The meeting, presided over by a political activist from PoJK, Amjad Ayub Mirza, was marked by a call for military personnel from PoJK and Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan to refuse to participate in Pakistan's military operations against the Baloch independence movement.
The sit-in is being held at Lakpass, where a provincial government delegation comprising Zahoor Ahmed Buledi, Bakht Muhammad Kakar and Sardar Noor Ahmed Bangulzai arrived to hold talks with the BNP-M chief. However, the government delegation could not convince him to end the sit-in.
Mengal had announced a "long march" from Wadh to Quetta to protest the arrests of BYC chief organiser Mahrang Baloch and other leaders as well as police crackdowns on a sit-in. However, the Quetta administration had denied the party permission for the rally, Dawn reported.
The Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) has issued a strong condemnation of the systematic targeting of human rights defenders, political leaders, lawyers, and activists by the Pakistan government.
The supporters and workers of the Balochistan National Party (BNP--Mengal) protested in Quetta and other cities after the registration of fake cases against the party leaders, including Sardar Akhtar Mengal, under the Anti-Terrorism Act on Sunday.
Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch expressed strong criticism over the alleged coercion of Balochistan National Party (BNP) senators into supporting the 26th constitutional amendment, only to face fabricated police cases afterwards. She condemned these actions on social media, asserting that
Akhtar Mengal, leader of the Balochistan National Party, has alleged the abduction of two senators from his party, vowing not to support ongoing constitutional amendments until they are recovered. He criticised the government's handling of the situation and condemned the lack of transparency
The BNP-M leader while talking to the media said, that with the draft of proposed amendments being shared in bits and pieces, there would be no example of such type of democracy in the world
Addressing the media in Rawalpindi after meeting PTI founder Imran Khan in Adiala jail on Thursday, party leader Asad Qaiser said a first rally would be held in Pishin district as part of the protest movement and a meeting to review arrangements for the rally would be held at Balochistan Nat
Asad Qaiser announced that the first rally would be held in Pishin district as part of the protest movement and a meeting to review arrangements for the rally would be held at Balochistan National Party Chairman Akhtar Mengal's house in Quetta on April 12.