Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Friday urged to restrict Freedom of Speech as he argued that "unrestricted freedom of speech is contributing to the degradation of moral values in all societies," Dawn reported.
According to the protesters, Pakistani forces have issued an ultimatum to vacate their homes in Mand, Meher so a new military camp can be constructed in the area
In apparently the first such public acknowledgement by a serving top military officer in Pakistan, the country's Army Chief General Asim Munir has acknowledged the role of the Pakistan Army in the Kargil War with India in 1999.
Pakistan's security forces are accused of committing severe atrocities against the Baloch community. Riaz Ahmed Baloch, a singer, was forcibly disappeared by Pakistani security forces in Quetta, The Balochistan Post reported.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) accused the Pakistani army of suppressing peaceful movements, instead of ending human rights abuses and the Baloch genocide in Balochistan.
One of the arrested leaders Sabiha Baloch was released on Tuesday late at night after increasing dissent from the protestors, however, the whereabouts of two other Baloch activists Sammi Deen Baloch and Sabgath Ullah Baloch remain unknown
Paank, the Baloch National Movement's Human Rights Department, condemned activist Naveed Baloch's extrajudicial killing in a post on social media platform X.
The Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan, General Syed Asim Munir, said that there can be no compromise with the planners and architects of the attacks of May 9, 2023, that took place on military establishments in the country, terming it the 'dark chapter in our history', reported ARY News.
Former Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Bajwa (retd) refuted the claims of the Pakistan Army's involvement in the no-trust vote against former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's government on Tuesday.