‘Demands raised by Baloch protestors are genuine but the way in which they are staging the protests in Islamabad is not the right way,’ says the Caretaker Chief Minister of Balochistan, Ali Mardan Khan Domki.
He made the above mentioned statement during the reception given in his honour by Pakistan Peoples Party Leader, Nazeer Ahmed Rahu in Shahmeer Rahu village, near to Sakrand town on Thursday that the issue of missing persons concerned Islamabad and it was looking into it.
“The government sometimes committed mistakes and then provided redressal as well. we are serious about the issue of Balach Khan and are trying to find proper solution to the ongoing protest of Baloch women. An FIR in this case has also been lodged on the complaint filed by the Baloch daughters,” says Domki.
He further added that, “A committee had already been set up which was looking into the missing persons’ issue and looking for the answers to the related questions.”
He outright rejected the number of 70,000 missing persons and said that the figures the protestors have mentioned are around 10,000 to 12,000 but these were also the wrong as the real number came to around 5,000 to 6,000 only out of which 450 had already been released and the rest were being released. Overall 160 persons had been released and the remaining 34 would be released soon.
While mentioning about the manhandling of the protestors by the police, he said that, “When there were protests, some actions had to be taken for ending the agitation and later the protestors were also released.”
He was confident general elections would be held on Feb 8 and claimed that all political parties were being treated equally without any bias.
Earlier, the host Nazeer Ahmed Rahu welcomed the caretaker chief minister and said that, “despite all difficulties and police cases they had faced in their own PPP government, they were very much in the party and would remain in the party.”
