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India.com
3 days ago
- Politics
- India.com
Pakistan: BLA fighters claim 'complete control' over Surab city in Balochistan
Quetta: The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) freedom fighters on Saturday claimed that they have taken complete control of Surab city in the Balochistan province of Pakistan, paralysing all military, administrative, and financial structures of the 'enemy state' just as the Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir was visiting the provincial capital Quetta. Confirming the development, the spokesperson of BLA Jeeyand Baloch highlighted that the operation continued for more than three hours on Friday, during which 'freedom fighters' took up positions at all the important locations and highways in the city. He stated that the fighters took control of the Pakistani Levies (paramilitary force) station, police station, Deputy Commissioner (DC) office, guest house, and bank, and damaged 'enemy' infrastructure. 'During the operation, Freedom fighters arrested Levies and police personnel and seized 30 Kalashnikovs, along with other weapons and war equipment from the security posts at the police stations and DC office. These personnel were later released on conditional concessions based on their Baloch identity. Freedom fighters set fire to three vehicles of the enemy forces, state warehouses, a guest house and three banks, while two vehicles were taken into custody,' read the statement issued by the BLA. According to the statement, during the takeover of the DC office, Assistant Deputy Commissioner Hidayatullah Buledi attempted an attack the fighters, upon which fighters subdued him without causing any casualties and locked him in a room, adding that he died due to suffocation in the room, which was a completely accidental incident. 'Furthermore, BLA has taken complete control of Surab city and set up checkpoints on the Quetta-Karachi and Surab-Gidar main highways, further tightening restrictions on state movement through snap checking. This operation is a continuation of BLA's resolve to destroy every institution, every symbol, and every force of the occupying Pakistani state. We once again make it clear that our struggle will continue until Baloch national liberation is achieved,' the statement concluded. People from Balochistan are currently fighting for their independence from Pakistan. Various human rights organisations of Balochistan have time and again highlighted the repression by Pakistani forces in the province, which includes violent raids on the homes of Baloch leaders and civilians, unlawful arrests, enforced disappearances, the 'kill and dump' policy, detention under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, and the filing of fabricated police cases. Earlier this month, the BLA released a media statement titled 'A New Order has Become Inevitable in the Region', urging the world to recognise Pakistan as the creator of terrorists and a terrorist entity. It said that the history of Pakistan, currently facing diplomatic isolation for failed military policies, has been written with the patronage of broken promises, back-stabbing and terrorism. 'Pakistan is a breeding ground for global terrorists, is a centre for state-sponsored development of deadly terror groups like LeT, JeM and ISIS. Pakistan's ISI promotes these terror groups for terrorism purposes, a nuclear state with violent ideology. The Baloch nation without any external, military and financial support is able to defeat the world's seventh largest nuclear state. BLA has rendered the enemy helpless on every front. There can never be a lasting peace without the elimination of Pakistan,' read the statement.
Express Tribune
27-04-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Lawyer booked for backing Mahrang Baloch online
A case has been registered against lawyer Jalila Haider at the Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) Cyber Crime Reporting Centre in Islamabad for allegedly supporting Mahrang Baloch, chief organiser of the Baloch Yekjehti Committee (BYC), on social media. According to details, the case was filed under Sections 9, 10, and 26-A of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016 on behalf of the state. Islamabad Cyber Crime Reporting Centre Technical Assistant Aneesur Rehman is the complainant in the case. The complaint states that Mahrang Baloch is listed under the Fourth Schedule under the Anti-Terrorism Act by the Balochistan Home Department. During the inquiry, it was found that Jalila Haider allegedly shared content in support of Mahrang Baloch intentionally, an act that, according to the complaint, could spread unrest and anxiety among the public and within society. Subsequently, a formal case was registered, and an investigation has been initiated. On Friday, Mahrang and other leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee began a hunger strike to protest the alleged "torture" of detainees by prison staff and the transfer of activist Beebow Baloch to District Jail Pishin. Mahrang and several BYC activists had been arrested on March 22, accused of attacking Quetta Civil Hospital and inciting violence, following a police crackdown on their protest against alleged enforced disappearances in Quetta. Her detention under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance sparked widespread condemnation from Baloch rights advocates and international human rights organisations.
Express Tribune
26-03-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Family can meet BYC chief in jail
The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Tuesday permitted the family of detained activist Dr Mahrang Baloch to visit her in prison. A two-member bench, comprising Justices Rozi Khan Barraich and Shaukat Ali Rakhshani, heard a petition filed by her sister, Nadia Baloch, challenging her detention. The court accepted the petition and issued notices to the relevant authorities, granting them a week to provide case details. Dr Baloch was arrested under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO), which her lawyer argued, violated constitutional rights. The court found the matter worth reviewing and approved a request allowing her family and legal counsel to meet her at the District Jail in Quetta. Dr Baloch, the chief organiser of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), was taken into custody along with her several supporters after a clash with the police on Sariab Road near the Balochistan University in Quetta last Friday. The police, in response to stone-pelting by the BYC protesters, used tear gas, water cannons and blank shots to disperse them. The BYC accused the police of using "excessive force against protesters and killing three people and injuring dozens". Provincial government spokesman Shahid Rind, however, refuted the allegations, stating that the protesters resorted to stone-pelting and unprovoked violence, injuring several police officers, including a female constable. Subsequently, Dr Baloch, who was leading the protest, issued a call for a shutter-down strike across the province. However, in the wee hours of Saturday, Dr Baloch was arrested, along with 17 other protesters – 10 men and seven women. Meanwhile, the Sindh government on Tuesday detained Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Sammi Deen Baloch and four others for 30 days under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) following the group's protest in Karachi.
