The participants also demanded the release of 200 people, who were convicted under military courts, however, their convictions were set aside by the Peshawar High Court in 2020.

The protest rally was staged at Kabal Chowk and a large number of people, including the families of missing persons, participated in it.

People across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been protesting against the resurgence of terrorism in the province following the killings of Shia teachers in Parachinar, and explosions at a counter-terrorism office in Swat that claimed 17 lives.

According to a report released by the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (COIOED) in July 2022, a total of 8,696 cases of missing persons have been reported. While 6,513 of these cases have been solved, 2,219 are still pending. Among the missing persons, the majority of people are from Baloch and Pashtun ethnicities.

However, human rights activists claim the number is much higher than this.

Earlier, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) had expressed concerns over the “state’s widespread use of enforced disappearances” in Balochistan to muzzle dissent.

In its fact-finding report, titled: “Balochistan’s struggle for Hope”, the human rights watchdog had noted that there have been continued reports of enforced disappearances in Balochistan and there was no improvement in the situation since 2019 when the HRCP’s team visited the last.

“The HRCP notes with considerable alarm that Balochistan faces mounting public frustration pertaining to enforced disappearances, economic exclusion, curbs on press freedom, misgovernance and allegations of political manipulation by the establishment”, the report had said.

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A large number of people protested the rise of terrorism in the region and demanded peace.

After Swat, the people of Lakki Marwat are also on the roads protesting against terrorism. Demanding peace for the region. pic.twitter.com/JlI37RVFDm

— Ihtisham Ul Haq (@iihtishamm) April 29, 2023

Citizens in Swat also protested for two consecutive days against the rise in terrorism.

Swat residents had gathered at Kabal Chowk, Swat, in a protest rally organised by the Swat rights movement, Swat Olasi Pasoon (Swat People’s Movement).

Earlier this week, explosions in an office of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in the Kabal area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Swat Valley claimed 17 lives.

The cause of the blast is yet to be ascertained.

Last year, the residents of Swat had organised a series of protest demonstrations against the rise in terrorism in the region. They demanded the authorities to curtail the rise of terrorism in the region.

Pakistan has witnessed a resurgence of terrorism with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) targeting security officials particularly.

TTP is supported by the Taliban-led Afghan government.

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An office of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in the Kabal area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Swat Valley was reduced to rubble after two huge explosions.

The cause of the blast is yet to be ascertained.

Swat residents gathered at Kabal Chowk, Swat, in a protest rally organised by the Swat rights movement, Swat Olasi Pasoon (Swat People’s Movement).

After yesterday’s mysterious blast at a counter-terrorism police station that killed 17 people and injured dozens other, residents and activists gathered, under the banner of Swat Olasi Pasoon, at Kabal Chowk today to protest against growing insecurity in the region #Swatblast pic.twitter.com/iuKbxPb7UG

— Zia Ur Rehman (@zalmayzia) April 25, 2023

People protested against growing insecurity in the region.

Last year, the residents of Swat had organised a series of protest demonstrations against the rise in terrorism in the region. They demanded the authorities to curtail the rise of terrorism in the region.

Pakistan has witnessed a resurgence of terrorism with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) targeting security officials particularly.

TTP is supported by the Taliban-led Afghan government.

Earlier, two pol­i­cemen were killed and four others sustained injuries in militant attacks on census teams in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s sou­thern districts of Tank and Lakki Marwat.

In Tank’s Kot Azam area, terrorists had opened fire at a police van deployed for the security of census staff while it was returning from a village. As a result, constable Khan Nawab was killed, while police constables Shah Nawaz and Aslam Khan, Levies official Bismillah, Frontier Constabulary official Abdullah and driver Eid Jan were injured.

Same day in another militant attack on a census team, a Frontier Reserve Police (FRP) police constable was killed in Pirwala area of the Lakki Marwat district when motorcyclists opened fire at the census team.

In January, a blast in Peshawar mosque inside a police compound claimed the lives of more than 60 people. The TTP claimed responsibility for one of the deadliest blasts in the city. Last month a police station in Peshawar was also targeted, resulting in three deaths. Meanwhile, the day after the deadly Peshawar attack, Punjab police thwarted an attack on a police station in Mianwali.

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