A sitting of the National Party of Baluchistan-Mengal (BNP-M) that demands the release of the arrested leaders of the Balochjehti Committee (Byc) continued on Sunday, after the conversations of the provincial government with the party did not achieve a solution yesterday.
The president of BNP-M, Sardar Akhtar Mengal, had announced a “long march” of Wadh to Quetta to protest the arrests of the BYC chief organizer, Dr. Mahrang Baloch, and other leaders, as well as police repressions in a sitting. However, the Quetta administration had denied permission of the part for the demonstration.
On Saturday night, a delegation from the provincial government comprising Zahoor Ahmed Buledi, Bakht Muhammad Kakar and Sardar Noor Ahmed Bangulzai met with Mengal and other BNP-M leaders at the Mastung party site.
Mengal, Nawab Muhammad Khan Shahwani, Sajid Tareen and other leaders participated in conversations on behalf of the participants seated.
Speaking to the media after the talk, Mengal said: “This sitting will continue until they are released to our women.”
In a publication about X Today, Mengal reiterated his demand that Mahrang and Sammi Deen Baloch be released. He also said that a Byc leader and his relatives were taken from his house in the early hours of Sunday.
Mengal alleged: “Shahji Baloch of Byc, his brother Dr. Sanaullah and nephew Dr. Aftab and Shams were kidnapped after three separate raids in his residence. The first incursion was made at 1:15 am, the second was for the arrest, and the third was to advance on mobile phones and electronic [devices].
“This is not the law but the kidnapping. We demand the immediate release of Shahji, Dr. Sana, Dr. Aftab and Shams, as well as Dr. Mahrang and Sammi Deen Baloch, who were only imprisoned for raising his voice for human rights,” he added.
“How long will this war against Baloch’s voices continue?” BNP-M president asked.
The protesters and motorists from different political parties had begun their trip to Quetta from the native city of Wadh de Mengal, around 9 am on Friday.
On Saturday, after the BNP-M said that more than 250 of its activists were arrested since its march met with police action near Mastung, Mengal and other party workers also survived a suicide bombing.
When addressing the seated yesterday, Mengal said: “The Government Delegation told us about cooperation and search in a way.
“We told them that they must find a way and let us go to Quetta.”
Mengal elaborated: “The Government Delegation asked us if we wanted to celebrate a demonstration, to which we said that if we wanted to celebrate a demonstration, we would have done it in Khuzdar.
“We told the Government that our only demand is to free women,” Mengal said. “We told them that we will march towards Quetta, demanding the liberation of our women.”
Mengal continued to say that if the government did not let them go to Quetta, they would sit in Mastung.
Although the delegation decided to meet with BNP leadership again after IFTAR, he did not.
