Thursday, December 2, 2010

Law and Order Situation in Balochistan 2000-2005



Gas well catches fire after rocket attack




A huge fire broke out in a gas well of Pakistan Petroleum Limited in Sui gas field after a rocket attack, some 450km east of here on Monday.


The incident took place late in the evening when unknown persons fired a rocket from a mountainous hideout, official sources said.


The gas supply was disrupted from the affected well to the main plant in Sui township. No casualty was reported as a result of rocket explosion.


"The gas well No 47 caught fire after the explosion," a senior PPL official confirmed to this correspondent on telephone from Sui Township. He said the engineers immediately cut off the pipeline to control the blaze.


Sources in the company said the fire was put out after a two hours' effort. "The well has been closed for the time being," they added.


The law enforcing agencies and officers of the local administration rushed to the scene of attack and started investigation. A case has been registered against unknown assailants. No arrest has so far been made.


It may be recalled that rocket attacks were a matter of routine in Sui and other gas fields of Balochistan until a few months back. They were brought to an end after the federal government deployed a heavy contingent of Frontier Corps four months ago. 11.11.02



Rockets hit Kohlu town Two rockets on Kohlu town, official sources said. Both the rockets hit an open area. No loss of life or property was reported. However, the incident caused panic in the town.


Local people of Kohlu (Marri area) have been continuously deprived of their basic human and economical rights for last 54 years in Pakistan, it is not the first time that the people of this area and other areas of Balochistan have been forced to such a limit that they have no other option except to fight for their defence.


Every time when the people of Balochistan have asked for their equal rights and due share in development. The might of the Pakistani Punjabi Army has been unleashed to subdue and crush any Baloch Nationalist sentiment, which might pose a threat to the Punjab’s exploitation of Balochistan.


These series of rocket attacks on Frontier Corps (FC) and militia posts are evidence of the local people of Balochistan have been driven to the brink, having been left with no other option except to fight to defend their lives, their rights. 23.8.2002



Rockets fired on gas installations in Dera Bugti


Several rockets fired in Chakram area of Dera Bugti however no loss of life or property reported. The reports suggested that more than a dozen rockets were fired on the gas installations in the area on early Tuesday morning. However the rockets narrowly missed the targets and no damage was caused to the gas installations.


It is the first rocket attack after the recent standoff between the Bugti tribe and the military regime over the gas exploration and production in the area.


Bugti tribe has expressed its reservations that the military regime had not taken any practical measures so far to implement the recent accord. 7.8.02



Gas pipeline damaged near Loti


QUETTA 28.5.02: A gas pipeline of Loti gas field in Dera Bugti’s tribal area was damaged late Tuesday when unknown armed men hit the pipeline with bursts of automatic weapons.


According to the reports the firing damaged the pipeline and disrupted gas supply for several hours. Police has registered a case and is looking for the accused. However, no arrest is reported as yet.


It may be mentioned due to constant oppression of the Baloch people by the Punjabi rulers and the army.The unequal distribution of recourses between Punjab and Balochistan and constant exploitation of Balochistan’s mineral and other recourses by Punjab.


After trying every possible means but with no luck, once again the people of Balochistan have been driven to take up arms for their rights. That is why that the attacks on gas installations and pipelines and other such incidents have increased many folds during the recent months/years.



Eight rockets land near DCO Kohlu office


QUETTA: Two people were injured when eight rockets, fired by unknown attackers, landed near the office of the District Coordinating Officer (DCO), Kohlu district, some 470 km off here, on Friday.


According to details, all the rockets were fired from the Jindran mountain and fell at different places near the DCO office in New Killi.


One of the rockets hit the main power supply line and eventually plunged the whole area into darkness, sources said and added two persons Muhammad Zarif and Hamdan Khan sustained multiple injuries when the splinters of the rockets hit them.


The police told The News by telephone that this was the first incident in Kohlu district when within 15 minutes some eight rockets were fired.


The unrest in Marri area and rest of Balochistan is due to the exploitative nature of Punjabi Pakistan. Resulting in inequality and injustice done to the Baloch people by the Punjabi army and the establishment for the last 54 years.


After trying for many years to get social, political and economical equality in Pakistan but continuously being denied these basic rights.Now the nationalist elements have been forced to take up arms and fight their rights.


As long as Punjabi Pakistan dose not address these matters seriously and don’t solve them, the grievances of the local population of Balochistan is going to grow and the conflict is going to grow, which can result in disintegration of Pakistan.


Once before Punjab has sacrificed Pakistan for its interests resulting in braking up of Bangladesh from Pakistan. Which was due to keeping the supremacy of Punjab in rest of Pakistan. Now once again Punjab is walking the same path.



Rocket attack on gas installations


QUETTA: Some unidentified terrorists fired six rockets on a gas installation in Sui area on Tuesday however no loss of life or property reported.


According to the reports the rockets were fired from a nearby hill. Levies have registered a case and are looking for the accused. However, no arrest is reported as yet.


During the recent weeks there were many incidents of rocket attacks in the area, but the local administration has failed in identifying the accused and ensuring the security of the gas installations.



Rockets fired on FC posts


QUETTA: Some unidentified terrorists fired two rockets on a post of Frontier Corps near Mach. However, no loss of life or property was reported.


The FC sources said that the rockets landed near the post during the night between Friday and Saturday. Levies have registered a case and investigations are in progress. However, no arrest is reported as yet.



Rocket damages gas well in Dera Bugti


QUETTA, 21.4.02: A gas well of the Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) received damage when unknown armed men fired rockets in Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti district, some 450km east of here, early on Sunday, official sources said.


"A rocket hit the gas well No 14 which caught fire," senior officials in Sui said on being contacted by this correspondent.


Sources said that rockets were fired around 3am from the hilly area of Pir Koh and one of them landed near gas well No 14 and exploded. Some splinters of the rocket hit the well, which caught fire. However, the OGDC engineers suspended the gas supply from the damaged well.


The OGDC's staff, with the help of local administration, controlled the fire after an hour's effort. The repair work has begun and the gas supply is slated to be restored within 24 hours, the sources said.


The local administration has registered a case against unknown people involved in the rocket firing. No arrests have yet been made. It may be recalled here that over one dozen rocket firing incidents has been reported over the last two months in different gasfields of Dera Bugti, in which at least four gas wells were damaged partially.



Another Rocket attack on gas pipeline


QUETTA 8.4.02: Some unidentified people damaged gas pipeline near Sui by firing rockets and sub machineguns, official sources said.


Engineers and technicians of Gas Company have started the repairs of the pipeline, however the gas supply from the nearby Sui gas field is suspended.


Law enforcing agencies have arrested three accused namely Karim Dad, Abdul Rehman and Bakhshi Khan. All of them belong to a local tribe.


There have been several incidents of rocket attacks on gas installations during the last few weeks. But, the law enforcing agencies have failed in busting the gangs operating in the area and providing security to the labour working in the gas fields.



Explosion rocks Marri tribal area


QUETTA, April 6.02: A powerful bomb explosion rocked Kohlu township of Marri tribal agency late on Saturday night while two land-mines, planted at the main road linking the tribal agency with the rest of the province, near Chamalang area , were defused, official sources said.


Unknown armed men also opened fire on the office of the District Coordination Officer (DCO) and a petrol pump, the sources said.


The explosion in Kohlu created panic among the area people.


"A time device was planted at the rear of a shop in the main Bazaar," the sources said, adding no loss of life or limb was reported as the bomb went off late in the night. With the explosion, the shop caught fire which was completely destroyed before the fire brigade reached the scene of blast.


Earlier, on a tip-off, the local administration recovered two land-mines and defused them before they could explode.


The sources said that some unknown armed men exchanged fire with the law enforcement agencies at a petrol pump. However, the assailants escaped later on.



Levies constable killed; Gas pipeline damaged again


QUETTA: A Levies constable was killed and another wounded seriously when unknown armed men opened fire on a police team patrolling in the Mach area about 60 km from here, official sources said on Thursday. Maula Bukhsh, a constable of Levies received multiple bullet injuries when their patrol party was ambushed near Mach. He was rushed to the hospital but he succumbed to his wounds at the Civil Hospital Quetta. Another Levies official Yar Muhammad who also received bullet wounds is stated to be in precarious condition at the hospital.


In another incident some unidentified terrorists fired at the gas pipeline near Loti in Dera Bugti area and disrupted the flow of gas. The pipeline was repaired a day earlier after being damaged in a fire caused by rocket attack on the gas well.


Police and Levies are looking for the accused but so far no arrest is reported. The terrorist activities have increased many folds during the recent weeks while the military government has miserably failed in busting terrorist gangs in the province.



Loti gas well catches fire in rocket attack


QUETTA 3.4.01: Fire was broke out at a gas well of Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) in Loti area of Dera Bugti district when two rockets were hit the well, some 500 km east of here, on Tuesday evening.


According to official sources unknown people fired few rockets out which two were landed and exploded near the well No: 5. After the explosion the pipeline supplying gas from the well caught fire, which also caused some damage to the well.


“Gas supply was suspended from the said well after damaging the pipeline,” a senior official of the law enforcement agency told this correspondent when reached by telephone in Sui.


Sources said that fire was controlled after two hours efforts by the staff of the OGDC and local administration. “ Well is safe,” official sources said adding that engineers arrived at the site and started repair of the damaged pipeline and gas well.


The local administration after the incident dispatched heavy contingent of law enforcement agencies to the area from where rockets were fired. However, no arrest was reported so far in this connection. Security was increased in the gas field area of Loti and Sui after rocket firing incidents. It may be recalled here that it was the third major rocket attack in Loti and Sui area at the gas well.


Two weeks ago unknown people fire four rockets at a well of Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), which landed near a gas, well No: 22. However, the well remains safe despite explosion of the rockers.


Last week some unknown armed people opened fire on the law enforcement agency personnel in Loti area killing one member of the law enforcement agency and injuring other.



Unidentified gunmen hit train Near Sibi


QUETTA 31.3.02: Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a goods train at Gadalar Railway station near Sibi on Sunday night, said Railway officials here Monday.


According to details, a Railway goods train was going from Quetta to Sibi last night. When it reached between Panir and Gadalar Railway stations, some unidentified gunmen opened fire damaging engine.


However, the driver and the fireman escaped unhurt. Receiving the information, law-enforcing agencies rushed to the site and closed the railway route.


However, after a few hours, the route was reopened for trains after green signal by the civil administration. No arrests were made in this connection, however, search was on to trace and arrest the culprits.



BLA claims responsibility for carrying out an attack on the FC


In an email sent to Balochvoice by a group calling themselves BLA clamed responsibility for carrying out an attack between Mach and Kondlan, inflicting heavy casualties on the (FC Frontier Core). The attack was in retaliation for the murder of its members near Kalat on the 7.1.02.


The email read that they will continue their struggle against the Punjabi establishment, army and its stooges until they liberate Balochistan from this repressive and fascistic Pakistan.


And it said: “Baloch blood spilled by Punjabis, its Army, and their stooges (CHAMCHAS) will not go unforgotten and un-avenged. All responsible for the sufferings of Baloch and Balochistan, will be held responsible and accountable. We will fight with fascistic Punjabi establishment till Victory. May the souls of Baloch martyrs rest in peace.” Date 30.3.02



Unidentified-armed person target railway engine


SIBI 8.2.02: Some unidentified-armed person fired on the railway engine on the way from Quetta to Sibbi leaving it badly damaged. As per details, some armed person opened indiscriminate fire on railway engine No 3836 at 2400 hours on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday near Paneer railway station while it was on its way from Quetta to Sibbi.


The engine was damaged totally. The driver Abdul Ghaffar and Fireman Muhammad Bashir escaped miraculously. The traffic on this track remained disrupted for about two hours, which was restored later. Police have started search for the culprits.



One FC soldier killed, two injured in Uch gas field attack


QUETTA 23.3.01: A Frontier Corps (FC) soldier was killed, two others seriously injured, and two were abducted in an attack by unknown terrorists at Uch gasfield in Dera Murad Jamali.


A team of the FC headed by an IG has reached the spot to recover the abducted personnel and to arrest the culprits. According to details, some unidentified armed persons attacked Uch gasfield with sophisticated rocket launchers and machine guns.


Akbar Khan son of Muhammad Gul, an FC personnel was killed on the spot as a result of intense firing, a soldier Ilam Khan Khattak and Noor Muhammad, a driver of the Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) were seriously injured. They were rushed to Civil Hospital, Jacobabad for treatment.


The attackers abducted two FC personnel, Nauroz Ali and Khurram Khan with their official G-3 rifles. A grand operation for the recovery of abducted personnel and arrest of criminals will be launched in the next 24 hours, the sources said.


Earlier, some miscreants had fired rocket on Sui gas field and gas installations a couple of days ago. Police and law enforcing agencies have so far failed in arresting the accused involved in these terrorist activities.



7 rockets hit Sui town & gas installations


QUETTA 20.3.01: Some unknown persons fired seven rockets on the natural gas installations in Sui town during the night between Monday and Tuesday. However, the rockets landed in the open ground causing no damage.


According to report reaching here seven rockets were fired one after the other from nearby hills that landed near the gas well number 7. However, these rockets caused no damage either to life and property. The personnel of law enforcing agencies returned fire while the attackers escaped.


Police has registered a case and the investigations are in progress. However, no arrest is reported as yet.



Driver hurt as rockets fired on two trucks


QUETTA 8.2.02: A truck overturned and its driver sustained injuries when terrorists fired rockets on two trucks carrying coal from Chamalang in Marri area on Friday.


Eyewitness accounts confirmed that one of the trucks loaded with coal overturned after being hit by a rocket. The incident took place at Killi Bori, between Barkhan and Rakhni, when unidentified terrorists lobbed two rockets and opened indiscriminate fire on the trucks.


The injured driver was identified as Dullay Shah who was taken to Civil Hospital Barkhan for treatment. Levies, a sort of tribal police has initiated investigations and looking for the culprits.


The terrorist attacks on public and private property in Balochistan have increased many folds during the recent weeks denying all the claims of the ruling government that they had eradicated terrorism from the province.



Three rockets hit Quetta


QUETTA 11.12.01: Unknown armed men fired three rockets in the early hours of Monday that landed at three different places in the provincial capital. However, no loss of life or property was reported. Unknown armed men fired three rockets from Sariab area that fell in Chaman Railway Crossing area, Inscomb Road and Kassi Road.


The rockets caused big bangs when most of the dwellers of the provincial capital were asleep or were preparing for Sehri. Soon after the incident military and paramilitary forces started patrolling the provincial capital. Officials of the administration and police reached the scene and started probe into the matter. However, no arrests were made till our going to the press.



QUETTA BOMB BLAST: Death toll rises to 3


QUETTA 28.10.01: Three people were killed and 18 wounded on Sunday when a bomb exploded on a bus in Quetta, reports said.


The explosives fitted in a transistor radio went off as the bus was on its way to Hanna Hurak lake, some 10 km from Quetta. Two people were killed on the spot while the third victim died in hospital, reports added.



Two rockets fired on Quetta CantonmentQUETTA, 17.10.01: Two rockets were fired on the cantonment area of Quetta on Wednesday at around 5pm, one of the rockets fell near the Ajabgul bridge adjacent to a army check post, and the second one fell in the ordnance depot.


No loss of life or property reported yet, the rockets were fired by a timer device fitted to it officials said. It is not clear who is behind the rockets attacks which have been going on for more one and a half years now.



Two rockets fired in Quetta QUETTA, 24.9.01: Two blind rockets were lobbed on the cantonment area of Quetta fired by some unidentified persons on Monday night, officials said.


However, no loss of life was reported in both the attacks, police sources confirmed. One of the rockets landed and exploded in a house near Jinnah Ground on Tufail Road damaging a wall and the window glasses. It caused injuries to no one.



QUETTA :24 killed in landmine blasts in one year QUETTA, 11.9.01: Twenty-four people have been killed and around four dozen injured in landmine explosions in different areas of the Kohlu tribal agency during the last one year.


This was claimed by a spokesman for the Council of Bijarani Elders Kohlu Agency in a statement issued here on Tuesday.


"Around 17 landmines were exploded in various areas during one-year time taking 24 lives," the spokesman said, adding that the administration had defused five landmines before the explosion.


He said that out of 24 victims, 20 people belonged to Marri tribes. He said that several trucks, passenger coaches, pick-ups, tractors and water tanks were also targeted by the terrorists.


The spokesman expressed dismay over the performance of the law-enforcement agencies and said that despite the large number killing in landmine explosions no terrorist could be arrested so far.


He demanded of the provincial government to take tough measures for stopping these terrorist acts and the people involved in these criminal activities should be arrested.



Rockets hit Quetta Cantt


QUETTA, 10.9.01: Quetta Cantonment came under attack on Monday when two rockets landed in the area but failed to cause loss of life or damage to property, official sources said.


The first rocket landed and exploded in an open place near Chaman Housing Scheme. It disrupted electric supply to the area as it damaged electric wires. The second rocket landed and exploded in the backyard of a small house owned by a lady teacher Bushra of Federal Government Public School near Combined Military Hospital after an interval of ten minutes.


The family members of lady teacher were sitting in the room when the rocket exploded in the backyard of the house. However, no body was hurt.


The rockets damaged windowpanes of some houses in both the localities. "It could not be known from where these rockets were fired," a senior police officer said adding that investigation was in progress.



Two injured in rocket attackQUETTA: Two persons were injured when unknown armed men fired three rockets at a truck at Barkhan on Saturday, official sources confirmed. The officials from Kohlu told The News that the truck was on its way from Kohlu to Punjab, when unknown armed men opened fire from Klashnikovs.


They also fired three rockets at the truck. Consequently, two persons, driver and cleaner of the truck, sustained multiple injuries. The truck damaged completely in the attack. The assailants fled.



Fire suspends gas supply to QuettaQUETTA 1.9.01: A fire broke out in Killi Sarda at Sariab Road here on Friday night, after a gas pipeline explosion. The explosion, said to be a subversive activity, suspended the supply of Sui gas to Quetta and some other parts of Balochistan, including Mastung, Kuchlak and Pishin.


The fire brigade reached the scene and put out the fire after turning off the main valve of the gas supply from Hazargunji. No loss of life was reported.



Rockets fired at power supply lines in Loralai QUETTA, 24.8.01: Three rockets were fired on the 132kv Rakhni Barkhan power transmission line in Loralai district causing disruption of power supply to the area for several hours, on Friday said a spokesman of the Quetta Electricity Supply Company.


He said that with the destruction of transmission line, power supply was disrupted to 132kv Barkhan Grid Station, 33kv Kohlu Grid Station and 33kv Mawind Grid Station. "We have dispatched engineers and other staff with necessary equipment to repair the damaged to the transmission line," a spokesman said adding that power supply to the affected areas would be restored in the next 12 hours. According to reports power supply had not been restored until Friday night.


Official sources told Dawn that some unknown persons fired shots with automatic weapons at passing trucks. The truck driver Sardar Mohammad, and two other persons sitting in the truck received multiple injuries. The three injured were rushed to the local hospital and were later transferred to civil hospital Loralai. The two other injured were identified as Mohammad Farooq and Fayyaz.



Bomb blast near Quetta


QUETTA 22.8.01: More than one explosive devices, planted near the electric poles, went off at Kolpur, some 40 kilometres off here, sources said on Tuesday. The devices believed to be bombs exploded with big bang causing panic amongst the residents of the area. Due to the explosion, the electric poles were badly damaged.


Surprisingly, the power supply in the area remained undisturbed, sources said.Talking to The News, the residents of the area informed that they had heard six explosions. On being informed, the officials of district administration and Levies rushed to the scene and started probe into the matter.



Three die in bomb blast in Quetta QUETTA 14.8.01: Three people killed and sixteen others injured, four of them seriously, when a bomb exploded at a busy market place here on Monday.


The explosive device was apparently fitted in a bicycle, police said. The explosion took place around 8.05 p.m. in Sheikhan street off Toghi Road near Delite Cinema in down town.


Those injured were rushed to Civil Hospital for medical treatment. Four of the wounded persons are stated to be in critical condition.


So far no group has claimed the responsibility of the bombing. The police has registered case against unidentified terrorists and investigations are in progress.



Two rockets land in Kohlu


QUETTA 29.7.01: Unknown armed men fired two rockets, which landed at two different places in district Kohlu, some 470 kilometres from the provincial capital, on Sunday 29.7.01.


One of the rockets landed near the Frontier Corps (FC) check-post while the second one fell at an abandoned place in Barkhan. However, no loss of life or property was reported.


On being informed, the district administration officials and Levies personnel reached the spots and started probe into the matter.



FC man injured in Kahan mine blastQUETTA 21.7.01: A sepoy of Frontier Corps (FC) was injured critically when a landmine exploded in Kahan Tehsil of District Kohlu, 470 kilometers from here on Friday night. An official of the district administration said that the FC man accidentally stepped at the landmine at Kahan Road, which exploded with a big bang. The injured was shifted to a hospital for medical treatment.



2 rockets fired on Quetta city


QUETTA 17.7.01: The Provincial Capital Quetta was rocked when two powerful rockets exploded in different areas of the city with brief interval, on Monday, police said. However, no one either killed or injured in the rocket attacks, Deputy Commissioner, Quetta, Arif Elahi said adding the only some parts of an under construction house were damaged.


According to sources the first rocket fired unknown miscreants landed at a under construction house in Killi Shabu around 1 P.M and exploded with big bang resulting in making big hole in the newly constructed boundary wall and damaging the rood of the house.


However, no body was present in the house when rocket landed at the roof of the house owned by Nazir Ahmed supervisor of the Sui Southern Gas Company, an eyewitness said.


The Commissioner and police officials were busy in investigation the first rocket explosion in Killi Shabu during which another rocket was exploded in an open ground near the office of the Inspector General Prisoner Balochistan. Powerful rocket explosion created panic in the thickly populated area of Killi Ismail and Shahbez Town.


However, despites rush hours as many schools and Federal and Provincial government offices were located in the area no human loss was reported. A big ditch was created in the ground where rocket was exploded. Soon after the rocket explosion local administration Army and police officials rushed to the site and cordon off the whole area.


Glasses of building in the vicinity were also damaged due to the power explosions. “The rocket used in the attack were 107 mm which could hit its target up to 5 to 8 km,” an explosive expert of the police department said. A senior police officer that was investigating the rocket attack incidents said that the rockets were fired from the eastern bypass area of the Provincial capital. Police also succeed to find out the place from where both the rockets were fired by unknown miscreants.


A case has been registered against unknown persons in the connection in further investigation was in progress. However, no arrest was reported so far in this regard. It may be recalled her that it was the first that miscreants fired rocket in day light while all other rocket attacks were made in the late evening or late in the night.



