Quetta, June 23 -- The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has announced a province-wide shutdown strike across Balochistan on Wednesday to protest the life imprisonment of its chief organiser, Dr Mahrang Baloch, and central leader Sibghatullah Shahji, according to The Balochistan Post.

As reported by the media outlet, the BYC urged traders, transport operators, students, political activists and the wider Baloch community to participate in the strike, calling on people to unite against what it described as injustice.

The Balochistan Post reported that an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Quetta sentenced Dr Mahrang and Sibghatullah Shahji to life imprisonment in connection with the death of a Frontier Corps (FC) official.

Prosecutors alleged t...