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Balochistan [Pakistan], Dec 29 (ANI): Balochistan’s Gwadar district continues to ‘boil’ as the Hakdudhrik movement entered its second month on Dec 25, Asia Lite reported. . Protesters have been staging sit-ins along the Gwadar East Bay Expressway, roads leading to Gwadar seaport and the Gwadar International Airport, which is under construction.
DJM continued to protest after talks between the Balochistan provincial government and protest leaders failed to achieve a breakthrough on December 24. According to Asian Lite, the movement’s head, Maulana Hidayat ur Rehman Baloch, claimed that the government officials who attended the meeting had “no authority” to enforce their demands.
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Tensions persist in Gwadar, including road blockades that hamper the movement of Chinese engineers and local workers working on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects in the area. The situation in Gwadar remained tense on Wednesday as the Gwadar Rights Movement (GRM) protested against their demands, including an end to “illegal fishing” in the area, with strikes and clashes in the port city, the Express Tribune reported.
Police arrested eight people after clashes with protesters. Mobile networks and internet services were suspended for the third day in a row in Gwadar, Pasni and Almara. Protesters staged a sit-in outside the Passney Press Club and blocked traffic on major highways.
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Police personnel were deployed to Zero Point, six kilometers from the city of Almara. Protesters have been calling for a reduction in the number of checkpoints, easier border trade and a complete end to deep-sea trawling in the waters off Gwadar, the Express Tribune reported.
In a statement, GRM said the provincial government was responsible for “the worst state atrocities” in Gwadar. According to The Express Tribune news, a GRM activist said that Gwadar’s internet and electricity had been shut down for three days in an effort to crack down on the poor. Meanwhile, Balochistan provincial government spokesman Farah Azem Shah said the security situation in Gwadar is under control thanks to effective measures.
“So far, hundreds of GRM activists and leaders have been arrested and several children, women and the elderly have been injured [in clashes]’,” the Express Tribune quoted a Gwadar rights activist as saying.
He added: “The port city has been without electricity or grid for three days to crack down on the poor.” (Ani)
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