by Arifa Noor in Dawn, Dec 26th, 2023The writer is a journalist.EARLY on Sunday, there were few people in the green areas in front of the Islamabad Press Club. The rows of quietly seated protesters were missing as were the cameras and visitors. The camp was just waking up. The young men were busy fixing the tent, straightening out rugs, etc. One of them carried away a ring-light and stand used with phone cameras. Most…
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by Kalbe Ali | Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, Dec 26th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The caretaker federal government on Monday claimed to have released about 290 Baloch demonstrators held in the wake of a crackdown on a long march organised by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee. The claim was contested by the organisers of the protest, who said the authorities released about 130 protesters on Sunday night, but not a single person was released on Monday as claimed…
Report in Dawn, Dec 25th, 2023• Organisers claim 100 students still missing, demand they be produced in court• Balochistan minister accuses protesters of ‘following an agenda’ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police said on Sunday the bail of all detained Baloch protesters — taken into custody during a demonstration demanding an end to enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings — had been approved and they were being released. However, the protesters have accused the police of “giving false statements” and…
by Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, December 25th, 2023ISLAMABAD: As more than 100 Baloch students reportedly remain missing in the aftermath of a crackdown on their long march, the police on Sunday set up a ‘special help centre’ for the release of the incarcerated individuals. The long march — which started in Turbat on December 6 after the alleged “extra-judicial killing” of a Baloch youth by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) officials — had reached the federal…
by Naeem Asghar in The Express Tribune, Dec 24, 2023ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government on Saturday opened dialogue with Baloch protestors demanding an end to enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings prevalent in their province in order to resolve grievances, expressing willingness to continue the talks. The government committee, formed by caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar, engaged in talks with the Baloch protesters in Islamabad where they have announced a three-day ultimatum for the release of…
report in The News, Dec 24, 2023ISLAMABAD: Author and journalist Mohammed Hanif announced to return Sitara-i-Imtiaz, the third-highest civilian award of Pakistan, to the State in protest over the violence meted out to Baloch marchers. Reacting to a video of a Baloch girl pleading with the authorities for the “right to live”, Hanif lambasted the authorities for mistreatment of the Baloch protesters saying he was ashamed to witness a new generation being denied basic dignity.…
report in The News, Dec 21, 2023ISLAMABAD: An advance party of Baloch Yakjehti Council (BYC) Wednesday reached Islamabad through the Motorway but the police intercepted it at Chungi No. 26 and barricaded all the main and artery roads, including Kashmir Avenue, leading to the Red Zone. “Two groups of BYC arrived unscheduled Wednesday evening but the authorities deployed police to block the mob as their motorcade reach Chungi No. 26,” police sources said, adding that…
by Shahin Rao in The Nation, Nov 23, 2023ISLAMABD – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Wednesday summoned Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar, defence minister and others to appear in person on November 29 in a case related to the missing Baloch students. A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani conducted hearing of a case regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry directed them to appear before…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, October 7th, 2023QUETTA: Counter-terrorism officials killed two militants belonging to the banned Baloch Liberation Army in an exchange of fire in the Hazar Gangi area. A CTD spokesman in a statement on Friday said that an intelligence-based operation was conducted in the Shalkot Hazar Ganji area against the banned BLA and a plot of terrorism was foiled by killing two militants and recovering arms, ammunition. The spokesman said the CTD…
Report in The News, April 27, 2023Personnel of the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) claimed arresting two militants of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on murder and extortion charges in a raid in Baloch Colony on Wednesday. Police officials said the suspects, identified as Muhammad Kamal Khan and Abdul Qadir, murdered a person in Karachi on suspicion of providing information of the TTP in Afghanistan to a US agency. The two were alleged to be the…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Jan 21, 2023QUETTA: Four women among 15 people suffered injuries when a bomb blast derailed a Peshawar-bound train in Bolan district on Friday in an attack claimed by the banned Baloch Liberation Army. Officials said the explosion that derailed eight coaches of Jaffar Express along with its locomotive and damaged a portion of the main railway track linking Quetta with the rest of the country was carried out by a…