London, March 20 -- Prominent Baloch leader Mehran Marri has condemned Pakistan's intensified military operations in Balochistan, linking the Baloch Liberation Army's recent attack on the Jaffar Express and the Noshki bomb blast to ongoing repression in the region.

Marri accused the Pakistani establishment of escalating atrocities, citing the recent forced disappearances of over 60 Baloch students from universities across Punjab and Sindh.

"This is just a sequence of events. The Pakistani army has escalated its atrocities in Balochistan," he stated, arguing that the latest phase of the Baloch independence movement, which began between 2000 and 2005, has intensified due to systematic oppression.

He also criticised the treatment of peace...