In Gwadar, locals have been forced to leave their land for a long time, and even fishing community faces restrictions and is not allowed to fish freely. Now, the state remains silent and does not assist affected people, indicating that locals will ultimately be forced to abandon their land.

"The Democracy Index 2023 downgraded Pakistan from a ‘hybrid regime' to an ‘authoritarian regime.’ Currently, Pakistan is categorised as an authoritarian regime where there is no free speech," journalist Hamid Mir said.

A prominent activist, Hidayat Lohar was gunned down on February 16, 2024, in Nasirabad, near Larkana city, Sindh.

While biting winter had done nothing to quell the movement on the streets, the state's apparent ability to ignore it, did.

Pictures emerged in the aftermath of airstrikes show that innocent civilians on both sides living in mud houses killed, with the majority of victims being women and children.

Locals in various areas of Pakistan have initiated their own protests against alleged forced disappearances in Balochistan. The main protest led by Baloch women continues in the capital city of Islamabad.

“When the government tells us where our relatives are, then, we will leave your Islamabad," a protestor said.

Since 2009, missing persons have been the victims of extrajudicial killings, with an estimated death toll of more than 2,000 Balochs. According to activists, since 2021, over 200 Balochs have been murdered in fake encounters.

The locals have a lot to say about Bahria Town, expressing how everything that belongs to them is taken away. They further allege the use of coercive tactics by Bahria Town to forcefully displace them from their land.

At least 197 people have been accused of blasphemy in Pakistan so far this year.

Pakistan is ranked eighth among countries most susceptible to the climate crisis, according to the Global Climate Risk Index. But it is as if provincial governments do not know this.

Families of Baloch and Sindhi missing persons held protests across cities on Eid.

As a proposed amendment bill is referred to a Senate standing committee, activists gear up to fight for their rights once again.

Caught between a natural disaster, an economic crisis and poor governance, Sindh's flood-affected people contemplate a future in ruins.

Already afraid of possible volatile reactions by Pakistan’s majority community as France responds to the recent beheading incidents, non-Muslims are scared to argue these cases.

Activists claim that more than 55,000 men have vanished in mysterious circumstances in the last two decades.

Baloch women, at the forefront of protests to ensure illegal arrests and detentions do not take place, are alone in pressing for their rights.

The Sikh community in Pakistan lives in fear and the recent killing of two Sikh men in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province adds to a long list of such instances, where those responsible are scarcely ever arrested. 

Despite all promises made by the government, these abductions continue. Successive governments have spoken of the issue in terms of diplomacy with an unnamed third party.

The suicide bombing of the Shia mosque in Peshawar on March 4 came after four attacks on the Muslim minority sect in Afghanistan.