ISLAMABAD: Protesters from Balochistan and capital police came face to face on Thursday after the latter stopped them from bringing a loudspeaker to the venue of their sit-in.
The police warned that action would be initiated against them under the amplifier Act if they used a loudspeaker. The protesters said their loudspeaker was forcibly taken away by unknown people after midnight a few days ago.
Meanwhile, the government said that 34 more protesters have been released by police on the recommendation of a committee consisting of four caretaker federal ministers.
A large number of people, mostly women, from Balochistan have reached Islamabad and staged a sit-in outside the national press club demanding recovery of their loved ones missing for months and years.
The long march led by Baloch women, which started in Turbat on December 6 after the alleged “extrajudicial killing” of a Baloch youth by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) officials, had reached the federal capital on December 21. However, the police had blocked entry points of the city along with major arteries to prevent the protesters from reaching the NPC.
Police in Islamabad took over 200 of the protesters, including women, into custody after using tear gas, water cannons and batons on them on Thursday night.
Baloch Yakjehti Committee, which has organized the protest, in a statement issued on Saturday condemned the police high-handedness against the protesters in Islamabad and gave the government three days to release the protesters and quash cases against them.
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