Aaj TV English News - Pakistan https://english.aaj.tv/ Aaj TV English en-Us Copyright 2026 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:18:56 +0500 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:18:56 +0500 60 Govt says all women and children arrested from Baloch long march to be released https://english.aaj.tv/news/30345056/govt-says-all-women-and-children-arrested-from-baloch-long-march-to-be-released <p><strong>A committee formed by the federal government announced on Thursday that all women and children as well 90% of men arrested from the Baloch Solidarity Committee long march have been released.</strong></p> <p>Addressing a press conference in Islamabad after negotiating with the arrested protestors, Fawad Hassan Fawad said that no protestors who had come to Islamabad were involved in clashes with police.</p> <p>The minister was flanked by Islamabad’s IG, DC as well as ministers Murtaza Solangi and Jamal Shah.</p> <p>He said that ‘local’ people had tried to exploit the situation for their own means and their aims would have materialised if authorities had not stepped in.</p> <p>Fawad added that if the government had wanted to clash with the protestors it would have confronted the protest going on in Islamabad for the last 23 days.</p> <p>He added that the only people still in custody were those who were yet to be identified.</p> <p> <figure class='media sm:w-1/3 w-full media--right media--embed media--uneven'> <div class='media__item media__item--newskitlink '> <iframe class="nk-iframe" onload="setInterval(()=>{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)" width="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="height:400px;position:relative" src="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/card/30345050" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms"></iframe></div> </figure></p> <p>Fawad also revealed that the committee would develop a report on the protestors’ grievances which would be submitted to Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar.</p> <p>He also said that former Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Malik Baloch had reached out to PM Kakar on Wednesday as the clashes took place.</p> A committee formed by the federal government announced on Thursday that all women and children as well 90% of men arrested from the Baloch Solidarity Committee long march have been released.

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad after negotiating with the arrested protestors, Fawad Hassan Fawad said that no protestors who had come to Islamabad were involved in clashes with police.

The minister was flanked by Islamabad’s IG, DC as well as ministers Murtaza Solangi and Jamal Shah.

He said that ‘local’ people had tried to exploit the situation for their own means and their aims would have materialised if authorities had not stepped in.

Fawad added that if the government had wanted to clash with the protestors it would have confronted the protest going on in Islamabad for the last 23 days.

He added that the only people still in custody were those who were yet to be identified.

Fawad also revealed that the committee would develop a report on the protestors’ grievances which would be submitted to Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar.

He also said that former Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Malik Baloch had reached out to PM Kakar on Wednesday as the clashes took place.

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