QUETTA: Bomb explosionin Quetta


QUETTA, 27.6.01: Provincial capital Quetta was rocked when a powerful bomb exploded at Hali road near Balochistan High Court Building on Wednesday afternoon.


The local-made bomb was planted near the boundary wall of the Serena Hotel. However, no causality or loss of property was recorded despite rush hours.


The blast took place at 3.05pm resulting in smashing window glasses of the shops and offices situated in the Serena shopping area. Some windowpanes of the hotel's rooms were also broken.


Deputy commissioner, Arif Elahi, and senior police officers rushed to the blast site along with heavy contingent of police.


The boundary wall of the hotel was slightly damaged. A man was brought to civil hospital as he received minor injury.


The bomb disposal squad conducted a search in the whole area. However no other device was recovered from the area. The bomb disposal official said that it was a local made powerful bomb, which rocked the whole city.



QUETTA: Bulldozer destroyed in grenade attack


QUETTA, 16.6.01: A bulldozer was completely destroyed when unknown persons attacked official machinery with hand-grenades at Kohlu-Sibi road on Friday night, official sources said.


According to sources, unknown persons attacked the bulldozer parked at roadside with other machinery. They threw two powerful bombs on the machinery, which exploded, resulting in complete destruction of the bulldozer. However, no loss of life was reported. A case has been registered against unknown attackers and investigation is in progress. No arrest was reported.


It may be recalled here that two rockets were fired at the checkpoint of Frontier Corps in Kahan area of Kohlu district the other day. Later, FC personnel arrested three persons after heavy exchange of fire. Two persons received bullet injuries in the firing. The Kahan levies also took three more persons into custody in this regard.



Bomb attack in Kohlu


QUETTA 16.6.01: An official bulldozer was destroyed when unknown armed men hurled two powerful bombs at Sibi-Arand Road in Kohlu district, sources said on Saturday. The sources said that the bulldozer was parked near the under-construction Sibi-Arand road.



Rockets land near FC check post


QUETTA 14.6.01: Unidentified persons on Wednesday fired two rockets from unknown direction landed near the Frontier Corps (FC) check post at Kahan Tehsil of district Kohlu, some 470 kilometres off here.


However, no loss of life or property was reported. On being informed, the officials of the administration rushed to the scene and started probe into the incident.



QUETTA: Three die in landmine explosions


QUETTA, 10.6.01: Three persons were killed and five others, including Tehsildar, were injured in two landmine explosions on Sunday in Kahan area of Kohlu Agency, some 500km east of here, official sources said.


They said the first landmine explosion took place at Wadera Jhanian Khan road in Kahan area where two Marri tribesmen identified as Fazal Khan and Jafar Khan were killed.


The second incident occurred near Nasui when the Tehsildar Kahan was travelling to inspect the spot of the first landmine. The driver of Tehsildar, identified as Mohammad Yaqoob, died on the spot while Tehsildar Mohammad Yousaf and four sepoys of Balochistan Reserve Police (BRP) suffered serious injuries.


All the injured were rushed to local hospital and later they were shifted to Kohlu. Hospital sources said that the condition of two injured was serious.


Around two dozen landmine explosions had taken place in different areas of Kohlu Agency. About one dozen people including women have been killed and several injured in the explosions during last one year.



One injured in land mine explosion


QUETTA 3.6.01: A tractor driver was serious injured when a land mine was exploded in Tali village, some 180 km east of here, on Saturday, official sources said. The land mine was planted in a jungle where five tractors of the Forest Department were working during which a tractor was hit with land mine, which exploded with big bang.


Tractor driver Abdul Wakeel seriously injured in the explosion while tractor was completely destroyed. Deputy Commissioner Sibi Dr. Saqib Aziz and other officials rushed to tali and removed the injured driver to Civil Hospital where he was admitted. Bomb disposal squad also rushed to the site and started searching the whole area.


However, no other land mine or other device was recovered from the area. Police has registered a case against unknown terrorists, no arrest was reported till late evening in this connection.



Two FC men among five shot dead in Kohlu ambush 40


QUETTA: Two non commissioned officers of the Frontier Corps were among five persons ambushed and killed by unidentified assailants in Kohlu Agency, official sources said. Heavily armed assailants were presumably waiting for their target and opened fire when their vehicle reached at a Nullah on Sari Kaur, the official sources said. A party of contractor, engineer and a labourer, escorted by two non commissioned FC officers, were moving Kahan, headquarters of Marri Tribe, to Kohlu when they were ambushed and killed.


They were riding a private jeep of the contractor. Five of them died on the spot while one of the Sepoys sustained bullet injuries in the ambush, Lt-Col Afsar Azam Malik told newsmen. He confirmed that it was pre-planned terrorist attack aiming at lives of the people passing the area. Five of the victims died on the spot while another sepoy sustained injuries.


They were identified as Hawaldar Abdul Majeed Khan and Naik Inayatullah, Sub-Divisional Officer Javed, Contractor Iftikhar and labourer Manzoor while the injured Mazhar, a Sepoy was taken to Civil Hospital, Kohlu, with multiple bullet wounds. The FC personnel belonged to the Maiwand Rifles, a Wing of the Frontier Corps in Balochistan deployed in Marri area for maintenance of law and order. Lt. Col Afsar Azam confirmed that a manhunt was launched to nab those responsible for killing.


Members of the Maiwand Rifles, Balochistan Reserve Police, Balochistan Levies and other law enforcing agencies are participating in the manhunt for the culprits, official sources said. All the dead received multiple bullets which caused their instant death, hospital sources said.


There were many incidents in the recent weeks in which a score of people lost their lives. No one claimed the responsibility for the ambush which took place near Sari Kaur. Earlier, unknown people lobbed blind rockets and laid landmines which caused death and destruction on roads in Marri Tribal Area. But Friday’s attack was considered a perfect ambush which took the toll of five precious lives on the spot while the sixth injured with multiple bullet wounds.


The Government sources merely stated the incident which took place at Sari Kaur and offered no comments, nor the investigators were ready to talk to the newsmen on the issue. However, it is considered a serious turn in maintenance of law and order in Kohlu Agency with the security forces started the operation to arrest those responsible for the ambush.



Two rockets exploded in Maiwand 38


QUETTA 31.5.01: two rockets were exploded in Maiwand area of Kohlu Agency late on Wednesday night, official sources said. However, there was no report of any causality or other loss as both the rockets landed and exploded in the open place near a Frontier Corps Post.


Sources said that both the rocket were Russian made and fired from the distance of at least four to five km. However, the terrorist remained failed to hit their target.


In the meanwhile local administration of Maiwand Township, taken 18 suspects into custody for investigation. According to another report reaching here from Kohlu said that levies has recovered a live bomb from the Civil Hospital area which was placed near boundary wall of the hospital.


Bomb disposal experts after taking the bomb in their custody defused it. No arrest was reported in this connection.



Quetta rocked by rocket attack QUETTA 28.5.01: Provincial Capital Quetta was rocked in the wee hours of Monday when a rocket fired by unknown persons, exploded at a link road near Askari Park, police said. According to police the rocket was exploded around 3.40-a.m. near old coal depot in Cantonment area causing a three feet ditch in a link road.


However, there was no report of any casualty or any other serious damage in the area when rocket landed and exploded. A senior police officer said. The windowpanes of various houses of Chaman Housing Society, and another colony were smashed.


The people of the area came out of their house soon after the explosion. Local authorities and police rushed to the area soon after receiving information about the rocket explosion and started investigation. “T he rocket might be fired from eastern bypass area of the city,” an investigation officer of police department said adding investigation in this connection is under progress.


It was the second rocket attack in this area during last week time. Bijli road police has registered a case against unknown culprits in this regard. However, no arrest was reported so far.



Quetta rocked by blasts


QUETTA 26.5.01: Two powerful explosions in different parts of the city rocked the Provincial Capital late on Friday night. Both the blasts occurred with brief intervals, police said.


The first bomb exploded at Najamuddin Road around 9.45 p.m., which was planted in a dustbin of Quetta Municipal Corporation. The powerful explosion shattered windowpanes of all the buildings around the blast site.


However, there was no causality or other loss was reported in the blast, police official told reporters. The second bomb blast occurred at Rambagh area near Zarghoon Road around 10 p.m. the bomb was placed near a house wall. The wall of the house was damaged while window and doors of some houses were also damaged. The police, bomb disposal squad and local administration rushed to the sites of explosions and started investigation.


“Both the bombs were local made,” a senior officer of the local administration told newsmen adding that some disgruntled elements were behind these explosion who wanted to create panic and harassment among the people. Police have registered a case against unknown terrorists. However, no arrest was reported in this connection till late night.



BPLF claims responsibility


QUETTA 10.5.01: The Baluch People’s Liberation Front (BPLF) has claimed that it had carried out the rocket attack on the Chinese Oil and Gas exploration team in Sunny region.


A message e- mailed to Balochistan Express shortly before mid-night on Wednesday night said that the BPLF would continue to carry out such attacks on survey teams and not allow anyone to plunder it resources.


A Driver Bacha Khan was killed, three others, a Chinese engineer and two of his Levy guards were injured in a rocket attack on Monday night. They belonged to the Geophysics Prospers, a company hired by the Premier Oil Company for undertaking surveys and exploration work.


The local administration has rounded up a number of people, including notables for questioning. The administration officials did not disclose their names. The work on carrying out surveys for exploration of oil and gas discontinued following the rocket attack.



Bomb blasts rock Quetta


QUETTA, 24.4.01: Two powerful bomb explosions in various parts of the city rocked the provincial capital late on Tuesday evening. No casualty or major damage was reported, police officials said. The blasts shattered windowpanes of the buildings near the explosion sites.


However, a 12-year-old girl Hina was brought to the civil hospital unconscious but doctors said she is out of danger and after providing medical aid she is allowed to go home.


The first blast occurred in a small street of the Jamiat-Ray road at 9.35 pm. The second explosion occurred in the backyard of a Hindu temple a little later.



Bomb blasts rock Quetta: Civil Secretariat, Commissioner's office targeted; six people hurt QUETTA: Three successive powerful bomb blasts rocked Quetta on Monday leaving six people injured, two of them seriously, police said. The bombs exploded one after another within a span of 50 minutes in the premises of Balochistan Civil Secretariat and Commissioner Quetta Office in the afternoon. The injured included a section officer.
The bomb disposal squad confirmed to The News that one of the explosive devices, which went off in the Civil Secretariat, was a high-power explosive metallic bomb and weighed over two pounds. The bomb exploded a few yards away from the office of Chief Secretary Balochistan.


The other two devices went off in the ministerial block of the Civil Secretariat and in the corridor of the commissioner office. Eyewitnesses said moments after the explosions people and government officials were seen running here and there for safety.


The commissioner office was rocked with a big bang when a powerful explosive device exploded at around 2:36 pm. Most of the staff had left the office for Zuhr prayers. Commissioner Quetta division Marjan Khan was in his office at that time. As a result of the explosion a canteen boy, Ahmedullah sustained injuries caused by splinters.


The bomb was planted under the stairs and some 10 yards away from the commissioner's room. The explosion was so powerful that it smashed all doors and windowpanes of the office. Soon after the incident senior officials of the local administration and police reached the scene and shifted the injured boy to Civil Hospital.


Another explosion took place in block No 1 of the Balochistan Civil Secretariat at around 3:07 pm, injuring five persons, including Section Officer Haji Abdullah. The other injured were identified as Zafar Ahmed, Ghulam Murtaza Shoaib Ahmed and an unknown man. They were shifted to the hospital where the condition of two of them was stated to be critical.


The explosion took place near the telex room some eight yards away from the room of the chief secretary. The explosive device was so powerful that many doors and windowpanes of the block were damaged. The chief secretary was present in his office at that time. Bomb disposal squad Inspector Rafoo Jan Mandokhel told The News that the explosive device, which went off in Block No 1, was a metallic bomb weighing over two pounds. He said the bomb caused a one and a half feet deep crater.

The third bomb exploded in the ministerial block under the air-conditioner of the home secretary. The official was out of his office. It also smashed windowpanes and doors of the block. No loss of life was reported in the third explosion.

It was the 10th bombing incident in the province in 54 days since the government announced de-weaponisation drive on March 1. In the earlier explosions five persons, including three students of a religious school, were killed.

Balochistan Chief Secretary Maj (retd) Muhammad Ashraf Nasar, the home secretary, the commissioner Quetta division, the IG Police and other senior officials of the police and local administration rushed to the spots. Heavy contingents of police cordoned off the areas as the officials of Special Branch's bomb disposal squad examined the type of explosive. Officials of the Balochistan government refused to comment on the blasts.


Meanwhile, in a press note issued here on Monday night, the deputy commissioner Quetta said a locally made bomb exploded in the corridor of the commissioner Quetta office at around 2:40 pm. Later after a short interval two more explosions took place in the Civil Secretariat which smashed windowpanes. Four persons also received minor injuries in the blasts and "the situation is totally under control". The press note further stated that the law enforcement agencies were endeavouring to apprehend the unidentified terrorists involved in the explosions.


AFP adds: No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blasts. Police had no immediate clues about the motive but administration officials, who did not want to be identified, said the explosions followed arrests of more than 100 people from the ethnic Baloch tribe of Marri. The arrests in the past few weeks were made in connection with the murder of a senior provincial high court judge, Mir Mohammad Nawaz Marri, in January. The slain judge's family had implicated chief of the Marri tribe Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri and his five sons in the killing. The Marri tribe's chief is under police custody while his sons have gone underground and a local court has declared them absconders.APP adds: Deputy Commissioner Quetta has ordered that no vehicle will enter into the secretariat without checking while no private vehicles will be allowed in commissioner and deputy commissioner's offices from April 25 (Tuesday).




Four more rockets land into Sui


Some unknown persons fired four rockets into the Sui area late on Friday night, 400 kilometres east of the provincial capital, official sources said.


Sources said that one rocket hit and destroyed the water tower that supplies drinking water to the Sui Gas installation area. And another landed and exploded near an iron grill of the Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) causing some damage to the office building.


Two rockets landed and exploded in a field; no casualties were reported.


"We have no idea who fired the rockets," a senior official of the Sui administration said adding that a case has been registered against the unknown terrorists.


Last week levies seized five unexploded rockets from Sui, fired by four men on motorbikes who managed to flee when confronted. Rockets also fell near Sui airport but no loss of life and property was reported; levies found another unexploded rocket from the same area. 10.3.01



Another rocket hits Quetta Another rocket was fired on Quetta city late Monday that exploded at Archer Road hitting a three-storey building close to the busy Liaquat Bazaar.


However, no casualty was reported in the rocket explosion, a senior police officer said. He added that the powerful explosion caused some damages to the newly-constructed building.


This is the first time since last 10-month that a densely populated area, close to a busy shopping market of the city has been made target. Earlier the unknown attackers have made cantonment area or its nearby areas their target.


Window glasses of several other buildings were broken due to the explosion. The rocket was fired from a desolated place in south of the city as many people have seen it heading toward its target.


A case has been registered against unknown people and further investigation was in progress. No arrest was reported till late in the night in this connection. It may be recalled that over two dozen rockets have so far been fired on Quetta cantonment and city areas in which two persons were killed and many others injured. 26.2.01



Rocket fired near Sui gas field A rocket was fired near Sui gas field in Dera Bugti Tribal agency late on Thursday night, official sources confirmed here on Friday.


According to sources the rocket, which was fired from unknown place which, landed near the house of the chief security office of the sui gas field and exploded with big bang. However, no loss of life or property was reported in this connection. Police has registered a case against unknown people.


No arrest was reported in this regard. It may be recalled here that during last few months many rockets were fired in Sui area. Authorities have arrested some people for their alleged involvement in these rocket attacks. 17.2.01



3 Rockets lobbed on Levy Thana LORA LAI 13.2.01: Baloch Peoples Liberation Front (BPLF) has claimed responsibility of a rocket attack on Levy Thana near Kohlu on Monday. Three rockets were fired from Jandar Mountain, one of them hit boundary wall of Levy Thana while the other two fell near a camp. No casualties were reported. A poster type letter was found from the mountain in which the said organisation accepted responsibility of the incident. "Occupation of Baloch mineral wealth will not be accepted," the letter said.



Blind rocket fired on Quetta cityQUETTA 11.2.01: Another blind rocket was fired on the Quetta city that fell on a house in Quetta Cantonment on Saturday night. The rocket was lobbed from a desolate place which fell on a house when no one was there.


The house is located close to the Quetta Club in the military Cantonment. Some furniture in the house was damaged. According to a report, the rocket was lobbed on the city from a desolate graveyard in Saryab area of Quetta.


Police registered a case and making investigations against the unknown accused persons.



Another rocket hit Quetta locality


QUETTA 15.1.01: Another rocket was lobbed at the Provincial Capital here on Sunday night wounding a woman slightly, residents of the area told Balochistan Express on telephone.


The rocket was launched from the southern side of the city, police sources told newsmen. The rocket fell down on the roof top of a house in Khaliqabad ( Jatoi Colony) damaging the house. The rocket penetrated the roof and fell on the ground damaging the natural gas pipeline .


However, the local residents disconnect the gas supply ensuring safety of the locality. Hospital sources, when contacted, said no injured person was reported to the Government Sandeman Hospital at mid-night or our going to the press. The police cordoned off the whole area suspending the vehicular traffic to the direction of Khaliqabad side and directed the traffic to other roads.


No one claimed the responsibility as it was a blind rocket lobbed on the city which is the densely populated locality of Quetta. Earlier rockets were targetted to the Cantonment area which has a more sparse population. The purpose of the blind rocket fire is said to create scare among the people.



54 injured as bomb blasts rock four cities


LAHORE, Dec 26.00: Fifty-four people were injured in four powerful bomb explosions in Lahore, Hyderabad, Faisalabad and Kharian on Monday.


In Lahore the blast occurred in a roadside stall at the busy Lunda Bazaar, adjacent to the CIA Kotwali building. Placed beneath the second-hand clothes, the device went off at 2.20pm, leaving more than 40 people injured. Three women, five teenaged boys and a six-year-old were among the victims.


Officials of the bomb disposal squad said it was a locally made device. The low-intensity, half-kilogram explosive had been wrapped in a polyethylene bag with a timer.


Thirty-three of the injured were admitted to the Mayo Hospital. Others were taken to the Nawaz Sharif Hospital as well as some private clinics.


Doctors said that at least nine of the injured were in a critical condition. All of the victims had suffered multiple injuries and burns, and legs of three had been blown away, they added.


The victims included Mohammad Sajid, Atia Iqbal, Alamgir, Mohammad Rashid, Abdul Jalil, Feroz, Shahnawaz, Ahmad Nadeem, Sabir, Mohammad Hanif, Abdul Ghaffar, his father Mohammad Akram, Asadullah, Arshad, Habibur Rehman, Wasif Raza, Mohammad Ishfaq, Mohammad Saleem, Jugni, Zubair, Khattak Khan, Mushtaq, Humayun, Taza Gul Khan, Ashraf, Mukhtaran, Mohammad Akram, Makhoo, Azam Khan, Maqsood Ahmad and Abdul Sajid.


Later, the authorities "beefed up" security in the city by deploying police teams at various places. Some police officials termed the blast a "retaliation of some incidents in India."


FAISALABAD: The half-kg, locally-made device was planted in an electric water cooler on platform No 1 of the railway station, according to experts. It went off at 8:38am.


Some passengers and the railway employees (six in all) were hit by flying splinters. They were taken to the adjacent divisional headquarters hospital. They were identified as Ghulam Murtaza, Mohammad Aslam, Mohammad Bashir, Amir Mohammad, Mohammad Yaqoob and Iftikhar Hussain, a tea-stall owner. Doctors described their condition as stable.


HYDERABAD: Six people, including three minors, were injured when the bombexploded in a bus at the Latifabad railway crossing. The bus (JE-2588) was going from Qasimabad to Latifabad. It was waiting the gate at the railway crossing to open when the blast occurred shattering its window panes. Officials said the device, hidden in a cardboard box, had been placed under seat numbers 13 and 14. They recovered the timer device and battery cells.


The injured were taken to the Bhittai Hospital where two boys, Saeed and Shoban Malik, were admitted and the rest - Faqir Mohammad, Nauman, Mairajuddin and Abdul Waheed - discharged after first-aid.


KHARIAN: The explosion occurred on a ground outside the assistant commissioner's courts. Some persons, according to the police, had set heaps of garbage on fire. There was a big bang when some firecrackers lying under the trash, exploded.



7 rockets fired in Kohlu


QUETTA, Dec 26.00: Unidentified men fired seven rockets in Kohlu area, about 180km from here, on Tuesday morning. A bulldozer belonging to the building and roads department was damaged.


Meanwhile, the Quetta police foiled a terrorism attempt on Monday night. They spotted two rocket-launchers in a graveyard along the Sabzal Road. The rocket-launchers were fitted with the time set at 3pm to go off.


AFP adds: A rocket hit the army staff college building in Quetta late Monday, but caused no casualties, official sources said. They said the roof of a classroom collapsed as a result of the rocket strike at 8.55pm. There was no one in the classroom or in the vicinity.


The rocket was fired from Koh-i-Murdar mountain.



One killed, three injured as five rocket hit Quetta cityQUETTA 5.12.00: One person was killed and three others injured one of them seriously in rocket attacks here on Tuesday evening, official sources said.


Unknown persons fired five rockets from Murdar mountain in the east of provincial capital two of them landed in cantonment area while three others hit city area resulting damaging at least two houses and a military police check post at Gulistan road.


All the injured were rushed to CMH and civil hospital for treatment where a military police Lance Naik succumbed to his injuries late night, sources confirmed. One rocket hit a military police check post at Gulistan road injuring two army personnel who were on duty at the post. They were rushed to CMH Quetta.


After a brief interval another rocket was landed at Major Aziz Bhatti road resulting in injuring a civilian. Rockets explosion rocked the cantonment area, which also damaged the glass panels and windowpanes of the houses at Major Aziz Bhatti road and Gulistan road.


Two other rockets which was also fired from the same area landed at the houses of one Mohammad Ibrahim and Agha Syed Mohammed Hussian an ex-senator damaging the roofs and walls. However, no body was killed or injured in these rocket attacks despite the presence of families. “My younger brother Ali Mohammad was studying in the room where the rocket landed after making a hole in the roof. God saved my brother,” Ibrahim told the newsman who visited the area.


Ali Mohammad received slight injury at his hand. A car was damaged in the house of ex-senator parked in the backward of the house where rocked landed through the roof. All windowpanes and glass panels of the various houses were shattered. Another rocket landed in the Marriabad area near Murdar Mountain.


