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Incidents
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January 1
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Eight persons,
including three Security Officials, were injured in two separate
explosions in Chaman District of Balochistan. The first explosion
took place near an under-construction building on Chaman’s Mall
Road injuring two persons. Second explosion targeted a Police
Check Post in the same area and injured six persons, including
three Security Officials.
The report compiled
by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS)
shows that terrorists carried out 23 suicide attacks in different
parts of the country in 2017, whereas 2016 and 2015 had witnessed
17 and 18 such incidents, respectively.
1,387 people, including
585 civilians, 555 militants and 247 SFs personnel, were killed
and 1,965 people, including 1,580 civilians, were injured in militancy-related
incidents, including militant attacks and SFs actions. Militants
carried out at least 420 attacks in which 912 people, including
584 civilians, 225 SFs personnel and 103 militants, were killed
and 1,877 injured. SFs conducted 522 operations in which left
475 people, including 452 militants and 22 SFs personnel, dead
and 88 people injured. SFs also arrested 1,760 suspected militants
during 2017.
The year 2017 saw
the highest number of militant attacks in Balochistan where 183
militant attacks took place in which 308 people, including 208
civilians and 84 SFs personnel, were killed and 572 people suffered
injuries. The province remained target of a variety of militant
groups, including sub-nationalist militants, sectarian and international
militant groups. Overall 43pc of the total militant attacks in
the country were recorded in Balochistan and 10 out of 23 suicide
attacks (43pc) took place in the province. SFs conducted 134 operations
against militants in Balochistan in which 112 militants were killed
and 657 arrested.
102 militant attacks
were recorded in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in
which 339 people, including 206 civilians, 65 SFs and 68 militants,
were killed and 858 people, including 629 civilians, suffered
injuries. As many as 58 security operations were reported from
FATA in which 84 militants and five SFs were killed. SFs also
arrested at least 79 suspects from FATA.
SFs conducted at
least four actions in Azad Kashmir in which 12 suspected militants
were arrested. Fourteen suspected militants were arrested from
Gilgit-Baltistan region in two Sfs actions while four suspects
were arrested in three actions in Islamabad.
KP witnessed significant
improvement in security situation as all indicators saw negative
trends. There was 40pc decline in the number of militant attacks
and 47pc decline in the number of deaths in the province. A total
of 75 militant attacks were recorded in KP in which 92 people,
including 43 civilians, 34 SFs personnel and 15 militants, were
killed while 175 people, including 136 civilians, were injured.
KP saw the second highest number of suicide attacks during the
year as at least six suicide attacks were reported from the province.
In 2016, five suicide attacks took place in the province. SFs
conducted at least 103 actions against militants in which 543
suspects were arrested and 41 killed during 2017.
Sindh saw a 40pc
decrease in militant attacks, but with 84pc increase in the number
of deaths during 2017. Militants carried out 40 attacks in the
province killing 112 people, including 92 civilians and 17 SFs
personnel. Another 303 people were injured in these attacks. The
province saw one suicide attack during 2017. SFs conducted at
least 98 actions against militants in which 110 suspects were
killed and 153 arrested.
Punjab witnessed
seven per cent increase in militant attacks, but there was 37pc
decline in deaths. During the year, 15 militant attacks took place
in the province in which 59 people, including 34 civilians and
24 SFs personnel, were killed and 208 people, all of them civilians,
suffered injuries. The province also witnessed three suicide bombings
one more than 2016. SFs conducted 119 operations against militants
in the province in which 105 militants were killed and 298 arrested.
Two militant attacks
were reported from Azad Jammu and Kashmir in which one civilian
died and five were injured. Three violent militant activities
of low intensity were reported from Islamabad in which one person
lost his life. No violent militant activity was reported from
Gilgit-Baltistan region.
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January 2
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Two militants were
killed and twelve FC Personnel injured in a suicide attack involving
explosion followed by firing near an FC check post in the Baleli
area of Quetta.
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January 4
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Eight militants
among fifteen suspects were arrested by FC Balochistan from Districts
of Zhob, Sibbi, Nasirabad (Dera Murad Jamali), Bolan (Mach), and
Quetta (Killi Ismail). 70 kilograms of explosive, weapons and
ammunition and communication equipment were also recovered.
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January 6
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Two militants were
killed by SFs in Nawa Killi near Quetta. Police said that they
were attempting to arrest the accomplices of an arrested suspect
who was in the vehicle with the SFs in order to help in identifying
the suspects. Security officials (unnamed) said, “However, the
suspect’s accomplices opened fire in a bid to help their detained
friend escape. In the resulting exchange, one of the attackers,
as well as the under-arrest suspect, were killed. Two terrorists,
however, escaped from the scene”.
