No Result
View All Result
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
MM News
اردو
  • Home
  • Latest News
  • National
  • Dramas
  • Showbiz
    File photo

    Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani welcome baby girl

    (Image: Instagram/Aliza Sultan)

    Once bitten, twice shy: Aliza Sultan says to think for 100 years before marriage

    Ishtiyak Khan

    What made Salman Khan and Ranbir Kapoor’s co-star run an omelette stall?

    Dua-e-Khadija during Miss Global Pakistan 2025 (Image: Instagram/misspakistanglobal)

    Dua-e-Khadija from Peshawar wins Miss Global Pakistan 2025 crown

    Mohan Raj

    Video: Stunt artist Mohan Raj dies during car stunt for film

    Kahiin to hoga

    Why did Rajeev Khandelwal quit Kahiin To Hoga at the peak of his fame?

  • Thought Box
  • Business
  • Opinions
  • Technology
  • The Other Side
MM News
  • Home
  • Latest News
  • National
  • Dramas
  • Showbiz
    File photo

    Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani welcome baby girl

    (Image: Instagram/Aliza Sultan)

    Once bitten, twice shy: Aliza Sultan says to think for 100 years before marriage

    Ishtiyak Khan

    What made Salman Khan and Ranbir Kapoor’s co-star run an omelette stall?

    Dua-e-Khadija during Miss Global Pakistan 2025 (Image: Instagram/misspakistanglobal)

    Dua-e-Khadija from Peshawar wins Miss Global Pakistan 2025 crown

    Mohan Raj

    Video: Stunt artist Mohan Raj dies during car stunt for film

    Kahiin to hoga

    Why did Rajeev Khandelwal quit Kahiin To Hoga at the peak of his fame?

  • Thought Box
  • Business
  • Opinions
  • Technology
  • The Other Side
No Result
View All Result
No Result
View All Result
MM News
اردو
  • Latest
  • Showbiz
  • Thought Box
  • Business & Stock
  • Opinions
  • Technology
  • The Other Side-Pakistan
Home Uncategorized

Karima Baloch – a courageous human right activist from Balochistan

MM News Staff by MM News Staff
March 24, 2022

A dissident human rights activist living in exile in Canada, who campaigned for the rights of missing persons and enforced disappearances, has been found dead in Toronto after going missing.

Karima Baloch, aged 37, was granted asylum in Canada in 2016 after her work as a human rights activist in Balochistan had led to her being followed and receiving threats. Her struggle has inspired several women from Balochistan to fight for their rights.

Who is Karima Baloch?

Karima Baloch, who hailed from Balochistan and was also known as Karima Mehrab, was the first chairperson of the Baloch Students Organization (BSO-Azad), a political student organization. She had been advocating for the rights of missing persons in the province facing a long-running insurgency movement and raised the ongoing contentious issue of enforced disappearances.

She hailed from district Kech and completed her B.A. from Turbat and enrolled for M.A. from the University of Balochistan but did not graduate due to her political activities.

She has two sisters and one brother while her father worked at a construction firm in Muscat, Oman. In 2014, her house was demolished by security forces after which her family moved to Karachi while her brother sought employment in Dubai.

Baloch Student Organisation

Karima Baloch became a well-known activist in the region and was the first female head of the Baloch Students Organisation (BSO), which is now a banned activist group.

Her first public exposure as an activist was in 2005 in Turbat area where she attended a protest over missing youth Gohram carrying the picture of one of her missing relatives.

Several members of Baloch’s family had been allegedly linked to the Baloch resistance movement over the years. Two of her uncles, a brother of her mother and a brother of her father, had gone missing and were found dead.

She joined the BSO in 2006, serving in several different positions in the following years. The group was officially banned by the government in 2013, but continued to operate and Baloch became chairperson in 2015.

She was the first woman who set up the tradition of marching from Turbat to Quetta. In 2014, she held a long march with local tribal women from Thamp, district Kech to Turbat. In 2013, security forces opened fire but she appeared undeterred and continued to march forward.

Life in exile

A few months later, she went into exile after terrorism charges were filed against her. In Toronto, she married a fellow activist, Hamal Baloch, and remained active both on social media and in human rights activities in Canada and Europe.

In 2016, Karima courted immense controversy when she appealed to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to become the voice of the Baloch struggle. The Indian prime minister has raised the Balochistan issue in his speech on Independence Day

Since moving to Canada, Baloch had continued to be vocal about human rights abuses in her home province and across Pakistan. She regularly spoke at conferences, addressed the media and attended protest rallies in Canada. She was listed by the BBC in its 100 most inspirational and influential women of 2016 for her work in human rights.

Death

Karima Baloch was found dead in Toronto on Monday December 21, a day after she went missing. She had been facing life treats but police have ruled out foul play. Toronto police issued an appeal after she went missing and later confirmed that her body had been found.Police said there were “not believed to be any suspicious circumstances”.

Baloch is the second Pakistani dissident from Balochistan living in exile to be found dead this year. In May, Sajid Hussain, a journalist who wrote about human rights violations in Balochistan, was found dead in a river in Sweden, where he had sought asylum after threats to his life in Pakistan.

