Many residents of New Kahan arrested in a pre-dawn raid
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A number of Marri Baloch have been arrested from New Kahan, Quetta in a pre-dawn raid by Pakistan FC, on Tuesday.
According to details the local police and FC (Frontier Crops) have raided houses of Marri Baloch in New Kahan in Quetta around 4 am Tuesday morning. The raid continued for at least three hours. The residents complained that Pakistani officials harassed women and children during the house – to – house search operation. Many men have been arrested and taken to unknown location before brutally beating them on spot.
New Kahan also known as ‘the Gaza Strip of Balochistan’ is a Marri Baloch populated area in Hazar Ganji region of Quetta. The area has always been under the watch of Pakistan’s security agencies since late 2000, many residents of New Kahan have been killed under-custody after being force fully disappeared and several are still being held by Pakistani authorities at undisclosed locations.
It is also pertinent to mention that the raid took place at a time when the Supreme Court of Pakistan is hearing the cases of abducted Baloch persons. So far all the evidence presented to Court proves that the FC and other security agencies are involved in forced-disappearance in Balochistan.
Meanwhile the protest the families of abducted Baloch reached its 856th day, outside Quetta Press Club. A delegation of Baloch Chaar Jama’ati Itehad (Coalition of Four Baloch Parties) visited the camp to express their solidarity with the families involuntarily disappeared Baloch.
Addressing the media the delegation said that life has been made difficult for Baloch men, women and children on their own homeland. It has become a routine practice of Pakistan’s security forces to dump mutilated bodies of Baloch activists. “Baloch intellectuals and political activists are being brutally target killed, Baloch women are being disrespected by state’s security forces and many Baloch have been burnt alive during military offensives. Several mass graves have also been found”, charged the delegation.
Talking to the delegation Qadeer Baloch, Vice Chairman of the Baloch Voice for Baloch Missing Persons, said that all the institutions of Pakistan including parliament, judiciary and media were helpless before the FC and Intelligence agencies. He said that thousands of Baloch have been killed by state forces but not a single army, FC and Intelligence agencies officials have been arrested or punishment for their crimes in Balochistan.
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