However, no one was injured in it. All the injured were rushed to civil hospital and CMH where Ulfat Abbas lance Naik died late night. Others who received injuries include Lance Naik Farzand Ali, Ali Akbar and Ali Ahmed. The condition Farzand Ali was stated to be serious.


After these rocket attacks Deputy Commissioner Quetta Athar Hussian Sial, SSP Mukhtar Gondal and other officials rushed to the area where rockets were landed. Military police sealed the roads linking Quetta cantonment areas with the city and all kind of traffic was suspended between city cantonment.


It may be recalled here that at least 13 rocket had also been fired in cantonment area in June last in which no damage was reported. After that incident a permanent picket was established at Murdar mountain by the police.


Despite police picket five rockets were fired from the same area. Police has registered a case against unknown persons. However, no arrest was reported till late on Tuesday night in this connection. Press Note: The district Magistrate Quetta has issued the following press note regarding explosions occurred at Toghi road tonight.


The Press note says, some unidentified terrorists fired four rockets, which landed on Toghi road and its surrounding areas, injuring two persons. The officials of the district administration and other law enforcing agencies rushed to the site.


Security measures have been tightened in the area and steps are being taken to arrest the culprits.



Bomb blast damages railway track


QUETTA 26.11.00: A powerful bomb explosion rocked the provincial capital damaging Railway track linking Quetta with border town Chaman on Sunday evening.


The bomb disposal squad defused another bomb before its explosion, which was also planted near the same place where first blast was occurred. Both the bombs were local made, a senior officer of the bomb disposal squad said adding that other bomb which was defused was more powerful then the exploded one.


There was no report of any casualty or injured in the explosion. However, the roof of a Kachha houses cave in when a small piece of a railway blew up and fell on the said house. The blast shuttered window glasses of the buildings and other houses around the explosion site.


Official sources said that the bomb was placed under the railway track near Faqirabad area, which exploded around 8 pm damaging two feet railway track and wooden slippers. Another powerful bomb was also planted near the same place was dedicated by another officer of the bomb disposal squad.


Deputy Commissioner Quetta Athar Hussain Sial said some disgruntled elements wanted to create panic and harassment among the people. However, he said that people responsible for the blast would be arrested. Though police and other agencies are investigating the matter yet foreign hand could not be ruled out in this connection, Mr. Sial said adding that police was investigation all aspects of this regard.


It may be recalled here that around two dozen bomb explosion so far had been occurred in this provincial capital claming around a dozen lives and injuring over three dozen people during last nine months time. A case has been registered against the unknown terrorists and further investigation was under progress. No arrest was reported in this connection till late night.



Bombs defused in Quetta


QUETTA, Nov 12.00: The bomb disposal squad recovered and defused two explosive devices planted inside a power meter in Pashtoonabad area on Saturday night.


A meter reader of Wapda opened a meter of a residence on Khushal Khan Road. He was stunned to find two Russian made bombs planted inside the meter.


He immediately reported the matter to the bomb disposal squad who recovered the bombs and defused them. Police sources said that it was an act of sabotage which was foiled by timely action of the bomb disposal squad.



Three killed in landmine blast in Kohlu Agency


Express Report: QUETTA: Three persons, including a woman her two-year-old son, were killed in a landmine explosion in Kohlu Agency on Tuesday.


The passing pick up hit the landmine while travelling between the Gazzeeni and Bala Kot in the Kohlu Tribal Agency and the vehicle exploded in the blast killing all the three persons on the spot.


The dead man was identified as Musa Marri while driver Rab Nawaz and a seven year old child were removed to the Multan hospital for specialised treatment by the authorities concerned. Assistant Commissioner, Mr. Hashim, confirmed the incident saying that concerned authorities are investigating the incident. No one has claimed the responsibility of landmine explosion. So far ten people lost their lives in land mine explosions in the Kohlu Agency.


The trucks carrying coal from the Chamalang Range and other passenger pick ups operating between the human settlements of Kohlu and adjoining Districts are the target of subversion. Meanwhile, the Bijarani Elders Council, an organisation of Bijarani sub-section of Marri tribesmen, had condemned the blast and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits.



3 killed, one injured in landmine explosion


QUETTA: 7.11.00, Three persons including a woman were killed and a person was injured in a landmine explosion at Kohlu, some 450 km from here on Tuesday, reports said.




Two bombs rock Quetta city
Two bombs Sunday evening went off on Kawari road of the city but no loss of life or property reported. As per detail, two consecutive explosions of bombs were heard within a short period of time but no causality was reported.

Quetta is under frequent bomb attacks for the last three months. 29.12.03


Two bombs explode in Quetta

The provincial capital was rocked by two powerful bomb explosions on Wednesday evening. No casualty has been reported in the blats, a police official said.


An explosion occurred at Jogezai Street near a pharmaceuticals manufacturing factory at around 7:50pm. The bomb had been planted in a drain with a timer. Windowpanes of nearby buildings were smashed.

Another bomb planted behind a house in Modal Town went off at around 8:05pm. "Locally made bombs were used with timers in both the explosions," a bomb disposal department official said.


A case has been registered against unknown people. Two bomb explosions had occurred in a market here on Dec 20, injuring four people, including the provincial assistant advocate-general. 25.12.03


Four hurt in two Bomb explosions in Quetta

Both the explosions occurred on Abdul Satar road with a brief interval.


Soon after the first explosion on Abdul Satar road, police and bomb disposal squad rushed to the site. With an interval of 30 minutes another explosion took place injuring four people who had come out of their homes after the first blast.

Four men including the assistant advocate- general of Balochistan were injured in two explosions that rocked the provincial capital on Saturday night.


The injured - Assistant Advocate-General Malik Sultan Mehmood, Amanullah Achakzai, Abdul Mateen and Salman Omar - were rushed to civil hospital, where the doctors stated their condition to be stable.

BLA (Baloch liberation army) claimed responsibility for these bombs blasts and vowed to continue until there is Punjabi domination, injustice and exploitation in Balochistan. It is worth mentioning that since last few years BLA has been carrying out such attacks and maintained that it will not stop until Baloch get their National equality and rights. And until they rids Balochistan from Punjabi oligarchy its evil plans and its tyrant army. 20.12.03

Blast claims boy's life

A 12-year-old boy sifting through garbage near the Quetta residence of Afghan President Hamid Karzai was killed in a bomb blast here on Friday, hospital sources said.


The boy sustained injuries on lower part of the boy's body, they said. The police said the blast, which shattered windowpanes of the nearby buildings, occurred at 3:30pm in a dustbin only 20 metres away from Mr Karzai's residence at Ziarat Road in the Satellite Town's Block 4.


The boy, whose identity could not immediately be ascertained, was described by the police as looking like an Afghan refugee of Uzbek origin.12.12.03


FC official injured in landmine blast

Bambhoor Rifles Commandant Lt-Col Moin Qadir and a soldier were seriously injured in a landmine blast in Lunjo Saghari area of Sui Tehsil on Saturday.


"The official vehicle of the Frontier Corps official hit a landmine planted on the road at Lunjo Saghari near the Sindh border," a Sui police official told.


"Lt-Col Qadir and a soldier, who was driving the jeep, were seriously injured," he said and added that they were taken to the Combined Military Hospital.


Sources said Lt-Col Qadir was going to Sui after spending Eid holidays.


Law-enforcement agencies have been carrying out an operation against the local population in the area for the last four months. 29.11.03


Chaman bound train rescue as bomb explode at railway track A bomb blast near Samangli railway crossing in Quetta damaged the railway track on Wednesday morning however the Chaman bound passenger train saved.


a bomb had been planted at the railway track near Samangi railway crossing, which went off with big bang damaging a two-feet length peace of the track.


The Chaman bound passenger train that had departed from the Quetta railway station at 7:30 a.m. was saved by the driver using the emergency brakes, as it reached on the blast place. The train had only four staff members on board. The railway staff had started repair of the track while case was registered against the unknown persons. 26.11.03

Freedom fighters attempt to hit Uch Gas Field
In a bid to hit Uch Gas Field, Freedom fighters launched five rockets at the site, prompting FC to retaliate, however, no causalities occurred in the encounter that lasted for one and a half hour.

The attackers managed to flee. The Police have registered the case and investigation started. 23.11.2003


Two blasts rock Quetta

The Quetta city was rocked on Thursday night when two powerful explosions took place near the railway station. However, serious damage was reported in either of the blasts.


The first explosion occurred near an overhead railway bridge built for the pedestrian. The bomb was planted under the bridge.


The other bomb was planted in a drain near the wall of the railway police station. The wall of the police station sustained damaged. No person was injured in the blast. "Local made devices were used in both the blasts," police sources said.


Meanwhile, one person was injured in a landmine blast near Sui. The mine was planted on the roadside. 20.11.03


Taftan Bomb blast


A powerful bomb blast on Monday night rocked Taftan, a township on the border of Pakistan and Iran, and injured one person.


"A bomb exploded near the office of a sensitive law enforcement agency and damaged a wall of the office," said an officer of the Taftan administration while confirming the blast.


No arrest was reported so far in this connection. 18.11 03

Nine hurt in three explosions in satellite town Quetta

At least seven policemen and two newsmen were wounded, four of them seriously, as three bombs consecutively exploded near Satellite Town police station on Monday night.


The bombs went off one after another injuring a deputy superintendent of police, two sub-inspectors, an assistant sub-inspector and others. The first bomb exploded in a garbage dump near a park around Satellite Town police station.


Policemen and journalists rushed to the spot of the explosion, another massive explosion took place a few yards away from the spot injuring nine people, who received splinters of the explosive device. All injured shifted to Quetta civil hospital, four sustained serious injuries.


Newsmen Mohammad Ijaz Khan and Haji Ajmal Khan, Crime Investigation Department DSP Khalid Mahmood Gramkani, sub-inspectors Akram Zaidi and Mohibullah Dawi, ASI Nasir Ali and Faris Mahmood, Tabarak Shah, Abdul Hameed and two persons identity was kept undisclosed.


Later, another bomb went off near wall of same police station causing damage to the wall but one was injured. Bomb disposal squad officials said all the bombs were time devices.

A Baloch revolutionary political organization BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) who are fighting against the Punjabi injustice and exploitation of the Baloch people in Pakistan claims responsibility for these explosions.

BLA said that they would continue this war until they get equality and justice for all the Baloch or until they purge Balochistan of Punjabi tyrants and its junta. 10 Nov 03


Two policemen injured in grenade attack in Quetta
Quetta: Two policemen were injured in a hand grenade attack at a police post on Saryab Road on Thursday evening.

According to reports, unidentified persons lobbed a hand gre­nade on the post of the Balochistan Reserve Police. Five persons were present when the grenade hurled on the post. Two of them sustained in­jured who were taken to hospital.

Meanwhile, two rockets were lobbed on Quetta cantonment on Thursday. Both the rockets exploded at open plot causing no injury or loss to property. It did cause panic among the people following heavy impact of the explosions. Baloch Liberation Army BLA clamed responsibility. Police sources offered no comment on both the incidents. 7.11.03

BBC News Quetta Rocket and Grenade attack 01-30 GMT 7.11.03


Two rockets explode in Quetta cantonment, eight in FC camp Kohlu

The cantonment area of the Quetta city was rocked when two rockets exploded with brief intervals on Saturday 1st November. A man injured by splinters of a rocket was admitted to the Combined Military Hospital, a police officer said. Army personnel cordoned off the area after the explosions.


According to police sources, the first rocket was fired at around 8:20pm it exploded in the repairing area of the premises of 601 Workshop, official building in the Cantonment injuring a watchman, Shamoon. Several vehicles parked in the workshop were damaged. The windowpanes of the workshop offices and other buildings were smashed and its gate was damaged, sources said.


At around 8:45pm another rocket exploded near the Jinnah Market. No casualty or damage was reported.


"The rockets were fired from the west of the city," the deputy inspector-general of police, Quetta range, Mohammad Raiz, told.


Meanwhile Frontier Corps checkpoint in Kohlu Marri area was also attacked a in the early hours of the day. The attackers fired eight rockets, which landed near the post creating havoc in the FC camp but no person was injured or killed according to official report.


Sources said the rockets were fired from the Jandran Mountains. The FC personnel fired many rockets towards the Jandran range. However, the attackers escaped unharmed. 1 November 03


Cop, FC man killed in landmine blast near Kandhkot
A policeman and a Frontier Corps (FC) man were killed and five others, including an SHO, were injured in a landmine blast near the Sindh-Balochistan border in Jacobabad Taluka Kandhkot, on Wednesday morning.

Area sources said that a vehicle of the Bhittai Colony police station was on a routine patrol, when it spotted something suspicious besides the road near the Baskit police picket.

When the police officials stopped the vehicle and tried to inspect the suspicious spot, a hidden landmine went off, killing police driver Ghulam Muhammad Sarki and FC man Fazlur Rehman on the spot, while SHO Lemoon Khan Lashari, Head Constable Nawab Khan Khoso, Constable Muhammad Mithal, Constable Muhammad Khan, FC personnel Noor Maraz Khan were injured.

The bodies and injured were rushed to the Civil Hospital Jacobabad and later two of the injured were shifted to the Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH) Larkana in precarious condition.

Jacobabad DPO Din Muhammad Baloch along with the bomb disposal squad reached the area and started a probe. The whole area was sealed off.

According to reports these are the work of Baloch freedom fighters fighting with police and Rangers who are serving the interests of the Punjabi oligarchy in Balochistan, it is worth mentioning that police and Rangers have burnet and demolished the houses of all the innocent Baloch people living in Sindh-Balochistan border area. These people have been deprived of their livelihood and their land they are living a life of refugees in their own land. 30.10.03


Blast in Quetta Brewery police station

A powerful bomb exploded outside the Brewery police station here on Saturday night. The bomb, which went off at 7:52 pm with a big bang and damaging the backside wall, created a hole in the wall of Brewery police station. An official of the bomb disposal squad said the explosive device was locally made. Further investigation is in progress.

It is second attack in a week time, as already three blasts rocked the city. Law enforcement agencies and high official of police reached the place. Police has registered case against the unidentified and started investigation.

In a telephone call BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for these attack and vowed to continue till there is Punjabi army domination in Balochistan. 26.10.03


Rockets hit Kohlu town

According to sources Kohlu Township was rocked on Sunday morning two rockets were fired from Jandran Mountains targeting a checkpoint of the Frontier Corps. No casualty or damage to property was reported in the attack, the sources said. 26.10.03


2 FC men killed in rocket attack

Three persons including two members of Frontier Corps were killed and two other injured seriously in a rocket attack on a vehicle fired by unknown people believed to be Baloch liberation army fighters in Margat area between Mach and Dhadar, some 90 km east of Quetta, on Friday.


Official sources confirmed that a civilian sitting near the vehicle was also killed. The injured have been admitted to CMH, Quetta.


They said the FC men were on their duty near Indus Coal Company when two rockets were fired on the vehicle from the nearby mountains. One rocket hit the vehicle while other landed in the open place.


Those killed were identified as Subedar Abdul Hameed, Sepoy Hakim Khan and a manager of the coal company Ghulam Hussain. 10 Oct 03


PR driver dies in rocket attack on train

A driver of Pakistan Railway’s pilot engine for 358 Down Zarghoon Express was killed and two others were wounded when Baloch freedom fighters attacked the engine with rockets near Gudalar area of Mach in the wee hours of Friday. Officials of the PR told The News that the engine was on its way from Mach to Sibi railway station. They said rockets and bullets fired on the engine in Gudalar area between Paneer and Piro Karli stations. The attack was sudden and intense and the victims had no chance to escape.

Sources said the attackers also opened indiscriminate fire on the engine targeting its crew. Consequently, the driver Muhammad Azam sustained multiple bullet wounds and died on the spot, while Fireman Muhammad Latif and Sepoy Abdul Nabi were injured. The attackers escaped from the scene after the attack.

The PR officials said the engine, which was badly damaged, overshot after the rockets hit it. It crossed Mushkaf and Nari Bank railway stations and stopped at Sibi Railway Station, where there was panic on the reports from Nari Bank and Mushkaf Railway Stations that the engine was arriving without a driver. The two injured men were shifted from the engine to local hospital.

However, no arrest was made. Body of the driver Muhammad Azam was dispatched to his native village in Bostan. Agencies add: The train service was suspended on the section and incoming trains were detained at Sibi station. Later these trains started their journey four hours behind schedule. 3.10.03


Rockets attack on Panhor Sonhari in Jaffarabad

Jaffarabad near Panhor Sonhari Baloch freedom fighters lobbed about fifteen rockets on F.C check post on night of 9th September. Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the attacks on the FC check post on Border strip of Balochistan and Sindh. Though Government admitted no loss of life or property.
According to local people the attack was very intense and authorities sustained massive human and material losses. 10.09.03


Three rockets rock Quetta

The provincial capital Quetta was rocked when three rockets exploded in different areas of the city including headquarter of Frontier Corps, on Friday night.

According to sources three rockets exploded in the city with brief interval causing no loss of life and property (official report). Inspector General police Dr Shoaib Suddle told Balochistan express and confirmed that one unexploded rocket was recovered from a graveyard from where these rockets were fired.

The first rocket landed on the roof of the MT workshop of the Frontier Corps headquarters and exploded with big bang causing extensive damage. The glasses of windows and doors of the nearby building were shattered. A wing of MT workshop was damaged while vehicles parked sustained slight damage.

The second rocket also fired from the same place but it was not known where the rocket landed. Rocket fire blast was hard by the locals but it was not clear where it landed IGP said, it is being kept a secret from public. Third rocket fired from unknown place landed in Quetta Cantonment, it blasted with an incredible loud bang.

After the rocket fire police patrols rushed to the graveyard of killi Ibrahimzai, from where the rockets were fired. After the rocket attacks the security was beefed up in the provincial capital and FC headquarters cordon off by the troops. Scores of innocent people have been arrested for interrogation, a standard procedure in Pakistan.

According to a report of BBC News BLA (Baloch Liberation army) has claimed the responsibility for these attacks. BLA had also claimed the responsibility for three rockets fired earlier this month on 13th, which landed and exploded in different parts of the Quetta Cantonment. 6.9.03

Rockets fired at Kohlu


Some unidentified persons once again fired several rockets at Kohlu town. They fell at a deserted place without causing much damage and no loss of life reported.


According to details the attackers keeping their streak intact fired another volley of eight rockets targeting Kohlu town however they fell short of their targets at a deserted place without causing much damage and no loss of life reported.


Explosions and reverberations made the people frightened. Local administration was making efforts to apprehend the attackers behind this incident who fled towards rugged mountains surrounding the Kohlu town.


Daily independent Quetta September, 02.09.03

Kohlu, Attack on FC check post

According to the report Baloch freedom fighters fired five rockets on frontier corpse check post from Jandran Mountain. It retaliation the F.C hurled eight rockets but no loss of life and property has been learnt. The administration is taking necessary measures. 30Th August 2003


OGDC authorities have called off the survey in Barkan
Survey teams abandoned the camp after several rockets were hurled on oil and gas Development Corporation near Barkhan one man died and three other injured. The camp was stationed to the east of Barkhan town. It is said that the rocket attacks on OGDC became a routine matter it has also been learnt that OGDC camp has been targeted many times so far.


The OGDC authorities have called off the survey teams for lack of security measures and concerned authorities have left Barkhan along with staff and machinery. It has also been learnt through reliable sources that the company had already decided to cancel survey operation even after the first attack but on the assurance by the provincial Government the company agreed to carry out operation. The company has now completely withdrawn all survey work and left the site with bag and baggage. 21 August 2003


Kohlu under Rocket attacks

Some unknown Baloch freedom fighters fired four rockets in Kohlu town from Jandran Hills, which landed near Killi Sardar Faroze Khan Zarkoon and FC post. In retaliation the FC hurdle four shells of 120 MM and two of 107 MM. However, no loss of life and property occurred. Intense harassment and fear prevailed in the area. The local authorities registered the case against unknown Persons and started searching them.

22nd August 2003


Sui Landmine explodes five rangers wounded

The Bambore Rifles were patrolling as usual on Monday in Sui. When they reached Ali Bagh the vehicle hit a landmine planted in the road. The vehicle was totally destroyed and five rangers wounded seriously. The injured were taken to the Hospital in Sui where the condition of Nike Abdul Rauf is very serous. The assured could not be established. The administration is investigating the incident. It may be recalled that a few days earlier, in a landmine explosion one FC ranger died and two others injured. 19Th August 2003


Chamalang another rocket attack

According to the sources some unknown persons fired four rockets on frontier corpse check post in Chamalang area. The rockets landed in a flood river near the FC post and exploded with a loud bang. No loss of life and property has been reported yet. The authorities rushed to the site and registered the case. The attackers escape as ever. The administration is conducting the investigations. 19Th August 2003


FC vehicle destroyed by a landmine in Sui


A frontier corpse vehicle loaded with ice left Kishmore for Lottie. There were seven FC personnel on the board, when the vehicle reached near Sui it hit a landmine buried in the ground.


Naib Sobedar Mohammad died on the spot while six rangers wounded. Among them two rangers are in serious condition. The injured were taken to the hospital.


The administration has registered the case and started investigation. The daily evening special 15th August 2003

Rocket attacks in Sui

Baloch partisans attacked Frontier Corps (FC) check posts RD-238 and RD-125 near Sui. The rockets landed near the check posts and left deep craters in the ground. No loss of life is reported. Due to the explosions panic and harassment prevailed in the area.

FC also returned fired but could not apprehend the attackers who managed to escape.

The administration has lodged FIR and started searching assailants. 14.8.03

Bomb, rocket explode in Quetta
Panic gripped Quetta on Wednesday night when a powerful bomb and a rocket exploded with interval at two different places in the city. No loss of life or property was reported.

Some Baloch freedom fighters hurled an explosive device at around 9:20pm in the premises of Fauji Foundation Model School near Shahbaz Town.

A rocket landed and exploded in Killi Paind Khan in the outskirts of the city, little after the hand-grenade explosion in the school. It was believed that the rocket was fired from the west of the city.

Meanwhile, police have claimed foiling another attempt and recovering a landmine planted by unknown men in a 20-feet-deep ditch in Killi Khaizi.

Mean while it is believed that the people carrying out such revolutionary acts are Baloch freedom fighters, who are left with no other means of stopping the Punjabi exploitation of Balochistan and killing the Baloch identity.

It is worth mentioning that these attacks were carried out on the eve of 56th independence of Punjabi-Pakistan.

14 August 2003 BBC News comments Click here


Sui FC truck strikes a landmine 1killed 4 injured

FC truck while patrolling Sui area carrying personal ran over a landmine. The vehicle was totally destroyed and the Hawaldar died on the spot while 4 others sustained serious injuries. The injured were taken to the hospital in Sui, the sources said.