Armed assailants
killed a Policeman belonging to the Rapid Response Group (RRG)
and injured another near Sariab Flyover in Quetta. The deceased
was identified as RRG Constable Muhammad Alam.
FC Balochistan
recovered IEDs, arms and ammunition during an IBO in Mastung District.
“Through an IBO [intelligence based operation] in Mastung based
on lead from apprehended suspects, [FC] recovered cache of arms,
ammunition and explosives including sniper rifles, grenade and
IEDs hidden in caves for a major terrorist activity,” the ISPR
said in a statement.
TTP and its associated
outfits remain the most potent threat followed by nationalist
insurgent groups despite a 16 per cent decline in militant attacks
in 2017, said a security report issued by PIPS. The report mentioned
that IS footprint was increasing in Balochistan, FATA and Northern
Sindh, and were carrying out deadly attacks. The report said that
militant, nationalist and violent sectarian groups carried out,
in all, 370 terrorist attacks in 64 districts of Pakistan during
the year 2017, including 24 suicide and gun-and-suicide coordinated
attacks, killing 815 people, besides injuring 1,736. These attacks
posted a 16 per cent decrease from the total in 2016; and the
number of people killed also dropped by 10 per cent.
Of these attacks,
as many as 213, or 58 per cent, were perpetrated by TTP , its
splinter groups, mainly JuA and other militant groups with similar
objectives such as local Taliban groups, killing 186 people. Nationalist
insurgent groups, mostly in Balochistan and a few in Sindh, carried
out 138 attacks, or 37 per cent of the total, killing 140 people.
As many as 19 terrorist attacks were sectarian, which killed 71
people and inflicted injuries on 97 others, according to the report.
It also noted that compared to 2016, a significant surge of 131
per cent was witnessed during 2017 in cross-border attacks from
Pakistan’s borders with Afghanistan, India and Iran. A total of
171 cross-border attacks claimed 188 lives and injured 348 others.
SFs and LEA killed
a total of 524 militants in 2017, as against 809 in 2016, in 75
military operations as well as 68 armed clashes and encounters
with the militants reported from across the four provinces and
FATA. According to the report, some new challenges raised their
heads, including emergence of self-radicalised individuals and
small terrorist cells, growing incidence of religious extremism
including on educational campuses, and, most importantly, increasing
footprints of IS in parts of the country and convergence of its
fighters in Afghanistan near Pakistani border. In 2017, IS and
its local affiliates claimed 6 major attacks, killing 153 people.
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January 8
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Three militants
were arrested by FC Balochistan during IBOs conducted under Operation
Radd-ul-Fassad in Dhadar and Mastung Districts, states ISPR. Cache
of arms and ammunition including IEDs, hand grenade, detonators
and communication equipment were also recovered.
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January 9
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Seven people, including
five Policemen, were killed and 16 others, including eight Policemen,
injured in a suicide blast by a TTP militant near GPO Chowk on
Zarghoon Road of Quetta. The suicide bomber targeted the Police
contingent returning from duty at the Provincial Assembly building
and rammed into the parked Police truck. IG of Balochistan Police
Moazzam Jah Ansari said that he could "tell in advance"
that the suicide bomber must have come from across the Afghanistan
border.
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January 10
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Muhammad Bakhsh
alias Jaggo a former militant ‘commander’ belonging to BLF was
killed by militants in the Nasirabad area of Turbat town in Kech
District. According to Levies Officials, Jaggo was an important
‘commander ‘of BLF, however, differences cropped up between him
and the BLF leadership after the killing of National Party leader
Mola Bakhsh Dashti in an attack. Jaggo then left the BLF and formed
his own militant group. Three years ago, he abandoned militancy
and surrendered to the Government.
US State Department
updated its threat assessment for Pakistan; Balochistan, KP, FATA
and PoK were placed in the “do not travel” category due to militancy.
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January 14
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One health worker
was killed by unidentified militants Alikhel area of Qila Saifullah
District.
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January 15 |
Five FC Personnel were killed and six others injured
in an ambush by militants in Shapok area of Kech District in Balochistan.
According to (unnamed) Officials two FC vehicles, transporting
Soldiers from Panjgur to Turban in Balochistan, were attacked
with automatic weapons when they were crossing the mountainous
area of Shapok. Turbat Assistant Commissioner Dr Jamil Baloch
said that "as a result of the firing and overturning of the vehicles,
five FC personnel got martyred and six others sustained injured".
