At least four people were injured as protests continued in Balochistan’s Chagai district on Monday over the killing of a driver allegedly by security forces last week. Violent protests had erupted on April 15 in the district’s Nokkundi and Dalbandin areas against the killing of the driver after he allegedly tried to speed away despite being signalled to stop in Panch Raik area near the Pak-Afghan border, official sources said. Four individuals, who were injured during today’s protest, were taken to a trauma centre in Quetta for treatment, according to the centre’s managing director Syed Yasir Hussain Shah. Shah said medical services were being provided to the injured on the orders of Balochistan Health Minister Syed Ehsan Shah and the health secretary.
Extrajudicial executions of Baloch people have been occurring since 1947, according to the BNP-M member.”Right now, the cheapest item accessible in the country is Baloch people’s blood,” he remarked, adding that the Baloch people were more important to the BNP-M than anything else.”How come the security forces have been granted far too much authority?” We are outraged and plan a walkout. In these conditions, how can we stay in government?” Before leaving the house with other members of his political party, Mr Baloch remarked. The speaker despatched Ayaz Sadiq and a few other MNAs from Balochistan to fetch back the BNP-M parliamentarians after nearly an hour, but by that time, the protesting legislators may have been exhausted.
During his Saturday assembly statement, BNP-M head Akhtar Mengal also brought up the topic of ongoing operations and missing persons in Balochistan. Mr Mengal has even requested that the prime minister fix the missing persons issue before Eidul Fitr, which is just two weeks away.In the absence of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the PML-Khawaja N’s Asif addressed the protesting BNP-M lawmakers, claiming that the Balochistan issue had been there since the 1960s. He recognised that he had overstepped his bounds with the Baloch people and that he had broken agreements with them.”Our province of Balochistan is bleeding,” he remarked, adding that blaming simply one institution would be unfair. The PML-N leader said without naming anyone. For the sake of Pakistan’s 220 million people, the PML-N leader believes that parliament, the courts, the military forces, the media, and the bureaucracy must work together. “Wounds must be healed, otherwise the condition will become irreparable,” he said. Rubina Irfan of the Balochistan Awami Party likewise spoke about the “excesses” perpetrated on the people of her province, where the youth, she claimed, were unemployed. She was particularly concerned about the Chagai event and expressed disappointment that Baloch people lacked access to roads, power, and other basic services.
In these conditions, how can we stay in government?” Before leaving the house with other members of his political party, Mr Baloch remarked.
