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ISLAMABAD: Relatives of people missing from Balochistan appealed to the United Nations on Saturday to help them get justice.
At a protest organised by the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) in front of the National Press Club, they demanded accountability for the killings in the province and slammed the government’s stance on the Balochistan quagmire, which “almost always blames a mythical foreign hand”.
The protest was led by VBMP’s Vice-Chairperson Qadeer Rekki (Jalil Rekki’s father, who was murdered some months ago) and Farzana Majid (sister of abducted Baloch Students Organisation – Azad (BSO-Azad) Vice Chairperson Zakir Majeed). Scores of students, political workers and intellectuals also participated in the protest.
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