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First Post
12-05-2025
- Politics
- First Post
Amid beating from India, Baloch rebels also claim 71 attacks on Pakistani forces
At a time when India has bashed Pakistan under Operation Sindoor, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has said that it has conducted 71 attacks at 51 locations in its ongoing 'Operation Herof'. read more Militant tribemen, carry their weapons during routine training in the autonomous region of Kohlu in the southeast of Balochistan province. File photo/Reuters At a time when Pakistan has taken a beating from India in Operation Sindoor, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has said that it has conducted 71 attacks against the Pakistani regime at 51 locations in its ongoing 'Operation Herof'. The BLA is the primary armed group part of the self-determination movement of the Baloch people. The present-day Balochistan was forcibly integrated into Pakistan in 1948 and the Baloch people have since accused the Pakistani regime of their marginalisation, exploitation of their resources without sharing the profits with them, and systemic violence in form of state-sponsored killings and forced disappearances. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD The Balochistan Post has reported BLA Spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch as saying in a statement on Sunday that the group has carried out 71 coordinated attacks at 51 locations in Balochistan. He described these attacks as part preparation for the next phase of Operation Herof. The development has come at a time when India has devastated at least eight airbases of Pakistan in addition to air defence and radar sites. India has also struck ground troops that were moving in forward areas. These strikes came after Pakistan mounted multiple rounds of unsuccessful attacks on almost the entire northern and northwestern India after India last week struck nine terrorist sites in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) in response to the Pahalgam terrorist attack. India maintains that Pakistan-backed terrorists carried out the Pahalgam attack. BLA to ramp up its campaign against Pakistan BLA Spokesperson Jeeyand said that 71 operations conducted so far were aimed to test 'military coordination, ground control and defensive positions,' and strengthen the group's readiness for future 'organized war', according to The Balochistan Post. The BLA launched Operation Herof in August 2024. Analysts consider the operation as the largest and most coordinated armed campaign as part of the Baloch self-determination movement. Jeeyand further said that the targets in these 71 attacks included Pakistani military convoys, checkpoints, intelligence agencies, mineral transport vehicles, and members of state-backed militias. In addition to Pakistani rule in Balochistan, the BLA has also opposed Chinese presence in the region. The group has mounted attacks against Chinese as well in the province. The opposition is linked to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). As China's presence has increased in the province because of the large number of Chinese projects in the region under CPEC, the BLA has also targeted Chinese interests. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD In the attacks in the campaign so far, around 130 Pakistani military personnel have been killed, according to the country's military. Double whammy for Pakistan? The BLA has decided to up the ante at a time when Pakistan is already engaged with India full-time. At such a time, the BLA opening another front against Pakistan could bog down the country at a time of weakness. Last year, when there was no distraction for Pakistan, the BLA conducted 32 attacks, including six suicide attack, and killed around 130 people. The BLA has said it intends to use the distraction to the fullest and raise the heat.
Time of India
05-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Wave of enforced disappearances continues in Balochistan, 4 abducted
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel At least four individuals have reportedly been forcibly disappeared, allegedly by security forces in Pakistan, while one previously missing student has returned in critical condition, continuing the trend of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, as reported by The Balochistan Post (TBP).In Turbat city, located in the Kech district, two men were said to have been detained and subsequently disappeared by Pakistforces in the vicinity of Baloch sources indicate that on April 29, Khuda Bakhsh s/o Mandi Baloch, from Hoshap, was apprehended near the hospital and taken to an undisclosed location. On the same day, Hakeem Baloch s/o Jumma, a resident of Askani, Turbat, was also detained and went missing, according to TBP's victims' families claim that both men had no involvement in any illegal activities and were simply going about their daily lives when they were seized. The human rights organisation PAANK, which monitors such incidents, strongly condemned these actions, labelling them as serious human rights organisation has called for the immediate and safe recovery of Khuda Bakhsh, Hakeem Baloch, and all others who have disappeared, as highlighted by the TBP Nawaz s/o the late Haji Allah Bakhsh from Sallo, Buleda, was abducted from Naval Colony in Karachi during the early hours of April 30 while he was in the city for medical report that uniformed personnel forcibly took Shah Nawaz in front of his family, and his current whereabouts are unknown. According to TBP, the family has urged authorities and human rights organisations to intervene and facilitate his recovery, emphasising that if there are any allegations against him, he should be presented in a court of law rather than held without Mureed Hussain, a young man from Ward 3, Bagh Bazaar, was taken by unidentified armed individuals from a barbershop in the main bazaar. He, too, remains unaccounted for. As per local sources, this marks the fourth such incident reported from Pasni within the last 24 hours, contributing to a total of 19 documented cases of enforced disappearances in Balochistan in recent days, as cited by the TBP and other advocacy organizations have once again urged the international community to take a serious look at the ongoing human rights crisis in Balochistan and to pressure the Pakistani government to put an end to the practice of enforced disappearances, which continues to inflict suffering on families and communities throughout the region, as underscored by the TBP report.
