Protest in district Musakhail against kidnapping of a minor girl
Tribesmen staging a protest demonstration against the kidnapping of a minor girl: Photo provided by the author

Abdul Rehman Musakhail:

Hundreds of tribesmen staged a protest demonstration against the kidnapping of a minor girl in Balochistan’s Musakhail district on Thursday. A tribal jirga was also held in Musakhail to evolve a strategy to mount pressure on the government to make sure unhurt recovery of the minor girl.

“Our protest will continue till the recovery of minor kid”, Comrade Khudai Noor Musakhail, one of the tribal elders warned. The protesters chanted full-throated slogans against the district administration and police for their failure to recover the minor girl. The minor girl was playing along with other kids in a marriage party when picked up by an unknown accused.

“Who kidnapped the minor girl ? the tribal elders asked. The tribesmen lashed out at the district administration and warned that protest would be intensified if it failed to recover the minor girl. This incident has come few days after the kidnapping of two children in the Musakhail district. The girls were later recovered.

Speaker Balochistan Assembly, Sardar Babar Musakhail had also directed the Balochistan Police Chief and Chief Secretary to submit a report in this regard.

 

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