Karachi court orders release of five women held for staging protest against ‘enforced disappearance’

KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Sunday discharged five women, including a Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) activist, who were arrested for staging a protest outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) a day before and booked in a sedition case. On Saturday, police arrested BYC activist Fozia Baloch, her mother and their three other companions for staging the protest against the alleged enforced disappearance of her brother, Daad Shah. They were booked in a case registered under Sections 124-A (sedi...

By [email protected] (Sumair Abdullah)