At least 123 cases of serious violence against women were reported across Balochistan during 2025, according to an annual report released by the Aurat Foundation Balochistan.
The report, which documents incidents from January to December 2025, notes an increase in grave forms of violence, including murder, honour killing, abduction, harassment, sexual violence, domestic abuse, and suicide, reported from various districts of the province.
According to the findings, 65 women and 25 men were killed in Balochistan during the year. Of these, 33 women and 25 men were murdered in the name of honour.
The report further states that two women died by suicide due to domestic circumstances, while five cases of harassment, nine of domestic violence, six of sexual violence, and 11 abductions involving women were reported during the year.
The incidents were recorded from multiple districts, indicating that violence against women remains a province-wide concern.
Data from the Women and Juvenile Facilitation Centre (WJFC), run with support from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), shows that the centre received 129 complaints in 2025.
These included 35 cases of harassment, 37 of domestic violence, four cases of missing women, four involving threats, 14 cases of blackmail, one case of digital violence, and eight cases of financial fraud.
Police officials said affected women were provided counselling, initial medical assistance and legal guidance, while several cases were referred from districts outside Quetta.
The report expresses concern over the continued occurrence of honour killings, with 58 such cases recorded across Balochistan in 2025.
District-wise data shows that Jaffarabad recorded 10 cases involving women, followed by Sibi and Lasbela with four cases each. Noshki, Kharan, Mastung and Loralai recorded two cases each, while one case was reported from Chagai.
The report also presents district-wise data for the past six years (2019–2025) on women’s killings and honour crimes. According to this data, Quetta recorded the highest number of cases, with 103 incidents, followed by Nasirabad, Jaffarabad, Lasbela, Sibi, Panjgur and Khuzdar.
However, the violence inflicted by Banned terror outfits, the BLA and BLF were not recorded due to limited data. As cases of young girls being groomed for terrorism by the banned outfits were not part of the official report of the foundation.
Aurat Foundation noted that reported figures do not necessarily reflect the actual prevalence of violence, as reporting depends on access to justice, social pressures and fear of reprisals. The organisation said the number of unreported cases may be considerably higher.
