetrators. The Pakistan Rangers are also alleged to have committed a vast part of the human rights violations in the region. No one has been held responsible for the crimes.
Islamist parties such as Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Jamaat-e-Islami, have also systematically targeted Shia Muslims in Balochistan, with about 600 being killed in attacks in recent years.
On the other side about 800 non-Baloch settlers (mostly Punjabis) and anti-BLA Balochis were killed by Baloch militant groups since 2006.
Read more about this topic: Balochistan Conflict
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