Quetta, June 4 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues unabated across Balochistan, Pakistani forces are conducting a massive military operation across several districts, deploying thousands of ground troops backed by gunship helicopters, artillery units, drones and armoured vehicles, local media reported, citing sources.The operation, which began on Tuesday, has impacted several parts of Mastung, Kalat, Noshki, Kech, Khuzdar and Panjgur districts, with reports of casualties and arbitrary…
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Quetta, May 31 (IANS) Residents of Mashkay in the Awaran district of Pakistan’s Balochistan are facing shortages of food and essential supplies as curfew and movement restrictions imposed by Pakistani forces continue for a second week, local media reported. Movement in Mashkay has been restricted, creating shortages of food and essential supplies for residents. People said the prolonged restrictions have made it difficult for ill people to access hospitals or receive medical treatment, The Baloc…
Quetta, May 30 (IANS) Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) on Saturday strongly condemned the ongoing curfew in the Mashkai region of Balochistan’s Awaran district imposed by Pakistani forces, alleging that it forms part of a wider effort “to paralyse public life”. According to the BYC, the restrictions have disrupted daily lives, confining people to their homes while denying basic freedom of movement, resulting in significant hardships for the public.”Even on the occasion of Eid, t…
Islamabad, May 26 (IANS) People of Sarvekai and Barwand areas in Pakistan’s Upper South Waziristan district held protest against the continuous disruption of mobile network signals and internet services and called for the restoration of communication facilities, local media reported on Tuesday. A large number of local tribesmen, youth and traders took part in the protest on Monday and voiced concern over the prolonged suspension of mobile and internet connectivity, which they said had badly impa…
Quetta, May 21 (IANS) Students of the University of Balochistan sub-campus held a protest in Mastung district of Pakistan’s Balochistan province against delay in the distribution of the laptops under Prime Minister’s Youth Laptop Scheme and the prolonged internet disruption in the area, local media reported. As per reports, a large number of students gathered outside Mastung’s Degree College and blocked the national highway, causing long queues of vehicles, The Balochistan Post reported. Traff…
Quetta, May 13 (IANS) The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) has claimed responsibility for a wave of attacks against Pakistani forces across the province which resulted in the death of seven soldiers, local media reported. In a statement issued to the media, BLF spokesperson Major Gwahram Baloch said the group’s fighters ambushed a Pakistani military convoy on May 10 in the Baincha area of Surab district.The convoy was attacked with rockets, light machine guns and other automatic weapons while …
Quetta, April 24 (IANS) The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) and Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) claimed responsibility for several attacks on Pakistani forces and installations in Awaran, Jhao, Basima and Sibi areas of Pakistan’s Balochistan, local media reported on Friday. BLF spokesperson Major Gwahram Baloch said that fighters attacked a Pakistani military convoy in the Kolwah area of Awaran on April 22 while the convoy was moving from one camp to another, The Balochistan Post reported.He s…
Quetta, March 6 (IANS) The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) has claimed responsibility for an armed attack in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district that killed three Pakistani soldiers and injured several others, briefly seizing control of Karkh town while targeting multiple government installations during the operation, local media reported on Friday.In a statement issued to the media, BLF spokesperson Major Gwahram Baloch said that the operation occurred on March 4 involving a coordinated assault…
Quetta, March 3 (IANS) The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) on Tuesday claimed that it has killed seven Pakistani military personnel captured during ‘Operation Herof II’ following Senior Command Council’s order, local media reported. In a statement, the BLA said that seven men related to regular units of the Pakistani military were sentenced by the ‘Baloch National Court’ for involvement in crimes, including enforced disappearances, abuses against civilians and other war crimes, ‘The Balochistan Pos…
Quetta, March 1 (IANS) After suffering losses during the Baloch Liberation Army’s (BLA) Operation Herof, Pakistani police in Balochistan and Sindh killed 27 forcibly disappeared individuals in Karachi, Quetta, and other places, and later termed them armed militants, according to a report. Baloch youth have been subjected to extrajudicial killings in Balochistan for over 20 years, and Pakistan is now also targeting their families as a form of collective punishment.Hamdan Baloch was in the custody…