QUETTA: The Baloch Qaumi Yakjehti Council and the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons have condemned the killing of Dr Qamar Baloch and several others in Gomazi area of Turbat district allegedly by security forces.

They also denounced the abduction of Nabil Baloch, son of a former opposition leader in the Balochistan Assembly.

In separate statements on Monday, the BQYC accused security forces of killing Dr Qamar Baloch, son of poet Mubarak Qazi Baloch, and several others in Turbat.

The Council also condemned the killing of journalists Irshad Mastoi and Abdul Rauf and accountant Mohammad Younus in an armed attack on the offices of a news agency.

Published in Dawn, September 2nd , 2014

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