Adding that none of the deaths or abductions were reported by a “widely censored” Pakistani media, he said dozens, including Aslam Majeed, a student from Atta Shad College in Turbat city of Kech district, were taken away by Frontier Corps (FC) of the Pakistan Army on Saturday.



“Frontier Corps generally abducts people while the Death Squad, a religious militia that has the army’s support, often kills people in full public view,” Hafsa Baloch, another BJF activist, said.

The figures of dead, however, varied among activists. Some who did not want to be named claimed the toll to be around 60 and others put it at more than 65 so far in the month they called “bloody August”.

Activists and journalists in Balochistan recorded over 20 deaths in July and 32 in May. There was no way of independently verifying these figures, but activists are ready to give names and full details of the dead and missing persons.