Balochistan: Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2010

Five persons were injured in three rocket attacks in Quetta. Sources said the first rocket was fired from an undisclosed location, which landed and exploded in the courtyard of Muhammad Tayab's house located in Shahbaz Town Phase III, injuring five persons who were reported to be settlers in Balochistan. The injured were identified as Taj Muhammad, Abdul Qadir, Sher Afzal, Bismillah and Saeed. The second rocket hit Muhammad Saeed's house at the Zarghoon Road destroying its roof. No casualties were reported in the incident. The third rocket exploded in the open in Musa Colony at Saryab Road without causing any damage and casualty. Read less...

Two young sisters were killed and another boy suffered multiple injuries in a grenade attack on their residence on Saryab Road in Quetta in the night of July 1, according to Daily Times. Unidentified assailants hurled a grenade at the house of Amir Gulzar, in the Kili Dost Agha area of Saryab Road. Read less...

A truck driver was abducted from the National Highway in Bakhtiarabad area of Bolan District. Sources said that the truck was passing through the area when it was intercepted by armed militants, who took the driver hostage. Read less...

Unidentified assailants killed a Shia scholar, Ali Muhammad, in a suspected sectarian attack in Saryab area of Quetta in Balochistan on July 2, reports Daily Times. Ali Muhammad, president of the Kashmirabad Imambargah, was walking in a street close Shahjee chowk when the assailants opened fire at him, killing him on the spot. Read less...

Four workers were shot dead and another seven were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire in Surab tehsil (revenue unit) of Kalat District, around 200 kilometres from Quetta, in Balochistan on July 4, according to Daily Times. Sources said that a private vehicle was carrying labourers, who were returning from a gas plant to their residential colony, when unidentified assailants opened fire at their vehicle in Surab bazaar area. The victims belonged to Ghotki District of the Sindh and Rahim Yar Khan District of Punjab. Read less...

An unidentified militants killed an elder of the Jatoi tribe and a passer-by on the Qambrani Road in Quetta. Read less...

Four persons, including a Levies Force official, were killed and another four injured on July 5 in separate incidents in Balochistan, according to Daily Times. A police patrol vehicle was on its way to pick the Station House Officer (SHO) of Quaidabad Police Station when unidentified militants riding a motorcycle opened fire at the vehicle. As result, a passer-by Jamal died on the spot and two Policemen were seriously injured. The injured officials were identified as Bashir Ahmed and Muhammad Ramzan. Read less...

One Levies personnel killed and another two sustained injured in a firing incident in Mastung District. Read less...

Unidentified militants fired rockets from the seaside on the Gwadar Port and the Gwadar Pearl Continental Hotel in Gwadar City of Balochistan on July 6, according to Daily Times. However, no casualties were reported in the attack. Unidentified militants – on a boat – resorted to firing rockets from the seaside, as the security measures in place make it difficult to conduct such attacks from land. Read less...

Two persons were injured in a grenade attack on a NATO oil tanker near Chaman town of Balochistan on July 7, according to Daily Times. Sources said that unidentified militants hurled a grenade at the NATO oil tanker, which was returning from Afghanistan after supplying fuel to allied forces based there. As a result, driver of the vehicle Niaz Ali and cleaner Zahid Khan were injured. Read less...

Two persons were killed and an equal number of them sustained bullet injuries when unidentified militants ambushed their vehicle in Dera Bugti of Balochistan on July 9, according to Daily Times. Sources said that a cab carrying four people was on its way to Kashmore from Sui when unidentified militants opened fire on them near the Mazari Ghot area. Bashir Bugti and Qasim Bugti received multiple bullet wounds to the upper torso and died on the spot, while Suleman Bugti and Qadir Bugti sustained serious injuries. Read less...

A person, Ghulam Sakhi, was killed in the Spin Karez area after being abducted from the outskirts of Quetta on July 7. Levies Force found the body of Ghulam Sakhi from near Spin Karez. According to an autopsy, the victim was tortured to death four days ago. Read less...

An unidentified militants abducted two personnel of a law enforcement agency from Quetta. According to sources, Asif and Tahir were travelling from the Hazarganji area to Quetta when unidentified militants, travelling in a car, abducted them and fled. Read less...

Daily Times reports that Maula Bakhsh Dashti, National Party (NP) leader and former Turbat District Nazim (organizer), was shot dead in Turbat of Balochistan on July 11. Sources said that, Dashti was travelling in his car, along with friends, from a local village to Turbat when unidentified militants intercepted his car and opened fire at the vehicle. As a result, the NP leader died on the spot and two of his friends, Shaukat Baloch and Allah Bakhsh Baloch, were injured. Read less...