The deceased were identified as Havaldar Zakir, Lance Naik Masood,
Sepoy Shahbaz Qasir, Sepoy Farmanullah and Sepoy Masood while
the injured included Havaldar Qambar, Asadullah, Sohail, Muhammad
Bilal, Muhammad Hanif and Shafqatullah.
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January 17 |
Two Balochistan Constabulary personnel, identified
as Ilyas and Shaukat, were shot dead while another one, identified
as Javed, sustain injury when unidentified militants attacked
them on Double Road area of Quetta, the provincial capital of
Balochistan. The personnel were reportedly deployed at a flyover
in the area for security duty.
Unidentified militants shot dead a Police constable,
identified as Naseer Ahmed, while was going to report for duty
on the Raisani Road area of Quetta. However, the attackers managed
to escape from the spot after the attack.
Two Policemen among three people were injured
in a hand grenade attack on a vehicle in Chaman town of Killa
Abdullah District. Police said that unidentified assailants hurled
hand grenade at a vehicle near Edhi police picket in Chaman. The
attack partially damaged the vehicle, besides injuring three people,
including two Policemen. The assailants fled the scene after the
attack.
Police foiled a major terror bid as it recovered
two bomb planted by the roadside in Quetta, which were defused
by the BDS. According to details, a remote control bomb, weighing
four to five kilogrammes, was planted by some unidentified miscreants
in a cycle in Shafi Colony near Sariab Road, which was defused.
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January 18 |
Two female polio vaccination workers were killed
when their team comes under the fire of unidentified assailants
in the Shalkot area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
"Sakina Bibi and her daughter Rizwana Bibi (12) were killed by
unknown assailants," spokesman of Emergency Operation Centre for
Polio Eradication Balochistan Muhammad Zafar said.
SFs apprehended eight terrorists and seized weapons
from their possession in different areas of Balochistan. According
to ISPR, FC Balochistan conducted IBOs in Gulistan, Pishin, Kanack,
Dera Bugti, Uch, Sambaza Dera Murad Jamali and Sibbi and arrested
eight terrorists including an illegal Afghan national. The FC
personnel recovered weapons and ammunition including IEDs, rockets,
fuses, grenades, mortars and explosives from their possession.
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January 21 |
Former SHO of Airport Police Station Fazlur Rehman
Kakar was shot dead in a targeted attack in Yat Road area of Quetta,
the provincial capital of Balochistan. According to Police, Fazlur
Rehman Kakar was sitting outside his car showroom on Yat Road
when unidentified assailants shot him dead. Kakar was dismissed
as the Airport SHO after the May 17, 2011 Kharotabad incident
in which four Russians and one Tajik nationals were killed. These
five foreigners were shot dead after they allegedly failed to
stop at a Police checkpoint. The victims included three women,
including a pregnant one. Several high-profile inquiries were
conducted into the incident to ascertain the role of the FC and
Police. As a result of the judicial inquiry by Justice Hashim
Khan Kakar, Quetta CCPO Daud Junejo, FC's Colonel Faisal Shehzad,
SHO Fazlur Rehman Kakar and ASI Raza Khan were held responsible.
In August 2013, unidentified assailants shot dead ASI Raza while
he was standing outside his house in Quetta. On December 29, 2011,
Police surgeon and key witness in the incident, Dr Baqir Shah,
was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Quetta. The doctor
was previously roughed up by Police as his statement differed
from the official version of security agencies.
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January 25 |
At least two hundred separatists' militants of
the BRP, including 15 'commanders', laid down their weapons before
Chief Minister, Abdul Quddus Bizenjo and Commander Southern Command
Lieutenant General Asim Saleem Bajwa at a ceremony held at FC
Headquarters in Turbat town in Kech District in Balochistan. The
separatists' militants announced submitting to the writ of the
State and becoming part of the national mainstream, according
to an official press release.
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January 29 |
Pakistani PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on inaugurated
the Gwadar Economic Free Zone as part of the CPEC.
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February 2 |
The Baloch militant organisations are no longer
a threat to the CPEC, said Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao
Jing, adding that members of banned outfits were "not true Pakistanis".
In an interview to BBC Urdu, he sounded confident that Gwadar
port would soon become one of the world's trading hubs as the
security situation in Pakistan had improved to a large extent
in the last few years. "If they [Baloch militants] are true Pakistanis,
they should work in the interest of Pakistan," he said brushing
aside their capacity of becoming a threat to China, Pakistan and
their CPEC project. Yao Jing said he was satisfied with the security
provided to about 10,000 Chinese nationals working on different
CPEC projects in Pakistan which also has some 60,000 local people
on different jobs.
