Judgment of the Tribunal of the Republic of Balochistan: Life Imprisonment Imposed on General Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah, 11th Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan, for War Crimes in Balochistan
THE SUPREME TRIBUNAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF BALOCHISTAN
The accused is hereby convicted of the offences charged.
Having considered the evidence on record, the submissions of counsel, and the gravity of the offence, this Court finds that the ends of justice require the imposition of the maximum prescribed penalty.
Accordingly, the 11TH COAS SAEED ASIM MUNIR AHMED is sentenced to imprisonment for life
Constituted Under Article 48 of the Constitution of the Republic of Balochistan
Dated: 20 February 2026
Case No. RBT-02/2026
The People of the Republic of Balochistan
v.
1: Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Saeed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah S/O Saeed Sarvar Munir Shah
Address: General Headquarters Rawalpindi,
Coram – The Tribunal Bench
1: Justice Gul Bibi Baloch (Female)6: Justice Abdul Kareem Baloch (Chief Justice)
2: Justice Karima Baloch (Female)7: Justice Mehrab Khan Baloch
3: Justice Gul Naz Baloch (Female)8: Justice Dost Mohammad Baloch
4: Justice Shari Baloch (Female)9: Justice Asad Ullah Baloch
5: Justice Mah Naz Baloch (Female)10: Justice Saba Dashtyari Baloch
Judgment delivered unanimously by Chief Justice Abdul Kareem Baloch for and on behalf of the Full Bench.
I. INTRODUCTION AND JURISDICTION
1. This Tribunal was duly constituted under the sovereign authority of the Republic of Balochistan pursuant to Articles 1, 4, 7, and 48 of its Constitution, affirming territorial integrity, civilian protection, and the inviolable dignity of its people.
2. The Tribunal exercises jurisdiction over crimes committed against civilians within the territorial boundaries of the Republic, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, unlawful exploitation of natural resources, and grave breaches of international humanitarian law.
3. The proceedings arise from an extensive two-year investigation conducted by the Office of the Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Balochistan, supported by local Baloch forces and independent observers.
4. The culprits in this proceeding are described collectively as the Pakistan army as a whole and their chief from the external occupying force.
Accused No. 1: Saeed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah S/O Sarvar Munir Shah
II. NATURE OF THE CHARGESHEET
The Prosecution submitted a 20-page charge sheet supported by documentary evidence and survivor testimonies of the eyewitnesses of the victims.
The charges include:
- Violation of Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of the Republic of Balochistan
•Systematic military incursions into sovereign territory of the Republic of Balochistan.
•Establishment of unauthorized military garrisons across the coastline and mainland.
•Deployment of heavy weaponry including tanks, long-range missiles, artillery without civilian consent
•Ignoring the repeated ultimatum by the Republic of Balochistan to withdraw its military, navy, air force and state machinery from Baloch soil. - Grave Breaches of International Humanitarian Law
•Violations consistent with Articles of the Geneva Conventions.
•Targeting of non-combatant Baloch civilians.
•Destruction of villages absent military necessity. - Crimes Against Humanity
•Widespread and systematic enforced disappearances.
•Arbitrary detention without due process.
•Torture and inhumane treatment. - Use of Prohibited Weapons
•Deployment of incendiary munitions and chemically harmful agents in populated areas.
•Use of aerial bombardment and drone strikes in civilian settlements. - Gender-Based Violence
•Rape and sexual violence are used as instruments of intimidation.
•Coercion of minors and forced displacement of women. - Religious and Ethnic Persecution
•Forced conversions of Hindus and Sikh women.
•Targeted abductions of the minority businessmen community in the Republic of Balochistan.
•Sectarian proxy mobilization, training, funding, and exporting to our neighboring states. - Economic Pillage
•Illegal extraction of minerals, including gold, copper, coal, and rare earth elements.
•Diversion of local revenues without lawful authority to fund anti-Baloch forces.
•Destruction of agricultural systems and fisheries by illegal fencing of Gwadar and the coastal Baloch belt. - Environmental Devastation
•Demolition of villages for resource corridors.
•Nuclear and heavy industrial experimentation causing ecological damage.
•Wildlife destruction and groundwater contamination.
III. FINDINGS OF FACT
After reviewing 100 witness depositions and undeniable proof of Pakistan’s war crimes in the Republic of Balochistan, this Tribunal unanimously finds:
A. Pattern of Systematic Military Operations
Evidence demonstrates a coordinated strategy involving extensive operations averaging nearly 200 per day during peak months. Internal memoranda recovered from command headquarters reveal that these operations were not sporadic security measures but part of a centralized policy of territorial domination.