A Frontier Corps (FC) trooper and a local person were killed as a FC trooper tried to rescue abducted personnel in Kabu area of Kalat District on July 13, according to Daily Times. The FC also arrested eight suspects from the spot. Acting on a tip-off, FC personnel carried out a raid in Kabu, a mountainous area of Kalat, where a group of militants were hiding along with two hostages. There was exchange of fire between the FC and the militants, during which a FC trooper and a local person were killed. “One of the hostage was killed while the other was rescued. Around eight militants have been arrested in the raid,” official sources said. Two FC personnel taken hostage, Tahir and Mohammad Asif, had been posted at Ghaza Bund Scouts on the outskirts of Quetta. They were coming to the city when armed men abducted them at gunpoint on July 11. Read less...

The driver of a NATO oil tanker was killed and his colleague injured in Mastung town on July 13. According to sources, a NATO oil tanker was returning to Karachi from Afghanistan, after supplying fuel to the allied forces stationed there, when unidentified militants opened fire at the vehicle and fled. As a result, the tanker’s driver died on the spot while his colleague was injured. The deceased was identified as Ibrahim who received multiple bullet wounds on his upper torso. Both the victims belonged to Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab. Read less...

Two Police officials, including a Station House Officer (SHO), were injured in a grenade attack on Mastung Police Station. Officials said two unidentified militants ridding a motorcycle hurled a hand grenade at the Mastung City Police Station. The bomb blast injured Station House Officer Ghulam Sarwar and Additional SHO Abdul Salam Bangulzai. A few months ago, unidentified assailants gunned down the previous SHO of the same Police Station, Murad Sajidi. Read less...

Habib Jalib Baloch, a former member of the Senate (Upper House of Parliament) and Secretary General of the Balochistan National Party (Mengal Group) was killed on July 14 (today) by unidentified assailants in Quetta city, the Police said, according to Rediff.com. Three motorcycle-borne assailants shot Baloch outside his home on Sariab Road in the morning, Deputy Inspector General of Police Hamid Shakil told reporters. Witnesses said Baloch, a senior Baloch nationalist leader, was shot when he came out of the house. He succumbed to his injuries later. The assailants escaped after the incident, the Police added. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. Read less...

Three aid workers employed by the US-based charity Mercy Corps have been freed in good health by their abductors after a five-month abduction ordeal. The aid workers and their driver were abducted on February 18 in Qila Saifullah District, about 200 kilometres northwest of Quetta. The driver was killed in the month of June, prompting Mercy Corps to close offices in Balochistan and neighbouring Sindh. "It is confirmed that three Mercy Corps workers have been released by the abductors in the wake of negotiations by tribal elders," provincial Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani said. "No ransom was paid for their release," he added. Read less...

Unidentified militants opened fire on four NATO-supply containers in Mach locality of Bolan tehsil (revenue) in Quetta of Balochistan in the night of July 15, setting them ablaze, according to The News. Sources said that NATO containers were heading to Afghanistan en-route Quetta from Karachi, carrying oil and other logistic materials on them. When the drivers stopped along a hotel on National Highway, some unidentified militants attacked and set ablaze containers by resorting to indiscriminate firing. Read less...

Another NATO oil tanker was set ablaze by unidentified militants in Wadh area of Khuzdar. Read less...

Five NATO oil tankers were set ablaze in two separate incidents in Balochistan on July 16, according to Daily Times. Levies personnel said that four NATO oil tankers were parked outside a roadside hotel in Mach Town when unidentified militants fired at the vehicles, setting them ablaze, as they were carrying highly inflammable material. No casualties were reported in the incident as the drivers and helpers of the tankers were inside the hotel. Read less...

Two persons were injured on July 17 when unidentified militants opened fire at a container carrying goods for NATO forces in Afghanistan near Kalat in Balochistan, reports Daily Times. The injured were identified as Muhammad Kareem and Ghulam Nabi. Read less...

Daily Times reports that unidentified armed men shot dead Liaquat Ali Mengal, former president of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), in Kalat District in Balochistan on July 20. Liaquat Ali Mengal was on way to his house from Kalat bazaar when three persons riding a motorcycle opened fire on him near Moughalzai area. Mengal was killed on the spot. The attackers managed to escape. Police termed the incident a case of target killing. Read less...

A 10-year-old girl, Sharifa Bugti, was killed in a landmine blast in the Ghot Band Ali Sundrani area of Jaffarabad District. Read less...

Unidentified assailants shot dead two persons in Mashwad Bazdad area of Awaran District in Balochistan on July 21, according to The News. Levies officials said Muhammad Qah-Din and Muhammad Samad of Mashwad Bazdad were on their way to bazaar when unidentified assailants riding a motorbike opened indiscriminate fire on them and fled. Read less...

