Balochistan, Feb. 11 -- Protests were held in several cities of Balochistan, calling for a stop to suspected enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and the kidnapping of Baloch women.

Baloch students in Islamabad and Uthal held quiet protests, while the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) organized rallies around the region, The Balochistan Post reported. In solidarity, businesses in Mastung, Kalat, and other cities remained closed during shutter-down strikes.

Protesters demanded that human rights groups and the UN step in and hold Pakistani officials responsible. Families of missing people flocked to Quetta for a protest march organized by the BYC. Carrying pictures of their loved ones, protesters chanted anti-enforced disappeara...