Time of India
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Balochistan Abductions: Two Baloch students forcibly disappeared in Turbat; UN experts decry ongoing abductions as international crime
KECH: Two young Baloch students have allegedly been forcibly taken by Pakistsecurity forces in Turbat, the primary city of the Kech district in Balochistan, as reported by The Balochistan Post (TBP). Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Seventeen-year-old Shey Haq Baloch, the son of the deceased Altaf Baloch, and sixteen-year-old Adam Baloch, son of Saleem, were purportedly apprehended by security personnel on Tuesday shortly after arriving in Turbat from Karachi, according to TBP. Nugra Baloch, Shey Haq's sister, verified the occurrence in a Facebook post. She stated that both boys were first-year college students and were detained by Pakistani forces and intelligence agencies, as highlighted by the TBP report. "I call upon everyone to speak out against this unlawful and cruel act," she wrote. "Assist us in our struggle for the safe return of my brother and Adam Baloch." Shey Haq Baloch's father, Altaf Baloch, was killed in 2008 when Pakistani forces reportedly opened fire on a peaceful rally held by the Baloch National Front (BNF) in Turbat, according to the TBP report. In another instance on April 30, two young men, Amir, son of Dad Bakhsh, and Usman, son of Abdul Ghani, were reportedly kidnapped from a barber shop in Pasni, in Gwadar district. Both are locals of the town. A further case has been reported from Turbat's D-Baloch area, where Abdul Majeed, son of Abdul Ghani, was allegedly taken by unidentified armed individuals while he was waiting for transport with his children, as highlighted by the TBP report. Enforced disappearances in Balochistan continue to pose a serious and persistent issue. Human rights organisations have long accused Pakistani security agencies of systematically targeting students, activists, and ordinary civilians, according to the TBP report. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Earlier on Tuesday, United Nations human rights experts described the "relentless use of enforced disappearances" in Balochistan as "a severe human rights violation and an international crime" and urged Pakistan to establish "independent and effective mechanisms for searching and investigating," as per the TBP report.
Time of India
27-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Protests in Balochistan over alleged torture of BYC leaders
(ANI photo) BALOCHISTAN: Protests erupted across Balochistan and parts of Karachi on Friday, following allegations of torture and mistreatment of detained Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders by Pakistani authorities, The Balochistan Post reported. The demonstrations were organised by the BYC in response to reports that three prominent leaders - Mahrang Baloch, Beebow Baloch, and Gulzadi Baloch - were subjected to violent treatment while in custody. According to The Balochistan Post, family members and activists claim that Beebow Baloch was forcibly removed from Hudda Jail by Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) officers, held incommunicado for several hours, and later transferred to Pishin Jail. Protests took place in multiple cities.
Time of India
25-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
BLA claims IED attack on Pakistani forces in Quetta, killing 10 soldiers
(Picture from X) The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) on Friday claimed responsibility for a deadly roadside bomb attack in Quetta that killed ten Pakistani military personnel and injured three others. The blast occurred in the Margat area on the outskirts of the Balochistan capital, targeting a vehicle reportedly belonging to a bomb disposal squad. According to The Balochistan Post, the device was a remote-controlled improvised explosive device (IED). Soon after the blast, the BLA released a video showing the attack in a remote and hilly area. While police at first reported four deaths, the BLA later said in a statement that ten soldiers were killed and the vehicle was completely destroyed. 'Freedom fighters targeted a Pakistani Army convoy with a remote-controlled IED in Margat. The vehicle was destroyed, and all 10 soldiers on board were killed,' said BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch. This attack is part of a series of strikes by the BLA. In March, the group hijacked the Jaffar Express train, resulting in around 60 deaths, another major act in the long-running conflict between the Baloch insurgents and the Pakistani government.
