As per The News International, the first stampede took place in Sahiwal when a large number of people showed up to get free flour with women also standing in long queues. As the time passed on, the crowd became impatient, which caused a stampede with everyone trying to get flour bag.
The Baloch National Movement (Germany Chapter) staged a protest and rally in Hannover city of Germany. On this occasion, the participants distributed pamphlets and informed the people about the historical background as well as ongoing Pakistani atrocities in Balochistan.
Vehicular traffic to and from Torkham was restored after remaining closed for several hours owing to a protest by the Khugakhel tribesmen in the Landi Kotal region of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against the construction of a customs terminal at the border over their additional land with
New series of these protests are taking place after the enforced disappearances of Baloch women. On 3rd February Pakistan Army in collaboration with Intelligence agencies forcibly disappeared Rahim Zehri, his mother Mahbas Khatoon, his wife Rasheeda Zehri, and their two children from Gishkor
"We want to make it clear to the policymakers that we want peace in our region and will never support the subversive elements," Maulana Shamsuddin, one of the speakers said, adding the tribal people want to live in peace.
Baloch activist, Hafsa Baloch said in a tweet, "After a week Bibi Rashida and her husband Rahim Zehri are still in the custody of Pakistani forces. They were forcibly abducted by security forces and their whereabouts remain unknown."
Pakistanis have largely lost faith in the coalition government headed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, having failed to carry out any of the much-needed economic reforms in the country.
Even the ongoing economic crisis of the country has made the situation of the locals worse. As the costs of essential foodstuffs have increased exponentially. The shortage of grains has hit hard the people of the region who have taken to the streets to ask for essential foodstuffs.
According to Mirza, the mode of relations between Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is not of equality but of subjugation. Several waves of protests have surfaced in the past only because Pakistan cannot and will not deliver.
Deeply angered over the acquittal of former Senior Superintendent Rao Anwar in the Naqeebullah Mehsud's murder case, the members of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) staged protests across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dawn reported on Thursday.
Karachi Police on Sunday booked several leaders and workers of the Pashtun Tahfuzz Movement (PTM) in an abetting mutiny case after they held a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club demanding the release of MNA Ali Wazir, the Dawn reported.