PoliticsPakistan women protesting disappearances tap anti-establishment mood
Experts link Balochistan movement's broad support with Imran Khan's criticism of army
Baloch activists hold portraits of missing family members during a sit-in in Islamabad on Dec. 25. They traveled from Balochistan province to highlight alleged forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings. © AP
ADNAN AAMIR, Contributing writer
January 3, 2024 19:10 JST
ISLAMABAD -- A protest movement led by women from the Pakistani province of Balochistan has turned a spotlight on the country's record of enforced disappearances, aided in part by the anti-establishment message of ousted former Prime Minister Imran Khan.