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February 4 |
An accidental hand grenade explosion in a home
in the Tusp area of Panjgur District in Balochistan killed a woman
and her daughter and injured her son. Makran Division Commissioner
Bashir Bangulzai said that the boy had found a hand grenade and
taken it home. The grenade exploded while he was playing with
it inside his house. The boy's mother and sister died in the blast,
while the injured boy was shifted to a nearby hospital for medical
treatment.
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February 5 |
At least one person was killed and seven passers-by
injured in a roadside blast in Chitkan area of Panjgur District.
Police said that unknown miscreants had planted a bomb in a motorcycle
to target a pro government tribal notable Kamran Mengal. Baloch
Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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February 9 |
Balochistan CM Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo said that
because of concrete steps taken by the Government, insurgency
is on the wane in the province as militants have surrendered their
weapons and joined the mainstream to play their role in the development
of the country. Talking to a delegation of British journalists,
the chief minister said that a few elements sitting abroad had
misguided the youth of Balochistan, but now they (the youth) had
understood the designs of those people and foiled their conspiracies
by joining mainstream politics.
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February 10 |
The FC, during ongoing Operation Raddul
Fasaad, recovered a huge cache of ammunition and weaponry from
Sherani area in Dera Murad Jamali area of the District Nasirabad.
"A huge cache of ammunition, weaponry, mobile SIMs, communication
equipment was recovered during the action. However, no arrests
were made during the process. The security forces cordoned off
the area in search of the fleeing miscreants," the ISPR, said.
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February 14 |
At least four FC personnel were killed in a targeted
firing incident in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
The FC personnel were patrolling the area near Sariab road when
unidentified militants on a motorcycle opened fire at their vehicle,
critically injuring all four who later succumbed to their injuries.
Governor Balochistan Mohammad Khan Achakzai condemns the attack
and urged the LEAs arrest the culprits at the earliest.
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February 18 |
IG of Balochistan Police Moazzam Jah Ansari has
said that a proposal of establishing a Police force, comprising
around 1,500 personnel, exclusively for security duty in the Quetta
city is under consideration. Also, the IG, Moazzam Jah Ansari
said that recently 220 personnel of the ATF had completed their
training while another badge of ATF personnel would be sent for
the specialized training soon. He said the proposal for establishing
the new force for security duty had been sent to the chief minister
for approval.
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February 19 |
China has been quietly holding talks with the
Baloch militants for more than five years in an effort to protect
the $60bn worth of infrastructure projects it is financing as
part of the CPEC. The news report takes Financial Times as a source
for the claim. Financial Times citing three unnamed people
with knowledge of the talks has reported that Chinese had been
in direct contact with the Baloch insurgents, where many of the
scheme's most important projects are located. "The Chinese have
quietly made a lot of progress," said one Pakistani official.
"Even though insurgents occasionally try to carry out the odd
attack, they are not making a forceful push." Pakistani officials
have welcomed the talks between Baloch insurgents and Chinese
envoys, even if they do not know the details of what has been
discussed. "Ultimately, if there's peace in Balochistan, that
will benefit both of us," said one unnamed official in Islamabad.
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February 20 |
The UNDP has released a new report named Policy
Issues in Economic Growth, Equality and Sustainable Development
that indicates stark regional disparities within Pakistan with
Balochistan being the poorest province of the country. With Balochistan
lacking basic needs, the province has further fallen down in terms
of sustainability and is on top of the poverty index. In Qilla
Abdullah, 96% are living below their means making it the poorest
part of Pakistan. According to the report, after Balochistan,
KP ranks second in the provincial level with 49% of people identified
as living in poor standards. Kohistan in the report was identified
as one of the most deprived part of KP where 95% of people lack
basic needs, making it the second poorest rural area after Qilla
Abdullah (Balochistan). Each province has been ranked on its citizens
living below the poverty line, which is defined as living on less
than $2 a day.
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February 21 |
Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo,
during the GDA Governing Body's meeting, approved multiple development
projects worth PKR 1 billion for Gwadar.
A tribal peace jirga organised by the Muhibban
Tehreek Nazarya-i-Pakistan vowed to foil 'conspiracies' against
CPEC and resolved to not allow the self-exiled leaders to "send
Baloch youths to the mountains", a reference to insurgency, just
for serving their interests. The jirga was held in Mastung.
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February 22 |
China has rejected a news report circulating in
certain sections of media claiming that it has been engaged in
low-key dialogue with Baloch separatists for over five years in
a bid to secure the CPEC project. "I have never heard of such
things as you mentioned," China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson
Geng Shuang said when asked about such reports.
