Rights body slams Pakistan over Balochistan eviction order
The order covers parts of Balochistan and has been called collective punishment by the unnamed rights body.
FM Bharat reported on Wednesday that an unnamed rights body has criticised Pakistan over an eviction order in parts of Balochistan, describing the measure as collective punishment. The report gave no further details on the identity of the rights body, the specific districts affected, the number of people who could be displaced, or when the order was issued.
The outlet’s headline and standfirst carried the same wording, using the terms slammed and collective punishment. No Pakistani government department, provincial administration or military spokesperson was quoted in the report.
The full text of the FM Bharat report was not available at the time of filing, so the Skardu Times could not independently verify the claims. A separate story carried by The Times of India in the same news feed concerned a Pakistani radio jockey’s apology to actor Katrina Kaif and contained no information about the eviction order.
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