QUETTA, Pakistan — A surge of alleged enforced disappearances in Balochistan is provoking alarm at home and abroad, reviving long‑standing fears about state overreach, weak accountability, and a judiciary struggling to assert itself. In Quetta, residents describe a city throttled by rolling internet restrictions, ubiquitous checkpoints, and late‑night raids — an atmosphere that rights advocates say blurs the line between policing and intimidation. Authorities defend these measures as counterinsurgency, but critics argue they have normalized coercion while failing to curb violence. Civic life in Quetta has been repeatedly disrupted by unannounced internet shutdowns and speed throttling. Section 144, a colonial‑era … Continue reading In Balochistan, Security‑First Doctrine Fuels Disappearances and Distrust