Federal Interior Secretary Aftab Akbar Durrani said that the government-formed committee is holding negotiations with the Baloch protestors—who are camped outside the National Press Club in Islamabad.
He said that a peaceful protest is every Pakistani’s right and that no protestor would be given physical torture nor would they be detained. The interior secretary further said that no protestor would be allowed to take the law into their own hands and the court’s order would be implemented in writing and spirit.
In the latest development, Islamabad police on Sunday said the bail of all detained Baloch protesters — who were taken into custody during a demonstration demanding an end to enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings — had been approved and they were being released.
نگران وزیراعظم پاکستان کی تشکیل کردہ کمیٹی اور گورنر بلوچستان سے مظاہرین نے گرفتار افراد کی رہائی کا مطالبہ کیا تھا۔
قانونی تقاضوں کو سامنے رکھتے ہوئے گرفتار مظاہرین کی ضمانتیں منظور ہو گئی ہیں۔ گرفتار مظاہرین کو رہا کیا جا رہا ہے۔
گرفتار افراد کے عزیز و اقارب معلومات اور مدد…
— Islamabad Police (@ICT_Police) December 24, 2023
As per reports, as a protest outside the National Press Club in Islamabad against the enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings continued, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee, organiser of the long march, gave the authorities a three-day ultimatum to quash cases registered against students and activists and release all protesters.
A statement issued by the BYC on their social media platform said over 100 Baloch students were “missing” after the crackdown on the march by the police on Wednesday night. “Nearly 350 of our students and families were arrested…the females and 33 students were granted bail the next day, while more than 250 of our students are still in jail…more than 100 still have not been presented before court,” it claimed.