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February 25 |
FC personals, as part of the ongoing Operation
Radd-ul-Fassad, killed a terrorist and arrested 11 others
during IBOs conducted in different areas of the province namely
Quetta, Sherazai, Sibbi and Kahan. SFs also recovered RPG rockets,
sub-machine guns, mines and explosive material during the IBO.
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February 28 |
Four FC Soldiers were killed and seven others
were injured in a suicide bomb attack by a militant (affiliation
not specified) on a FC check-post in Nosahar area in the Quetta,
the provincial capital of Balochistan. The deceased were identified
as Muhammad Aamir, Muhammad Imran, Javed Ahmed and Muhammad Rashid.
Two Policemen were killed when three TTP militants
targeted the vehicle of DSP Hameedullah Dasti on Samungli Road
of Quetta. The deceased were identified as Muhammad Tahir and
Ayub Shah.
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March 2 |
SFs arrested six suspected terrorists from Karbala
area in Pishin District of Balochistan. According to the ISPR
500 kilogrammes of explosive material has been recovered from
the possession of terrorists. The recovered material also included
explosive jackets, sub-machine guns, and tools of communication.
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March 4 |
At least two people were injured in a blast in
Turbat District of Balochistan. The blast took place in Turbat's
main market.
Balochistan FC conducted IBOs in Dera Bugti District
on suspected hideouts of terrorists. According to a statement
issued by the authorities, weapons including RPGs, mines, explosives
and detonators were recovered by the forces from the hideouts.
The IBOs were conducted as part of the operation Radul Fasaad,
a nationwide military operation involving all law-enforcement
agencies launched in February 2017.
President Mamnoon Hussain said the people of
Balochistan and all the backward areas would get major benefit
from the CPEC. He said it was undeniable fact that people of Balochistan
had the foremost right on Balochistan that would be protected.
He said keeping in view the future scope and needs of the Chinese
language owing to CPEC, the youth must learn the language.
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March 5 |
CTD killed four suspected militants, belonging
to a proscribed terror group, in an encounter at Chaman near Pak-Afghan
border in Qilla Abdullah District of Balochistan. As per details,
CTD officials raided a house in Chaman after receiving a tip-off
from intelligence agencies regarding the presence of suspected
militants in the area. Having sniffed the raid, the suspects resorted
to firing. CTD officials befittingly responded and killed four
terrorists. Three suicide vests, a cache of ammunition, concealed
explosives and weapons.
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March 6 |
A traffic police sergeant Hafizullah Niazi was
shot dead in the night while patrolling the Kandahari Bazaar in
Quetta.
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March 7 |
Two Policemen, including a senior officer, were
killed and another was injured in Quetta, the provincial capital
of Balochistan. Unidentified assailants targeted one Policeman
in the main city areas and the other in Hazar Ganji vegetable
market located on the outskirts of the provincial capital. Police
officials said the assailants attacked the Policemen who were
guarding the fruit and vegetable sellers of Shia Hazara community.
Police identified the deceased constable as Abdul Qadir and the
injured one as Dolat Khan.
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March 8 |
Four militants, including a 'commander' of the
BLA, surrendered at a ceremony in Hub town of Lasbela District
of Balochistan. The militants have laid down their arms and announced
that they have abandoned armed struggle against the State and
would join mainstream. Balochistan Minister for Information Technology
and Environment Prince Ahmed Ali and Major Zia of the FC welcomed
the militants' decision to surrender.
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March 9 |
Four militants, including one commander, were
killed in a gun battle with SFs in the Pasni area of Gwadar District
in Balochistan. The officials said that an exchange of fire with
militants took place when the security personnel raided the area.
During the shootout four of the militants were killed. The militants
were identified as 'commander' Jamil Ahmed, Safar Khan and Rais
Khan. One of the militants could not be identified.
Two personnel of the FC were injured in a roadside
blast near their vehicle in Perak area of Hub town in Lasbela
District. Hub DSP Jan Mohammad Khosa said that the blast occurred
near FC camp in Perak area, targeting the FC convoy which was
on routine patrol.
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March 11 |
At least two terrorists were arrested and a cache
of weapons recovered in IBOs conducted by the SFs in different
areas of Balochistan. "Security forces conducted IBOs on terrorists
suspected hideouts in Mastung, Pashin, Khad Kacha and Sibbi. Two
terrorists were apprehended," said a statement issued by the ISPR.
A huge cache of arms and ammunition, including prepared IEDs,
explosives, rockets and ammunition of different calibre were also
recovered in the raids, it added.
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March 15 |
Six persons were killed in an explosion occurred
inside a house in Killa Saifullah District of Balochistan. The
house collapsed as a result of the explosion and several people
were reportedly trapped under the debris.
