QUETTA: The banned Baloch Republican Party and Baloch Republican Student Organisation held a rally here on Sunday, asking the Baloch people to boycott the elections.

Supporters of the two organisations assembled outside the Quetta Press Club and raised slogans against the alleged military operation and killing of innocent people in Balochistan allegedly at the hands of security forces.

The protesters carried portraits of missing people and those killed in the operation allegedly carried out by security forces. They also held placards inscribed with slogans against the polls.

Speakers said the May 11 exercise was a trick of rulers aimed at deceiving the Baloch in the name of elections.

They also supported a call by the banned Baloch National Front to observe a wheel-jam strike in the province from May 6 to 11. They termed the participation of Baloch nationalist groups in the polls treason and urged Baloch people to stay away from polling stations on May 11.