Journalist Muhammad Anif returns Sitara e Imtiaz in protest

• Writer returned award over valance against Baloch women.
• He said new generation is being deprived of basic rights.
• Baloch Solidarity Council staged protest outside NPC Islamabad.

LAHORE: Journalist and Writer Muhammad Hanif has announced the return of Sitara e Imtiaz as a protest over violence against Baloch protesters in the federal capital Islamabad.

In his tweet, journalist Muhammad Hanif said that he is returning Sitara e Imtiaz as a protest against violence against Baloch protesters. He said that the new generation is being deprived of basic rights and dignity.

It should be noted that Islamabad police had cracked down on the participants of the Baloch Unity March and arrested the protesting women.

Later, the committee comprising the supervising federal ministers held talks with the protestors and assured to remove all reservations after which the arrested protesting women were immediately released.

Baloch Solidarity Council protesters are protesting outside the National Press Club in Islamabad.

Earlier, On the direction of Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, all the women and children of Baloch protesters, detained in Islamabad, have been released.

This was stated by Caretaker Minister for Privatization Fawad Hassan Fawad at a joint news conference with federal ministers Murtaza Solangi, Jamal Shah and other senior officials of Islamabad administration in the federal capital this evening.

Regarding the male detainees, Fawad Hassan said around 90 percent of them have also been set free as identification of the rest has not been completed yet.