It is believed that these attacks are being carried out by the Baloch patriots in retaliation to the exploitation of Baloch recourses like oil, gas and other natural recourses and due to the heavy-handed policy of the Punjabi oligarchy and its mercenaries. 13.8.03 BBC News Landmine Explosion in Sui 12.8.03


More rocket attacks in Kohlu on FC camp

The attackers fired 2 rockets, which fell near FC (Frontier core) camp; no loss of life has been reported. In retaliation to the attack FC personnel started indiscriminate firing in all directions but could not apprehend the attackers, once again the attackers escaped.
According to sources the attack was carried out at 5 in the morning. The rockets were fired from nearby mountains, which landed close to the FC camp, but no loss of life was reported. 8.8.03


FC check post targeted under heavy fire
According to details frontier corpse check post come under heavy fire and rocket attack Lanjoo Saghari near Sindh Balochistan border Dera Murad Jamali native town of Prime minister Pakistan Zafarullah Jamali.


The armed men fired many shells on the check post and also opened indiscriminate firing with automatic weapon. No loss of life occurred the attackers succeeded in escaping. The authorities registered FIR and further investigation is under way. The daily Intekhab Quetta 4th August 2003


OGDC worker dies, 12 hurt in rocket attack

An employee of the Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) was killed and 12 others injured in a rocket attack by unknown men near Barkhan, some 240 miles northeast of Quetta on Friday.


A senior police officer told that rockets were fired in the early hours of morning from the northern side of the mountains with brief intervals.


"The OGDC employees were sleeping when rockets exploded in a camp," sources said.


Soon after the attack stopped, officials of the local administration and law enforcement agencies rushed to the site where the incident had taken place and took all the injured men to Multan for treatment. However, one of them who had received head injuries and was identified as Shah Bukhsh died before reaching the hospital.


"Condition of three injured who were identified as Mumtaz Hussain, Abdul Khaliq and Gulistan Shah is serious," Mushtaq Ahmed, an office bearer of the OGDC employees union said.


Sources said that another rocket exploded near district jail Barkhan, slightly damaging one of the jail's walls. Law enforcement agencies deployed in the area retaliated and returned fire. After half-an-hour exchange of fire the attackers escaped in the mountains.


A few years ago, the OGDC was allotted Barkhan area for conducting survey in order to explore oil and gas resources. However, the corporation stopped working due to various reasons, including lack of security.


Last month, after assurances given by the elders of the area, the corporation resumed work in the region. With the new attacks on their camp the OGDC employees have once again stopped working. 1 Aug 2003


10 rockets hit FC camp in Kohlu heavy loses reported

During the early hours of the morning several rockets were fired on the FC camp in Kohlu from Jandran Mountains south of the city.

It is believed that at least 10 landed in the compound of the camp, according to the local population massive explosions were heard in the camp and heavy loss of life and property apprehended.
When tried to get details of the incident, the officials declined to comment the authorities have kept a lid on the matter. 12.7.03


2 Killed 5 wounded in Landmine Blast

Two persons Ejaz Ahmed and Manzoor Ahmed died on the spot five others sustained serous wounds in Chamalang area about 80 miles east of Loralai.

According to the reports a private pickup was coming to Dukki from Chamalang. Dukki is around 45 miles from Chamalang.

When the pickup reached Lunda area, it struck a landmine buried in the ground along the side of the road. As a result of the explosion the pickup was completely destroyed and the debris of the vehicle spread around wide area.

The authorities have registered cases against unknown persons and started inquires. 11.7.03

Seven rockets explode in Kohlu
Seven rockets exploded in different areas of Kohlu on Thursday evening. Unknown persons fired the rockets from the mountains, which landed in open places with brief intervals and exploded. No loss was reported.


The local administration has registered cases against unknown persons. No arrest was reported. Frontier Corps personnel also returned fire but could not manage to hit any of the assailants. A case has been lodged against the unknown persons. 26.6.03


Bomb blast in Much city: losses reported
According to details received a bomb explosion took place on a street just beside a bank building. The explosion was very powerful it was heard from a very long distance it severely damaged the building of the bank but miraculously no one was in the building hence no body was heart.

The concerned authorities reached the site of the explosion and gathered the shrapnel’s for further investigation. FIR has also been lodged against the unknown perpetrator. This is the first incidence of its kind in much city so far. 25.6.03


7 rockets fired at Kohlu


Kohlu was rocked on Wednesday evening when seven rockets fired from the nearby mountains exploded on the outskirts of the township, police said.


Sources said unknown people had fired these rockets from Jandran Mountains. The rockets landed and exploded near a crasher plant, which remained safe.


"No body was killed or wounded in the attack," a senior official of the Kohlu administration said. The miscreants could not be arrested. 5 June 03

Two explosions rock Quetta


The provincial capital was rocked on Wednesday night by two explosions with brief intervals and two rockets were seized on the city's outskirts.


No loss of life or property was reported, police said. A blast occurred near a doctor's house on Inscumb Road behind the civil hospital at about 10:15pm. The house's boundary wall was partially damaged and windowpanes of it and other buildings were smashed.


Another bomb exploded in Shahbaz Town 10 minuets later and damaged an electric pole. Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousaf and senior officials visited the sites after the blast.


The inspector-general of police said plastic bombs were used in the blast and their aim was to create panic. He said the law enforcement agencies had seized two unexploded rockets with automatic timer, fuse and detonator in Brewery Road area in the morning.


The rockets had been aimed at the city from a mountain, he said. The bomb disposal squad defused the rockets. On Tuesday, Unknown men had fired three rockets at a post of the Frontier Corps near Kohsahar railway station, some 80km east of here.


The Quetta-bound Jaffar Express and some other trains were delayed due to the incident. "Rockets were fired at the FC post from the nearby mountains in the early hours of the day," sources said. 28 May 03

7 killed and 4 injured when unknown assailants open fire upon a vehicle near Chamalang

30 kilometers from Chamalang at Thrikh Koram unknown assailants opened fire with automatic weapons on a vehicle carrying 14 laborers to Chamalang. 7 died on the spot and 4 were seriously wounded where as 3 laborers escaped unharmed. To control the situation heavy contingent of Frontier Corps was deployed in Quetta and other areas. The assailants are said to be Marri.

In reply to a question Assistant District Officer Duki said such incident’s can only be averted through mutual understanding and cooperation with the local tribe otherwise the same will keep on occurring. Local administration is conducting investigation. No arrest are reported. 7April 03


Water tanker blows to pieces in Chamalang driver killed
Land mine explosion for two consecutive days in Chamalang. In the recent incidence driver of a water tanker was killed and the vehicle was totally destroyed, the sources said that the explosion was so massive that it was heard from the distance of several miles and it created a deep crater in the road.

It is reminded that just recently in similar incident 8 lives were lost and many injured. Law enforcement authorities remain helpless.

It is asserted that these incidents are in reaction to the exploitation and depravation of genuine rights of the Baloch people. Baloch resources have been exploited for 55 years and the people have always been ignored and kept backward.

Now the Baloch have realized that such activities could no longer go on and the nationalist forces are left with no other means to stop the exploitation of their national resources except to take matters into their own hands and thus have resorted such means.

That is why this could be the doings of the Baloch nationalist forces. 4 April 03


1 killed 2 injured Tractor hits landmine

According to the sources tractor-supplying water to Chamalang hit a landmine planted in the middle of the road at Bala Dhaka near Chamalang in Duki area. One person was killed and two seriously injured. The injured were rushed to civil hospital Multan.

It is the very area where two days ago 8 persons were killed and many injured in a landmine explosion. 3 April 03

Rockets fired on road construction machinery in Barkhan
According to the sources three rockets were fired on bulldozer working on a road in Barkhan district last night. The rockets landed near the road construction machinery no loss of life and property has been reported. The concerned authorities have registered the case against unknown persons and no arrest has been made. How ever gross fear and harassment spread thought out the area. 1 April 03


Eight killed in Kohlu landmine explosion

At least eight mine workers were killed and four others, two of them seriously, were injured when a passenger wagon they were traveling in hit a landmine in the Chamalang area, some 400 kilometers northeast of here in the Kohlu district on Tuesday.


The eight persons - four Afghan refugees and four Swatis - died on the spot, Dr Jafar medical officer Loralai confirmed by telephone. The four injured were taken to civil hospital Kohlu.


According to sources the 15 miners working in the Chamalang coal mines were on their way to Loralai in a wagon when it was hit by a landmine planted in the middle of the road.


The names of the victims are: Shoukat Khan, Khan Nawab, Iftekhar Ali, Sarbaz Khan, Azizur Rehman, Painad Khan, Ghulab Khan and Mehrab Khan. Two of the four injured were identified as Wahid Gul and Sher Mohammad.


A case has been registered and investigation was in progress. No arrest was reported.


It is said that over few dozens such incidents occurred in the last three years claiming almost 24 lives.


Three army officers were also injured last month. 1 April 03


One Colonel and 2 captains seriously injured in Chamalang

When Colonel Attiq Kayani, captain Nadeem and captain Hamdani were going to Chamalang while their vehicle hit a landmine at Tangai near Hosari. All were seriously injured; officers were shifted to Quetta in a helicopter for treatment.

The higher authorities rushed to the site of occurrence and put up barricade of the area. The authorities have launched a massive search operation and arrested a large number of innocent people.

A wave of anger and resentment has swept throughout the area against the operation carried out against innocent people, no person involved in the incidence has been arrested but scores of innocent people have been arrested and interrogated in this context.

It has also been learnt that some of the persons arrested have been brought to Quetta for detailed investigation and handed over to military intelligence and subjected to torture. 25.3.03


Rockets hurled: Four hit FC post

Unknown persons fire several rockets from Jandran Mountain on a Frontier Corps post near Kohlu 4 hit FC post. No loss of life reported. Case registered against unknown assailants. 21.3.03


In a land mine explosion Frontier corps personnel wounded vehicle totally destroyed
In a land mine explosion in Chamalang area near Kohlu a law enforcing agency’s vehicle was destroyed and personnel when they were patrolling in the area. According to the sources the land mine was laid near the side of the road when the FC pickup ran over it and the land mine exploded.

The injured personnel were rushed to the local hospital; local administration has registered the case against unknown assailants and investigation is in hand. No arrest was reported. 16.2.03


3 rockets explode in Kohlu

Three rockets exploded in different areas of Kohlu on Thursday evening. Unknown persons fired the rockets from the mountains, which landed in open places with brief intervals and exploded. No loss was reported.


In an other incidence Some men also fired on a levies checkpoint no loss was reported they fled when the personnel returned the fire. The levies have registered cases against unknown persons. No arrest was reported.


The Sui administration defused three rockets in the gas field. According to sources the rockets had been installed for targeting the pipeline. The administration, on a tip-off, raided the area and seized the rockets, which were defused by experts. No arrest was reported. Dec 26 02




Bomb blast near ordnance depot Quetta
A powerful bomb exploded in Quetta cantonment in vicinity of the main ordnance depot Friday evening.

According to details on Friday evening at 8 PM a power explosive device went off near the main ordnance depot in Quetta cantonment. The explosion was so powerful that it was heard over several kilometres. The blast damaged near by buildings and left a deep crater in the ground.

It is worth mentioning that just the previous evening a similar explosion took place in Quetta cantonment. Quetta cantonment is supposed to be a highly sensitive area and very well guarded, never the less such incidences have become a daily occurrence.

Chief minister Balochistan has announced that strict measures will be taken against DSP (Deputy Superintendent police) and SHO (Sub-Deputy Superintendent police) if any rocket or bomb attacks happen in their jurisdiction. DSP and SHO will be personally held responsible negligence, and will be relived from their duties.

This clearly shows the incapacity of the authorities in stopping bomb and rocket attacks and indicates towards their desperation.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the attack. 20.3.04

Bomb explosion on main Gas Pipe line near Kandhkot
Once again Baloch Freedom fighters attack and destroy main Gas pipeline with three bombs near Kandhkot on Thursday.

According to detail: Three bombs exploded on main Gas pipeline-carrying Gas to Punjab, Kashmir and Sindh was heavily damaged. The Gas supply to most parts of country remained suspended.

The explosions were so powerful which were heard from miles. These bombs blast occurred in Sindh District Kandhkot at Noor Hassan village. There was fear and panic in the area.

The mentioned gas pipeline of 50-cm diameter was totally destroyed in Sindh District Dadu just two days age. It took 36 hours of repair the gas pipeline and resume supply. But within six hours it was once again blown up in Kandhkot suspending gas supply to most parts of Punjab, Kashmir and Sindh.

The authorities rushed to the spot and stated repair work and Police lodged FIR against unknown persons.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility for these attacks. 19.03.04

A bomb blast at Airport road Quetta

A bomb explosion took place at Air Port road in a Government Office in Quetta on Thursday.

According to details under a heavy security and curfew a bomb exploded in Quetta in a Government Office at Airport road. The explosion caused massive damage and losses.

It is worth mentioning despite tall claims by the authorities the Police have badly failed to curb such attacks. While such attacks have become a routine in the capital city and all over Balochistan, the attacks focus on Government Offices, Police stations, Frontier Corps Check posts and especially on Army installations.

Growing resentment against the Punjabi regime and its stooges is evident in the masses by massive support for Baloch Freedom Movement. This shows that there is no one man is behind these attacks but it is popular movement in Balochistan and it is picking up momentum.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 19.03.04


Two bomb blast damages railway line near Khairpur
The main railway line was damaged on Tuesday by a bomb blast near Mehrabpur early Tuesday morning, forcing suspension of the train service.


An official of the Pakistan Railways said that following the suspension of the rail traffic, bomb disposal squad from Sukkur and police officers rushed to the spot.


According to detail reports: The railway tracks near Khairpur railway station, sustained extensive damaged by two heavy bomb explosions on Monday. The main railway line was damaged on Tuesday by a bomb blast near Mehrabpur early Tuesday morning, forcing suspension of the train service.


Khairpur Railway Station Master Abdul Majeed Arejo has lodged an FIR of the bomb blasts with the Padidan railway police against unidentified people on Tuesday. 17.3.04


Bomb blast in Quetta

A bomb explosion took place at Brewery Road near Wehdat Colony in Quetta at 10 PM the bomb exploded with big bang causing fear and panic amongst the government forces in the neighbouring area.

The police were at high alert the whole night but they abortive to apprehend any person. It is worth mentioning that despite curfew hours while the security arrangements are exceptionally tight, the explosion occurred and the Baloch freedom fighters escaped unharmed.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the explosion. 17.03.04


Three bomb explosions in Dadu, main gas pipelines destroyed
Three explosions on Gas pipeline in Dadu Sindh, gas supply to Sindh and Punjab suspended.

According to reports, three, maybe more powerful bomb blasts took place near Balochistan border district Dadu in Sindh damaging gas Pipelines. That the gas supply to many districts of Sindh and Punjab cut off. The explosions damaged one side of the Johi Canal and resulted into a deep ditch.


The explosions tore to pieces 20-inch diameter gas pipelines supplying gas to Sindh and Punjab, as a result gas was suspended to Sindh and Punjab.

Talking to journalists at the canal, People's Party Parliamentarians Central Committee member Qambar Ali Khan Leghari said heavy explosion had damaged the pipeline and the canal.

After the explosions the SSG (Sui Southern Gas) authorities dispatched to the occurrence place and started repair work. However, the supply could not be restored despite the efforts of the concerned authorities. 16.03.04


Rocket attack on FC check-post in Sui

Once again Baloch freedom fighters attacked with rockets and other heavy weapons on a Frontier Corps check-post in Sui on Sunday.

According to details, Baloch freedom fighters attacked with the rockets and other heavy weapons on FC check-post in Sui.

The local people believe that large-scale losses are feared. The assailants escaped successfully after the attack. The authorities have started investigation and lodged FIR against the unknown persons.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility for the attack. 15.03.04


Rocket attack on FC Camp in Sui
Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked a Frontier Corps Camp in Sui on Saturday.

According to information appearing in the daily newspapers published from the capital of Balochistan. Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked with Rockets and other heavy weapons on Frontiers Corps Camp. The rockets were fired from Governor’s chock and landed in the center of Frontier Corps Camp. The authorities are concealing the losses. However, the local newsagents believe that large-scale losses are feared.

Some eyewitnesses claimed that FC ambulance vehicle were seen running in panic. The Baloch Freedom Fighters managed to escape unharmed. Authorities are engaged in investigation.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility for the attack. 14.03.04


A landmine explosion one killed


A landmine exploded in Jafarabad when a person hit the landmine the explosion was so powerful, which left an eight feet crater in the ground.


According to details a landmine exploded in Jafarabad when a person hit the landmine the explosion was so powerful, which left an eight feet crater in the ground.


The thirty years old Challa s/o Ellahi Bakhsh died at the spot. Police lodged FIR against unknown persons and started investigation. No arrest was reported. 12.03.04

Rocket attack on FC Check Post at Hosari near Duki
Frontier Corps Check Post at Hosari in Duki area was attacked late last night. Several rockets were fired from nearby the hills of Shafeeli, which landed near FC check post.

According to details: Frontier Corps Check Post at Hosari in Duki area was attacked late last night. Several rockets were fired from nearby the hills of Shafeeli, which landed near FC check post causing severe damage to it and one FC vehicle completely destroyed. The attackers escaped unharmed. However, an eyewitness told the Balochvoice correspondent that two solders sustained serious injuries.

The Levies lodged FIR and started investigating the occurrence. However, no arrest has been made so far.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the attack. 10.03.04


FC Patrolling Party Ambushed in Panjgur
It has been reported in the dailys Published from the Capital of Balochistan Quetta that Frontier Corps Patrolling Party was ambushed in Panjgur killing one and injuring more then a dozen solders.

According to details: Frontier Corps patrolling party was ambushed in Panjgur by Baloch freedom fighters, in the attack thirteen personnel sustained injuries and one died on the spot of whom four critically injured. The injured shifted to the Cantonment Military Hospital in Quetta. The dead soldier belongs to Dera Ghazi Khan and the body was dispatched in an ambulance to its native town in Punjab.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the attack. The BLA further warned, that such attacks against occupying forces of the Punjab will continue till they are ousted from Balochistan and Baloch authority is established. 06.03.04


Telephone tower and FC check-post under attack in Kohlu
Baloch Freedom fighters lobbed five rockets on FC check-post near Kohlu, while one rocket was fired at Kohlu telephone tower causing damage to it.

According to details Baloch Freedom fighters fired five rockets at a FC check-post near Kohlu from near by mountains of Jandran, which caused damage to the check and created a panic amongst FC personnel. No loss of life was reported.

In another incidence a rocket was fired on a telephone tower in Kohlu, which landed very close to it and exploded causing damage to the tower. The explosion was so powerful that it was heard over a several miles causing panic and fear amongst the population.

Police have registered cases and investigations are in progress.

Baloch freedom fighters have claimed responsibility for these attacks vowed to continue. 5.3.04


FC check post and gas wells under rocket attacks in Sui
Baloch freedom fighters attacked gas wells number 72 and 76 and a FC check post in Sui with Rockets and heavy weapons.

According to details, Baloch freedom fighters attacked with 8 rockets and other heavy weapons and destroyed gas wells 72 and 76 and suspended supply of gas from the area. The main pipeline carrying gas from these wells to far-flung parts of Pakistan also sustained severe damage and gas was supply suspended.

In another incidence a FC check post was attacked by Baloch freedom fighters firing six rockets which causing sever damage to the check post and FC personnel fled from the incidence abandoning the post.

FC refrained from giving details of the damage and denied of any casualty. 5.3.04


A landmine explosion near Sindh Balochistan border
According to official reports a landmine exploded near Sindh Balochistan border at check post ARD 125 seriously injuring a person who later died in the hospital.

The person unknown (presumably an FC personnel) sustained seriously injured in a mine explosion when his vehicle hit the landmine. He was taken to a Hospital, where due to serious injuries has died. Baloch Freedom Fighters laid the landmine in purpose of destroying the Army vehicle.

BLA (Baloch Freedom Fighter) claimed responsibility through a phone call and said that their purpose is not to kill innocent people, but to kill the occupied Panjabi forces and cause maximum damage to their army. 28.02.04.


Bomb blast near Jang daily office in Quetta
A powerful bomb went off outside the boundary wall of daily Jang at Mir Khalilur Rehman Road Quetta on Tuesday evening.

The bomb that exploded with a big bang at around 10:22 am smashed windowpanes of nearby buildings, shaking the nerves of already frightened people of the city, who have been hearing such explosions since April 2000. Two persons sustained injuries however, no loss of life was reported. The explosion made a deep crater and damaged the building.

Police and bomb disposal squad officials rushed to the scene and started probe into the matter. BLA Claimed responsibility for the bomb blast. 25.2.04


Bombs found on railway track near Jacobabad
According to official reports Police defused two bombs on Tuesday planted on the train track near the Jacobabad Railway Station.

Railway police, acting on information, found two bombs on the railway track and called the bomb-disposal squad team to defuse them.

SSP Railway Police reached the spot and also visited the damaged railway track site where a bomb exploded on Monday night near the Anaj Mandi, suspending movement of trains.

IG Railway Police has suspended SHO Jacobabad railway police station Javed Ahmed on charge of negligence of duty. This is the second time in the history of Jacobabad that incidents of bomb blast and placing of bombs on the train track have happened. The police were unable to arrest the people responsible.

A railway spokesman said in a statement on Tuesday that traffic on the railway track between Jacobabad and Quetta railway stations was restored late on Monday night after repair portion of the track damaged in the bomb blast. 25.2.04


Frontier Corps check-post was targeted in Kohlu
Frontier Corps check-post was targeted by Baloch Freedom fighters who lobbed seven rockets near it in Kohlu.

Baloch Freedom fighters fired seven rockets that landed near the FC check-post. However, no loss of life was reported. Police have registered cases under Explosives Act and further investigations are in progress.

Over hundreds of bomb explosions and rocket firing incidents have been reported from different parts of Balochistan, including Quetta, Sui, Jacobabad DM Jamali, Hub and Kohlu, since January 1, 2004 against over a thousand rocket firing and bombs explosion incidents in 2003. 25.2.04

Chiltan Express merely escapes a bomb blast disaster

A powerful bomb went off near Railway station Jacobabad at the Bhakkar More railway track here on Monday night, totally uprooting the railway track.

According to the details a powerful bomb exploded a just minutes before the Chiltan express bound for Quetta arrived. The railway track was completely uprooting and destroyed and the railways services blocked. According to local people the explosion was so powerful that bang of the blast and shock was heard and felt in distant places.

