Islamabad police on started dispersing the protesters late at night on Thursday as the long march against alleged extrajudicial killings in Balochistan continued in full swing, VOA Urdu reported.
The protesters vowed to march towards Islamabad despite the closure of transport and to raise their voice against the recovery of their loved ones and against the ongoing genocide and state terrorism in Balochistan, The Balochistan Yakjehti committee said.
After a sit-in was called off in Dera Gazi Khan on Monday against the alleged genocide by Pakistani forces on people of Balochistan as well as enforced disappearances, the Baloch Long march will now start to move towards Islamabad today, according to Dawn.
President of the Baloch Voice Association Munir Mengal has said that Pakistani Army Chief General Asim Munir should be questioned in the US about enforced disappearances, military operations, extrajudicial killings and systematic abuse of rights in Balochistan.
Large-scale protests have erupted across Balochistan after an alarming rise in cases of killings and enforced disappearances spanning different demographics in the region, the Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) stated in a report.
Leaders of several political parties and all groups of Balochistan continued their protest in the Sariab Mill against the extrajudicial killings of Baloch people and non-recovery of missing people, Pakistan vernacular media Qudrat Daily reported.
Baloch National Movement UK Chapter protested at Trafalgar Square in London, United Kingdom against the forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of Baloch youth by the so-called Counter Terrorism Department (CTD).
Family members and workers of different political parties have joined the protest at the Fida Shaheed Chowk, along with the corpse of Balaach Mola Balsh, whose body was handed over to this family.
US Congressman Brad Sherman on Friday raised the issue of kidnappings by criminals, enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings and imprisonment of women by authorities without due process in Pakistan, particularly in Sindh.
The Supreme Court on Friday tagged a plea by the sister of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf Ahmed, who were shot dead while being in police custody in Uttar Pradesh on April 15, seeking a comprehensive probe headed by a retired judge or by an independent agency into alleged "extraju
According to the human rights group, the worsening plight of families of enforced disappearances continued as the dead bodies of their loved ones continued to appear in desolated areas despite continuous protests and demonstrations and assurances from the government.