Quetta, July 27 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues unabated in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation on Monday alleged that three civilians were forcibly disappeared by the Pakistani forces. According to the statement released by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) on X, Aziz Baloch (15), working as a rickshaw driver, was abducted from Quetta’s Saryab Road on July 23. The BYC alleged that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)/Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) were …
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Quetta, July 27 (IANS) The Baloch armed fighters launched a series of attacks targeting Pakistani forces and installations across multiple districts of Balochistan, leaving several personnel dead, local media reported citing sources. The fighters also seized and torched multiple vehicles transporting minerals, after opening fire on a convoy in the Nokchah area of Chagai district.The incident came against the backdrop of an “economic blockade” declared by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA). Since t…
Quetta, July 22 (IANS) At least four civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation alleged on Wednesday Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, expressed grave concern over the enforced disappearance of four Baloch youths by Pakistani security forces in the Jiwani area of Gwadar district on Tuesday night.Citing reports, the rights body said that Pakistani forces conducted a late-night raid, searched homes, and s…
Quetta, July 17 (IANS) The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) took responsibility for the attack targeting a Pakistani military convoy in Balochistan’s Mastung district, claiming that over 45 security personnel were killed and dozens injured during the operation.In a statement issued, BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said that the attack was carried out on Thursday in the Khadkucha area of Mastung by the armed group’s unit, “Fatah Squad, while describing it as “coordinated and intense ”He said …
Islamabad, July 16 (IANS) Three security personnel were killed and 29 others injured after militants launched a coordinated attack on a security forces’ convoy in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province on Thursday, security sources said.The attack took place in Mastung district when a Frontier Corps convoy was travelling from provincial capital Quetta to Kalat district via the N-25 highway, the sources told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.”The convoy came under a coordinated attack by heavil…
Islamabad, July 3 (IANS) Two police personnel, including an additional station house officer (SHO), were killed when armed assailants attacked a police patrol in Mohmand district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported on Friday. According to the police, the attack took place near the Warsak Lift Canal in the Machni area, where police mobile patrol were attacked by armed assailants. The police said additional SHO and elite force constable were killed in the attack while t…
Quetta, April 21 (IANS) Attacks on Pakistani forces continued for the second consecutive day in Balochistan’s Mastung district on Tuesday with one paramilitary officer getting killed and six left injured, local media reported citing officials and sources. Reports suggest that an armed group once again targeted Pakistani personnel at multiple locations in the Dasht region of Mastung, destroying two vehicles in separate attacks and reportedly seizing weapons from personnel killed in the clashes….
Quetta, April 14 (IANS) At least 12 civilians, including women and children, were killed and three others severely injured in Balochistan’s Barkhan district during Pakistani military bombardment and shelling in the area, local media reported on Tuesday, citing sources.Reports suggest that unidentified armed men earlier launched an attack on Pakistani forces, killing 12 security personnel.Following the attack, Pakistani forces reportedly carried out a large-scale operation in the civilian areas…
Quetta, April 10 (IANS) Pakistani forces were attacked in an ambush in Balochistan’s Turbat, where a Baloch armed group had earlier imposed a road blockade, resulting in severe casualties, local media reported.Citing sources, The Balochistan Post reported that the attack occurred on Thursday after the group blocked the road on the outskirts of Turbat for about three hours before taking control of a nearby police post and seizing weapons.After entering the area, a military convoy of six vehicle…
Quetta, April 9 (IANS) At least one young man was killed, and several women were injured in a drone strike carried out by Pakistani forces in the Mastung district of Balochistan, local media reported on Thursday. Citing reports, The Balochistan Post stated that Pakistani forces targeted a house in the Kurdgap area of Mastung with a drone, fatally injuring Abdul Samad, while women in the house were also wounded.Abdul was transferred to Quetta for medical treatment when he succumbed to his injurie…