A person was injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on him at Esanagri in Quetta in Balochistan on July 22, reports The News. Police said unidentified assailants opened fire on Naseebullah, a resident of Pishin, leaving him critically injured Read less...

Two persons, identified as Muhammad Sarwar and Noor Alam Bangali, were shot dead by unidentified assailants near Gwadar International Airport of Gwadar District in Balochistan on July 24, according to Daily Times. Sarwar belonged to Lahore and owned a small snack bar in Gwadar while Bangali was a resident of Karachi. Read less...

One person was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Sariab Road in Quetta on July 25, reports The News. The deceased was identified as Faqir Mohammad Bangulzai. Read less...

One person was wounded when unidentified persons lobbed a hand grenade at a house in Kili Baro area. Read less...

A Frontier Corps official, identified as Naveed, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Khuzdar District. Read less...

An unidentified militants shot dead Habibullah, the son of National Party (NP) central leader Tufail Sabir in Khuzdar. Read less...

Daily Times reports that two Levies personnel, identified as Karim Dad and Zahoor Ahmed, were shot dead on July 26 by unidentified assailants near the Pirnawa area of Awaran District in Balochistan. Read less...

One person was injured in Quetta when unidentified gunmen opened fire on him in Kashmirabad area of the city. Read less...

Two bodies were found on the Qambrani Road in Quetta. The deceased were identified as Ashfaq Mengal, and Farooq Mulazai. Read less...

Unidentified militants shot dead a Police Officer, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Naimatullah Shahwani, in the Kalat area of Balochistan on July 27, according to The News. ASI Naimatullah Shahwani was standing outside the Civil Hospital, when unidentified militants riding a bike opened fire at him, killing him on the spot. Read less...

An unidentified assailants set the Zakat (Obligatory alms in Islam) office in Awaran District on fire causing partial damage to its furniture. Read less...

An unidentified attackers threw a hand grenade in the house of Wasif Siraj, a Government employee in Railway Housing Scheme on Brewery Road. The grenade exploded in the courtyard of the house. However, no injuries were reported. Read less...

One person was killed while another was seriously injured in Quetta in Balochistan on July 29, reports Daily Times. According sources, Haji Habib and Muhammad Tahir were sleeping in their house in Raisani Town on Brewery Road, when armed assailants shot them through the window of the house. Habib died on the spot while Tahir was injured and was taken to the Bolan Medical College Hospital. Read less...

A NATO oil tanker was attacked in the Western Bypass area of Quetta. Police officials said unidentified assailants attached an improvised explosive device (IED) to the tanker. The explosion caused thousands of litres of oil to spill from the tanker. The tanker was partially damaged in the explosion, but no casualties were reported. Police has arrested two suspects identified as Shabbir Ghaffar and Mubarak Muhammad from the blast site. Read less...

A Police constable was shot dead near Barech Market at the Sirki Road in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan on July 30, reports Daily Times. According to Police officials, Head Constable Syed Zulfiqar Ali was going home when unidentified assailants fired at him. As a result, the Syed Zulfiqar Ali died on the spot while the assailants managed to flee. Read less...

Sardar Akhtar Mengal, president of the Balochistan National Party (BNP) and a former chief minister of the Balochistan on July 31 accused the Government and its functionaries of carrying out target killings of Baloch leaders and activists, reports Daily Times. Addressing a public rally at Manan Chowk of Quetta over the telephone from Dubai, he said Habib Jalib had been killed by those who believed that he was a hurdle in the way of their vested interests and evil designs. BNP party workers took out a rally from Liaquat Park and marched up to Manan Chowk to listen to Mengal’s speech. Addressing the rally’s participants, Mengal said bloodshed was not new for the Baloch people, but one thing was clear that the Baloch people were not scared of anything and would not be deterred by the use of force. “The state and its agents have deliberately created panic in Balochistan, but the BNP is not scared of anything, as the party has already scarified the lives of many of its leaders and workers,” he said. Read less...

Six people, including a woman and four Police officials, were injured when unidentified assailants fired on a Police van in the Killi Tarka area of Spiny Road in Quetta of Balochistan in the morning of July 31, according to Daily Times. Sources said that a Brewery Police Station van was on a routine patrol in the Killi Tarka area near Rustam roundabout, when the officials became suspicious of a car. Police chased the car to a narrow street, where the assailants in the car opened fire, injuring four officials and two passers-by. The injured officials have been identified as Assistant Sub Inspector Murtaza, Constable Mohammad Yousaf, Atta Mohammad and driver Ali Dad, and the civilians as Ibrahim and Painda Bibi. Read less...