'Baloch Solidarity Long March': Islamabad administration seeks court, formation of negotiation committee

 'Baloch Solidarity Long March': Islamabad administration seeks court, formation of negotiation committee

In the case against the arrests of the participants of the organizers of the Baloch Long March, the Islamabad High Court summoned the IG and the DC Islamabad at 4 o'clock.

On the other hand, the caretaker government has formed a committee consisting of three ministers to negotiate with the organizers of the long march.

Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi told Urdu News that he, Minister for Privatization Fawad Hasan Fawad and Minister for National Heritage and Culture Jamal Shah are included in the committee formed for negotiations.

In Balochistan, hundreds of people have started protesting in Kohlu and Barkhan and blocked the Balochistan-Punjab highway, while a sit-in outside the University of Balochistan in Quetta has started.

Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Amir Farooq heard the request of the organizers of the long march, Iman Mazari advocate appeared in the court on behalf of the petitioners.

Iman Mazari Advocate told the court that 'Peaceful Baloch protestors arrived in Islamabad yesterday on which baton charge and force were used, peaceful protestors were also detained which is illegal, women and children were also included in the protestors.'

The organizers of the long march had approached the Islamabad High Court against the arrests of the participants of the Baloch long march against enforced disappearances.

The position has been taken in the petition that "order the immediate release of all the protestors, call for the details of the cases registered against the participants of the long march and stop the harassment of the participants of the long march."

Earlier, the Islamabad Police said that the protestors pelted stones on the officials at Chongi No. 26 and Ayub Chowk, on which several people have been detained. Balochistan Bar Council has announced a protest against police violence in Quetta and other districts.

However, in a statement released early on Thursday, Mah Rang Baloch, the leader of the lengthy march of the missing Baloch people, stated that "all the protesters have been arrested and kept in different police stations."

"Women and children are being taken to another police station at this time," stated Mah Rang Baloch. We fear that our male colleagues will be kidnapped by the state because we are unable to communicate with them.

The people who arrived in Islamabad late at night in the form of a convoy from the Turbat area of Balochistan were stopped by the Islamabad police.

According to the police statement, 'Ayub Chowk was also pelted with stones by the protesters.'(Photo: Alimah Khan X). On the way, 'Chongi No. 26, protesters pelted stones at the police.'

According to the statement of the police, stones were pelted on the police by the protestors also at Ayub Chowk. And the police have arrested many protesters while retaliating.

The statement said that legal action will be taken against those blocking the road and blocking the roads. You are requested not to be a part of any illegal assembly or violent demonstration. Keep women and children away from violent protests.

On Wednesday night, the police said that there are many masked and baton-carrying protesters among the protesters. Non-lethal methods are being used to prevent protesters from entering the high security zone. The use of force is completely avoided.

The police had announced that 'elderly, women and children are requested not to be part of the violent crowd and not to be seduced by anyone. The safety of the lives and property of the citizens of Islamabad is the first priority of the Islamabad Police.

This long march started on December 6 from Turbat area of ​​Ketch district of Makran division against the killing of four persons including Balach Baloch, a resident of Turbat who was arrested on charges of terrorism, in a police encounter.

The four persons were claimed to have been killed in an encounter on the night of November 22 by the Counter Terrorism Police Department (CTD). However, the family alleges that the four persons were killed in a fake police encounter.

According to Balach's father Moula Bakhsh, Balach was arrested and disappeared in front of his family on October 29 from his house in Absar area of ​​Turbat, and then a few days later, he was arrested and presented in court.

The march reached Quetta on December 11 through Panjgur, Basima, Nal, Grisha, Khuzdar, Sorab, Kalat and Mastung - Photo: Mah Rang Baloch Twitterers said that the court handed over Balach to the CTD police on physical remand. But in the meantime, the police killed them in a fake encounter. However, the CTD says that Balach Baloch was a member of the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army, on whose identification a raid was conducted on a terrorist hideout where he was shot dead by his accomplices - three of his fellow terrorists were killed in retaliatory police action.

Jan Achakzai, caretaker information minister of Balochistan, says that Baloch Baloch himself had confessed to involvement in 11 incidents of terrorism.

On the death of Balach Baloch, four officials of CTD Turbat were suspended and a case was registered against them on court orders.

The relatives of Balach Baloch and the Baloch Solidarity Committee staged a dharna along with the dead body in Turbat for several days, then buried the dead body, but the dharna continued for two weeks.

The sit-in participants started a long march from Turbat on March 6 with demands such as disarming the CTD, stopping enforced disappearances and extrajudicial practices, and recovering the missing persons.

 The march passed through Panjgur, Basima, Nal, Grisha, Khuzdar, Sorab, Kalat and Mastung and reached Quetta on December 11.- The Baloch Unilateral Committee started marching towards Islamabad after being denied permission to protest in Quetta. In Kohlu, Barkhan, Dera Ghazi Khan and Taunsa, the participants of the march received a big welcome.

A large number of relatives of the missing persons and women also participated in the protest. Organized by the Baloch Solidarity Committee, this march was led by Dr. Mah Rang Baloch and Sami Deen Baloch, daughter of the missing Dr. Deen Muhammad Baloch.

According to Mahrang, from Turbat to Islamabad, the administration tried to stop the march by erecting barriers at various places. Three cases have been registered against the participants of the march in Nal, Khuzdar and Kohlu.