Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur: The sufferings of the dirty war victims by and large go unnoticed because the state narrative of the Baloch working for the enemies dominates and, consequently, these third degree crimes against humanity retributions meted out to them are largely considered as acceptable and no voice is raised against them. Unfortunately, this indifference and apathy is compounded by threats and intimidation for those highlighting the atrocities and plight of the missing to forego protests. On the night of August 15, the hunger strike of the VBMP camp for the recovery of missing persons, now 1,250 days old, outside the Quetta Press Club, was set on fire by unidentified people. Before that Vice Chairman of VBMP Mama Abdul Qadeer and others received threats of dire consequences if the protest camp was not dismantled. Soon after his induction Dr Malik had visited the protest camp, asking them to end the protest. He was unequivocally told that it would continue until the last missing person is back home. Persisting against such overwhelming odds makes Nasrullah Baloch the Chairman of VBMP, Mama Qadeer, Farzana Majeed and all the other relatives of missing persons who have indomitably persevered with protests against overwhelming odds truly heroic people and the Baloch nation would always be thankful to them for their selfless heroism. More here.