New Delhi, June 28 -- On 22 June 2026, Judge Muhammad Ali Mubeen of Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) sitting in Quetta, capital of the restive Balochistan province in Pakistan, convicted Dr. Mahrang Baloch and three co-defendants of murder and unlawful assembly in connection with regards to the death of Frontier Corps (FC) Sepoy Shabbir Ahmed during a protest in Gwadar in 2024.

In the verdict as reported by Arab News, Baloch and fellow Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) member Sibghatullah Shahji "were active participants of the unlawful assembly" and shared a "common objective" in the soldier's killing, sentencing each "to imprisonment for life."

Similarly, Baloch Students Organisation (BSO) chairman Balach Qadir and BYC central leader Abu Bakr...