Missing Persons Rally: CJP criticised for silence on killings

QUETTA: Relatives of Baloch missing persons have criticised the chief justice of the Supreme Court for his silence over the recent recovery of bullet-riddled bodies of Baloch activists. The bodies of Baloch Republican Party’s (BRP) Central Informational Secretary Jalel Reki and Baloch National Movement (BNM) activist Mohammad Yunus were found near Turbat on Tuesday. Voice for Relatives of Baloch Missing Persons (VFBMP) staged a protest demonstration outside the Quetta press club to condemn the killing of Reki and Yunus. The protesters chanted slogans against the Frontier Corps, intelligence agencies and government functionaries for their alleged involvement in enforced disappearances. Addressing the protesters Chairman VFBMP Nasrullah Baloch condemned what he termed the “extra-judicial killing” of Reki and Yunus.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 27^th, 2011.