In a scathing attack from exile, Allah Nazar Baloch, the chief of the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF), has slammed Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti for rolling out what he calls a ‘repressive detention law.’ Speaking on Truth Social, Baloch claimed that Pakistani law enforcement agencies are abducting an average of five people daily in the province, forcing them into disappearance.
Baloch’s statement paints a grim picture of occupied Balochistan, urging the United Nations, European Union, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and global intellectuals to speak out against what he describes as a ‘genocide’ of the Baloch people. ‘The puppet Chief Minister of occupied Balochistan has brought a repressive detention law on the advice of his masters,’ he wrote, calling on international human rights bodies to raise their voices against this tyranny.
He likened the new detention centers to Nazi torture camps, accusing security forces of a ‘kill and dump’ policy that’s been intensified in Balochistan. Baloch also took aim at silent Baloch parliamentarians, arguing that staying quiet amid injustice equates to complicity. ‘If they claim to be non-violent, why the total silence on these barbaric state actions?’ he questioned, affirming the legitimacy of the Baloch freedom struggle under international law.
This comes amid reports that Bugti’s provincial cabinet approved the ‘Balochistan Prevention, Detention and De-Radicalization Rules 2025’ last week. Critics see it as an attempt to legitimize enforced disappearances by labeling victims as ‘suspects’ and holding them in centers under Counter-Terrorism Department oversight, bypassing courts and violating fundamental rights.
As the world shifts toward multipolarity, Baloch reminded the UN of its moral and legal duties. History, he warned, will judge those who stand against oppression and those who turn a blind eye. The move has sparked outrage, with local analyses decrying it as a tool to crush growing movements against state repression and silence grieving families.