DND Report
There is a saying in the Uzbek language: “Monsters are not born in a day—they grow.” A similar reference can be made to Mahrang Langu, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Quetta in the Sepoy Shabbir Baloch murder and lynching case.
Mahrang Langu had been fanning hatred against Pakistan’s security agencies since the day she emerged on the horizon of extremist politics in Balochistan.
Sane elements within Pakistan’s political circles had long been raising concerns that Mahrang Langu’s politics were similar to those of the BLA and Majeed Brigade, as all of them target state interests. According to critics, both receive support from foreign handlers, and both have media managers living abroad who run social media campaigns against the Pakistan Army and Pakistan itself while attempting to make a mockery of the country’s martyrs.
However, certain political figures, including Mahmood Khan Achakzai, had been promoting her, providing political backing and helping her gain exposure in the international media. Nevertheless, she failed to conceal her foreign contacts and acted recklessly. Now she finds herself where, according to her critics, she should have been at the very beginning of her anti-Pakistan politics—in a prison cell serving a life sentence.
The Anti-Terrorism Court found that the case concerned the brutal killing of an unarmed FC soldier during violence near Al-Johar School, Gwadar, on July 29, 2024. According to the court, Mahrang Langu was addressing a BYC gathering when she described the approaching FC personnel as “occupiers” and allegedly incited the crowd to attack them.
The court found that Sibghatullah and other members of the gathering, armed with stones and wooden sticks, attacked the FC patrol. Sepoy Shabbir Baloch was surrounded while unarmed and subjected to a fatal assault. The judgment records that, after his death, the attackers threw Sepoy Shabbir Baloch’s body onto a garbage heap.
Medical evidence established severe fractures to the soldier’s skull and eye socket, along with deep wounds, bruises, and multiple injuries to his face, neck, and arms. The court held that the defence could not discredit the medical evidence or establish that the soldier had died from any cause other than the injuries inflicted during the assault.
Several eyewitnesses gave consistent accounts regarding Mahrang Langu’s alleged instigation, the attack on the FC patrol, and Sibghatullah’s participation in the violence. The court ruled that minor discrepancies regarding the patrol vehicle did not affect the central facts, the identification of the accused, or their respective roles in the incident.
The judgment found no previous enmity or personal motive that could have caused the eyewitnesses to falsely implicate the accused. The court held that the seven-hour delay in the registration of the FIR did not weaken the prosecution’s case because the witnesses remained consistent and the delay was reasonably explained.
The accused were repeatedly offered the opportunity to participate in the proceedings through video link but deliberately boycotted the trial. When defence counsel failed to appear, the court appointed state-funded counsel to protect the accused persons’ right to representation.
The accused also declined to consult the court-appointed lawyer and continued refusing to participate in the proceedings. The court ruled that deliberate non-cooperation by an accused cannot be allowed to indefinitely obstruct or dictate the course of a criminal trial.
The judgment underlined that a peaceful gathering loses legal protection when it engages in criminal violence, obstructs public authorities, or targets state officials performing their official duties.
The court held that branding uniformed security personnel as enemies and inciting an attack upon them brought the offence within the legal definition of terrorism. Mahrang Langu and Sibghatullah were convicted for the intentional murder of Sepoy Shabbir Baloch as members of an unlawful assembly sharing a common criminal objective. Both convicts were awarded life imprisonment for murder and a separate life sentence under the Anti-Terrorism Act. The substantive sentences will run concurrently. Each convict was also ordered to pay Rs 200,000 in compensation to the legal heirs of Sepoy Shabbir Baloch and a further fine of Rs 200,000 under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
According to the authorities, accused Sibghatullah stated in his mercy appeal that he is innocent and bears no personal guilt. He claimed that he acted under direct orders and instructions from Mahrang Langu, following which he pelted stones at security personnel.
بریکنگ اپڈیٹ🚨🚨:
سمی دین بلوچ کا تازہ بیان سوشل میڈیا پر وائرل،
“اگر ماہرنگ کو عمر قید ہوگئی ہے، تو اس سے ہماری تحریک کو کوئی فرق نہیں پڑے گا۔ ہمارے پاس متبادل قیادت موجود ہے۔ تحریکیں کسی فرد واحد کی محتاج نہیں ہوتیں۔ ہم اب خود BYC چلائیں گے۔” https://t.co/SDlrqOI0sj
— Azaad Urdu (@azaad_urdu) June 22, 2026
بریکنگ اپڈیٹ 🚨
ماہرنگ لانگو کے ساتھ سپاہی شبیر احمد شہید کے اوپر پتھراو میں ملوث صبغت اللہ نے اہل خانہ کے زریعے عدالت سے رحم کی اپیل کردی۔ صبغت اللہ کا کوئی قصور نہیں، اس نے ماہرنگ کے احکامات پر یہ کام کیا۔ https://t.co/w4PZF457vc pic.twitter.com/s48NMkdB4Y
— Azaad Urdu (@azaad_urdu) June 22, 2026
The accused has requested both the family of Shaheed Sepoy Shabbir Baloch and the court to treat him leniently, arguing that he was misled and used for the act and that consideration should be given to his ignorance and lack of understanding.
When contacted for comment, a retired security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that he felt relieved of the pain he had been carrying for the past two years following the court’s verdict sentencing Mahrang Langu to life imprisonment.
He stated that it was not only the shahadat of Sepoy Shabbir Baloch but also a painful reminder of the sacrifices made by those who stand to protect the country. He said:
“Whenever the state of Pakistan makes efforts to promote peace and security, anti-national elements like Mahrang Langu immediately become active and start playing the role of spoilers as assigned by their foreign handlers. Regrettably, Pakistan’s mainstream media and even mainstream political parties do not stand with the brave sons who have been fighting and sacrificing their lives in the remotest areas of the country. If you talk about missing persons, I can assure you that many of them are individuals who were killed in Pakistan’s border regions or in conflicts related to Afghanistan and Syria over the past two decades. We, the security forces, are risking our lives to protect the future of the country, but the media often portrays us otherwise, and certain politicians build their politics on our sacrifices. Justice has been served because the killers of a brave soldier have received what they deserve.”
