1,000 bodies of activists, separatists found in Balochistan

According to the Pakistan government’s official figures,at least 1,000 bodies of political activists and suspected separatists have been found in the restive Balochistan area over the past six years.

Most of the bodies were dumped in the regions of Quetta, Khuzdar, Qalat and Makran, areas where Balochistan’s separatist insurgency has its roots.

Rights activists said the figures pointed to large-scale extrajudicial killings, the report added.

Previously this year, PM Modi’s remarks about rights violations in Balochistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir created a furore in Pakistan, which said he had crossed a “red line”.

Baloch activists have for long accused Pakistan’s intelligence and security agencies of adopting a “kill-and-dump” policy in the resource-rich but impoverished region.

VBMP (The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons)said it recorded 1,200 cases of dumped bodies and there are many more it had not been able to document.

Anwarul Haq Kakar ,Balochistan government spokesman denied that state agencies were involved in such acts.