No less than 70 Baloch militants and 10 safety personnel have been killed after large-scale, coordinated assaults have been launched by insurgents throughout 12 cities and cities in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The assaults, which started on Friday night time and continued into Saturday, focused safety forces, police installations and civilians at a number of areas, triggering counter-operations by the military and legislation enforcement companies.
Balochistan authorities spokesperson Shahid Rind stated the assaults have been reported from a number of areas together with Quetta, Gwadar, Makran, Hub, Chaman, Naseerabad and Nushki.
Federal Info Minister Ataullah Tarar stated militants focused police posts and Frontier Corps positions however claimed safety forces have been alert and thwarted the assaults, forcing the assailants to retreat. Authorities additionally stated explosives planted on a railway monitor in Naseerabad district have been later defused. In Gwadar, militants killed civilians, together with members of a household, Tarar stated.
CASUALTIES AND COUNTER-OPERATIONS
Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti stated 70 militants had been killed to date, including that clearance operations have been nonetheless underway. Safety sources claimed the toll might be larger.
Federal Inside Minister Mohsin Naqvi confirmed that 10 policemen and Frontier Corps personnel have been killed. The violence adopted earlier counter-terror operations in Panjgur and Harnai, the place 41 militants have been killed earlier this week.
BLA CLAIMS ‘OPERATION HEROF PHASE TWO’
The banned Balochistan Liberation Military (BLA) on Saturday claimed it had launched the second part of what it referred to as ‘Operation Herof’ throughout Balochistan.
In an announcement attributed to its spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch, the group claimed its fighters had taken management of the Counter Terrorism Division (CTD) headquarters in Nushki and overrun a Frontier Corps facility. The assertion additionally claimed Pakistani troopers have been killed throughout the assaults. Pakistani authorities haven’t confirmed these claims.
Officers stated the identification of militants killed within the operations was nonetheless underway to find out whether or not they belonged solely to Baloch rebel teams or additionally included members of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
RISING VIOLENCE IN BALOCHISTAN
Balochistan has witnessed a gradual escalation in militant violence lately. Knowledge from the Centre for Analysis and Safety Research confirmed fatalities within the province rose by almost 22 per cent final 12 months.
The Pak Institute for Peace Research has stated terror assaults throughout Pakistan elevated by 34 per cent in 2025, with 699 incidents recorded nationwide.
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With inputs from Arvind Ojha
