Baloch activist, Mahrang Baloch alleged that 'fake' FIRs are being filed against peaceful protestors who participated in the rally against Baloch genocide.
According to the written order for the January 3 proceedings of the court on the petitions filed against enforced disappearances in the country, the apex court strongly objected to manhandling of the families of the missing persons from the Balochistan province in Islamabad.
The Committee for Protection of Journalists (CPJ) has strongly condemned the harassment of female journalist Fatima Razzaq who was covering Baloch protesters in Islamabad, as reported by the Balochistan Post.
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.
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 acting prime minister of Pakistan, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, stated on Monday that the issue of Baloch families from Balochistan was being portrayed negatively and in stark contrast to reality since the Baloch people supported the state of Pakistan, ARY News reported.
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The Pakistan caretaker government has released 34 more Baloch protestors who had been arrested during a police crackdown in the federal capital last week, as reported by Geo News.
Mahrang Baloch, the face of the movement who advocates an end to enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in the Baloch community, outlined a series of demands during a press conference in Islamabad.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress Chief DK Shivakumar said that everyone has a right to protest in a democracy but taking law into one's own hands can't be tolerated after pro-Kannada protesters went on a rampage in Bengaluru.