BNM Chairperson write to global community over ‘unlawful’ arrest of human rights lawyers in PakistanQuetta: Baloch National Movement (BNM) Chairman Naseem Baloch has written an open letter to the global community over the recent “unlawful” arrest of Pakistani human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chatta, describing it as an attack on truth, the legal profession, and all those who dare to speak against state crimes in Pakistan. In his letter, Naseem wrote, “Pakistan remains a coloniser and occupier of Balochistan, where enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions, and torture have become a normalised routine. His arrest exposes a grim reality—even lawyers are no longer safe in Pakistan if they refuse to submit to state oppression,” Naseem noted. Naseem stressed that the incident must be understood in its proper context, noting that human rights violations in Pakistan are not accidental but systematic, particularly in “occupied regions” like Balochistan. Human rights defenders are jailed.