The Baloch Hal News
The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP)
on Monday staged a protest demonstration outside the Quetta Press Club (QPC) demanding safe release of all the missing persons.
They also appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan to hold monthly hearings on the issue of missing persons in Quetta.
Women and children participated in the demonstration and chanted slogans against government for their failure to trace the missing persons.
Addressing the demonstration, sister of missing Shabir Somalani and daughter of Dr. Din Muhammad Baloch said, as many as 410 mutilated bodies of missing persons have so far been found in desolate places of Balochistan during the past one and half year while thousands were listed missing.
They said that they observed hunger strike camps outside the Karachi and Islamabad press clubs with the hope to draw the attention of concerned authorities and humanitarian organisations. However, their missing beloveds were yet to be released. “The government and judiciary should take notice of this serious humanitarian issue,” they demanded.
However, they welcomed the recovery of five missing persons, saying relatives of more than 1300 missing persons were ready to appear before the court and record their statements.
They strongly rejected the statement of Interior Minister Rehman Malik that the missing persons were living in Afghanistan and Dubai. “The recovery of five missing persons by Supreme Court is the prove that government and its functionaries are lying,” they said, and adding that the missing persons were in the custody of government agencies and they could be released if pressure were exerted on them.
They demanded of the humanitarian organizations to play their hectic role in recovering the missing persons before it was too late and their bodies were thrown away.
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