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Incident
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1
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January 3
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Police arrested two militants
allegedly involved in gas pipeline explosions in Quetta, capital
of Balochistan.
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2
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January 9
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A special anti-terrorism court
in Quetta issues arrest warrants for the slain tribal chief Nawab
Akbar Bugti’s grandson, Brahamdagh Bugti, and six others, identified
as Murad Ali Bugti, Liaquat Ali, Shamsuddin, Abdul Ghaffar, Sher
Khan and Hakim Bugti, in a case registered with the Sariab police.
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3
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January 16
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Police arrested nine suspected Taliban
militants in Kuchlak, some 25 kilometers from Quetta.
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4
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January 17
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Abul Haq Haqiq, a detained Taliban
spokesperson, said the movement’s fugitive leader Mullah Mohammad
Omar is hiding out in Quetta with the protection of Pakistan’s
external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence.
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5
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January 18
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Railway traffic between Quetta
and the rest of Pakistan is suspended as the main tracks are blown
up by insurgents near Dera Murad Jamali. An explosive device blew
up a portion of the tracks linking Quetta with Sindh, Punjab and
the NWFP in the Kajla Mor area.
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6
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February 10
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Gas supply to parts of Quetta
is disrupted for over 12 hours after suspected insurgents blew
up a major gas pipeline on the outskirts of Quetta. However, no
loss of life or injuries is reported.
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7
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February 12
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Unidentified people fired a rocket
around 11:30pm in the Pashtoonabad area without causing any damage.
Another powerful explosion occurred
at the Balock-5 area of the Satellite town. However, no loss of
life or injuries is reported.
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8
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February 17
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17 people, including a senior
civil judge, are killed and 30 others injured in a suicide bombing
in the Quetta District Courts compound. The blast occurred inside
the courtroom of Senior Civil Judge Abdul Wahid Durrani at 11:05am.
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9
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February 18
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Special police teams raided different
places in Quetta and detained around 50 suspects, including 25
Afghan nationals, in connection with the suicide bombing incident
of February 17.
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10
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February 20
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The rail link between provincial
capital Quetta and the rest of Pakistan is cut off as insurgents
reportedly blew up a main railway line near Quetta.
Supply of gas to four districts
of Balochistan and a private power plant is disrupted as insurgents
blew up a main pipeline in Akhtarabad, a suburb of Quetta.
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11
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February 22
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Police in Quetta seized eight
kilograms of explosive material, a detonator and a remote-controlled
bomb from the Hazar Gangi area. But no arrests are made.
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12
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February 24
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Power supply to several parts
of Quetta is disrupted after some unidentified people fired a
rocket at the Sheik Mandha grid station near Askari Park.
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13
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February 25
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Insurgents blew up a two-foot
section of the railway track near the provincial capital Quetta
with a powerful bomb. Further, police defused three other bombs
found near the blast site.
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14
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February 25
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Police arrested at least 15 suspects
in connection with a rocket attack in which a grid station along
the Quetta-Chaman road is destroyed. The Quetta Electricity Supply
Company reportedly suffered a loss of around PKR 30 million in
the attack as power supply to six of 13 feeders is suspended.
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15
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February 28
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Officials said that five Afghans
with suspected links to the Taliban were arrested during a raid
in a hotel in Quetta.
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16
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March 16
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In the Samungali Housing Scheme
area, unknown assailants threw a hand grenade in front of a house.
Similarly, an explosion occurred in the area adjoining railway
station. However, no casualties were reported in these incidents.
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17
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March 17
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Part of a main railway track is
blown up with explosives in the Spazend area, about 22 kilometres
south of Quetta, but there is no disruption to the train service,
railway official Mohammad Javed said.
A rocket fired by suspected insurgents
at troops in Quetta garrison missed its target and hit a civilian
residential building, a local police official said. The blast
damaged the roof, he said.
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18
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March 22
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Two rockets exploded in different
areas of Quetta, while the Quetta-Sibi train link was severed
after insurgents blew up the main railway line. The first rocket
exploded on the roof of one of the studios of the Quetta station
of Radio Pakistan at around 9:20 pm. Minutes later, another rocket
hit the house of Tahir Mohammad Khan, a former federal minister
and chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, near
the Balochistan High Court building on the Ghalib Road.
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19
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March 27
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Four blasts occurred in Quetta,
without causing any casualties. The first blast occurred on Barori
Road, damaging windows of nearby buildings. The other three blasts
were only heard by people, but Police said none of these explosions
had been reported to them.
