Balochistan has been shaken by large-scale protests once again. People are calling for political autonomy and protesting the Pakistan Army’s “kidnap, kill, and dump” strategy by holding demonstrations around the province. Large-scale protests have taken place throughout Balochistan since government employee Zaheer Baloch vanished in June this year.
Merely a handful of Baloch activists, like Mahrang Baloch, were autonomously covering the nonviolent demonstrations on social media.
Nonetheless, the majority of Pakistan’s leading media outlets and newspapers were hesitant or cautious in covering the protests.
On July 29, when security forces opened fire on Baloch protestors who had congregated in Gwadar, killing