There was panic and harassment everywhere in the area especially near the said station. The authorities rushed to the spot and cordoned the area. The police are conducting raids in the suburbs but no arrest has been made so for.

A case against the unknown persons has been lodged with the nearest police station. 24.02.04


FC check posts come under attack in Sui

Baloch Freedom Fighters opened fire and hurled more then twenty eight rockets on two pickets of FC Frontier Constabulary here in Sui on Tuesday. However no causality was not reported in the incident.

According to details, Baloch Freedom Fighters opened fire more then twenty eight rockets on FC check posts on Monday night and managed to escape from scene.

The sudden firing in the area created panic among the FC personnel and inhabitants of the nearby areas.

While investigating about accused, police cordoned off the area and arrested a number of innocent people.
BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) fighting for the freedom of Baloch people claimed responsibility for these attacks. 24.2.04


Bomb blast and rockets rattle Kohlu city
More than a dozen of rockets were fired from Jandran Mountain, which landed on sub jail of Kohlu caused severe damage to it, and other heavy losses were reported.

According to the details more than a dozen rockets were fired form Jandran Mountain which landed on sub jail of Kohlu caused extensive damages to the building and other heavy losses have been reported. The rocket attacks rocked and illuminated the Town.

An eyewitness talking over the phone informed that the rockets were fired so rapidly that it was impossible to count them.

Form 7 pm till 5 am a series of rocket attacks and firing continued. Another eyewitnesses told that there could be seen volleys of rockets coming down from Jandran Mountain. There was an atmosphere of curfew in the area. The authorities are silent about the losses.

Baloch freedom fighters claimed the responsibility for these attacks. 24.2.04


Rocket attack in Sui on Gas pipeline

Once again Baloch freedom fighters attacked and destroy Sui Gas wells and pipelines with the Rockets and heavy weapons.

According to details, Baloch freedom fighters attacked with heavy weapons on Sui Gas pipeline carrying Gas to Punjab, Kashmir and Sindh. The gas supply suspended. According to the reports the main pipelines coming out from well No 45 and 48 were completely destroyed.

It is worth mentioning and interesting also that as the repair work was completed and the Gas supply resumed, four rockets fired and landed at the same target which caught fire destroying it again completely. This attack caused heavy losses and Gas supply to entire Punjab, Kashmir and Sindh went suspended.

The authorities are working to restore the supply but so far it is cut off. 23.02.04


Two powerful bomb blasts in Quetta city
Two powerful bomb blast in Quetta, provincial capital of Balochistan on Friday evening at 4 and 4.20 pm. According to details one bomb explosion took place on New Faqir Mohammad Road in Lal Colony. The second bomb went off some 120 yards away from the site of the first explosion near the house of a Civil defiance Joiner officer seriously injured him. The bombs went off with big bangs with a 20-minute gap.

The explosion shocked whole City and panic prevailed amongst the residence and the authorities. The authorities rushed to the spot of occurrence. No arrest was made. The case has been registered against unidentified persons. But so far no progress in investigation has been made.

Most of attacks on Government’s officials and rocket firing on Cantonment are claimed by Baloch Freedom Fighters. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for this attack. 21.02.04


More then a dozen rocket attacks on Sui Gas Pipeline
Baloch Freedom fighters attacked with more then a dozen rockets on Gas well Number 48, the rockets hit two main Gas Pipeline carrying Gas to Punjab, Kashmir and Sindh.

According to details Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked with rocket launchers and heavy weapons on Gas well number 48, the rockets hit two main Gas Pipeline causing colossal damages. As a result, the supply of Gas through the Pipeline cut-off and the most part in the country suffered heavily, including entire Punjab, Kashmir and parts of Sindh. The gun battle continued through out the night. Government officials are denying casualties but according to local population FC sustained casualties.

The repair work was started but till the release of this report the supply could not be resumed. The authorities have registered F.I.R against attackers and started search but no arrest is reported yet.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 20.02.04


Rocket attacks on FC check post in Kohlu

Baloch Freedom Fighters hurled rockets on Frontier Corps Check Post in Kohlu Agency, completely destroyed an Oil tanker and a FC check post. FC personnel had to abandon the check post and flee. Fear prevailed amongst the FC personals in the area.

According to sources several rockets were fired on Frontier Corps Check post and thereby hitting the FC check post and an oil tanker completely destroying both. The oil tanker caught fire and burnet completely.

The rocket firing in Kohlu Agency and other part of Province has increased because the people of Balochistan discontented with Punjabi Pakistan’s Government and its Policies of loot and plunder of Baloch resources, and its Construction of Cantonments and mega exploitation in Balochistan.

Baloch freedom fighters claimed the responsibility for the attack. 1.02.04


Two main gas pipelines and a gas well destroyed in Sui
Baloch freedom fighters blowup two gas pipelines and destroyed a Gas-well in Sui gas fields thus suspending the gas supply to Sindh.

As per reports Baloch freedom fighters fired rocket-propelled grenades in two different attempts on Thursday destroying two pipelines and a Gas well, one in Sui gas field area while in second attempt they blew up the gas pipeline and well No. 48 by firing rockets at them.

The blasts have suspended the gas supply to the most parts of Sindh and Punjab. The blasts were heard in far distant areas. Police and Sui Southern Gas Company personnel have been sent to the scene for restoration process.

Here it is pertinent to mention that during last month a dozen or more blasts of the same nature occurred in Sui area and surrounding gas filed which caused ruptures in main gas pipelines and blowing up of many gas wells, resulting suspension gas supply to Sindh and Punjab. The suspension of gas supply resulted in losses of 100s of million rupees to the Sui Southern Gas Company and the Government.

The law enforcement agencies have been probing the matter but so far no arrest has been made in this regard.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attacks. 20.2.04


Frontier Corps vehicle hit landmine in Kohlu

Three Frontier Corps Personnel seriously injured when their truck hit a landmine in Kohlu district close to Bhadur Check post near Kahan.

According to sources a FC convoy traveling from Kohlu to Kahan when a truck hit a land mine and exploded with a big bang. The truck was carrying supplies, personnel and ammunition to their new check post in Kahan area. The vehicle was traveling near Bhadur check post when it exploded. The explosion was so powerful that the vehicle completely destroyed all FC Personnel received injuries three suffer seriously injuries and are in critical condition.

The three critically injured persons including a Sobidar Sher Khan were flown to hospital. The explosion was heard from several miles from the spot.

BPLF (Baloch Peoples Liberation Front) claimed the responsibility for the attack. 16.02.04


Bomb blast in Sibi Grid Station


A powerful bomb exploded in Sibi electric grid Station causing extensive damage to the grid station and high-tension electric wires on Saturday.


According to detail bomb exploded in Sibi grid Station, which caused extensive damage to the Sibi grid station and flatten two high-tension electric towers. Electricity supply was suspended to the several parts of Balochistan.


The explosion was heard from several miles, which created a widespread panic and harassment in the area. The authorities reached the spot and are determining the losses. The report also stated that the case was registered against unknown attackers.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility for the attack.15.02.04

Two bombs exploded near central Police Station Sibi


Sibi: Two powerful bombs consecutively exploded very close to Sadar Police Station Sibi.


According to Details, two powerful bombs exploded one after the other in Sibi very close to Sadar Police Station on Thursday night. No loss of life has been reported.


However the explosions created shock and panic amongst the local population and the law enforcing agencies. The local administration was in panic and had no contingency plan to deal with the situation.


The explosions left a deep crater in the ground and damaged surrounding buildings. The authorities rushed to spot; no arrests have been made yet. FIR has been lodged against unknown persons and Investigation is under way.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility for the attack. 14.02.04

Main gas Pipeline blowup near Sui

Main gas Pipeline blown up by Baloch freedom fighters in Pat-feeder 32 km for from Sui on Sindh-Balochistan border.

The reports from Sui area revealed that Baloch Freedom planted Bombs and Fighters fired grenade-propelled rockets on gas pipelines supplying Sui gas to Sindh and Punjab some 32 kilometers away from the main Sui Gas field.

The explosions have caused an immense destruction for the 24-inch pipelines in Pat-feeder 32 km for from Sui Balochistan. As a result of the explosion a gap of several meters has emerged in the pipeline, which caught fire, that has suspended gas supply to inner Sindh and Punjab. The industries in Punjab dependant on this gas are facing difficulties due to suspension of it.


The explosions that rocked the area were heard several miles away, Police and SSGC teams rushed to the scene.


No arrest has been made. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility for the attack. Daily public evening Quetta: 14.02.04


Grenade blast in Balochistan CM’s house
Unidentified men hurled a hand-grenade in the private residence of Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Yousuf on Thursday night. However, no one was hurt in the incident.

According to police officials, the hand-grenade was thrown in the residence of the chief minister at around 8:30 pm from the Mengal Street side. The explosive device went off with a big bang causing damage to the property and creating panic amongst the residents of the locality. It is worth mentioning that CM’s house is just hundred meters from the police station.

Senior officials of police and administration rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area. The bomb disposal squad officials believed that the device was a hand-grenade. It may be recalled that this was the sixth explosion in the city during last 24 hours. 13.2.04


Two rocket attack on Quetta Cantonment

Last night rockets were fired which hit Quetta Cantonment and exploded with a big bang creating panic in the Cantonment area.

The rockets fired from an unknown area hit Quetta Cantonment and caused extensive damage of property; no loss of life has been reported. Police and other intelligence agencies were diploid to hide the real extent of the damage caused.

According to unverified sources the rockets explosion caused extensive damage to property and casualties.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attacks. 13.2.04


Once again Sui Gas Pipeline blasted in Rocket attack

Sui Gas pipeline taking gas to the different parts of the country completely destroyed in Rocket attack by Baloch freedom fighters on Thursday.

According to details, once again Baloch freedom fighters attacked gas pipelines with the Rockets and heavy weapons. The gas pipelines completely destroyed and gas supply to the most parts of the country is suspended.

Due to suspension of gas supply irreparable industrial losses are reported to have accord and the authorities seemed vexed and embarrassed with attacks on gas pipeline. Despite hectic efforts and tight security the authorities concerned have failed to curb the attackers and their activities.

It has also been learnt that the authorities are planning to beef-up the forces stationed in area with extra sophisticated and automatic weapons. 12.02.04


Hand Grenade attack on the Residence of DAO

It is reports on Thursday night at 9 pm unknown persons hurled several hand Grenades on the residence of Residence of DAO (District Administration officer) Mastung in Quetta.

According to details: Thursday night some unknown persons attacked with hand Grenades and other heavy weapons on the residence of DAO of Mastung at Quetta Ahmed Nausherwani, who is cousin of Home Minister Shoaib Nausherwani.. The officer in question is said to be a close relative of the home minister of Balochistan.

According to eyewitnesses the bungalow has been reduced to the ground. But the residents were not present. The guard has received injuries and admitted in the hospital. The authorities are conducting investigations. 12.02.04


Two bombs explode in Quetta
Two successive powerful bombs went off in two separate localities in the provincial capital on Wednesday night, but no loss of life was reported.

The first explosion took place near the officers’ rest house of the Pakistan Railways at Zarghoon Road, while the second blast was reported from an unused place at Bashir Khan Chowk. The bombs went off with big bangs, smashing windowpanes of nearby buildings.

The officials of police and administration rushed to the spot and started investigations. The officials of police and administration rushed to the spot and started investigations. The entire out routes from Quetta city blocked. The Intelligence department is making hectic efforts to find the attackers in bomb explosion but so for the department has badly failed to apprehend and single attacker. Pressure from all corners is increasing upon the Government to meet the genuine demands of the Baloch people.

Provincial police chief Dr Shoaib Suddel (murderer of Mir Murtaza Bhutto) had announced to award Rs 1 million to those whose information would lead to the arrest of the people responsible for rocket and bomb blasts. However, nobody has claimed the award despite the passage of three years. Which is itself is an indication that how popular BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) is among Baloch people and how much support it has.

In January this year, the police chief also announced to take disciplinary action against the SHOs and DSPs of those police stations where bomb explosions or rocket firing incidents took place, but no action has been taken so far.

In a communiqué BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for these attacks and added that they intentionally are exploding bombs in uninhabited places to avoid civilian casualties they further said their enemy is the Punjabi Pakistani government its army and its institutions. 12.2.04


Rangers under fresh attack
Another Rangers' vehicle patrolling along the main gas pipeline in Shahwali was damaged by a landmine blast, which left three personnel injured.


It was the second such incident in 24 hours. In the earlier blast on Sunday evening, two rangers' men were injured whereas the vehicle was badly damaged. Monday's blast site is hardly 2km away Sunday's scene.


The injured personnel, identified as deputy superintendent Malik Tahir, soldier Muhammad Sakhi and driver Muhammad Sajid, were rushed to Guddu in Sindh. The double-cabin official vehicle was also damaged.


Till the filing of this report on Sunday night, senior rangers' and Dera range police officials were in a meeting, discussing ways to check the menace of landmines and possible threat to the gas installations which were attacked dozens of times during last 4 years by BLA. 10.2.04


Allegedly a Baloch freedom fighter killed in encounter
More attacks were reported at the Sindh-Punjab border near Kashmore on Sunday night and according to official reports a Baloch freedom fighter was killed in an encounter.

Areas sources said that armed men fired five rockets on the Sui gas pipeline near Kashmore, on Sunday night. Baloch freedom fighter also fired three rockets on a camp of the Punjab Rangers in the area.

The Rangers personnel claimed that during the encounter one freedom fighter was killed, but no body of was recovered according to official report “they took away the body with them”. 10.2.04


Rockets fired at Rangers and Frontier constabulary camp

Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked a camp of Rangers and Frontier constabulary near the Sindh-Balochistan border on Sunday.

About 25 Baloch freedom fighters launched an attack on the Rangers and Frontier constabulary camp with rockets and other heavy weaponry near Kot Mir Jan Chakrani on the Sindh-Balochistan border on Saturday.


The Baloch Freedom Fighters fired eight rockets at the camp hitting the camp wall and totally destroying it. Rangers and FC personnel retaliated and the encounter continued for about two hours after which the Baloch freedom fighters managed to escape. No causality, from the either side, was reported. 9.2.04


3 Rangers injured in landmine explosion

Three Rangers personnel were injured when the truck they were traveling in ran over a landmine on the Sindh-Punjab border on Sunday. The Rangers were deployed there to guard the Sui gas pipeline. They were seriously injured and shifted to a Rahim Yar Khan hospital. The vehicle was completely destroyed.


Police and Rangers cordoned off the area and started house-to-house search but no one was arrested.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 9.2.03


Mine blast injures two Rangers men

Two Rangers personnel guarding the main gas pipeline originating from Sui were injured critically when their vehicle hit a landmine allegedly planted by Baloch freedom fighters near Shahwali on Sunday.


The vehicle was badly damaged. Reports reaching here said the Rangers were patrolling the Kot Khewali area when the landmine went off. Baloch freedom fighters had planted the device on the patrol route.


The injured personnel, whose names could not be identified, were rushed to a nearby hospital. On being informed, a heavy contingent of police from Rajanpur rushed to the area. They were later joined by the Rajanpur DCO and Border Military Police commandant. In a similar incident last month, a personnel was killed and two injured.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 9.2.03


Bomb blast in the office of Irrigation Department in Kohlu

A powerful bomb exploded in the office of the Irrigation Department in Kohlu Marri Agency at 3:00 O, clock on Sunday.

According to report: A powerful bomb exploded in the office of Irrigation Department in Kohlu Marri Agency. The roof of the office blew off and the Depot of the Department burnt to ashes and irreparable damages were caused to the Buildings in vicinity.

The sound of explosion was heard in the remote Areas. There was panic and harassment in the Area. 8.2.04


Attack on Gas well in Sui, Gas supply suspended

In Sui last night Baloch freedom fighters attacked gas wells number 45and 46 with rockets and automatic weapons totally destroying the pipeline and severely damaging the wells.

According to sources: in Sui last night Baloch freedom fighters attacked gas wells number 45 and 46 with heavy weapons. The wells and the pipelines caught fire after the attack. Sources said that two gas wells - No 45 and 46 - were severely damaged in the attack.

The Gas supply from Sui to many parts of the country was cut off. The authorities rushed to spot and started repair work.

According to the reports received last night the Gas supply could not be restored. It may be remembered that in Sui rocket firing and land mine explosion and attacks on Frontier Corps check post have been a routine matter for the last four years. As a result many FC and government employees have lost their lives and heavy economical losses occurred.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility for the attack. 8.2.04.


Rocket attack damage main gas pipeline
Rocket attack damaged major gas pipeline along the Sindh Balochistan border, disrupting gas supply .

According to sources Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked the main gas pipeline along Sindh Balochistan border taking gas from Sui to other parts of Country with rockets. The rockets hit the gas pipeline and caused damage to it. The gas supply was disrupted leaving many areas without gas supply.

The Frontier Corps arriving on the scene opened indiscriminate firing but the attackers had already escaped. The administration cordon off the area and begin searching for the attackers. 6.02.04

9 killed 16 injured in Kohlu

Nine FC persons killed and 16 injured in landmine explosion and rocket attacks near Kahan in Kohlu district.

According to eye witnesses a FC convey was coming from Kohlu to Kahan for an army operation, when their truck run over a landmine and exploded. Due to powerful explosion Seven FC persons killed at the spot and twelve seriously injured. The Truck completely destroyed. They took death bodies and injured persons to Multan. The critical injured were flown to Multan CMH by a Helicopter.

After this the FC convey moved to Kahan after five Kilometer distance some persons attacked on FC convey with the rockets and heavy weapons. Two FC persons killed and four injured. The injured were flown to Multan CMH.

Just three days before incidence a landmine exploded killing one FC person and injured seven in the same area. 2.2.04


Rocket fired in Quetta Cantonment
Quetta Cantonment was rocked when a rocket landed and exploded in Killi Nasirabad here on Saturday night.


Police recovered the fuse and battery, believed to have been used by Baloch freedom fighters in the firing of the rocket, from Arbab Karam Khan Road, official sources said.

The explosion created panic in the area, it is believed the explosion has caused extensive damage of property, no loss of life has been reported.

Police have registered a case against unknown accused. 31.1.04


Rockets hit rangers post
Baloch freedom fighters launched an armed attack on rangers check posts on the Sindh-Balochistan and Sindh-Punjab border on Friday night.


More than 30 men attacked check posts of rangers on the Sindh-Balochistan and Sindh-Punjab borders established to safeguard the Sui gas pipeline.


The attackers fired 15 rockets out of which eight hit rangers’ posts, while seven fell nearby. In retaliation rangers also opened fire and an exchange of fire lasted for hours.No human casualty was reported.


The Punjab rangers closed the Kashmore-Sui road from 8pm to 6am to avert causalities. The road on the Sindh-Punjab border was also closed due to which passengers faced great difficulties.


The Kashmor police closed the road leading to Punjab and Balochistan. Roads passing through Sui check post, Zero point check post, Dakhan Bungalow check post and 109 Willayat post were also closed. 31.2.04


Kahan landmine explosion 1 killed and 7 injured

Landmine exploded killing 1 and injuring 7 Frontier Corps personnel including a captain while patrolling Marri area. A Frontier Corps sepoy was killed on Wednesday evening and seven others including a commissioned officer were injured when their vehicle hit a landmine in Kahan area of Kohlu district.

According to sources FC personal were patrolling Kahan area of Kohlu district in a jeep when they ran over a landmine. One FC sepoy Nasir Hussain died on the spot while injured include Captain Mohsin Javed, Sobedar Sajawal Khan, Naib Sobedar Ibrahim, Qatoobuddin, Sahat Khan, Mohammad Mansoor and sepoy Jamal Hussain sustained serious injuries. The critical injured were flown to Multan CMH. It was the fourth landmine explosion in Balochistan in the past 24 hours.

BPLF (Baloch Peoples Liberation Front) claimed responsibility for this attack. The message claimed that these attacks are being carried out by the BPLF against Punjabi Pakistan, in retaliation to.

Depriving the Baloch people of their basic human and civil rights.
Exploitation and looting of Baloch natural wealth.
Dominating and destroying Baloch heritage and culture.
The heavy-handed policy against Baloch people.
Killing and persecuting of Baloch nationalists.
Building of army cantonments in Balochistan.
Divide and rule policy by flaring tribal disputes.
It is worth mentioning that BPLF had been an active member of the Baloch resistance during the 70’s when Balochistan was in the midst of an army operation by Punjabi Pakistan, during those times tens of thousands of Baloch men, women and children were murdered, raped and made homeless.

The Punjabi army branded innocent Baloch people as traitors, burnt their houses threw the men into jails from where many never returned, leaving women and children without any food or shelter. Many perished, thousands were forced out of their homeland and had to migrate to Afghanistan for a safe haven. But the Punjabi thirst for Baloch blood did not quench even then.

Punjabi army till this day is in pursuit of Baloch nationalists, branding them as bandits, thieves, foreign agents, capturing and ruthlessly killing them. Baloch Nationalists whose only crime is their love for their motherland, and their resolve not to compromise their national interest under any circumstances. To stand up and fight for their national and political interests.

Since mid 90s Punjabi Pakistan’s hunger for Baloch land and Baloch natural resources have intensified and thus once again the Punjabi Pakistan has decided to crush any opposition which stands in the way of their evil plans. In the midst of such uncertainty and desperation the Baloch nation looks forward to such organisations as BPLF and BLA for hope, whose prominence is growing among the people of Balochistan. They are proving themselves to be the real saviours of Baloch land, natural resources, identity and history. 28.1.04


Two high-tension electric towers blown up

Two high-tension towers supplying electricity to Balochistan were blown up between villages of Mathri and Dangra to disrupt electric supply. The high-tension electric towers were fitted with explosive and detonated.

The explosions deracinate the towers and caused extensive damage to them. The damage is estimated to go in to hundreds of thousands of rupees. These lines supply electricity to most of Balochistan. 29.1.04


Rockets hit and destroy a bulldozer in Kohlu

According to the sources several rockets were fired on a bulldozer. The rockets hit and exploded on impact totally destroying the bulldozer. No loss of life has been reported.

The concerned authorities have registered the case against unknown persons and no arrest has been made. How ever intense fear and harassment spread thought out the area. 27.1.04


Five rockets fired; FC check post hit near Kohlu

Rockets fired on FC check post near Kohlu. According to sources unknown persons fired five rockets from Jandran Mountains, which hit FC check post causing damaged to the check post. It is believed that FC personnel are also injured in the attack but the officials are denying of any casualty.

