It is deeply concerning that the malicious trend of characterizing Muslims as ‘others’ or ‘20%’ by prominent BJP leaders which was continuing with appalling impunity is now also being translated into decisions by the judiciary. The discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the grossly injudicious Indian Supreme Court judgment in the Babri mosque case are not distant memories.  

The students are protesting against the alleged kidnapping of Hafeez Baloch, a student of M.Phil. in Quaid e Azam University. Reportedly, Hafeez had gone missing mysteriously since early February. According to his family, three people in plain clothes forced their entry into a school in Khuzdar where he has been volunteering at a local school, took him in custody, and fled from the scene.