Activists call on Canada's Justin Trudeau govt to investigate Karima Baloch's death

Mohsin Dawar, who is a member of Pakistan's National Assembly and a leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), led the 'Pashtun Long March to Khyber' and demanded
the Canadian government to thoroughly investigate Karima's death.

He tweeted: "From the stage of #PashtunLongMarch2Khyber we paid homage to the contribution and sacrifice of #KarimaBaloch, we also demanded that the Canadian government investigates her murder and that it fulfills its responsibility that began when it offered asylum to her."

Karima Baloch was living in exile in Canada.

Renowned activist Karima Baloch, who was vocal about Pakistan Army and government atrocities in Balochistan, has been found dead in Canada's Toronto city.

She was a refugee in Canada.

Karima Baloch, a Canadian refugee named by the BBC as one of the world’s 100 most “inspirational and influential” women in 2016 was last seen on Sunday, December 20, 2020, at approximately 3 p.m, reports The Balochistan Post.

She had gone missing since last Sunday.

Many see similarities in the deaths of Karima Baloch and the late Baloch journalist and dissident Sajid Hussain.

Hussain’s body was also discovered in similar circumstances in Sweden.

Sajid Hussain was a Baloch journalist and the chief editor of the online news site, 'the Balochistan Times'.

He went missing on 2 March 2020 and his dead body was found in the Fyris River on 23 March 2020.  

(With UNI inputs)