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20
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April 27
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A portion of the boundary wall
of the Balochistan University of Information Technology and Management
Sciences in Quetta is damaged and the windowpanes of the nearby
houses are destroyed when a bomb exploded. However, no loss of
life or injuries is reported.
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21
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May 2
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A portion of a gas pipeline in
the Kharotabad suburbs of Quetta is damaged by an explosion and
gas supply is suspended to the adjoining areas. However, no loss
of life or injuries is reported.
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22
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May 9
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A bomb exploded near the residence
of the Livestock Minister Mir Abdul Qadoos Bizenjo in Quetta.
Police said that windowpanes of the minister’s and adjacent houses
are damaged in the blast. However, no casualty is reported. The
police are reported to have defused another bomb in the same area.
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23
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May 27
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A security guard of a private
company is killed and another wounded when a bomb planted in a
van exploded in the parking lot of the Sui Southern Gas Company
office in Quetta.
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24
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May 28
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Three civilians are injured in
six separate bomb blasts which occurred at intervals between 12
to 15 minutes. The first blast occurred in the Satellite Town
at the house of a retired health inspector, the second one at
a warehouse where three labourers were injured. The third and
fourth blasts occurred in Qili Hussaini and Qili Mubarik. Two
more blasts are heard, but their locations could not be determined.
The Balochistan Liberation Front claimed responsibility for these
blasts.
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25
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May 30
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One person, identified him as
Inyatullah, is killed and eight others sustained injuries in a
hand grenade attack in the Sariab road area of Quetta. Police
said two people on a motorcycle hurled the grenade on a hair-cutting
saloon.
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26
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May 31
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Train service between Quetta and
other parts of the country is suspended for about nine hours after
a railway bridge is blown up near Spezand. This is reportedly
the third incident of its kind in four days.
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27
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June 6
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Three suspected militants of the
Taliban were arrested from a residential complex on the Jinnah
Road in Quetta. Sources said that Anti-Terrorist Force personnel
raided a flat in the complex and arrested them after an exchange
of fire.
Police arrested three people from
the Patel Bagh and the Airport Road areas of Quetta and seized
explosive material from them.
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28
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June 12
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Three police personnel and a
civilian were injured in a hand grenade attack on a hotel at Golli
Mar Chowk.
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29
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June 14
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Seven army soldiers, a police
constable and a passer-by were killed when some unidentified armed
men attacked a van on the Zarghoon road. Police said the victims
were going to the Quetta Staff College from the railway station
in a hired vehicle after arriving in the city by Chiltan Express.
When the van reached near the Railway Rest House, the armed men
opened fire, killing seven people on the spot and injuring six
others. The armed men also shot at two police personnel on a motorcycle,
injuring them seriously. One of the police personnel later died
in a hospital.
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30
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June 15
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The outlawed BLA has claimed responsibility
for the ambush at Zarghoon Road in Quetta. Balochistan Chief Minister
Mir Jam Muhammad Yousuf said that a crackdown would soon be launched
on elements behind the ambush. The Secretary-General of the Balochistan
National Party (Mengal group), Habib Jalib, claimed that police
had arrested over a dozen activists of his party, including three
senior leaders - Agha Hasan Baloch, Musa Khan Baloch and Jahangir
Baloch. He said that police raided houses in Killi Qambrani and
in the outskirts of Quetta, and arrested 16 leaders and workers.
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31
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June 22
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At least four people were injured
when an unidentified man lobbed a hand grenade at a barber’s shop
on the Prince Road.
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32
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June 26
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Unidentified assailants killed
two people in the Satellite Town area. Amir Hussain Mughal and
Rizwan had come to Quetta from Mandi Bahauddin on June 25-night.
The police are reported to have described the incident a terrorist
act.
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33
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July 8
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Four senior associates of Taliban
chief Mullah Mohammed Omar were arrested from two areas in Quetta,
said an Afghan intelligence source. Those arrested included two
men responsible for Mullah Omar’s letters and communications —
Mullah Jahangir and Mullah Mohid. The others in detention are
Mullah Nazir, former Taliban commander in the southern Afghan
province of Uruzgan, and Mullah Tahir, the former Taliban commander
of Kabul.
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34
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July 14
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One Frontier Corps (FC) personal
was killed and three others injured in an ambush in the Balida
area. The FC personal were busy in relief activities when they
were attacked.
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35
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July 16
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The FC personnel seized a cache
of arms and ammunition near Chaman. FC troops raided the hilly
area of Roghani and recovered five 7MM rifles, four AK-47 rifles,
one SMG, 11 hand-grenades and hundreds of rounds of different
calibre weapons. They said the weapons were being smuggled from
across the border to be sold in Quetta. However, no one was arrested
in this connection.
