Pakistan
Pakistan: Quetta highway blocked as protesters demonstrate against alleged extrajudicial killing of Balach Mola Bakhsh
Pakistan's Quetta region is witnessing a protest sit-in against the alleged extrajudicial killing of Balach Mola Bakhsh in a CTD operation.
After staging a protest in Turbat for the past two weeks, the agitators reached Quetta on Monday for a demonstration.
They have set up camps on the main highway near the Kachi Baig area and blocked the road linking Quetta with Mastung, Kalat, Khuzdar and other areas, reports Dawn News.
Showing their solidarity with Bakhsh’s family, several residents of Quetta also joined the demonstration in the region.
The local administration once again tried to persuade the participants to call off their protest, insisting that their primary demands had already been accepted and steps were being taken to implement the decisions taken by the government on the orders of the Balochistan High Court, the Pakistani newspaper reported.
The demonstrators, however, said they would continue their demonstrations until their demands are met.
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