During the Quetta protest, arrested women, including Bibo Baloch, Fauzia, and others, started a hunger strike inside the police van. One of the women fainted. The arrested women shows that their hunger strike would continue until their demands are met.
The protesters demand the recovery of Zaheer Baloch, the release of all arrested protesters, and the return of the mobile phones seized from the women.
In Quetta, the family of forcibly disappeared Zaheer Baloch and Baloch political and social activists held a protest rally demanding his recovery and appearance. The police used violence at two locations, firing on the protesters, injuring several, and arresting numerous protesters, including women.
Police fired, baton-charged, and used tear gas against rally participants protesting the non-recovery of Zaheer Ahmed on Saryab Road in Quetta. Multiple protesters were arrested.
Mahrang Baloch During Quetta Protest
Dr. Mahrang Baloch, leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee, expressed her thoughts, saying that Zaheer Baloch’s family has been holding a sit-in for the past 11 days on Saryab Road, Quetta, for his recovery. A rally was held, but Quetta police violently treated peaceful protesters, including women and children, and arrested peaceful demonstrators.
Mahrang Baloch also said that the Pak Army fully believes that violence is the solution to every problem. First, it tramples its own constitution and laws to forcibly disappear citizens, while their families peacefully protest against these unconstitutional and illegal actions. When they raise their voices, instead of engaging in dialogue and solving the issue, the Army commits the worst violence against women and children and arrests them.
She said that if the Pak Army thinks it can suppress the public voice through coercion and barbarity, it stands at an extremely wrong place in history. She appealed to all to raise a strong voice against this violence and the arrests of Zaheer Baloch’s family and ordinary protesters and to stand shoulder to shoulder with them.