Quetta, July 8 -- In its second session of the Virtual Debate Series, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) hosted prominent human rights lawyer Advocate Imaan Zainab Mazari, who delivered a scathing critique of the state's ongoing weaponization of legal instruments to suppress indigenous Baloch voices.

Citing the recent detention of Mahrang Baloch and other BYC members under the colonial-era 3MPO ordinance, Mazari called the move "a gross violation of constitutional rights."

In a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter), BYC reiterated that 3MPO, originally designed by General Ayub Khan for political suppression, is being misused to silence peaceful democratic dissent.

"The arrest of BYC leaders is not only unlawful but politically moti...