{"id":89381,"date":"2025-01-18T22:50:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T22:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/karachi-police-arrest-25-baloch-yakjehti-committee-protesters-during-lyari-march\/"},"modified":"2025-01-18T22:50:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T22:50:32","slug":"karachi-police-arrest-25-baloch-yakjehti-committee-protesters-during-lyari-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/karachi-police-arrest-25-baloch-yakjehti-committee-protesters-during-lyari-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Karachi police arrest 25 Baloch Yakjehti Committee protesters during Lyari march"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over two dozen Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders and workers were arrested on Saturday when police attempted to disperse a march in Lyari, according to police and organisers.<\/p>\n

City Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Arif Aziz told Dawn.com<\/em> that 25 protesters were detained as they were involved in \u201canti-Pakistan activity\u201d.<\/p>\n

BYC activists alleged that police launched a \u201cviolent crackdown\u201d and manhandled those attending the march.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe police and law enforcement agencies (LEAs) have launched a violent crackdown on peaceful Baloch citizens and members of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee,\u201d the BYC said in a statement<\/a> posted on X. It added that it had planned a mobilisation campaign in Liyari, leading up to an event on January 25 in Dalbandin.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, when BYC members and participants arrived at Miran Naka near Lyari, they were met with force, baton charges, and arrests by the oolice,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n

BYC members, including Lala Wahab Baloch, Sammi Deen Baloch, Fouzia Baloch and Amna Baloch, were \u201cillegally arrested\u201d, the statement reads. It added that Sammi Deen was allegedly being harassed while in police custody and that she \u201cescaped an assassination attempt just yesterday\u201d.<\/p>\n

SSP Aziz denied the BYC\u2019s allegations.<\/p>\n

BYC leader Dr Mahrang Baloch issued a video statement<\/a> condemning the authorities\u2019 response to the march and accusing them of having \u201cattacked Baloch pride and dignity by laying hands on the veil of Baloch women\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolice attacked the peaceful protesters and pulled veils off their heads,\u201d Mahrang alleged. \u201cThis is not the first time<\/a> this has happened, every time the BYC plans an event in Karachi, the press club is sealed.\u201d<\/p>\n

She demanded the release of the arrested BYC leaders, warning that if the police continued employing heavy-handed responses to disperse marches, the BYC would lead a movement in Karachi.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over two dozen Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders and workers were arrested on Saturday when police attempted to disperse a march in Lyari, according to police and organisers. City Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Arif Aziz told Dawn.com that 25 protesters were detained as they were involved in \u201canti-Pakistan activity\u201d. BYC activists alleged that police […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2025\/01\/18222249f936736.jpg?r=230549","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t