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- December 25, 2023
- Kainat Shakeel
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On Monday the Caretaker government claimed that 290 Baloch protestors who were arrested during a demonstration in Islamabad against enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings had been released from jail, and police custody.
The decision to release the arrested protestor was taken in the light of negotiations held between the cabinet committee and the Baloch demonstrator, said by the Interior Minister in a statement on X (formerly Twitter). All the citizen of Pakistan had the right to peaceful protest, but no one was allowed to take the law into their own hands. He also said that the security of the Capital’ Red Zone would be ensured at all costs, where constitutional institutions and the Diplomatic Enclave were located.
A special assistance center was set up by the Islamabad Police, you can contact them by telephone numbers 0519001534 and 03459600622, or the email address assistance.ictp@gmail.com which was provided by them.
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The Baloch protest march was started on December 6 in Turbat after the alleged killing of a Baloch youth by Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel had reached the federal capital last week. Where they met with brutal forces and more than 200 protestors were taken into custody by Islamabad Police. In the light of crack-down, the march was led by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) had converted into a sit-in outside the National Press Club.
The BYC had given a three-day ultimatum to the government on Saturday, to quash the cases registered against students and the activists and released all the protestors. The Islamabad Police announced on their social media official account that they are releasing the detained protestors after their bail was approved.
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