It reported that a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez, while hearing two separate matters, disposed of the application of former Balochistan finance advisor Khalid Langove to participate in the general elections.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) in Pakistan ordered local authorities and police of using force or creating any hinderance to remove the Baloch protesters staging a sit-in outside the National Press Club since December 20, The News International reported on Wednesday.
The face of the ongoing Baloch protests in Pakistan Mahrang Baloch has said the shutter-down strike in the province is a message to the state to take seriously the demands of the ongoing movement against the Baloch genocide.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), which has been organising these protests, voiced its dissatisfaction over the government's response in a statement shared on social media, according to The Balochistan Post report.
The Balochistan government has suspended 44 government employees in Turbat and Kohlu, including some officers, for allegedly participating in and facilitating a protest sit-in
Responding to the media on the issue of police violence against Baloch protesters in Islamabad, the caretaker premier said that some of the people--media persons included--were trying to "mislead everyone, turning themselves into fake heroes of human rights and damaging the state".
Pakistan's caretaker minister for parliamentary affairs, information, and broadcasting, Murtaza Solangi ruled out the possibility that the elections, which are set for February 8 this year, would be postponed.
The members of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee, the organisers of the ongoing Baloch movement, have raised their voice against the persistant harassment by the Islamabad Police and administration while expressing their determination to continue with their protest.
Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM), a freedom-based political party working for the freedom of Sindhu Desh, highlighted that the Pakistan terrorist intelligence agencies have started an operation against them, adding that a false Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) case has been lodged against JSF
As the Pakistan electoral body rejected over 3000 nominations for upcoming elections, Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) President Sardar Akhtar Mengal emphasised that a well-planned conspiracy led to the rejection of his and other party candidates' nomination papers and pushed the