ISLAMABAD: While announcing the end to the sit-in outside Islamabad’s National Press Club (NPC) on Tuesday, Baloch Yekjehti Committee (BYC) leader Dr Mahrang Baloch said the next phase of the protest movement will be aimed at highlighting the voice against enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.
Baloch Yekjehti Committee (BYC) called off the month-long sit-in in front National Press Club in the federal capital against “what they called” enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan.
Dr Mahrang Baloch announced the culmination of the protest’s current phase, saying that the next phase of the protest movement will be aimed at highlighting the voice of the BYC movement via social media and other mediums.
She also announced a BYC meeting in Quetta on January 27 to discuss the matter of missing Baloch persons.
The protesters had been staging a sit-in organized in front of the federal capital’s press club for over a month with a camp established at the site on December 22.
The announcement by Mahrang came after the NPC penned a letter to the Islamabad police requesting the removal of the protestors’ camp.
However, the NPC’s letter was later withdrawn following severe criticism from all quarters, including journalists.
The NPC, in its application to SHO Kohsar Shafqat Faiz, expressed concern over the traffic congestion and difficulties faced by its members and guests due to the ongoing protest.