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36
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July 22
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Rail traffic remained suspended
for several hours after the main railway line linking Quetta with
the rest of Pakistan was blown up in the New Sariab area.
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37
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July 25
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Police in Quetta arrested Zahoor
alias Choota Waqar, an activist of the proscribed Sunni group
LeJ. Zahoor belongs to Dera Murad Jamali and is wanted for the
killing of important Shiite personalities of Quetta, and two bomb
blasts in Shia places of worship.
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38
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July 27
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Abdul Raziq Bugti, spokesperson
for the Balochistan government and a prominent politician, was
assassinated in a high-security zone of Quetta by unidentified
gunmen. The BLA claimed responsibility for the incident which
occurred on the Zarghoon road, half a kilometre away from the
Governor House and Balochistan Secretariat. 55-year old Raziq
Bugti was on his way home from the PTV Quetta Station, when unidentified
armed men opened indiscriminate fire on his vehicle, killing him
on the spot.
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39
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August 12
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Three people, including the two
police personnel, were wounded in Quetta when motorcyclists lobbed
a grenade at them.
Two rockets were fired at a paramilitary
police post in the Bolan area. However, no one was injured.
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40
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August 13
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Police said two persons lobbed
a hand-grenade in the house of a retired government employee at
Kalat Street. However, no loss of life or injuries was reported.
Two more explosions were heard
in two different areas of Quetta, but their locations could not
be ascertained. Three powerful explosions were reported from the
Khuzdar Township. However, Police did not confirm these blasts.
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41
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August 21
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A bomb blast was reported from
a residential colony in the Brewery Road area. However, no loss
of life or injuries was reported.
Another bomb blast caused damages
to a wall and windowpanes of the house of a resident Malik Bangalzai
in the same area.
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42
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August 22
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At least 16 persons, including
two women, were injured in two grenade attacks in Quetta. In the
first attack, six people in a barber shop on the Zarghoon Road
were wounded and in the second 10 people in and around a tailor’s
shop in the Brewery area sustained injuries.
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43
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August 23
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Punjabi-speaking hair salon owners
in Quetta said that they felt insecure after attacks on their
shops in the recent months and demanded the government provide
them security. An unnamed Barbershop Owners’ Association member
said they were facing security problems due to their ethnic background.
"Since Nawab Akbar Bugti’s killing last year, more than 12 attacks
have been made on barbershops. The number of attacks in interior
Balochistan is higher," he said, adding, around 800 barbers worked
in Quetta and that most of them hailed from Punjab. "Business
is affected badly, as workers are fleeing the city in order to
avoid ethnic attack," he added further.
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44
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August 24
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Two children were injured in two
explosions in Quetta. Police sources said some people hurled a
grenade into the house of Imran Rajput on the Sariab Road wounding
his daughter.
A boy was injured in a bomb blast
at Killi Khezi on the outskirts of the city.
The rail link between Quetta and
rest of the country was disrupted when a portion of the main railway
track was blown up in the Sariab area.
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45
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August 26
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Two hand-grenades were lobbed
into a house in the Sariab road area. One of the grenades exploded,
damaging windowpanes of the house.
Insurgents blew up a gas pipeline
in Killi Omar, suspending gas supply to many villages near Quetta.
A spokesman for the Anjuman Ittehad
Marri said that police personnel conducted raids on the new Kahan
camp on the outskirts of Quetta and arrested 32 people.
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46
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August 31
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A hand-grenade was lobbed at the
house of a police constable in the Abdul Hameed Street area.
An explosion damaged the wall
of a ladies park near Jinnah town area.
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47
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September 4
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A portion of railway tracks in
the Darakhshan region of Sariab was blown up, suspending the train
service between provincial capital Quetta and the rest of the
country for several hours. However, no loss of life or injuries
was reported.
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48
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September 5
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Two personnel of the Frontier
Corps and a passer-by were shot dead in an attack by armed assailants
on the Brewery Road.
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49
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September 7
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Two bomb blasts occurred in Quetta.
The first blast was caused by an explosive device planted in a
dustbin on the Sabzal Road while the second explosion was reported
from a nearby area. However, no loss of life or property was reported.
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50
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September 23
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A bomb blast occurred in satellite
town near Muhammadi Masjid (mosque) in Quetta. No loss of life
or injury was reported.
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51
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September 26
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The Superintendent of Police (Investigation
Cell), Syed Sharyab, and his two guards died when their vehicle
was ambushed in the Samungli area. His driver and security in
charge of the Pakistan Television Centre (Quetta) were wounded
in the incident. The proscribed Baloch Liberation Army claimed
responsibility for the attack.
