New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Pakistan is paying a heavy price as violence rages on in Balochistan. The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has unleashed havoc on the Pakistan security forces in the last 48 hours during which heavy casualties have been reported.Balochistan is important for Pakistan where its economy is concerned. While the Chinese have invested heavily in the region, the West is eyeing rare minerals, gold and copper.Officials say that the ongoing violence in Pakistan is a result of comp…
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Quetta, Feb 2 (IANS) The Baloch Liberation Army’s recent attacks under ‘Operation Herof Phase 2.0’ demonstrate a stark escalation in Pakistan’s long-simmering conflict in Balochistan, a report has highlighted. The BLA claimed responsibility for strikes in 14 cities and 48 sites on January 31, including Quetta, Gwadar, and resource-rich areas like Chagai, causing casualties on both sides. The figures remained disputed as Pakistani authorities reported that dozens of fighters were killed while B…
Quetta, Feb 2 (IANS) The Baloch rebel group Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed that its ongoing offensive, titled Operation Herof Phase II, has been underway for more than 40 hours across multiple districts of Balochistan, alleging heavy casualties among Pakistani security forces and asserting control over several urban and rural areas.In a series of statements and media releases issued through its official channel, Hakkal, the BLA stated the operation had expanded across a wide geogr…
Quetta, Feb 1 (IANS) The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks across the Balochistan province, alleging that more than 80 people were killed, including personnel from the Pakistani military, police, intelligence agencies and counter-terrorism units. The militant group described the offensive as ‘Operation Herof Phase II’.According to a statement issued by BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch, the coordinated attacks continued for nearly ten h…
Quetta, Jan 31 (IANS) As Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) announced the start of the second phase of ‘Operation Herof’ across Balochistan on Saturday, armed clashes, explosions and attacks targetting Pakistani military installations emerged from multiple districts of the province, local media reported. Calling it a “declaration of decisive resistance”, BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch, in a brief statement, said the new phase is directed against “the occupying state and all its military and adm…
Quetta, Jan 29 (IANS) Traders held a shutter-down strike in Gwadar, Panjgur and Turbat areas of Pakistan’s Balochistan to hold protest against worsening law and order in the region and kidnapping incidents. An alliance of major political parties and all the segments of society, including businesses, were part of the protest, local media reported on Thursday. Financial institutions and large and small commercial centres remained shut on Wednesday to support a businessman from Turbat. An unidentif…
Quetta, Jan 24 (IANS) At least four Baloch civilians were forcibly disappeared in Balochistan by Pakistani forces this week, according to human rights organisations.These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings across the province.Condemning the incident, the Baloch Voice for Justice (BVJ) mentioned that 29-year-old Irfan, a shopkeeper and resident of Killi Qambrani region in provincial capital Quetta, was taken from his …
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) In what may further escalate Afghanistan-Pakistan tensions, Kabul on Wednesday announced that medicines imported from the neighbouring country will not be sold after February 9, urging traders to complete all related commercial transactions before the deadline, according to reports. Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) has stated that only 19 days remain before an earlier decision to this effect becomes operative, after which medicines imported from Pakistan will no…
Quetta, Jan 18 (IANS) As violence targeting civilians continues unabated across Pakistan’s Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation, on Sunday, raised alarm over enforced disappearance of two Baloch civilians. According to Baloch Voice for Justice (BVJ), Munib Baloch was taken from his electric shop in the main bazaar of Kharan city while Mughfar Abid was also taken away from the same location. The rights body said that the incident showcases a “clear pattern of enforced disappearances i…
Islamabad, Jan 18 (IANS) At least three people were killed, and one was injured, after a speeding car went out of control and crashed into a tree in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, local rescue officials said on Sunday.The accident occurred in Fateh Jang city of Attock district late Saturday night, a Rescue 1122 official told Xinhua news agency.Rescue teams rushed to the scene and shifted the bodies to a nearby hospital for medicolegal formalities.The injured person was provided first aid be…