Pakistan police arrest dozens at protest over suicide attack | International

QUETTA, Pakistan, Sept 8, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Police arrested at least 60 people and deployed tear gas in Pakistan's poorest province during a strike on Monday, as protesters demanded accountability over a suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State. Businesses shut and demonstrators took to the streets across more than a dozen cities in Balochistan in response to a September 2 bombing at a political rally that killed 15 people. In provincial capital Quetta, police arrested protesters blocking a road and fired tear gas to disperse them. "The government has already warned the protesters that although they have their democratic right to protest peaceful, they have no right to force people to be off the roads or disrupt the vehicle...