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March 21 |
A landmine blast killed two persons near the Pak-Iran
border in Chaghi District of Balochistan. According to Levies
officials, a man and woman were killed near the Iranian border
in an explosion when a pickup vehicle hit the landmine planted
on the roadside. The blast destroyed the vehicle, killing both
of them on the spot.
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April 1 |
In a suspected targeted killing incident, one
member of the Shia Hazara community was killed and another was
injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on their vehicle
in Kandahari Bazaar area of Quetta, the provincial capital of
Balochistan. The deceased was identified as Nazar Hussain. No
group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
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April 2 |
Four members of a Christian family were shot dead
by unidentified assailants on Shah Zaman road in Quetta, the provincial
capital of Balochistan. A minor girl was also injured in the attack.
The family was travelling in a rickshaw when armed men on a motorcycle
intercepted them and opened fire. "It appears to have been a targeted
attack," Provincial Police Official Moazzam Jah Ansari said. "It
was an act of terrorism," he added. The attack comes a day after
Pakistan's Christian community celebrated Easter on April 1.
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April 3 |
Law enforcement agencies have arrested the leader
of a gang of hitmen belonging to the TTP, who were involved in
the killing of 16 Police officers over the last three months in
the Quetta. This was disclosed by Balochistan Chief Minister Mir
Abdul Quddus Bizenjo at a press conference here on Tuesday after
presiding over a meeting on the law and order situation in the
province. "Fazal Haq Ghaibzai, the ring leader of the TTP target
killers, was arrested during a joint operation by police, the
Counter Terrorism Department and the Frontier Corps on Tuesday
night (April 3) on the basis of intelligence information," Mr
Bizenjo said.
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April 4 |
A Frontier Corps personal, Naik Irfan, lost his
life and two militants were killed in an encounter triggered by
a search operation in the Pinsin Kaur area of Kech District of
Balochistan.
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April 9 |
At least five FC personnel were injured when a
suicide bomber blew himself up near their vehicle in Belili area
of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. Aslam Tareen,
the Director of Civil Defence, confirmed that it was a suicide
blast and 8-10 kilogrammes of explosives was used in the attack.
The age of the bomber seems to be around 20 to 22 years, Tareen
added. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for
the attack.
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April 13 |
SFs arrested six terrorists involved in targeting
a team of polio workers and the Police force from different areas
of Balochistan. The ISPR said the SFs conducted IBOs in Chaman,
Sariab (Quetta) and Pishin areas of Balochistan led to the arrest
of terrorists who had targeted polio teams in Yaru Bazaar and
the Police force in Dera Murad Jamali. A cache of arms and ammunition
including explosives, detonators, rockets, mines and IEDs were
recovered.
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April 15 |
At least two members of the Christian community
were killed and five others injured in a firing incident near
a church in Essa Nagri area of Quetta, the provincial capital
of Balochistan. DIG of Quetta Abdur Razzaq Cheema said the incident
occurred when worshippers were leaving after attending the Sunday
service at the church. Unidentified attackers riding a motorbike
opened fire on the members of the Christian community and managed
to flee the scene soon after the incident.
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April 18 |
A shopkeeper belonging to the Shia Hazara community,
identified as Muhammad Asif (50), son of Ghulam Nabi, was killed
in a drive-by shooting at an auto parts shop on Abdul Sattar Road
in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. Quetta DIG Abdur
Razzaq Cheema said Muhammad Asif, who was a resident of Alamdar
Road, was from the Hazara community and that it appeared to have
been a targeted killing. It was the fourth attack in recent months
targeting Hazaras. No one has claimed the attacks so far.
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April 22 |
Two persons belonging to the Hazara community,
identified as Muhammad Ali and Muhammad Zaman, were killed, while
a third was injured in an incident of firing in Western Bypass
area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. Police
said the victims were members of Shia Hazara community and that
the incident appeared to be a targeted attack.
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April 24 |
Three suicide bombers attacked the Police and
other security officials in two different attacks, on April 24,
resulting in the killing of 10 Policemen and injuries to another
15 in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. In the first
incident, a suicide bomber drove his motorcycle into a Police
truck, on Airport Road, due to which seven Balochistan Constabulary
personnel were killed, Home Secretary Balochistan, Ghulam Ali
Baloch, said. It was not clear whether the third bomber was wearing
an explosive vest or if the bike was filled with explosives. According
to sources in the law enforcement agencies, an estimated 20 kg
of explosives were used in the attack. These cops, deployed as
the security detail for the visiting president of the Azad Kashmir,
were returning from duty when the attack took place.
