Tump, May 9 -- A targeted attack in Tump in Pakistan's Kech district on May 4 had claimed the life of 25-year-old Ehsan Shoukat -- yet another chilling example of Pakistan's violent campaign against Baloch civilians.

According to the Baloch Yakjehti Committee, the assassination was carried out by operatives of Military Intelligence (MI), part of a growing pattern of extrajudicial executions in the region.

Ehsan, a resident of Kolahoo, had earlier been abducted by Pakistan's Frontier Corps (FC) and forcibly disappeared -- a method routinely used to intimidate and silence dissent. As reported by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee, he was subjected to brutal torture and degrading treatment during his illegal detention. Though eventually release...