According to Geo News, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) ended their 30-day sit-in outside the National Press Club (NPC) in Islamabad on Tuesday.
Since December 20, 2023, protesters from the Baloch community have been staging demonstrations against “enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings” in the federal capital.
One of the protest organizers, activist Dr. Mahrang Baloch, stated that they are traveling back to Balochistan from Islamabad.
“On January 27, we’re going to have a rally in Balochistan,” she continued.
This happened the day after NPC Islamabad complained to the Kohsar Police Station on Monday, demanding that the Baloch protesters be removed from the public park in front of the NPC.
The News claims that the club’s management claimed in its complaint that there was a security risk because of the following:
Numerous well-known national politicians and socialites stop by the NPC for various events.
According to the NPC administration, the demonstrators’ sit-in had been going on for more than two months, costing money because members of the political and social classes avoided attending press conferences and other events related to these groups at the NPC.
Baloch protesters were targeted by Islamabad police last month, and their camps outside the National Press Club were destroyed.
Anguish was felt across the nation as the police arrested the majority of the protestors.
At first, the administration defended the crackdown, saying it was an essential step to prevent a “catastrophe”.
After being detained for a week, all of the Baloch protesters were released in response to public uproar against the crackdown.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) issued an order earlier this month prohibiting local authorities and police from obstructing the Baloch marchers’ path or utilizing force to drive them away.
On a plea against harassment and attempts to forcibly remove marchers, filed by Baloch activist Sammi Deen Baloch, who was also one of the families participating in the protests in Islamabad, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani had given orders.
