Sindh Sabha missing persons long march prevented from entering Punjab
Incident sparks protests in several cities, sit-in at National Highway
The missing persons were whisked away during midnight raids on May 24 from their homes located in different areas of Badin. PHOTO: FILE
HYDERABAD:
The long march for the recovery of missing persons, under the auspices of Sindh Sabha, was prevented from crossing the border from Sindh into Punjab on Wednesday while some of its organisers were put in prison on Thursday.
The march had started earlier this month from Karachi and was scheduled to culminate in Islamabad.
However, dozens of police mobile vans of the Ghotki district police prevented the march’s participants, who later staged a sit-in blocking the National Highway, from crossing the border. “The police have stopped us using the excuse of the coronavirus,” complained Inam Abbassi alias Sindhi, who was leading the march.
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Pakistanâs prison population increased in the early months of the pandemic, according to a report on the countryâs prisons.
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In April 2020, there were 41,223 prisoners in Punjab, 14,598 in Sindh, 10,794 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and 1,820 in Balochistan. In September, the numbers increased to 45,123 in Punjab, 17,322 in Sindh, 11,891 in KP, and 2,076 in Balochistan.