Baloch protesters call for ‘shutter-down’ strike on Jan. 3 against alleged rights abuses in Pakistan

An ethnic Baloch activist leader on Tuesday called for a “shutter-down demonstration” throughout Pakistan on Jan. 3 against alleged rights abuses and “genocide” of the Baloch nation in southwestern Pakistan. Hundreds of Baloch activists arrived in Islamabad last month after covering over 1,600 kilometers from Turbat district in southwestern Balochistan to protest what they say […]