Talking to The Express Tribune, Qadir accused the government functionaries and a pro-government organisation of sending him threats through cell phone and by visiting his residence and hunger strike camps.
“We had set up this camp about one and half year ago which is the sole platform for the relatives of missing persons to raise their voice. Families from far-flung areas come to register their protest,” he said.
He said that two men had visited the camp and asked to him to end the strike. “He told me if I want my son alive then I must end the strike. I argued that if you people release all the missing persons then we will end our strike.”
Qadir said he had a list of those missing persons whose relatives are on strike.
“We have been on token hunger strike for the past 522 days and are demanding immediate release of our missing relatives. Our voice has been heard by international humanitarian organisations like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and others; and now some elements are threatening us to end the strike,” he added.
Qadir, who was sitting alone at the camp, said he realises the pain that a family feels after losing a loved one. “I informed the HRCP and other organizations about these threats.”
The relatives of the missing persons said they observed hunger strike outside Supreme Court, National Press Club and in Karachi but to no avail.
According to Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VFBM), an organisation striving for the recovery of missing persons, over 8,000 people are missing from Balochistan and they have complete information or data about 1,300 missing persons. They said the mutilated and bullet riddled bodies of over 200 Baloch missing persons were found dumped.
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there are more than 14000 disappeared people baloches in balochistan and also in sind especially in karachi where living 4 million baloches.this survey in internet for balochistan is very difficult.because in balochistan there is no electricity,no internet,may be less than 1 using internet, where is no electricity.they cant use internet and also media.but in balochistan also in eastern,and western being genocide baloch nation,who have a a greate history,cultureand land,but in 21 th century in time of progress, civilisation,and progress,everydayday in pakistan abducting baloch youths,journalists,advocates,and simple peoples,and in iran fascist regime of iran is hanging them.there is no difference between them fasicism and genocidism of pakistan and iran in balochistan
The commentors should switch of their AC and visit balochistan to know the truth
That's how peace works in the area. If threats don't work to shut people up, make more threats until they're silent or dead and then blame some outsiders for doing it to the point of trying to get a movement going that was always intended to die out after the big talk. If a person dies and gets a big reaction, just kill one somewhere else that will get a bigger reaction. The law of distraction.
Mr. Zardari / Mr. Kyani!!! Can u please put a finger on our map and tell me where Balochistan is?
So the big brother accepts it is responsible for missing persons...what happened to foreign hand?