The rocket firing spread fear in the area. The attackers managed to escape to the mountains. Local administration has registered cases against unknown men. But no arrest has been made so far. 27.1.04


Three Rockets fired on Sui Airport


Three Rockets were fired from a near by area on Sui Airport. A police officer said that due to the attack heavy damage of property but no loss of life has been reported. Police took investigation in hand and lodged FIR against unknown attackers.


The Sui is the very place of Balochistan from where the Gas is being supplied to different parts of Country including entire Punjab and even till far-flung areas of Kashmir but the Baloch Nation being owner of Gas is deprived from it and its revenue.


Because of this looting of Baloch resources and keeping the Baloch people backward, a sense of deprivation is growing in Baloch people. The Baloch are trying to resist the plunder of these natural resources and struggling for justice and equality since several decades.


The Baloch are left with no other options except to physically resist this looting of their National resources. In the last few years many times the Gas pipeline, which is supplying Gas to Punjab, have been blown up and gas supply disrupted to different parts of country. 22.01.2004

Two more bomb blasts rock Quetta
Two powerful bombs went off in different places of Quetta on Wednesday evening. However, no loss of life and property was reported, claimed officials of the police.

The first explosion took place at around 6:15 pm in Huddah no loss of life was reported. .

The second blast took place few yards away from the site. The explosions were so severe that they were heard several kilometers away from the site. Senior officials of police and bomb disposal squads rushed to the spot and started probe in the matter.

However, no arrests were made. It may be noted here that a few dozen bomb blasts and rocket fire incidents have been reported in different parts of the city since January 1, 2004 in continuation of dozens of blasts and rockets fire incidents of 2003. The police and law enforcement agencies are still clueless. 21.1.04


Bomb blast in Traffic Police booth in Quetta


A bomb blast in Traffic Police booth in Quetta. According to sources a bomb exploded in traffic police booth near Reagal Plaza in the heart of the city.


The explosion caused heavy losses but amazingly Inspector Zaffar Haiat and constable on duty survived. The police lodged FIR against unknown persons.


The investigations are in hand. It is worth mentioning despite tall claims by the authorities the police have badly failed to capture the attackers. While such attacks have become a routine in the capital of the province and all over Balochistan.


This shows that is no one man is behind these attacks but it is a popular movement in Balochistan and it seems to be picking up momentum. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibly. 20.1.04

Kohlu rockets attack on FC check post


Kohlu: rockets attack on FC check post. According to sources unknown persons fired rockets from Jandran Mountains, which landed close to FC check post causing deep craters in the ground and damaged the check post.


The rocket firing spread fear in the area. The attackers managed to escape to the mountains. The administration blocked the roads to and from the area and began searching for the attackers. But no arrest has been made so far. 20.1.04

Two squad men hurt while defusing bombs
Two persons from the bomb disposal squad were injured while they were trying to defuse two bombs in Ghousabad late on Sunday night.


Among them were the Director of the Bomb Disposal Squad Akbar who received burn injuries while he was defusing a bomb left behind by unknown persons. Another officer of the squad, Imtiaz Ali, was injured when the detonator of another bomb recovered from Sariab police station exploded. Both officers were admitted in civil hospital for treatment.


A bomb disposal squad on Sunday foiled an attempt to blow up a truck in front of the Sariab police station by defusing a powerful device fixed under the vehicle.


According to police, Baloch freedom fighters had planted a one-and-a-half kg bomb under a truck parked at the main road near the police station. The police had impounded the truck a few days ago.


Sources said the police constable guarding the police station saw some suspected device under the truck and informed his officers. They immediately informed a bomb disposal squad about the situation. 18.1.04


Bomb rocks Masjid Road Quetta
A powerful bomb went off outside an under construction building in the provincial capital on Sunday evening near Masjid Road. However, no loss of life was reported.

The bomb exploded at around 5:45 pm when the street was presenting a deserted look. The bomb went off with a big bang. Senior officials of police and administration rushed to the spot and started probe into the matter and to examine the splinters of the explosive device to ascertain the type of the bomb. 17.1.04


Quetta cantonment hit by rocket


Friday evening 7:30 pm a rocket hit Quetta Cantonment the rocket was fired from near by mountain Koh-e-Murdar, believed that the explosion has caused many casualties and extensive damage property. 17.1.04


The rocket landed in Quetta Cantonment at Army firing range. According to details, a rocket hit Quetta Cantonment in Friday evening 7:30 pm. The rocket was fired from near by mountain Koh-e-Murdar.


The rocket landed in Quetta Cantonment at army firing range where in evening they gets training. Soon after the explosion the reporters and photographers rushed to report the incident and the police stopped the reporters and refused them access to the spot where the rocket exploded. The officials denied of any explosion, but the residents of Quetta confirmed that they heard the rocket fire and the shattering sound and moments later tremendous explosion was heard several kilometers from the site.


The police and law enforcing agencies are covering up the incidence but it is believed that the explosion has caused many casualties and extensive damage property. 17.1.04

Bomb explosion on Archer road Quetta
A bomb explosion took place in the area of Archer road on Saturday, however no loss to life and property has been reported.

A bomb exploded with a big bang in the area of Archard road near Liaqat road on Saturday evening. It smashed the windowpanes of the nearby shops and houses.

Soon after the explosion bomb disposal squad rushed to the spot and it defused the second bomb lying near the first bomb. The blast sparked panic among the vendors, shopkeepers and the people.

The police have registered a case against unknown terrorists. However no arrest has so far been made. 17.1.04


Four Rockets landed near Sui Gas Pipeline
13 January, once again four rockets fell near a gas pipeline near Sui. According to the sources the rocket propelled grenades they were fired on a main gas pipeline taking gas to Punjab. They were fired to destroy the gas pipeline and cut off the supply to Punjab.

Three rockets landed near Roshan Colony and one landed near Field colony very close to the gas pipeline. This is the fourth attack on Gas pipeline in this week. 13.1.03


Sui, Rocket fire on FC check post
FC check post near Sui attacked, many rockets and heavy weapons were fired on FC check post.

According to sources, Baloch freedom fighters attacked a FC check post No. 13 with rockets and heavy weapons on Saturday 12 January; the rocket blast and gunshots were heard from faraway and it continued for quite some time.
According to the locals FC sustained casualties and loss of property but Government sources refused to comment. 12.1.04


Two blasts rock Quetta
Saturday noon the Balochistan capital Quetta rocked with two strong bomb blasts first near Satellite Police Station at 15:30 pm second in jurisdictions of Saryyab Police Station near main gate of Balochistan University on Sabazal Road at 16:30 pm.

According to the details, a powerful bomb went off on Munir Mengal Road near Satellite Police Station at 15:30 pm. The explosion of bomb, which was planted near Satellite Police Station, injured 12-year old boy, Hayatullah Khan, the kid was rushed to the nearby hospital.

When the officials of bomb disposal squad were examining the site of first explosion another bomb went off with a big bang in jurisdictions of Saryyab Police Station on Sabazal Road at 16:30 pm.

The police after registering cases against unknown persons have started investigations in the blasts.

It merits mentioning that the bomb blasts and rocket firing have become a frequent happening in the provincial capital but the law-enforcement agencies have failed to apprehend people responsible in these explosions to date. 11.1.04


Rocket attack in Hub Balochistan
Last night a rocket hit industrial area in Hub. The rocket hit a building of a factory, the building sustained severe damage. The mentioned factory building belongs to a company, which is among Sana industry, Ismail industry and Lafiat Industry. The building of factory was damaged due to explosion of rocket.

The attackers got away and after the incidence it took more then an hour for the police to get to the venue on arrival the police arrested some innocent people who were working in a nearby factory to show how efficient they are.

BLA (Baloch liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. It is worth mentioning that daily approximately two/three such attacks are taking place through out Balochistan. 8.1.04


FC man killed in rocket attack near Pat-Feeder Sui area
A Frontier Constabulary FC personal was killed and two others wounded two fled from the scene when armed men fired a rocket on their vehicle in Pat-Feeder area near Sui Sindh-Balochistan border, FC sources confirmed on Wednesday.

The vehicle was patrolling in Pat-feeder area when armed men attacked it with rocket and other weapons. The attack on the FC vehicle was so sudden and fierce that one sepoy died on the spot two sustained serious injuries and two fled from the scene the vehicle was destroyed. The deceased was identified as Samiullah.

The officials of FC said that the two FC men who had sustained injuries were later shifted to hospital. After the attack assailants took off from the scene leaving behind the deceased and injured in a pool of blood.

Meanwhile, some armed men fired three rockets in Sui area. The rockets landed near FC fort. The attackers managed to escape from the scene shaking off FC personal.

It may be noted here that the rocket firing incidents and bombs blasts had become a matter of routine in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan, while the law enforcement agencies are still clueless to trace out the people involved in these activities.

While it is no secret to any one in Balochistan that Baloch liberation army BLA an organization fighting for the rights of Baloch people and continuously accepting responsibility for such attacks and vows that they will not stop until they rid Balochistan from Punjabi oligarchy and its army domination. And until they achieve independence and equality for the Baloch people.

BBC, Voice of America and other reliable sources have received phone calls from BLA and accepted the responsibility for such attacks, even the DIG police Balochistan has accepted in an interview with BBC that he has frequently received calls from BLA claming responsibility for rocket, bomb and other attacks on military targets. Once Jam Yousaf CM of Balochistan himself said that the secret agencies had warned him that his life was in danger from BLA.

Though officially the Punjabi stooges in power deny of any such organization in Balochistan. It matters not if officially the government accepts of any such organization or not.

Looking at the continuous and coordinated attacks on government installations in and around Balochistan since last 5-6 years, which have driven the Punjabi tyrants in Balochistan to their knees. Is enough proof to any one who doesn’t live in Balochistan and know about BLA, that BLA is a Baloch freedom fighting organization and is operating throughout Balochistan. 8.1.04


A bomb explode near ordinance depot in Quetta

Last night a bomb explodes near ordinance depot in Quetta. The bomb was kept near the wall of a ordinance depot. Due to the explosion the walls sustained considerable damage and glasses of the nearby buildings shattered.

These bomb explosions occurred on 2nd death anniversary of the Baloch martyrs who lost their lives during a Pakistani police and army raid on their house. Shaeed Gul Bhar Baloch, Shaeed Sobdar Baloch and Shaeed Abdul wahid Baloch were shot dead in Kalat district in Balochistan on the 6th January 2002.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility. 6.1.2004


Bomb blast, rocket attacks in Quetta
A powerful bomb went off at around 8:30 am at Almo Chowk on Quetta airport road on Monday.

The explosion was heard several kilometers away from the site. The bomb exploded with big bang shaking the nerves of already frightened people of city.

Soon after the explosion, police and officials of bomb disposal squad rushed to the spot.

As the police officials were investigating, a rocket was fired from unknown direction that landed in Killi Khalil at Brewery Road on the same afternoon.

It may be noted here that over two dozen bomb blasts and rockets firing incidents have been reported in various parts of Balochistan, including provincial capital Quetta, during last 40 days. The police and law-enforcement agencies are still clueless.

BLA "Baloch Liberation Army" through messages to newsmen, has claimed responsibility for the explosions. 6.1.04


Landmine explodes in Kahan area of district Kohlu
A land mine exploded in Kahan area of district Kohlu on Saturday, damaging a truck of the Frontier Corps FC. The land mine was buried along the road travelling from Kohlu Kahan area.

The FC truck sustained severe damage. It is believed FC personnel were also injured but the authorities declined to comment. 4.1.04


Rocket hits gas pipeline explodes
It is being said that a rocket was fired on the Gas pipeline and it exploded.

Supply of gas to Karachi, Sukkur and some parts of the interior of Sindh was interrupted when a gas pipeline exploded near RD-68, Tangwani police station jurisdiction, Sindh-Balochistan border, early Wednesday morning.


Jacobabad DPO Din Mohammad Baloch, along with other policemen, rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area. Gas officials also reached the scene and suspended the gas supply.


The gas supply to Karachi and the other parts would be restored after repair of the pipeline. 1.1.04



One FC sepoy killed and six injured in Kohlu

A Frontier Corps FC sepoy was killed and his six colleagues were injured in an exchange of rockets fires with Baloch Freedom Fighters in Kohlu district, Marri area on Tuesday.

According to sources Baloch Freedom Fighters had an exchange of fire with Frontier Corps yesterday noon near Kohlu. Both sides used rockets and other heavy weaponry resulting in death of at least one FC sepoy and six other were injured.

The deceased was identified as Sepoy Muhammad Khan. Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked an FC camp in Thudri area and fired eight rockets. The splinters of one of the rockets hit Sepoy Muhammad Khan, who died on way to a hospital in Dera Ghazi Khan.

FC personnel cordoned off the area, more then 1,000 FC and 700 hundred New Levies force deployed to suppress the Baloch Liberation Movement in Marri area only. 30.6.04


FC and Levies operation in Tatra Kohlu district Government

FC and Levies and other agencies launched a massive joint attack on a group of Marri Sarbaaz[1] yesterday afternoon.

According to sources fierce fighting continued through out the day and late into the night in which the government forces suffered heavy casualties. It is believed that FC and Levies suffered 6 deaths and several wounded.

According to reports, on a tip-off FC and levies encircled a group of Marri Sarbaaz[1] and opened fire. In retaliation Marri Mujahids also opened fire. The firing continued all day and late in the night, both sides used heavy weaponry, rockets mortars and other ammunition.

It is worth mentioning that the levies force involved in this attack is the very same Levies force of more then 1000 personnel which were recently recruited to safeguard Punjabi interests and facilitate Punjabi oppression and looting of Baloch National wealth in Marri area.

Any Baloch facilitate Punjabi oppression and looting of Baloch National wealth should be deemed as traitors of Baloch Nation. Balochvoice asks every son and daughter of Baloch motherland to oppose such treason and condemn such people so no one should dares to facilitate Punjabi oppression and suppression of Baloch Nation.

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700 FC Personnel attacked Marri Sarbaaz on Tatra Mountains

In latest reports more then 700 FC and other personnel have attacked a group of Marri Baloch Sarbaz, fighting still going on.

According to reports more then 700 FC and other agency personnel, have launched a surprise attacked on a group of Marri Baloch Sarbaaz in the Tatra Mountains. Fierce fighting going on as news emerges.

It is believed the heavy firing going on. FC is using heavy weaponry mortar shells and missiles against the Baloch resistance, but the FC is facing stiff resistance.

Balochvoice appeals to all Baloch people and Nationalist Parties to oppose such acts of oppression and murder of Baloch people. Balochistan is our motherland and we have no other choice except to defend her or die defending her.

Today it is in the Marri area tomorrow it will be in your area, it will be you who will be the victim tomorrow but for what? Just because you are a Baloch and want to live a free life is that too much to ask. I tell you if ever you got to choose between freedom and slavery. It is better to die a freeman then live a slave.

Today that time is coming very close that you have to make the decision, do you want to be a free person and live a respectable life or do you want to live a slaves life, the choice is yours. 1am Balochistan Standard time 28.6.04

BLA attacks FC patrolling team and post in Mand, 15 killed 23 injured
At least 40 -50 rockets were fired at a Frontier Corps checkpoint and a patrolling party in Mund tehsil, Kech district.


Sources told on Friday that unidentified gunmen attacked a FC post and a patrolling team at 7pm, firing 40 to 50 rockets and other heavy weaponry at the Saeed post, some 20km from Mund near Paki-Iran border.

FC patrolling team was attacked when they were on a routine patrol, and a FC post was also attacked. In both incidences FC sustained heavy lose of life and casualties totaling to 15 deaths and more then 23 injured and huge loss of property.

In a telephonic conversation member of BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) Mr. Azad Baloch claimed responsibility for the attack and said this attack is against the fascist Punjabi state and their collaborators and vowed that it will continue till they are not chaise out of Balochistan. 25.6.04

300 FC attacks Marri Baloch near Kohlu
In a recent operation in Bhari in Kohlu Agency, 300 FC personnel attacked Marri Nationalist forces. They attacked at 7 in the morning on a of Marri Baloch Mojahids camp defending Baloch national wealth and rights.

Fighting erupted when the FC tried to encircle the Baloch Mojahids camp and continued till 3pm until the FC were chased back to their barracks. Where they started indiscriminate firing of heavy artillery and missiles in all directions killing innocent people and destroying their property.


Balochvoice requests all Baloch to unite against the Tyrant State institutions dominating, looting, plundering and killing Baloch people. It is a Baloch struggle and we all should unite and struggle against this Punjabi fascism. 25.6.04


Four bomb blasts rock Gwadar
Four simultaneous bomb blasts in Gwadar on Wednesday morning rocked whole city. No loss of life was reported.

According to information received here, first bomb exploded near GT main gate adjacent to Gwadar DC Port at 7:45am, while the second bomb detonated near the house of Pearl Continental Hotel Manager Shamshad, breaking the windowpanes of the house. Third bomb went off in near BRP Camp at 8am while fourth one exploded at the outer wall of Fish Harbour in FWO officer residence at 8:15, breaking windowpanes of nearby buildings.

The four bombs blew up with in half hour causing panic in the whole area. Meanwhile talking to journalists, Station House Officer (SHO), Gwadar Abdul Sattar told newsmen that it was due to absence of bomb disposal squad that we are facing difficulties.

BLF (Baloch Liberation Front) Claimed responsibility for the attack. 23.

Sui airport building blown up in rocket attack

An airport building in Sui, Balochistan has been blown up in a rocket attack, a top government official said.

Freedom Fighters fired some 20 rockets at midnight of Saturday to Sunday at Katcha Qila area of the Frontier Constabulary and on the Sui town airport, about 350 kilometres east of Quetta, capital of Balochistan by. Abdur Rauf Khan, Secretary Interior Balochistan said.

Khan said that explosives were planted with the walls of the two-room lounge and office, which were completely demolished in the attack. The airport owned by Government and run Gas Company. The landing strip of the airport was safe as the rockets targeted the building.

It was the latest in a series of attacks in the Sui area, and according to the Secretary Interior, Baloch Freedom Fighters usually target paramilitary check posts in the area.

He did not blame any one for the attack but such attacks are usually carried out by BLA (Baloch Liberation Army), demanding equality and right of self-governance for the Baloch Nation. The official said that gas installations did not sustain any damage in this attack.

Secretary Interior said army, paramilitary and police are performing duty in the area but the rockets are fired from long distance and it is difficult to immediately find the responsible people.

Reports say that the law enforcement agents returned fire in the direction from which the attack was carried out. But it could not be confirmed if the attackers suffered any losses.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 21.6.04


Rocket attack on Sui town several FC personnel injured


Over a dozen rockets were fired in Sui township area of Dera Bugti district on Saturday 19 June, wounding three FC personnel and a security man, sources said.


"At least 15 rockets exploded in different areas of Sui gas field in the early hours," FC officials confirmed and added that FC and security personnel wounded in attack.


Reports reaching here said that Baloch Freedom fighters fired rockets from different directions with brief interval targeting the FC check- posts guarding the gas wells and other installations connecting the wells with main purification plant in Sui.


Rockets hit FC check- posts and other installations; sources added that the 3 FC personnel and a security man received injuries. The injured were shifted to CMH Quetta.


Baloch Fighters got away from the scene unharmed after they departed FC personnel started indiscriminate fire in all directions.


The rocket attacks have been increased in Sui gas field area of Dera Bugti for the last two months. Only in May around 200 rockets were fired in different areas of Sui tehsil while in June so far 160 rockets were fired. 20.6.04

Panhore Sanhari one killed three wounded in a rocket attack

Once again Baloch freedom fighters fired more then 70 rockets on Panhore Sanhori police station, which is under construction. Many of the rockets landed in the compound causing grave damages to the building.

One Naib Subaidar by the name Khan Afzal was killed and several others sustained serious injuries. The injured policemen were rushed to the nearest hospital Jacobabad. The attackers escaped successfully. No arrest has been made yet. 16.6.04

FC official injured in a Bomb explosion in Kharan

A powerful bomb blast in FC camp near Degree College road in Kharan Balochistan on Wednesday at 3:00 pm FC personnel seriously wounded. The bomb was put under the main wall of FC camp.

The explosion was so powerful that it was heard from miles. It spread fear and harassment among the Government officials because it was the first explosion in Kharan District. Where the bomb exploded it is the Native city of Provincial Home Minister Mr Shouaib Nousherwani.

It is worth mentioning that few months before when Mr Shouaib Nousherwani took up office of Home Minister Balochistan. He said, “I will up root the net work of attackers.”

After few days his own house situated in Quetta was targeted by Grenades.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 16.6.04


Sui, two FC soldiers wounded in a landmine explosion

According to details an FC truck ran over a landmine implanted in the middle of road by Baloch Freedom Fighters.

It has also been reported that two FC personnel sustained injures and the rear portion of the vehicle blew up. The incident occurred in Lanjoo Seghari area near Sui Balochistan. 15.6.04

Rocket fired on under construction police post in Sui

Police and FC check posts are consecutively under rocket attacks in Sui, Once again Baloch freedom fighters attacked an under construction police post near Sui, they fired six rockets on post which hit it, upon hitting the rockets exploded completely demolished the police post however no loss of life has been reported.

Let me remain, that the vary police post was completely destroyed by a rocket attack just a weeks ago. The Government was reconstructing the police post while construction; again the fighters attack it and demolished it. However no arrest has been made so far. 14.6.04


FC Vehicle destroyed in a rocket attack in Sui
FC camp comes under rocket attack on Sunday night. Baloch Gorilla fighters fired rockets on FC camp at Barsati Naala near Sui. The FC vehicle, which was used for patrolling in the area to guard the Gas pipelines and other Government installations destroyed completely. However no loss of life has been reported.

FC personnel also opened fire on retaliations but the fighters escaped successfully and the administration has lodged FIR against unknown attackers and is conducting investigations. It has also been learnt that a Pick-up carrying FC personnel also came under fires but the FC men survival miraculously. 14.6.04


Sui, Rocket fired on FC patrolling party

Baloch freedom fighters launched a heavy attack on a FC patrolling party. A party of Bambor rifle was patrolling in Sui area suddenly the fighters ambushed the FC patrolling party they fired RPG-7 rockets, two rockets hit a vehicle totally destroying it.

Sources added that one FC personnel killed on the spot and three other were badly injured. It is worth mentioning that FC Check posts, police stations, gas pipelines, FC patrolling parties and other government installations are under attack for many years. It also indicates that the attackers are planning for more attacks on FC check posts. 13.6.04


Twelve Rockets fired on FC Check post in Sui
Baloch freedom fighters targeted FC Check post near Sui Balochistan. According to detail Baloch Freedom Fighters attack on FC check post near Sui, they fired twelve rockets, which landed in and around frontier corps check post cause heavy damage to it.

