Balochistan, Aug. 18 -- Baloch activist Beerbal Baloch, in a message from Hada Jail in Quetta, has described the reported bombing of civilian areas in Sorab and Gwadar by Pakistani fighter jets as a grave escalation in what he termed a "continuous and systematic" campaign of violence against the Baloch population in Balochistan.

According to Beerbal Baloch's message, reports of civilian deaths, including women and children, in the bombing of a village in Sorab district raise serious questions about the nature and proportionality of the use of force by Pakistani security forces.

Baloch said the incidents could not simply be dismissed as an accident, mistake or routine security operation, arguing that the reported use of fighter jets agai...