Turbat-Karachi route blocked by Protestors
According to the Human Rights Department of the Baluchistan National Movement (BNM), PAANK, enforced disappearances are occurring daily, with an average of three people being abducted by Pakistani Occupation forces, from different parts of Baluchistan every day, as reported by the Baluchistan Post.
Recently, there was a long march organised by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee against the extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances of Baloch people. On December 6, 2023, the families of victims and Baloch activists began their march from Baluchistan’s Turbat towards Pakistan’ s Capital Islamabad.
Now a group of protestors have blocked the main route of Turbatin Balochistan to Karachi in Pakistan on Thursday demanding the release of enforcedly disappeared people by the Pakistani authorities.
The protest is being carried out by six families of the victims. They also urged other people to join in the sit-in.
“The main route of Turbat to Karachi has been blocked at D Baloch by the family members of enforcedly disappeared persons at Turbat. There are currently 6 families at the Sit-In and more families are coming to join them. We, on behalf of the family members, request everyone to join the Sit-In and help raise voice for their beloved ones,” as per the Baloch Yakjahti Committee.
It also shared the list of individuals whose release is being demanded by the protesting families: Abid Washdil, Adeel Iqbal, Ahmed Nazeer, Shoaib Laiquait, Jahanzaib Fazal and Zareeef Mohammad Bakhsh.
In a separate incident, a student named Mehboob, from a passenger bus in the Gwadar district of Baluchistan was “whisked away” by the Pakistan security forces.
Following the incident, Baloch students blocked the road in protest, resulting in several passenger vehicles stranded. Speaking to the TBP correspondent, Mehboob’s fellow students demanded his immediate release and warned that if their demands were not met promptly, they would expand their protest further across Baluchistan.
The Baluchistan Post further reported that Pakistani Occupation forces have detained another youth from the Kharan district of Baluchistan and subsequently moved to an undisclosed location.
According to reports, the paramilitary Frontier Corps of Pakistan, along with Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel, raided a house in the Kharan district on the intervening nights of Tuesday and Wednesday after which a Baloch youth is missing, The Baluchistan Post reported.
