The Legal Architecture Behind the Conviction of Dr. Mahrang Baloch
On June 22, 2026, a Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, sentenced Dr. Mahrang Baloch and fellow members of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) to life imprisonment. Dr. Baloch is a medical doctor from Balochistan and a leading figure in the province's non-violent movement against enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings. Her sentence is considered at the centre of one of Pakistan's most fiercely contested political trials in recent years....