Holding camps have been set up, and Afghan refugees are being repatriated through the Pak-Afghan border in Balochistan's Chaman district, according to a district official, Dawn reported on Thursday.
Frequent disruptions and long periods of connectivity loss have left many local entrepreneurs, especially hotel operators, struggling to manage bookings and sustain operations.
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.
Sammi Deen Baloch, a leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), has been released after being detained under the MPO Act. While her release is welcomed, calls for the freedom of other detained BYC members continue to grow.
Paank, a human rights organization, has vehemently denounced the horrific massacre of seven family members in Sohbatpur district, Balochistan, and is calling for prompt justice and accountability.
Family members of leading Baloch activist and Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Sammi Deen Baloch held a press conference outside the Karachi Press Club on Monday demanding her safe release.
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.
Protests erupted across several places in Pakistan, demanding the release of leaders of the Baloch human rights group, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), on Monday.
As per ARY News, the Balochistan Home Department has issued an order to impose Section 144 due to security concerns, restricting public movement at recreational sites during Eid ul-Fitr 2025.
The central member of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Sibghatullah Shah Ji Baloch, has been detained by Pakistani forces at his home in Quetta and is currently unaccounted for, according to a post from the BYC reported by The Balochistan Post (TBP).