Half an hour earlier, three FC personnel were
killed and six others injured in Mian Gundi area, when two suicide
bombers tried to attack the check post in an attempt to enter
the FC camp but the personnel engaged them. Hizbul Ahrar, a splinter
group of JuA, claims responsibility of the attack.
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April 29 |
At least three persons were killed and two others
injured in a firing incident at Jan Muhammad Road in Quetta, the
provincial capital of Balochistan, in the evening. According to
Police, unidentified attackers opened fire at people sitting inside
a shop on Jan Muhammad Road. The assailants managed to escape
unhurt after the attack.
Two shopkeepers belonging to the Shia Hazara community
were killed in a drive-by shooting at Jamaluddin Afghani Road
area in Quetta. According to Police, unidentified assailants opened
fire at an electronics shop, killing two Hazara men, identified
as Jaffar and Muhammad Ali, on the spot. The assailants managed
to escape unhurt from the scene after the attack. No group has
so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
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April 30 |
A suspected LeJ leader was killed during a search
operation jointly launched by the Police and Frontier Corps in
the mountainous areas of Splingy and Qabu of Mastung District
in Balochistan. Addressing a press conference along with FC Sector
Commander Brigadier Tasawar, DIG, Quetta, Abdul Razzaq Cheema
said the FC and Police had conducted the search operation on information
about the hideouts of the banned group three days ago. He said
when the SFs cordoned off the area and started searching, armed
men hiding in the mountains opened fire on the FC vehicle. As
a result, an FC man was injured. A heavy exchange of fire between
the SFs and suspected militants continued for several hours. "One
hardcore militant leader of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi was killed
in the gun battle," DIG Cheema claimed and identified the militant
as Maqsood Ahmed, a resident of the Manghopir area of Karachi,
the provincial capital of Sindh. A large quantity of arms and
ammunition was seized from the militants' hideout.
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May 1 |
A suspected leader of LeJ, Abdul Rahim Muhammad
Shahi, has been arrested in a joint operation conducted by the
Police's CTD and other security agencies in Sariab area of Quetta,
the provincial capital of Balochistan. DIG of the CTD Atizaz Ahmed
Goraya said "LeJ leader Abdul Rahim Muhammad Shahi was arrested
in the Village Aid area. A hand grenade and a pistol were found
from his possession. Shahi was involved in suicide bombings, target
killings and other subversive activities. He carried a head money
of PKR 2 million." The DIG Atizaz Ahmed Goraya said during interrogation
the suspect had confessed that he was involved in the suicide
bombing in Hazara Town's Vegetable Market, the truck blast at
the official residence of the inspector general of Balochistan,
suicide attacks on Bahadur Khan Women University and Hazar Ganji,
a firing incident in the Bolan Medical College hospital and many
incidents of target killings in Quetta. The suspect was involved
in around 200 incidents of target killings, the DIG said, adding
that he had been using different aliases, including Babul, captain
and doctor, to hide his identity. His name had been placed in
the Red Book. The DIG Atizaz Ahmed Goraya said the suspect had
disclosed names of his group's members, adding that efforts were
under way to arrest them.
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May 4 |
Six ethnic Punjabi labourers were killed and one
injured in an incident of firing in the Laijay area of Kharan
District in Balochistan. Levies sources said the labourers who
hail from the eastern Punjab were working on a mobile tower and
were sleeping in tents at the site when unidentified militants
on motorcycles opened fire on them. The assailants escaped unhurt
from the spot after the attack. There was no immediate claim of
responsibility for the attack.
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May 10 |
An explosive device kept in a pressure cooker
near a railway track in the Dasht town of Kharan District exploded.
No casualties were reported but the railway scheduled was affected.
Another bomb kept nearby was diffused later.
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May 16 |
Three LeJ militant, including
provincial chief Salman Badeni, and Army Colonel Sohail Abid were
killed in an exchange of fire during intelligence based operation
in Killi Almas area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
ISPR said SFs conducted an intelligence-based operation in Killi
Almas area on pointation from apprehended high-value target about
the presence of suicide bombers along with other terrorists in hideouts.
SF intercepted and killed a 'high-value target' Salman Badeni said
to be involved in the killings of over 100 members of the Hazara
community as well as Police personnel. Colonel Sohail Abid of Military
Intelligence was killed in the gunfight. Four other soldiers were
also sustained injuries. According to the statement, three terrorists
were identified as provincial chief Salman Badeni and two suicide
bombers of Afghani nationality. One injured militant is in military
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May 17 |
Five militants attempting VBIED attack on FC Help
Center were killed and four other militants were injured in Quetta
District, the capital of Balochistan.
