Over 290 Baloch protestors who were arrested during the demonstration in the capital city against the enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, had been released from jail and police custody.
The information about the above mentioned has been confirmed by the caretaker government on Monday.
While sharing the details about it via the Twitter handle, the interior ministry said that the decision was taken in light of the negotiations held between the Baloch demonstrators and the cabinet committee.
The Baloch protest march, which started in Turbat on December 6 after the extrajudicial killing of a Baloch youth by the counter-terrorism department (CTD) personnel, had reached the federal capital last week.
However, they held meeting with the brutal force and more than 200 protestors were taken into custody by the Islamabad police. In the light of the crackdown, the march led by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) had converted into a sit-in outside the National Press Club.
The BYC on Saturday had given a three-day ultimatum to the government to quash the cases lodged against the students and activists and release all of the protestors. Islamabad police, the following day, announced it was releasing all the arrested protestors after their bail was approved.
The police had also set up a “special help centre” for the release of the incarcerated individuals.
In the statement shared, the interior ministry added that the release of 290 detained protestors. it said that, “Peaceful protests are the right of every citizen but no one will be allowed to take the law into their own hands.”
It added that the security of the Red Zone had been ensured in every way as it houses the Diplomatic Enclave and other constitutional bodies. The special help centre set up by the police has completed its job, the ministry said.
The BYC, through the social media post, said that, “Only 160 protestors had been released until now and over 100 were still in police custody or missing.
It added that the Islamabad police had not provided proper details to the protestors and the media, adding that Dr Zaheer Baloch, one of the detained protestors was still missing.
“We are concerned about his life,” the committee added.