Sources said that from many years Baloch freedom fighters are attacking police stations and FC check post. Sources further added that these people who are attacking Government installations are against of looting the natural resources of Baloch people, constructions of military cantonments and FC check posts in various parts of Balochistan.

And are also targeting those cantonments which were built already in Balochistan. The people of the area are angrily criticizing the construction of military cantonments that these cantonments would not bring peace and safety. They are only meant to dominate and enslave the Baloch even more, and loot Baloch wealth. 12.6.04


Indiscriminate firing by FC in Sui, 12 people injured
At least 12 people, including three women and two children, were injured when FC fire rockets and machine guns on the residential areas of Sui township of Dera Bugti district on Thursday10 June. All the injured were admitted to Civil Hospital Sui for treatment. The condition of two injured was stated to be serious, sources said.

Around a dozen people were injured in the rocket attack," a security official confirmed to Dawn when reached by telephone.


He said that some houses were damaged as the rockets, fired by Frontier Corps hit them. According to reports Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked FC camp checkpoints of the Frontier Corps guarding the Sui gas field and other installations. Freedom Fighters fired more then a dozen rockets.


Four rockets exploded in the gas field area but gas wells remained safe. At least six rockets landed in FC camp and five hit a check post guarding gas instillation.


In retaliation FC personnel started indiscriminate firing in all directions with rockets, mortars shells and machine guns, hitting the houses of innocent people killing and injuring women and children, Wali Jan Hamzani, Sher Ahmed Hamzani and two other houses, the sources said. Wali Jan Hamzani's wife and six other members of his family were killed and injured in the attack as one rocket exploded in his house. The house caught fire after the explosion.


The injured were: Wali Jan, his wife, Abdul Manan, Abdul Rehman Rangwani, Chakar Khan, Lalu, Sher Ahmed Hamzani, his wife, Habibullah Laghani, Shama Laghani, Hassu Chakrani and Wadera Ali Bakhsh. In total more then 12 adults and minors were killed or injured by FC firing.


Balochvoice appeals to all humanitarian organisations, nationalist parties and especially to all Baloch people to raise this issue on all levels so in future the tyrant Punjabi forces dare not repeat such cowardly acts against innocent women and children. 11.6.04


Rocket hit on FC check post in Sui, three killed six injured

Once again Baloch freedom fighter targeted the FC check post No.298 Jummen Bary at Sui, three killed including a FC captain and six other personnel were seriously injured.

According to sources approximately ten Baloch armed persons attacked on FC check post in the evening by rockets and heavy weapons. Several rockets hit at Frontier Corps check post.

Sources further added that the remaining officials which were also present in check post ran away and left their injured and dead. The attackers escaped successfully from the spot. 10.6.04


Car bomb blast rock Mach City

A powerful time bomb was put in a vehicle in Mach city, blast with a terrifying bang destroying vehicle and damaging nearby buildings. The car bomb blast took place at 7:00 clock on Monday morning. However no loss of life has been reported.

Bomb blast was so powerful it heard by miles it spread fear and harassment in the area. Police lodged FIR against unknown persons.

When reporters contact with District police officers, the officers denied giving more details about the explosion.

The sources added the Provincial and Federal Government failed to check such attacks. They further added that until Government didn’t tried to solve Baloch problem the lower officers couldn’t control these attacks. BLA claimed responsibility for the explosion. 8.6.04


Thirty rockets fired in Pat Feeder area killing 3 policemen

At least 30 rockets were fired in Sui and Pat Feeder area of Jaffarabad on Sunday 6th June. Rockets hit the building of the Police Station at RD-238 in Jaffarabad district, destroying a portion of the building killing three police personnel.


Balochistan's Inspector General of Police Chaudhry Yaqoob confirmed that the police station was damaged in the rocket attack. Baloch Freedom Fighters fired rockets from the other side of the Fat Feeder canal.


They fired at least 10 rockets on the police station. Most of them hit the building of the police station extensively damaging it. Around 20 rockets were also fired in Sui area in the early hours the same day.


The rockets exploded at brief intervals causing loss of life and property in the area. Reports suggest that the attackers had targeted the check post of Frontier Corps guarding the Sui gas field. No arrest was reported so far in this connection. 7.6.04


Kohlu landmine explosion two killed two wounded

According to witnesses levies personnel were going to visit coal depot in two vehicles. When they reached at Chuj Baladhaka near Kohlu their one vehicle hit a landmine two levies sepoy Kakar and Qasarani were killed at the spot and two other were seriously injured. The injured were admitted at Kohlu hospital for first aid and afterwards they were referred to Multan hospital.

It is worth mentioning that the Government tried its level best to exploit the coal and other natural recourses in Kohlu district of Balochistan for many years, but it met stiff resistance by Marri Balochs.

Because of resistance of the Baloch people Government could not achieve its evil goals. Many officials were killed and injured in same area while patrolling and providing security to the vehicles carrying coal from Chamaling (Balochistan) to Punjab.

Just a few weeks back Naib Nazim of Kohlu Mr, Changaiz Khan and an Agriculture officer Mr, Abdul Qadir Qasarani were also killed and seven other levy men were injured in the area when their vehicle ran over a landmine.

Local administration lodged FIR against unknown persons. No arrest has been made so far. 7.6.04

A powerful bomb blast in Quetta


According to reports a powerful bomb blast took place at Arbab Karam khan road in Quetta. The bomb was placed near a wall of a house of a government official; the explosion severely damaged the wall and nearby buildings.


In spite of security alert measures the Government failed to check such attacks. And the attackers are continuing implementing their plans successfully. BLA claimed responsibility for this attack.


It is worth mentioning that in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan Government officers, Government installations are under sustained attacks. Last month three Chinese engineers were killed and eleven workers were wounded in a car bomb explosion in Gwader.


Baloch people know that under the garb of development, Government of Pakistan wants to usurp their rights.


Against the plunder and exploitation of Baloch national recourses several Baloch resistance movements have resorted to armed struggle. Among these groups the BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) has been engaged since decades against the occupied forces of Punjab.


BLA so far has carried out innumerable attacks over usurpers installations including attacks on FC convoys and check posts. It will not be out of place to recall that BLA has vehemently threatened to intensify its activities against the construction of cantonments on Baloch territory meant for occupying Baloch resources.


It has been learnt through highly reliable sources that the areas where the cantonments will be built, will be gradually brought and placed under Army rule in order to facilitate the Punjabi hunt for Baloch precious treasures. 6.6.04

Sui landmine explosion two killed seven injured
FC vehicle ran over a landmine near Sui when they were patrolling in the area. Two FC officials killed seven other were seriously injured. Among the dead includes an FC commissioned officer. It is very interesting to mention that while rushing the dead and the injured the FC personnel met with a crowd of Bugti Baloch protestors, they were protesting for jobs and inductions in Gas Companies.

The FC vehicles opened indiscriminate fires on innocent and poor Baloch making legal protest for their basic rights. As a result several innocent people including the aged and children received injuries. The incident led to widespread resentment among the masses against the brutality of Frontier Corps.

These are the very cruelties and excess being committed by the Punjabi occupied forces that gave rise to Baloch armed struggle. It will also be important to know that Baloch people launched, in the first instance,


Government could not check out such attacks which Baloch people are holding from fifty six years to achieve their rights which are usurped by the Punjabi State Pakistan. In spite the struggle of fifty-six years Government does not want to accept the rights of Baloch people. Because of depravedness all Baloch’s are fighting against their combined enemy (Punjabi Pakistan). 6.6.04

Four hurt as FC vehicle hits landmine


Four Frontier Constabulary personnel were seriously injured when their vehicle ran over a landmine in Lanjoo Sanghari near Sui, Balochistan, on Saturday.


The FC personnel were on their way to supply ice to nearby pickets when their vehicle ran over the landmine.


As a result, the vehicle was completely destroyed and Subedar Mumtaz Ali, Jamadars Nasrullah and Naseer Ahmed and constable Abdullah were seriously injured.


They were shifted to a Quetta hospital in a helicopter. Following the incident, 10 innocent people were rounded up from nearby fields and taken into custody. 5.6.04

Sui rocket attack one killed three injured


Once again Baloch freedom fighters attack on the FC check post in Sui one killed, three injured. The check post under construction is the very same check post, which was demolished in a rocket attack just last month
According to sources Baloch freedom fighters fired several rockets on FC check post. FC personnel were building a check post when they came under attack. They were rebuilding a check post, which was demolished in a rocket attack just last month.


Eyewitness said FC personnel were carrying one death body and three injured persons to their tents. Frontier Corps did not allowed the reporters any access to the incident. There was fear and harassment amongst the FC.


The bomb explosion and rocket attacking on Army cantonments and FC check posts have continued for more then five years, hundreds of FC and army personnel were killed and injured in these attacks. 02.6.04


Two rockets fired on Sui police station

Baloch Freedom Fighters fired two rockets on under-construction police station building here at Sui area on Tuesday. No loss of life was reported, but the building of the police station was raised to the ground.

According to sources during the late hours of night Baloch Freedom Fighters fired Two rockets on an under construction building of a police station in Pat Feeder near Sui. The rockets hit the building raised it to the ground.

The rockets exploded with huge bang causing great panic in whole area. Police have registered cases against unknown persons and investigations are underway. 1.06.04


Thirty-eight rockets fired on FC camp in Mand
Unknown men fired more then three dozen rockets in Mand Tehsil of Kech district, 932 km’s from the provincial capital, in the wee hours of Monday. FC retaliated by firing mortar shell a stray shell landed in a house killing a 13-year-old boy and wounding five of his family members.


Official sources said that the attackers fired 32 rockets in Mand, the hometown of federal Minister for Education Zubaida Jalal. However, independent sources said more than 38 rockets were fired. The rockets landed near the residence of the minister, Mand grid station and an FC camp. The attack was sudden and intense, it is stated.


In retaliation the FC fired mortar shells, one of the shell fell in the house of one Muhammad Rafiq in which his son, Muhammad Altaf, 13, died on the spot. Five other family members, Muhammad Rafiq, Saleem Bibi, Muhammad Ishfaq, Muhammad Irshad and Memona Bibi, were injured and shifted to district headquarters hospital. The condition of two injured was serious, hospital sources told The News.


A government official said the attack lasted for about half an hour and appeared to have come from different directions. Several of the rockets landed at a paramilitary camp killing and injuring scores of FC personnel, though the FC denied disclosing any figures. FC also declined to speculate on the identity of the attackers or their motive.


Mand Levies sources told, "We are investigating the matters but there is no clue so far nor any arrest is made," a source said. Condition of Memona is serious but she would survive, Dr Qayyum, Incharge Turbat Hospital said.


BLF (Baloch Liberation Front) claimed responsibility for this attack. 1.6.04


Rocket attack on Sui Air port


According to the reports Baloch freedom fighters launched a coordinated armed attack on Sui airport. They fired several rockets, some rockets hit the terminal building and three rockets landed on runway causing serious damages to it.


The building and other property in airport received heavy damages. The movement of flights suspended, three airport officials injured in the attack they shifted to the civil hospital.


After the attack the FC opened indiscriminate fire on houses of civil population injuring a woman many other. The attackers escaped successfully. No arrest has been made yet. 27.5.04

Gas pipeline blast near Nawabshah


According to sources Baloch freedom fighters fired several rockets on 24-inch main gas pipeline near Nawabshah. Gas pipeline was destroyed and the supply to several District of Sindh remain suspended.


The reporters and police reached the spot and started investigations into the incident. The attackers escaped successfully.


Police lodged the FIR against unknown persons and started investigation. No arrests were made so far. Most of these attacks have been claimed by BLA. 26.5.04

Rocket attack on FC check post in Sui


According to sources Baloch freedom fighters fired several rockets on Frontier Corps check post the rockets hit the post severely damaging it. The police and law enforcing agencies are covering up the incident but it is believed that the rocket firing has caused many casualties and damage to the property.


The rockets were hurled from near by area. Rocket firing on FC check posts, gas wells and gas pipelines have become a daily routine. The attackers escaped unharmed. Local authorities lodged FIR against unknown persons. There was fear and harassment in the area. 26.5.04

Bomb explosion on Qambrani road Quetta


According to reports a bomb explosion took place in the area of Qambrani road on Thursday. However no loss of life and property has been reported.


The explosion was so powerful the explosion was heard from miles. There was fear and harassment among the Government official. It is remained that chief minister warned the police officers if any incident occurred in their jurisdiction those officers will be suspended. The police officers are also confused if they don’t rushed to the spot they will lose their jobs and if they reach at spot they will loss their lives.


The police has registered case against unknown persons. However no arrest has been made so far. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the explosion. 26.5.04

Officer killed in a landmine explosion in Sui


Ranger officer killed and five other seriously injured in a landmine explosion in Sui Kishmor border.


According to sources, ranger’s personnel were helping the bomb disposal squad to clean the area from landmines. While searching landmines a Rangers officer Jhangeer walked over a landmine, which exploded with a severe bang.


Due to powerful explosion Mr Jhangeer’s body was thrown 10 feet away from the spot. Five other Ranger personnel seriously injured. The injuries were flown to Rojhan Jamali hospital. After the first aid Mr Nazir Mohammad and Gulam Qadir were transferred to Rahim Yar Khan hospital.


According to the Doctors their position were serious. It is worth mentioning that in the mentioned area many Government official were killed and injured in rocket attacks, bomb explosions and landmines explosion. 26.5.04

Fifteen FC personnel injured in a bomb explosion in Quetta


According to sources a police team was coming back to their camp after training when their truck was hit by an explosion at Zamindar road Bashir chock. A bicycle standing along the road exploded with a big bang critically injuring fifteen Frontier Constabulary and Balochistan reserve Police personnel. The truck No.3519 was completely destroyed.


The names of injured persons are as under. Samad Khan, Abdul whaid, Ibrar Hussain, Aman Khan, Mohammad Bakhsh and Nazar Khan from frontier constabulary and Jhanger Khan, Mohammad Shohaib Nigah, Hussain Jan, Akbar, Aniat Ali, Baseer Ahmad, Mahiq Jan, Gul Janan from Balochistan constabulary and also a railway official Niazshah seriously injured.


Provincial Home Secretary, DIG Quetta range and S.S.P Rahmatullah Niazi and other visited the spot. Police lodged FIR against unknown persons. However no arrest were made.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack and further said that these attacks will continue till the Baloch are being deprived of their rights and enslaved in their own motherland. 25.5.04

Once again gas pipeline damaged in Sui


Heavy exchange of fire between Baloch freedom fighters and Frontier Corps personnel in the Sui area in the early hours of Saturday damaged the gas pipeline, disrupting the gas supply to Guddu Thermal Power Plant.


According to sources the attackers lobbed at least 12 rockets at a Frontier Corps check post guarding the pipeline and Sui gas field installations. They also opened fire on the Frontier Corps personnel.


During the exchange of fire, many bullets hit the main pipeline coming from the purification plant and supplying gas to the Guddu Thermal Power Plant. "Several bullets hit the pipeline, resulting in the disruption of gas supply to the power plant," the sources said.


A 20-inch gas pipeline of the Sui Southern Gas Co Ltd near the PPL purification plant was damaged; supplying gas to the Guddu Thermal Power plant was coming from Zamzama gas field Dadu to the Sui for purifying it for onward supply.


No one was killed and injured in heavy firing. The check post and other installations in the gas field were damaged as the rockets hit the targets. 23.05.04

Rocket attack kills 2 FC and disrupts gas supply

Baloch freedom fighters fired 16 rockets at Sui gas facility, rupturing a main gas pipeline and disrupting gas supply, a government official said on Saturday.


Two FC personnel were killed and many injured in an exchange of fire between law enforcement agencies and Baloch freedom fighters near Sui late on Friday night.

The attackers used sophisticated rocket launchers, mortars and hand grenades, killing two and injuring unknown number of FC personnel and damaging Government property.


The attackers also fired automatic weapons at paramilitary troops guarding the facility.
Paramilitary troops deployed to guard the pipeline returned fire at the attackers when they struck late Friday at Sui, 350 kilometers east of Quetta.


The attackers escaped without apparent injury said a government spokesman. Technicians were trying to restore gas supplies on Saturday.


Another government official, Ehteshamul Haq, told Reuters that the paramilitary forces returned fire but there were no reports of casualties. 23.5.04


Another bomb explosion in Quetta


A bomb exploded near Ahmad Zai Colony in Quetta. The bomb was laid out side the house of DSP sohail shaikh.


According to sources on Friday night 10:05 a bomb explosion took place out side the house of DSP Sohail shaikh on Sariab road near Ahmadzai colony in Quetta. Glasses of the building and other nearby houses smashed.


The explosion was heard from the miles. There was fear and harassment in the area. The police started investigations and lodged FIR against unknown persons.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the explosion. 22.5.04

FC and airport under rocket attack in Gwadar


Balochistan Liberation Front launched a rocket attack on Gwadar airport and FC camp.


According to sources Balochistan Liberation Front launched a rocket attack on Gwadar airport. The attackers hurdled 38 rockets, which landed in different parts of airport and Frontier Corps camp the rocket firing continued for more then half an hour.


Eyewitnesses added that some armed person attacked on Gwadar airport and Frontier Corps camp killing one person.


It is the 2nd big attack on Gwadar from 3rd May incident. In a Telephone Call Balochistan Liberation Front claimed responsibility for this attack as well. And they further added that it was combined attack of Baloch Liberation Army and Balochistan Liberation Front.


It is important to note that the most of attacks on army cantonments FC check posts and other Government departments has been carried out by BLA.


Baloch Liberation Army is struggling against the Punjabi domination of Balochistan and vows to continue till Liberation of Balochistan. 22.5.04

Bomb exploded at CID office in Quetta


A powerful bomb exploded in CID (Criminal investigation Department) in Quetta Thursday.


According to sources a powerful bomb exploded in CID (Criminal Investigation Department) in Quetta severely damaging the building. The explosion very powerful the explosion was heard from several miles. It spread panic amongst the law enforcement agencies and the local residents.


The agencies blocked the area and started the search for the attackers but all in wane.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the explosion. 21.5.04

FC hit in rocket attack in Sui


Baloch freedom fighters lunched an attack on law enforcement agencies check post in Sui on Wednesday night.


According to sources eleven rockets were fired on law enforcement agencies check post. The check post completely destroyed heavy casualties are believed but FC refused to disclose details. 20.5.04

Bomb exploded at radio station in QuettaA powerful bomb exploded at radio station in Quetta Capital of Balochistan. According to sources a powerful bomb exploded in radio station, which badly damaged the radio station and other nearby buildings.


The incident occurred at 9:0clock on Wednesday night. After the bomb explosion authorities cordon off the area, so far no arrest has been made.


The public has lost all trust of the law enforcement agencies because the law enforcement agencies have completely failed to prevent such attacks throughout Balochistan that have been going on for more then five years. In result of these attacks the State agencies have lost all credibility and repute.


BLA (Baloch liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the explosion. 20.5.04

Sui rocket attack on FC check post


Rocket fired on Frontier Corps check post near Sui. Baloch freedom fighters fired several rockets form nearby area of Sui FC check post. Which hit Frontier Corps check post.


The rockets exploded with a violent bang. The rocket attack spread fear and harassment amongst the authorities in the area.


Local administration lodged FIR against unknown persons. The attackers escaped successfully. 15.5.04

Bomb explosion shook Quetta

A bomb explosion took place in the area of Jang News paper office on Jamait Rai road. According to sources at 6:20 pm a bomb exploded with a big bang in the area of Jamait Rai road near Jang newspaper office.

It smashed the windowpanes of the nearby buildings. After the explosion, bomb disposal squad cordoned off the area and started investigation. There was panic amongst the police.

Police lodged FIR against unknown persons. However no arrest has so far been made.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the explosion. 12.5.04

Yet again six rockets fired on Sui

Baloch freedom fighters fired six rockets from nearby area on FC Camp in Sui.



Which hit Frontier Camp, causing damage to the Camp. After exchange of fire the attackers escaped successfully. There was fear and panic amongst to FC personnel and Sui Gas management. Local administration lodged FIR against unknown attackers.



It in worth mentioning that such attacks on government installations by Baloch freedom fighters have become a matter of routine through out Balochistan and other provinces, it is observed that the resistance is picking up momentum and support. 11.5.04


More Rocket attacks in Sui


More attacks on FC check posts and Gas wells by Baloch freedom fighters in Sui. According to sources Baloch freedom fighters fired several rockets on Sui Frontier Corps check post and Gas well No. 72 and 20. Which caused damage to the check post and Gas wells.


Sources believes losses of lives and property but an official of Sui Southern Gas Company said that the wells received damages but no casualties. The attackers escaped successfully. 10.5.04

FC check posts and Gas wells under rocket attack in Sui


Baloch freedom fighters attacked FC check posts and Gas wells in Sui.


According to sources in three different attacks Baloch freedom fighters fired sixteen rockets on a Gas well and Frontier Corps check posts and Camp.


At 9:15 am the Baloch freedom fighters fired nine rockets on Frontier Corps check posts from near by area, which caused damage to the check post. Sources believed that FC sustained casualties but the authorities refused to disclose any facts.


In other reports Baloch freedom fighters fired seven rockets on Gas well. The Gas well was seriously damaged. After exchange of firing the attacked escaped successfully. 9.5.04

Three injured in Quetta bomb explosion
Three people, including a police constable, were badly injured in a bomb explosion at the bicycle stand of the Balochistan High Court here on Friday. "The bomb was planted in a bicycle parked at the stand” the injured constable was present at the stand when the blast took place.


According to sources, the explosion occurred at around 10.30am when hundreds of people were present in the court building. The blast was so powerful that it jolted the court building and the nearby provincial assembly building. The sound of the blast was heard in many parts of the city.


The assembly was in session when the bomb exploded. Windowpanes of nearby buildings were shattered due to the impact of the blast while three cars parked near the bicycle stand were damaged. The wreckage of the parked cycles scattered over a 100-yard area.


The injured, police constable Mohammad Zaman, and two others Nazir Ahmed Shah and Faisal Mehmood - who received splinters of the explosive device, were taken to the Civil Hospital.


Soon after the explosion senior police officers and local authorities reached the spot and started investigations. "An unknown man had parked his bicycle 25 minutes before the blast," said a police official, adding that the man was issued token No. 50 by the police constable who was posted at the bicycle stand.

Meanwhile, the chief minister presided over a meeting after the Quetta blast and ordered immediate transfer of officers and other staff of all police stations of Quetta who had been working on their posts since long.


He directed that security arrangements should be strengthened and more force should be deployed at all places of government buildings, important installations and especially Army cantonments in Balochistan.

