On October 27th a group of women, children and even old have commenced a 700 kilometer walk from Quetta to Karachi for their rights , for knowing whereabouts of their beloved and for a peaceful secure future which is a right of every Pakistani.
Balochistan, rich in copper, gold and natural gas, is Pakistan's largest but least populous province. It
is also the least developed, which has aggravated a long-running
ethnic Baloch separatist movement that wants more autonomy and a greater
share of its mineral wealth. According
to Human Rights Watch, more than 300 people have suffered the fate,
known as “kill and dump”, in Balochistan since January 2011.
These
are women and children, weaker and oppressed marching on foot from
Quetta to Karachi to remind us that while we manufacture half-truths, trifle with the non-issues, some of their loved ones have been
missing for years; those they have found, they found tortured and
killed, their bodies dumped even without the dignity of a shroud.
Bushra
19:40 hours
Friday 1 November 2013
