ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to prosecutors and other respondents on the bail petitions of Mahrang Langove, the central organizer of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), and two others.
The BYC, considered the political face of the internationally designated terrorist group the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), openly supports armed groups and advocates for the so-called missing persons, who are later, in many cases, found to be terrorists killed in terror attacks.
A three-member bench headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar heard the case of Mahrang Langove, Bebo Baloch and Beberg Baloch.
Justice Mazhar asked whether separate first information reports (FIRs) had been registered against the three petitioners. Their lawyer, Jibran Nasir, told the court that each of his clients faced a separate FIR.
The judge also asked about the nature of the cases and the progress of the trial.
Nasir said two of the six prosecution witnesses had testified in Mahrang Baloch’s case. He argued that all charges listed in the FIRs were bailable.
Justice Mazhar asked the lawyer to first read the FIR and explain how the offences qualified for bail.
Nasir told the court that offences carrying a maximum sentence of three years or less were bailable under the law. He said all charges against Mahrang Baloch carried sentences of less than three years.
After hearing the initial arguments, the Supreme Court issued notices to the prosecutor and other parties on the bail petitions.
The court adjourned the hearing for an indefinite period.
Last month in June, an Anti-Terrorism Court in Balochistan had sentenced Mahrang Langove Baloch to life imprisonment in connection with a case involving the killing of a Frontier Corps (FC) personnel during a protest-related incident.
She was arrested in March 2025 for attacking Quetta Civil Hospital and inciting violence during a protest demanding the handover of BLA terrorists’ bodies.
The protest followed a deadly hijacking of the Jaffar Express train, after which security forces killed more than two dozen BLA militants involved in the attack. The BLA later confirmed its members were killed in the counterterror operation of Jaffat train attack.