B. Targeting of Civilians
The local Baloch population confirms repeated aerial bombardments of civilian structures, including schools, clinics, and marketplaces. The investigating team documented attacks on Baloch civilians by the Pakistani military to create panic and keep the region unstable and unrest.
C. Enforced Disappearances
The Commission for Missing Persons documented over 40,000 verified cases. Testimonies establish patterns of midnight raids, denial of custody, and subsequent discovery of mass graves across Balochistan.
D. Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes Medical records and protected testimony establish systematic sexual violence in army detention centers under Culprit Saeed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah. The Tribunal finds this conduct was tolerated and encouraged as a means of collective punishment.
E. Economic Exploitation
Financial tracing reveals the extraction of mineral wealth under foreign commercial agreements lacking sovereign authorization from the people of the Republic of Balochistan. Revenues were diverted to military expenditures and paramilitary proxies.
F. Environmental Harm
Independent environmental analysis confirms contamination of water sources and irreversible damage to biodiversity. The Tribunal recognizes environmental destruction as an aggravating factor. Such deliberate crimes are to turn the fertile Balochistan’s land into drought and harm its agriculture.
IV. LEGAL ANALYSIS
The Tribunal applies principles derived from customary international law, the Geneva Conventions, and the Constitution of the Republic.
- Command Responsibility
The doctrine of command responsibility establishes liability where superiors knew or should have known of subordinates’ crimes and failed to prevent or punish them. The Tribunal finds overwhelming evidence that the culprit Saeed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah and senior command officials exercised authority to commit crimes against humanity. - Crimes Against Humanity
The acts described were widespread, systematic, and directed against a civilian population. The threshold for crimes against humanity is therefore satisfied. - War Crimes
The deliberate targeting of civilians, use of prohibited weaponry, and destruction of civilian property absent military necessity constitute war crimes under recognized humanitarian norms.
4. Pillage of Natural Resources
International law prohibits the exploitation of an occupied territory’s resources for private or external benefit. The Tribunal finds illegal extraction proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
- Gender-Based Persecution
The Tribunal recognizes sexual violence as both a war crime and a crime against humanity when committed as part of a systematic attack.
V. DETERMINATION OF GUILT
Upon thorough examination of the evidence, this Tribunal unanimously concludes:
•Accused No. 1 Saeed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah: Guilty on all counts.
The evidence meets the standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
VI. SENTENCING AND ORDERS
Given the gravity and scale of crimes:
•The Tribunal sentences Accused Saeed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah to life imprisonment.
•The Tribunal further orders:
•Establishment of a Victims’ Reparations Fund.
•Confiscation of illicitly obtained assets of Saeed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah.
•Restoration of seized lands to civilian communities immediately.
•Immediate cessation of all unauthorized military activity across the Republic of Balochistan.
•Gives Pakistan the final ultimate to withdraw its forces from the waters and boundaries of Balochistan.
•Arrest of Saeed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah at the arrival in Balochistan’s ports, sea ports, by road.
VII. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
The Republic of Balochistan, pursuant to its sovereign authority, shall:
•Seek cooperation with the International Criminal Court
•Petition the International Court of Justice regarding unlawful aggression of Pakistan against the Baloch people.
•Issue international arrest notices through appropriate legal channels.
•Balochistan Tribunal ask Interpol to arrest Saeed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah
•RoB urges the international community to reject visas of him and inform the Balochistan authorities to apprehend him.
VIII. CONCLUSION
This judgment represents not vengeance but accountability. Justice requires truth, acknowledgment, and restoration. The Tribunal affirms:
•Sovereignty of the Republic of Balochistan will not be compromised.
• The security and well-being of the people of Balochistan is our utmost duty.
•The Republic of Balochistan is the state, and the state reserves the power to arrest, try, and persecute war criminals of the Pakistan army, and their local facilitators.
• The Pakistan military is illegally stationed in the Republic of Balochistan, and the Balochistan court urges the global powers to assist the Baloch law enforcement agencies and defense forces to maintain peace and ask Pakistan to leave Balochistan.
•The Republic of Balochistan stands committed to human dignity, environmental preservation, and lawful governance.
This decision is unanimous.
Signed on behalf of the Tribunal
1: Chief Justice Abdul Kareem Baloch, 2: Justice Gul Bibi Baloch
3: Justice Karima Baloch
4: Justice Gul Naz Baloch
5: Justice Shari Baloch
6: Justice Mah Naz Baloch
7: Justice Mehrab Khan Baloch
8: Justice Dost Mohammad Baloch
9: Justice Saba Dashtyari Baloch
10: Justice Asad Ullah Baloch
Supreme Tribunal of the Republic of Balochistan
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