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May 20 |
The CTD recovered a cache of weapons during a
raid on a house in Kili Barat area of Quetta, the provincial capital
of Balochistan. The CTD confiscated a large amount of weapons,
explosive material and suicide vests from the house. A CTD spokesperson
also claimed that the raid occurred after the CTD managed to gain
information from terrorists it had earlier apprehended. The CTD,
however, did not make any arrests during this operation.
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May 23 |
The FC conducted an operation in Garar and Nullah
areas of Mastung District in Balochistan and recovered a cache
of weapons. According to FC Balochistan spokesperson, the operations
were carried out on intelligence-based information in which five
rocket launchers, two 107 MM missiles and hundreds of bullets
were recovered.
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May 27 |
Two Policemen and two militants were killed when
unidentified militants opened fire on Policemen at Sarki Road
in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. Four passers-by
were also injured in the firing. In the meantime, personnel in
a Police vehicle passing by opened fire on the attackers, killing
two of them. One of the injured attackers, however, fled the scene,
Police said. DIG Abdul Razzaq Cheema said unknown miscreants opened
fire on Abdul Rasheed and Bashir Shah in the Capri Cinema area,
killing them on the spot.
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May 28 |
At least sixteen persons including three Policemen
sustained injuries in a roadside blast targeting Police vehicle
in Dera Murad Jamali town of Same District in Balochistan in the
evening. According to Police, unidentified militants had planted
an IED in a motorcycle parked on the roadside to target the Police
vehicle passing through the area. The explosion occurred when
a Police vehicle passing through the area, injuring at least 16
people including three Policemen. The windowpanes of nearby shops
and houses were smashed due to the impact of the blast.
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June 3 |
SFs repulsed terrorist attacks from across the
Pak-Afghan border in Qamar Din Qarez area of Balochistan. ISPR
said the militants from Afghanistan attacks targeted border posts
and border fencing parties.
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June 4 |
Three FC personnel were killed and two others
injured in a suicide bombing at a check-post on the Quetta-Karachi
highway in the Khud-Cocha area of Mastung District of Balochistan.
According to official sources, the suicide bomber blew himself
up near the FC Aziz check-post in the Khud-Cocha area of Mastung.
"A young man wearing an explosive-laden jacket tried to enter
the FC check-post and when he was challenged by security personnel,
he blew himself up near the check-post," security officials said.
"As a result of the explosion, three FC personnel were killed
on the spot and two others were injured," sources added. The deceased
were identified as Subedar Munir Jan, Sepoy Ahmed Jan and Pervez
Ahmed. Sepoy Nasir and Sepoy Irshad were injured in the blast.
Three BLA militants were killed in a gun battle
with SFs in a far flung area of Kohlu District. The shootout began
when personnel of FC cordoned off a place following a tip-off
that militants were hiding there. The suspected militants opened
fired on the security men when they were searching the area. However,
the personnel retaliated and the heavy exchange of fire continued
for at least two hours. The militant hideout was destroyed in
the operation.
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June 10 |
The house of former Balochistan Minister and central
leader of the Balochistan National Party (Awami) Mir Asghar Rind
was blown up in Gomazi area of Mand in Gwadar District of Balochistan.
Official sources said that unidentified people had planted explosives
around the house of Mir Asghar Rind and blew it up. "The house
was completely destroyed in the blast," Levies officials said,
adding that no casualty had been reported as no one was present
in the house when the blast occurred.
Mir Hamal Baloch of the BNP-Mengal escaped an
armed attack while travelling between Sirkin and Mirabad in Turbat
District when armed assailants opened fire on his convoy from
nearby mountainous. Security guards of Hamal Baloch retaliated
and after a heavy exchange of fire the attackers fled away. No
casualty has been reported.
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June 15 |
A senior cleric in Balochistan has returned home,
nine months after he, along with a son and driver, was kidnapped
from Airport Road in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan,
on September 8, 2017. Maulana Abu Turab, the provincial ameer
of Jamat Ahle Hadees, was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from
Airport Road while he was travelling to his seminary. Later, the
kidnappers had released his son and driver but took away Maulana
Abu Turab. On June 15, the kidnappers released Maulana Abu Turab
but his family refused to share any details with the media. It
was not immediately known if the family has paid any ransom for
his release.
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June 16 |
Three Levies personnel were killed in an ambush
near Kali Bangalzai in Sariab area in Quetta, the provincial capital
of Balochistan. Suspected militants opened fire on Levies vehicle,
killing the three personnel of the paramilitary force on the spot.
Police said the attackers opened fire at the Levies vehicle and
then escaped. Two of the victims, Habibullah and Najeebullah,
were brothers. Anwar Ali was the third.
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Source:Compiled
from news reports and are provisional.
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