The attack by the Pakistani defense forces was reportedly in retaliation for a major protest that had erupted in the Bannu area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, leaving several people injured.
The critics have warned that these centers, controlled by non-civilian personnel and denying access to family and legal aid, could formalize enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
Thousands of people gathered to see the funeral procession of slain Pashtun activist Gilaman Wazir as his casket passed through towns and cities from Islamabad to his native village in Waziristan bordering Afghanistan, Voice of America reported.
Pakistan boasts over 7,000 glaciers, forming the largest mass of ice outside the polar regions. Northern Pakistan, crisscrossed by the Karakoram, Himalayan, and Hindu Kush mountain ranges, is a landscape shaped by ice and rock.
The protests were organized under the banner of "Amn Pasoon" (Peace Movement) and the demonstrators highlighted that the province survived the displacement caused by military actions.
Chief Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim issued the order during the hearing into a habeas corpus petition by resident Hazrat Nabi against the "illegal detention" of his brother,
On May 9 last year, violent clashes broke out across Pakistan after former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested. The protests were held in remote and major cities as the party workers were agitated due to Khan's arrest, with Balochistan, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Islamabad summoning
As many as three people were killed and seven others sustained injuries after a deadly blast from a remote-controlled explosive device occurred in Mardan, Pakistan, damaging a police van and a rickshaw, Dawn reported.