Quetta, July 7 -- The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has strongly condemned the violent crackdown by the Hub administration on a peaceful rally held in Hub Chowki, terming it a "shameful" act and a gross violation of human rights.

The protest was organised to denounce the extrajudicial killing of Zeeshan Zaheer, a BYC Panjgur member, allegedly by a state-backed death squad.

In a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter), BYC said, "The crackdown on a peaceful protest is a condemnable act. A large number of women, children, and relatives of forcibly disappeared persons participated in the rally. Despite the peaceful nature of the gathering, police resorted to aerial firing and tear gas shelling soon after it ended, arresting several prot...