Demonstrations and sit-ins are taking place in various cities across Balochistan, with families of those who have been forcibly disappeared as well as residents taking to the streets.
Leading Baloch human rights body, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) shared on Sunday that a complete shutter down and sit-ins are taking place in Zehri after over 10 Baloch people from the town in Balochistan were forcibly abducted by the state authorities on Saturday.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), along with families of victims and supporters, held widespread protests across Balochistan, demanding justice for Zareef Umar and Naveed Hamid, both allegedly killed by Pakistani security forces. Demonstrators marched in Turbat and staged sit-ins, present
Sit-ins by religious parties are continuing across six locations in Karachi, causing major traffic disruptions. Authorities urge commuters to use alternate routes as the protests block key roads and lead to police clashes.
Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) began protests at 60 different locations of Karachi, including Liaquatabad, Nazimabad, Nagan Chowrangi, Sohrab Goth, Sharah e Faisal, Lasbela Chowk, Civic Centre, and other places.
He warned the authorities not to place undue pressure on the Jafariya community and added the community will not tolerate anyone's dictatorship and the protest sit-ins will continue.
By Thursday, the MWM had extended its protests across much of Karachi, and by 10 pm on Friday, sit-ins were still taking place at several key locations.
Members of the Awami Tehreek, Awami Workers Party, and Jeay Sindh Mahaz-Riaz staged protests and sit-ins outside the Karachi Press Club and in various cities across Sindh, Dawn reported.
While lamenting the Pakistani government for its actions during the Baloch Raaji Muchi the BYC stated "To stop the Baloch Raaji Muchi, the state resorted to brutality and oppression in different cities of Balochistan, as a result of which three youths were martyred and around thirty were
The six-day-long protests, sit-ins, shutter-downs, demonstrations, and wheel-jam strikes began on May 8 against the Government of Pakistan and the PoJK government, demanding subsidised electricity and flour.
Local activists and student leaders organised sit-ins and demonstrations across various districts of PoJK on Wednesday, demanding the unconditional release of Ahmed and other detained political activists.