Pakistan: 3 dead, 21 injured in blast near police vehicle in Quetta market

Three people were killed and 21 others injured after an explosion occurred near a police vehicle in the Barech Market area on Quetta’s Double Road, officials said. Confirming the deaths, Balochistan’s health department spokesperson Dr Waseem Baig said, “The injured Read More …

Pakistan: Balochistan reports 13 fatalities in separate terror attacks

Amid the worsening law and order situation in Balochistan, 13 more people have been killed in two separate attacks targeting bus passengers and a house in the province. Jiwani Station House Officer (SHO) Khalid Dashti has said the dead and Read More …

Pakistan: Three security personnel among 5 killed in Noskhi SVBIED attack

A vehicle-borne suicide bomber on Sunday attacked a security forces convoy in Balochistan’s Noskhi district, leaving three security personnel and two civilians martyred, the military’s media wing said in a statement. The banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) emerged as a Read More …

Pakistan: Jaffar Express siege ends

Security forces stormed the hijacked Jaffar Express on Wednesday, bringing a dramatic end to a 30-hour siege in the rugged Bolan area of Balochistan, killing all 33 terrorists, while successfully rescuing more than 300 passengers. Lt-Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, the Read More …

Pakistan: Timeline of attacks claimed by BLA over the last one year

The rescue operation to release the scores of people held hostage by terrorists who hijacked the Jaffer Express train near Balochistan’s Bolan district continued on Wednesday, a day after the perpetrators took over 400 people hostage, including numerous security personnel. Read More …

Pakistan: Terrorists using women, children as human shields hindering Bolan train rescue

Security forces have rescued at least 190 hostages and killed 30 terrorists involved in the hijacking of the Jaffar Express in Balochistan’s Bolan district, vowing to continue the clearance operation until the last militant is neutralised. The train, carrying 400 Read More …

Pakistan: Security forces rescue 80 hostages after terrorists attack Jaffar Express in the Bolan Pass

Terrorists launched an attack on the Jaffar Express, a passenger train travelling through the Bolan Pass, holding several passengers hostage inside a tunnel, security sources reported on Tuesday. Security forces have successfully rescued 80 hostages from the terrorists, according to Read More …

Pakistan: At least four killed, five injured in Khuzdar explosion

At least four people were killed and five others were injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district, police said on Wednesday. According to the police, the explosion occurred in the Naal Bazaar area, setting nearby Read More …

Pakistan: Motorcycle blast in Quetta injures 10 including security personnel

A roadside explosion near Jan Muhammad Road in Balochistan’s Quetta on Friday injured 10 people, including a security personnel, the police said. In a statement, the police said the explosive materials were strapped with a motorcycle. However, the investigation was Read More …

Pakistan: Six security personnel among 8 injured in Kalat IED blast

Eight people, including six security personnel were injured in bomb attack at a truck convoy of the guarded copper project in Mangochar area of Kalat district, on Monday. Official sources said that a convoy comprising 29 trucks carrying blaster copper Read More …

Pakistan: Soldier killed in terror attack on checkpost in Balochistan’s Kalat

A levies soldier embraced martyrdom while two others were injured after terrorists attacked a security checkpost in Balochistan’s Kalat district on Sunday. The terrorists fled the scene after retaliatory fire from the brave levies personnel, a spokesperson of the provincial Read More …

Pakistan: At least 10 dead, 6 injured as blast in Harnai targets pickup truck carrying mine workers

At least 10 people were killed and six others were injured when an explosion hit a pickup truck carrying coal mine workers in Balochistan’s Harnai area on Friday, officials said. According to Harnai Deputy Commissioner Hazrat Wali Kakar, the blast Read More …

Pakistan army foils militant attempt to take security post in Balochistan

Islamist militants in an explosive-laden vehicle were thwarted in their attempt to overrun a Pakistani security post near the border with Afghanistan, the army said on Tuesday. The five attackers, including two suicide bombers, were killed when the post came Read More …

Pakistan: One killed, 15 injured in southwestern as IED blast targets Punjab-bound bus

One person was killed while 15 others, including army soldiers, were injured in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday when a passenger bus headed toward Pakistan’s Punjab province was targeted by an improvised explosive device (IED), an official of the paramilitary Levies Read More …

Pakistan: Militants loot, torch several buildings in brazen attack on Khuzdar

Armed gunmen launched a brazen attack on the main bazaar in tehsil Zehri of Khuzdar district on Wednesday morning, setting fire to multiple government build­­ings, including a Levies Force station, Nadra and municipal committee offices and a bank, after seizing Read More …

Pakistan: Man hurt in IED attack on Oil and Gas Development Corporation vehicle in Qila Saifullah

One person was injured in a bomb attack on a gas company’s vehicle in Qila Saifullah district on Wednesday. Police officials said terrorists had planned to attack the camp of the Oil and Gas Development Corporation Limited (OGDCL) located on Read More …

Pakistan: Gas supply restored in Balochistan after pipeline explosion

The gas supply, which had been suspended in Quetta and other towns and cities of Balochistan on Wednesday following the sabotage of an 18-inch diameter main pipeline, has been restored after 36 hours. The supply was suspended after the main Read More …

Pakistan: Turbat blast kills at least two, injures four

An improvised explosive device (IED) went off in the Dasht area of Balochistan’s Turbat district on Wednesday, claiming the lives of at least two people and injuring four others. According to the police, the remote-controlled explosion occurred when the victims Read More …

Pakistan: FC Balochistan uncovers IED manufacturing facility in Kharan Operation

Security forces uncovered an improvised explosive device (IED) manufacturing facility during an intelligence-based operation in Kharan, Balochistan, on December 20, officials reported. The operation, conducted by Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan, led to the discovery of a facility used for producing Read More …

Pakistan: Two killed in motorcycle explosion in Qilla Abdullah

On Monday, police reported that two individuals riding a motorcycle laden with explosives were killed in southwestern Pakistan. According to the police, the incident occurred when the explosives on the motorcycle detonated near a police station, killing the riders. The Read More …