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Members of the opposition in the Senate on Monday expressed concern over alleged “disrespect” with which they said the body of Baloch rights activist Karima Baloch was treated before being laid to rest in her hometown in Balochistan.
Karima Baloch, who was also known as Karima Mehrab, had gone missing in Toronto’s downtown waterfront area last month and her body was found a day later. She was living in the Canadian city in exile for about five years.
Opposition criticises disrespect meted out to Karima Baloch s body
A general view of the Senate session on Monday. DawnNewsTV
Members of the opposition in the Senate on Monday expressed concern over alleged disrespect with which they said the body of Baloch rights activist Karima Baloch was treated before being laid to rest in her hometown in Balochistan.
Karima Baloch, who was also known as Karima Mehrab, had gone missing in Toronto’s downtown waterfront area last month and her body was found a day later. She was living in the Canadian city in exile for about five years.
After unverified reports mostly in the Indian media that Karima had been killed, Canadian authorities investigating the circumstances had termed the activist s death as non-criminal .
Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed addresses a press conference in Islamabad on Tuesday. DawnNewsTV
Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Tuesday hit out at leaders of the opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) for its rally in front of the office of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in Islamabad today, saying television footage showed not more than 3,000 people had attended the protest.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad shortly after the PDM rally concluded, he said the PDM leaders were forgetting that Prime Minister Imran Khan gave them the permission to enter the capital s Red Zone , adding that he also had the same opinion to let you play openly .
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PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz addresses the PDM rally outside the ECP offices on Tuesday. AFP
One of the rallies heading towards the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) office in Islamabad on Tuesday. Photo courtesy: Twitter
Security officials have been deployed in the Red Zone to ensure law and order during the opposition s protest. DawnNewsTV
Separate rallies led by different constituent members of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) – a 10-party opposition alliance seeking to oust the government – reached Islamabad on Tuesday where a protest was held outside the headquarters of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against what the PDM has called an unacceptable delay in the PTI foreign funding case.