LAST 24 HOURS
- Reports of mass arrests of Afghan citizens living illegally in Pakistan’s Sindh Province were received. Pakistani police apparently conducted a roundup of Afghan nationals who did not possess passports and are holding them in an undisclosed location.
- Police were filmed beating journalists covering the Long March in Kamoke.
- 2 Pakistani Army soldiers were killed in a clash with Baloch separatists. 4 militants were also reportedly killed in the clash.
- Pakistan Long March Day 4 – After a pause to honor a reporter who had been killed by an overturned shipping container, the march paused for the night near Punjab Sadhoke. Simultaneously, a convoy of supporters gathered at the Toll Plaza near Karachi and began moving North to join Khan’s marchers in Islamabad. Videos surfaced of Pakistani Police beating journalists with canes near Kamoke. It was unclear what the journalists had done to provoke the punishments but no serious injuries were reported from the fracas.
NEXT 24 HOURS
PAKISTAN LONG MARCH DAY 5 – Former Prime Minister Khan plans to restart the Long March on Tuesday at 11 AM local time from Gujranwala. Based on reports of violence over the previous twenty-four hours, it is probable that more clashes between police, media and the marchers will occur and may intensify the closer the protest moves to Islamabad. At-risk Afghans are urged to continue monitoring the situation closely. |