QUETTA: The Balochistan government on Tuesday withdrew the FIR filed against ‘young doctors’ for holding a protest in the Red Zone area where staging rallies and protest sit-ins is banned.

Police had arrested 16 doctors and three other people for staging a protest on Nov 27 in the Red Zone area. However, the provincial government withdrew the FIR filed against all arrested doctors and other people on the instruction of Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo who approved a summary sent to him by the Balochistan Home Department.

The Prosecution Department issued a notification regarding withdrawal of the FIR.

Published in Dawn, December 29th, 2021

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