A month ago, her husband had received multiple threatening messages over social media after raising the issue of human rights violations in Balochistan. A close friend of her Latif Johar she was receiving threats while in Canada.

The Balochistan National Movement (BNM) has announced a 40-day mourning period on her death. Amnesty International South Asia that her death was shocking and should be “effectively investigated”, while the Human Rights Council of Balochistan requested the Canadian government to look into the matter.

Tags: balochbalochistanCanadaKarima Balochmissing persons
ShareTweetSendShare
Previous Post

Burj Khalifa to light up on New Year’s Eve on Zoom

Next Post

First coronavirus outbreak hits Antarctica as dozens of cases reported

Related Stories

File photo
Uncategorized

Pakistan govt to prioritize over 60,000 unaccommodated pilgrims for Hajj 2026

July 15, 2025
File photo
Uncategorized

Reham Khan announces new political party

July 15, 2025
Uncategorized

MNA Jamshed Dasti disqualified over fake degrees

July 15, 2025
Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport
National

Nearly half a million Pakistanis left for overseas employment in first half of 2025

July 14, 2025
Uncategorized

NADRA center at Karachi’s Awami Markaz to remain closed for two weeks

July 13, 2025
Online
Uncategorized

Pakistan, Bahrain agree to further enhance security cooperation

July 12, 2025
Online
Uncategorized

Doctors prescribe multiple tests for hospitalized Altaf Hussain

July 12, 2025
Online
Film & TV

TikToker Ali Butt ties knot in private nikkah ceremony

July 11, 2025
File photo
Uncategorized

Pakistani airline takes Karachi-bound passenger ‘mistakenly’ to Saudi Arabia

July 11, 2025
Photo credit: Pakistan Navy
Uncategorized

Military awards conferred upon Pakistan Navy personnel

July 11, 2025
Next Post

First coronavirus outbreak hits Antarctica as dozens of cases reported

Trending Stories

File photo
Trending

Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani yet to announce name of their baby girl

by MM News Staff
July 16, 2025
File photo
Film & TV

Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani welcome baby girl

by MM News Staff
July 15, 2025
Film & TV

How to watch the new Harry Potter series online?

by MM News Staff
July 15, 2025
Oliver Haarmann and Reese Witherspoon in New York City on Sept. 4, 2024.
Credit : TheImageDirect.com
Trending

Who is Reese Witherspoon’s love Oliver Haarmann?

by MM News Staff
July 15, 2025
File photo
Thought Box

Who was Fauja Singh?

by MM News Staff
July 15, 2025

Opinion

nadeem moulvi
From Sects to Sunnah
July 15, 2025
- Nadeem Moulvi
Munir-Ahmed
Portugal and Pakistan: Building a Bilateral Bridge in a Fractured World
June 29, 2025
- Munir Ahmed
munir ahmed oped
A Peace Prize for Betrayals: Rethinking Pakistan’s Strategic Alliances
June 28, 2025
- Munir Ahmed
No posts found
See all

Weather Updates

Rain
Top News

Early morning rain brings pleasant weather to Lahore

by MM News Staff
July 15, 2025

Early morning heavy rainfall in various areas of Lahore made the weather pleasant, but...

Image: Online

Parts of Punjab including Lahore receive heavy monsoon rains

July 14, 2025
File photo

PMD forecasts date for next monsoon spell in Karachi

July 12, 2025
file photo

Flood warning issued as heavy rain expected in parts of Pakistan from July 13-17

July 11, 2025
See all

Prices

Petroleum Price in Pakistan
Business & Stock

How much will petrol and diesel prices increase starting today?

by MM News Staff
July 15, 2025

There is a possibility of an increase in petroleum product prices for the next...

Foreign Currency

Foreign currency exchange rates in Pakistan, 15 July 2025

July 15, 2025
(Representational Image)

Govt to replace net metering with gross metering, slash buyback rate

July 14, 2025
representative image

Latest gold prices in Pakistan today- 14 July 2025

July 14, 2025
See all

Transport News

Korangi Causeway Road (File Photo)
Top News

Korangi Causeway road will be closed upon completion of Malir Expressway: CM Sindh

by MM News Staff
July 14, 2025

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has announced that Korangi Causeway Road will...

Goods transporters join traders, announce nationwide wheel-jam strike on July 19

July 14, 2025
File photo

Pakistan Railways to launch business train between Karachi and Lahore

July 14, 2025
representative image

How to buy a motorcycle under Punjab’s interest-free installment scheme

July 14, 2025
See all

MM Digital (Pvt.) Ltd.

MM News is a subsidiary of the MM Group of Companies. It was established in 2019 with the aim of providing people of Pakistan access to unbiased information. Contact Details: 03200201537

Quick Links

  • Home
  • Advertise
  • MM News Urdu
  • The Other Side-Pakistan
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy

Top Pages

  • Latest News
  • Showbiz
  • OP-ED
  • Technology
No Result
View All Result
  • Latest News
  • Showbiz
  • Thought Box
  • Business
  • Opinions
  • Technology

© Copyright 2024 MMNews - All Rights Reserved.