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52
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October 10
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Unidentified gunmen ambushed the
car of a prominent ruling Pakistan Muslim League leader, Sher
Jan Marri, and shot him dead in Quetta, senior police official
Qazi Abdul Wahid said. Marri was a former deputy mayor of Kohlu
district.
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53
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November 9
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Rail link of Quetta with the rest
of the country is disrupted for the second time in 24 hours as
the main tracks were blown up in the Dashat area of Mastung district.
Police arrested a man who was allegedly injured while planting
the bomb. Police informed that the suspect, Abdul Razaq, is a
railway employee.
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54
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November 12
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A grenade was lobbed into the
Quetta city police station, wounding a police official.
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55
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November 21
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Balochistan Liberation Army chief
Nawabzada Balach Marri was killed along with his bodyguards in
a clash somewhere inside Afghanistan, triggering widespread violence
in capital Quetta and some other parts of the Balochistan province.
Three people were killed in Quetta’s
Huda area after unidentified armed men riding a motorbike opened
fire on them.
A group of armed men opened fire
on a police van on the Brewery Road, killing a constable and injuring
three other policemen.
Two policemen were injured after
a bomb exploded near the WAPDA grid station in Sariab.
Arsonists torched an ambulance
of the Bolan Medical Complex and a building formerly housing a
government organisation in Killi Shabo in Quetta.
Two Frontier Corps personnel were
injured when a hand grenade was thrown at their vehicle in the
Sariab area.
An office of the Punjabi Ittehad
was set ablaze on Query road in the provincial capital.
Train services between Quetta
and the rest of the country were suspended after a track was blown
up near Sibi.
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56
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November 22
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There were two bomb blasts in
the Killi Bunglezai and Smungli Road areas of the provincial capital
Quetta.
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57
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November 24
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A bomb blast on the Quetta-Sibbi
railway track wounded four railway officials and suspended the
railway traffic. Unidentified persons detonated explosives between
the Saryab and Spezinder railway stations, damaging a portion
of the Pakistan Railways Bridge number 315. Geo TV reported that
when the railway staff reached the spot for repair work, another
bomb exploded at the track injuring four staff members.
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58
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November 25
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A woman was killed and seven members
of her family, including four children, sustained injuries when
a rocket exploded in their house on the Tareen Road area. Police
sources said the rocket had landed on the roof of the house of
one Abdul Haq Rind and exploded, killing the woman, identified
as Zainab Bibi.
Hand-grenades were hurled in two
houses in the Satellite Town area, injuring one person. Another
hand-grenade hit a house on the Ahmed Shah Street of Jail Road.
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59
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November 26
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Unidentified people killed two
government officials in Quetta as violence that erupted in the
city after the death of Baloch nationalist leader Balach Marri
continued. Noshaki District Tehsildar (revenue administrative
officer) Asghar Mengal and his security guard were killed in an
ambush on the Dr Bano Road. A passerby was also injured in the
incident, while the assailants managed to escape from the scene.
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60
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December 4
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One Frontier Corps personnel,
Khan Zaman, was killed and a Balochistan Constabulary soldier,
Ali Mohammad, sustained injuries in an attack on their check-post
in the Hudda area.
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61
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December 7
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A civilian sustained injuries
in a bomb blast in a sweet shop on Jinnah Road.
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62
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December 12
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Two Balochistan Constabulary personnel,
Ismail Khan and Muhammad Yaqoob, were shot dead in Quetta. The
Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has reportedly claimed responsibility
for the second incident.
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63
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December 13
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Two suicide bombings near an army
check-post in Quetta killed seven people, including three personnel
of the Pakistan Army, military spokesman Major General Waheed
Arshad said. Official sources said that a young, bearded man approached
the military checkpoint at the Hana Road in the cantonment area
and when the military police tried to stop him, he blew himself
up at about 5pm. As the military personnel were busy in the rescue
operation and stopping people from getting close to the scene
of the first bombing, a second suicide bomber detonated his explosives.
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64
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December 17
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A boy was killed while nine other
persons, including a police constable, were injured in a bomb
blast on the Abdul Sattar Road area.
A civilian sustained injuries
in a landmine blast while another landmine was defused by the
police in Quetta.
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65
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December 31
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The building of the Election Commission
(EC) office in Dalbandin and a vehicle parked there were damaged
when some unidentified assailants hurled explosive material into
the premises. The building’s windows were smashed after the blast.
However, no casualties or damage to election material was reported.
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