PM forms committee to hold talks with Baloch protesters

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq on Thursday formed a ministerial committee comprising three members to hold negotiations with the participants of the Baloch Unity March (BUM).

Federal Minister for Privatization Fawad Hasan Fawad will lead the committee. Other members include Information Minister Murtaza Solangi and Jamal Shah.

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The committee will address the demands put forward by the BUM participants, as per government sources. Meanwhile, the interim government announced on Thursday that all women and children detained during the police crackdown on Baloch protesters had been released.

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This was announced by Privatisation Minister Fawad Hasan Fawad while addressing a press conference in Islamabad, accompanied by Information Minister Murtaza Solangi and Jamal Shah.

“At the prime minister’s direction, a decision was made to release all women and children without exception. Additionally, all identified men have also been freed,” stated Fawad Hasan Fawad.

The Islamabad police had detained numerous Baloch men and women during a demonstration against enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.