Meanwhile, a powerful blast exploded near the railway reservation office on Thursday night, but caused no injuries. The glass wall of the reservation office and windowpanes of the station building were smashed.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the explosion. 8.5.04

A powerful bomb exploded at Railway station in Quetta


A powerful bomb exploded at Railway station in Quetta, destroying the reservation office and damaging the nearby buildings.


According to sources a powerful bomb explosion took place in Railway station Quetta destroying the reservation office and damaging other nearby buildings in the station. The Glasses of nearby buildings smashed.


The explosion spread fear and harassment in the area. The police registered case against unknown persons. No arrest has been made so far.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the explosion. 7.5.04

Rocket attack on Gas pipeline & FC check post in Sui
Baloch freedom fighters attacked with rockets and other heavy weapons on FC check post and the main Gas pipeline which is caring Gas to Punjab, Sindh, NWFP and Kashmir.

According to sources Baloch freedom fighters attacked on FC check post and main Gas pipeline. Some rockets landed near Gas well No.78. A rocket hit on electricity tower, power supply to area remain suspended cause of attack.

The sources believe that FC persons are also injured. The Local administration lodged FIR against unknown attackers. The attackers escaped successfully. 5.5.04

Car bomb attack in Gwadar three Chinese workers killed, 11 injured
Three Chinese engineers working on the Gwadar seaport project were killed and eleven others were injured in a car bomb attack on Monday, police and hospital officials said.


The attack occurred early in the morning as the bus was taking at least 12 Chinese workers to the Gawadar port, about 500 kilometers (300 miles) west of Karachi, said Sattar Lasi, a police officer in Gawadar.


A car was parked near the port and it exploded as the bus reached the port,' Lasi said. He said it was not clear if it was a suicide attack or the car was exploded by remote control.


Authorities have not yet found the remains of any bomber inside the car, he said, though the force of the blast will make it hard to determine whether someone was inside.


Eleven people were injured _ nine of them Chinese _ in the explosion, Lasi said. The others were a Pakistani driver and security guard. The dead and injured were brought to Gwadar Civil Hospital. Three of the injured were in serious condition, a doctor said.

In a joint communiqué BLF (Balochistan Liberation Front) and BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attacks and vowed to continue their struggle until they rid Balochistan of Punjabi domination and stop the plunder of Baloch national wealth. 4.5.04


Gas supply suspended after rocket attack in Sui
A rocket attack reported to have been carried out by a group of 15 Baloch freedom fighters in which a 20-inch diameter Gas pipeline was blown up near the village of Hajano in the Tangwani area on Sunday.

The Gas supply to several parts of country remain suspended. An explosion which destroyed pipeline left a 30-foot crater. Gas supply was suspended to Karachi, Hyderabad, Dadu, Sukkar, Shikarpur, Nawabsdhah and various cities of Country.

A heavy contingent of police from the Tangwani, Risaldar and Bhitai Clolony police stations and Frontier Corps and Rangers personal rushed to the site of the blast. The Sui Southern Gas Company officials also visited the area. Administration lodged FIR against unknown persons. The attackers escaped successfully. 03.05.04

A bomb explosion shook Quetta city
A bomb explosion took place in the area of Railway housing Society. According to sources a powerful bomb exploded in Railway housing society in the house of Mr Haleem Mazari on Saturday evening.

The house was badly damaged and glasses of nearby buildings were also broken due to the explosion.

The police has registered case against unknown attackers. However no arrest have been made so far. 02.05.04


Sui rocket fired on FC check post
Rocket fired on China FC check post near Sui. According to sources Baloch Freedom Fighters fired several rockets from near by area on Frontier Corps check post. Which hit Frontier Corps check post causing damaged to the check post.

The rocket firing spread fear and harassment in the area. The FC opened indiscriminate firing but the attackers escaped successfully. The administration cordon off the area and begin searching for the attackers. 27.04.04


Bomb explosion on Ghalib Road near Quetta Radio Station


A bomb explosion took place in the area of Quetta Radio Station on Ghalib Road Quetta.


According to sources a bomb exploded with a big bang in the area of Ghalib road near Quetta Radio Station. It smashed the window panes of the near by buildings.


The bomb sparked panic and harassment among the people. Police lodged FIR against unknown persons. How ever no arrest has so far been made.


A Liberation Movement of Balochistan BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility of the explosion. 24.04.04

Three rockets landed near Kohlu FC check post


Baloch freedom fighters attack on Frontier Corps check post in Kohlu. According to sources Baloch freedom fired three rockets on FC check post from Jandran Mountains, which hit FC, check post causing damaged the check post.


It is believe that FC persons are also injured in the attack. The rocket firing spread fear and harassment in the area. The attackers managed to escaped to the mountains. Local administration has registered case against unknown attackers but no arrest has been made so far. 24.04.04

Rocket attack on Sui Gas field and FC check post


Rocket attack damaged major Gas pipeline and destroyed Check post of Security forces and Frontier Corps.


According to sources 20-armed Baloch freedom fighters fired more than 30 rockets on main Gas pipeline, Frontier Corps check post and Security forces check post. Six rockets landed on main Gas pipeline alone Sindh Balochistan border taking Gas from Sui to other parts of country. The pipeline was completely destroyed.


The Gas supply was disrupted leaving many areas without Gas supply and several rockets hit a near by check posts of Frontier Corps and Security Forces. Check post of Security forces sustained serous damages due to the attack. Sources said that three security persons were seriously injured.


The Frontier Corps and Security forces opened indiscriminate firing but the attackers escaped successfully. The administration cordon off area and begin searching for the attackers.


Do remember that in the last few years many times the Gas pipeline, which is supplying Gas to Punjab, has been blown up and Gas supply disrupted to different parts of Country. 23.04.04

Rocket hit China FC check post in Sui


Baloch freedom fighters fired several rockets on China FC check post in Sui. According to sources Baloch freedom fighters attack on China Frontier Corps check post with rockets and heavy weapons.


Rockets landed near Frontier Corps check post. Two rockets hit on a vehicle of FC. Vehicle was completely destroyed which was used by FC persons for patrolling of area.


Investigations are in hand. However no arrest were made. 23.04.04

Four rockets hit on FC check post in Kohlu


Once again Baloch Freedom Fighters attack on Frontier Corps check post in Kohlu. According to sources Baloch freedom Fighters fired four rockets from Jandran Mountains. Which landed near FC check post destroying a water tank, which used to carry water for FC check post.


The water tanker was totally destroyed and FC check post also damaged. Concerned authorities have registered the case against unknown attackers and no arrest has been made.
How ever intense fear and harassment spread through out the area. 23.04.04


Five bombs exploded in Jacobabad Airport


Five powerful bombs went off in different sides of Jacobabad Airport. However no loss of life was reported but wall of Airport was blown up.


According to sources five bombs explosion took place in Jacobabad Airport where American Marines are present from three years. The bombs blast sparked panic among the Americans Marines and people.


Police has registered case against unknown persons. However no arrest has been made. 22.04.04

Six rockets were fired on FC check post in Kohlu


Baloch freedom fighters fired six rockets on FC check post in Kohlu. According to sources Baloch freedom fighters fired six rockets from Kishk mountains, which landed near Frontier Corps check post. Kishk FC check post was completely destroyed by the attack.


According to Local people FC sustained heavy losses damages, but FC Major claimed no losses of life. The attackers escaped successfully.22.04.04

Bomb rocks Sariab road Quetta


A bomb explosion took place near a member of Pakistan worker Party Mr Agha Umer Ahmed Zai house in Sariab Road Quetta.


According to sources a bomb exploded on Sariab Road near Agha Umer Ahmed Zai house. The house of Mr Umer damaged and due to powerful explosion the glasses of near by buildings were broken. Some time after the explosion bomb squad rushed to the spot and started investigations.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility for the attack. 22.04.2004

Bomb explosion in Balochistan University


A bomb explosion took place in Balochistan University. However no losses of life and property were reported.


According to sources a bomb exploded with a big bang in Balochistan University. Governor of Balochistan Ouas Ghani and other high officials were present in the University when the explosion took place.


It is worth mentioning despite tall claim by the authorities the police has badly failed to capture the attackers while such attack become a routine in the capital of Balochistan and the different parts of the country.


This shows that is no one man is behind in these attacks but it is a popular movement in Balochistan and it seems to be picking up movement. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility for the attack. 20.04.04

Three Rockets hit FC check post in Kohlu


Several Rockets fired on FC check post near Kohlu. Baloch freedom fighters attacked a FC Check post in Kohlu. The post was attacked in the late hours of the evening.


The rockets hit FC check post. The check post was completely destroyed. Due to the attack fear and harassment spread amongst the FC personnel and the authorities. The authorities have registered case against unknown persons.
No arrest has been made till the release of this news. 19.04.04


Sui FC check post hit by Rockets


Rockets fired on FC check post near Sui. According to reports Baloch Freedom Fighters fired four rockets from a near by area of Sui on FC check post, which landed in the vicinity of Frontier Corps post causing damage and casualty.


Sources said that two FC personnel sustained injuries in this attack, but the official sources denied of any casualties, but accepted that they suffer loss of property.
Police took investigations in hand and lodged FIR against unknown persons.19.04.04


Missiles fired on FC check post in Kohlu


Baloch freedom fighters attack FC check post with missile in Kohlu.


According to local news papers Baloch Freedom fighters fired two missiles from Jandran Mountains, which landed near FC check post causing damage to the check post.


The concerned authorities have registered the case against unknown persons and no arrest has been made however intense fear and harassment spread through out the area. 16.04.04

Kohlu Rocket fired on FC check post


Rocket fired on FC check post near Kohlu, According to sources Baloch freedom fighters fired three rockets from Jandran Mountains, which landed near Frontier Corps check post. There was fear and harassment in the area.


The attackers managed to escape to the mountains. Police lodged FIR against unknown attackers. However no arrest has been made so far. 14.04.04

Rockets hit Bambore Rifle check post in Sui


According to sources Baloch freedom fighters fired several rocket-propelled grenades on Bambore Rifle FC check post near RD 238 in Sui. Five rocket-propelled grenades hit Bambore Rifle check-post. It is believed two FC persons were seriously injured.
The fighter escaped successfully. The police have lodged FIR against unknown persons. However no arrest has been made so far. 13.04.04


Four rockets hit FC check post near Sui


Four rockets fired on RD 248 and 328 on FC check post near Pinhor Sonhari in Sui.


According to sources some armed persons fired four rockets, which hit on RD 248 and 328 on FC check post near Pinhor Sonhari in Sui, causing damaged to the check post.


It is believe that the FC persons are also injured in the attack but the officials are denying of any casualty. The rockets firing spread fear in the area. The attackers escaped successfully. 12.04.04

A bomb blast at a police both in Quetta


According to source a bomb explode in a police booth with a big bang in Quetta Cantonment area, totally it destroying the police both. Soon after the explosion bomb disposal squad rushed to the spot. The explosion also cause damage to Institute of police training centre.


There was fear and harassment in the area. The police lodged FIR against unknown persons, however no any arrest made and investigation is continued.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility for the attack.11.04.04

Three rockets fired on FC camp near Kahan


Baloch freedom fighters fired three rockets on FC (Frontier Corps) camp near Kahan in Kohlu district.


According to sources armed persons fired three rockets from near by mountains. Two rockets landed at FC check post causing damaged to the check post. Local people believe that heavy losses but Government denied any loss of life.


And the third rocket hit in park vehicle of FC. The vehicle was completely destroyed. There was fear and harassment in the area. The attackers escaped successfully. 9.04.04

Two powerful bomb blast rock Quetta


According to sources two powerful bombs went off in different places of Quetta. The first explosion took place on Joint road having no casualty. The bomb exploded near the house of Choudary Mohammad Ashraf building No: 123 at 4:00 pm. The bomb damaged near by buildings.


The second blast took place in Railway colony damaging Gas pipeline and also broke the glasses of nearby buildings. The explosions were so sever that they were heard several kilometres away from the site. Senior officials of police and bomb disposal squads rushed to the spot and started probe in the matter. However no any arrest were made.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility for the attacks. 8.04.04

Three Rockets hit Kohlu city

Three rocket hit Kohlu city on Sunday, two rockets landed in a Government officers house due to absence of family no any causality is reported.

According to sources three rockets were hurled from nearby mountains two of rockets hit a house of a Government officer. The building completely demolished.

Due to absence of persons no loss of life is reported. There was fair and harassment amongst the people. The shops closed due to panic. 5.4.04

Two killed, nine injured in landmine explosion in Kohlu

District Naib nazim Kohlu Changaiz Khan Marri and ADO Agriculture Qadir Bakhsh Kasarani killed and 9 levies persons injured when their vehicle hit a landmine laid along the roadside on Sunday.

According to sources District Naib Nazim Kohlu Changaiz Khan Marri with his relative Ghulam Mustafa s/o late Chief Justice Mohammad Nawaz Marri, ADO Agricultue Qadir Bakhsh Kasarani were going in a pick up escorted by levies on Sunday afternoon.

When they reached at Kishk top about 5km from Kohlu, a mine planted in the mid of the road went off. As a result one Qadir Bakhsh died on the spot. District Naib Nazim, Ghulam Mustafa, levies men Saeed, Amir Khan and 6 other were wounded seriously.

They were referred to Dera Ghazi Khan Hospital for treatment. Nazim Changaiz Khan later succumbed to injuries in the way. Due to powerful mine explosion the vehicle was totally destroyed. A probe was underway in to the explosion. 4.4.04


Bulldozer destroyed in a rocket attack

A bulldozer parked near a building was totally destroyed in Kohlu when a rocket directly hit it early on Friday.

According to details, Baloch Freedom Fighters fired several rockets at a government building in Kohlu one rocket hit and destroyed a bulldozer parked in the building.

The bulldozer reduced to rubble after receiving direct rocket hit. The building was also damaged by the rockets which were fired from the nearly hills.

No loss of life was reported. The attackers escaped from the scene. A case was registered and investigation. 03.04.04


Main Gas pipeline blown up in Sui

Baloch freedom fighters attack the main Gas pipeline, supplying Gas to Punjab, Kashmir, Sindh and NWFP Gas supply suspended to the provinces following the attack.

According to details Gas supply suspended to the provinces following the attack on the Gas pipeline in the border area of Sindh-Balochistan in the early hours on Tuesday.

According to reports the Gas pipeline exploded with the bang near Goth Gull Mohammad Jhakrani in RD-125 Pat Feeder area. It is border area between district Jafar Abad and Jacobabad.

Due to attack the Gas pipelines a four feet piece of Main pipeline was blown up and supply to entire country was suspended early in this morning. This pipeline supplies 500 to 700 million cubic feet of Gas to Sui plant from Zam Zama Gas field. Gas company Engineers and administrations reached the site and under took repair of pipeline.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility for the attack. 31.3.04

Bomb exploded in Irrigation office in Kohlu

A bomb exploded in Irrigation office in Kohlu Wednesday early morning at 10 am.

According to sources a powerful bomb exploded in Kohlu in Irrigation office. The building and vehicles received severe damages. There was harassment and panic in the area.

BPLF Baloch Peoples Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the attack. 31.3.04

Rockets hit China Check-post in Sui

Baloch freedom fighters launched an armed attack on Frontier Corps check-post on Monday.

According to sources the attackers fired several rockets out of which three hit frontier corps check post named China Check post while some fell nearby. The mention check post was demolished in an attack few days before and was reconstructed.

The Punjab rangers closed the Kashmore-Sui road from 8pm to 6am to avert causalities. The road on the Sindh-Punjab border was also closed due to which passengers faced great difficulties. Earlier on Sunday night Baloch freedom fighters pounded rockets on FC check post near Zafar colony.

Local authorities cordoned off the area and started search for the attackers however the fighters escaped successfully. 30.3.04


Three rockets hit FC check post
Baloch freedom Fighters pounded three rockets on FC check post situated at Kohlu besides firing at the personnel manning the picket and managed to flee the scene on Sunday.

The FC personnel returned fire. Firing which lasted for quite some time did not cause any causality. FC has cordoned off the area and started search for the attackers. 28.3.04


A bomb exploded in Zhob

A powerful bomb exploded near a house in Zhob. According to sources a heavy bomb went off in Zhob near Haji Feroz khan house, which was planted near the wall of the house.

Near by buildings glasses broke, despite tall claims of police no one is arrested yet. There was fear and harassment in the area. Police lodged FIR against unknown persons.

There was an uncertain atmosphere, people of area have anger on negligence police. No loss of life is reported yet. 28.3.04

Rocket attack on FC Check Post in Kohlu

Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked with rockets and heavy weapons on FC Check post in Kohlu on Thursday evening.

According to sources Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked on Frontier Corps check post with rockets and heavy weapons from Jandran Mountains. The assailants first fired rockets and then opened fire with heavy weapons.

The Check post completely demolished and the people of area believe of heavy losses. 26.3.04


Balochistan in blackout as towers blown up

Baloch Freedom Fighters blew up three huge pylons carrying two 220KV transmission lines between Sibi and Belput area, shutting down two-thirds of the power supply to Balochistan.


The power was being supplied from the Giddu and Uch power stations. "Pillars were blown up with explosive material destroying three huge towers," a spokesman of the Quetta Electricity Supply Company (Qesco) said here on Wednesday. He added that the attack took place last night.


A vast area of Balochistan was plugged into the darkness as 25 grid stations supplying electricity to various areas of the province went off-line. Balochistan gets 580MWs of electricity from Giddu and Uch power plants daily.


"Quetta was short of around 380MW power supply daily from both the powers plants due to the blowing up of the three towers," the Qesco spokesman told.

"Work on the huge towers would take at least four to five days," the Qesco spokesmen said, and that all necessary equipment had been dispatched to the site.


Mohammad Khan, the Tehsildar of Sibi said that investigation was in progress in this connection. However, no arrest has been reported.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 25.3.04


Quetta shook with a heavy bomb blast
A heavy bomb blast took place in Quetta on Inscomb Road near the residence of Dr, Zahir Shah at 8:40 at night. The bomb went off with a big bang causing crakes in the walls.

There was harassment everywhere. The explosion caused a deep crate in the ground the authorities reached the spot. No loss of life is reported but the authorities are assessing the losses of the building. The investigations are being conducted to reach the attackers.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the explosion. 23.3.04


FC Check post under rockets attack in Kohlu

According to reports published in the various newspapers from Quetta it has been informed that eight Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked Frontier Corps Check post and hurled several rockets.

The rockets landed near the post and caused deep holes in the ground the loss of properties and lives in not known. The attackers succeeded in escaping. The investigation started against the attackers. 23.3.04


China FC Check post in Sui attacked
FC Check post namely China Check post was attacked by Baloch Freedom Fighters. The Baloch armed men also fired at the check post with automatic weapons. The said check post was completely destroyed and the losses regarding property and personal could not be known.

It has been the practices of the FC not to disclose their losses. However, the people of the area believe that the Government forces Frontier Corps might have received heavy losses both of property and lives. 23.3.04


Two Bomb blasts in Quetta government Offices

Two Bomb blasts in Quetta on Saturday, damaging the buildings of QDA and DGH no casualty reported.

According to detailed information: Two bomb explosions occurred near the Offices of QDA (Quetta Development Authority) and the DGH (Directorate of Director General of Health Quetta) causing serous damage to the property but no casualty has been reported. The two incidences occurred consecutively on Saturday.

The bombs exploded with big bang. There was fear and panic amongst the people and authorities. The authorities rushed to the occurrence spot, and started investigation but no arrest has been reported as yet.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility for the attacks. 21.3.04


Kohlu under Volleys of Rocket attack

Several Rockets were hurled from Jandaran hills, which landed on Frontier Corps Check Post and Nesoba Dam in Kohlu on Saturday.

According to reports Baloch Freedom Fighters fired several Rockets from Jandaran hills on Frontier Corps Check Post near Kohlu, damaging the post and casualties also feared. Mean while in different incidence several rockets were of FC team, in Nesoba Dam area, a few rockets hit the Dam causing deep craters in it. Frontier Corps also sustained severe losses of life and property.

The FC is covering up the extent of the losses and maintaining their silence. The authorities have carried out the blockade of the area and extensive measures are being adopted to get hold of attackers.

It is interesting to note that since several years the bomb explosion and Rocket attacks have been taking place in the Kohlu and surrounding areas but the authorities have badly failed to curb the attackers.

BPLF (Baloch Peoples Liberation Front) claimed the responsibility. 21.3.04


Heavy bomb explosion in Dalbandin causing Casualties

Three persons were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion, which occurred near Dalbandin in the Chagai district on Saturday.


The incident occurred in the Basso Karez village some 30 kilometers Northwest of Dalbandin three persons killed and one received serious injuries and was rushed to Quetta for treatment.

According to Press information a heavy bomb explosion occurred in the surrounding area of Dalbandin in Baso Soran. Nadir Khan, Mohammad Azam and Kiffayatullah were killed and Muneer Ahmed serious injuries. The injured person was shifted to Quetta for treatment.

The blast caused wide spread harassment in the area. The authorities have started investigation. 21.3.04


Two bomb explosions shook Zhob
There were two powerful bomb explosions in Zhob District on Friday morning; the first explosion took place near a Medical store while the second in front of a Bakery.

According to Station Head Officer of Police of Zhob District Mohammad Isahaq said that two bombs blast occurred in Zhob first near a Medical store and second in the front of Kashmir Bakery. As a result of these explosions the said shops received worth mentioning damages but no loss of lives.

Due to the harassment the shops were closed and the entire bazaar went deserted. The SHO further informed over Telephone that the investigations are underway and efforts are being made to apprehend the persons involved in the activities. 20.3.04


Two more bombs blast in Quetta

Two more bombs blasts in Quetta. According to details: it has been learnt that two explosions took place in the Capital of Balochistan causing extensive damage to government property, panic prevailed amongst the authorities.

The two explosions took place in the area of Saddar police station at half past seven and quarter past ten respectively.

It is interesting to mention that tell late night SHO’s Bijli Road Police Station and Saddar Police Station were denying the blasts, as they are afraid of displacing actions them, because the Provincial Government is intended to hold the concerned police officers responsible for occurrence.

Baloch Freedom Fighters of BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attacks. 20.3.04


Bomb blast near DAO house in Khuzdar


A heavy Bomb exploded near the main gate of DAO’s District assistant officer’s house in Khuzdar on Wednesday night at 9:00 pm causing damage to the property but no loss of life has been reported.


According to details a powerful Bomb exploded near the main gate of DAO’s District assistant officer’s house in Khuzdar on Wednesday night at 9:00 pm. The explosion causing damage to the property but no loss of life has been reported.


The incidence left fear and panic amongst the residence of the area. Law enforcement agency tightened security, and started investigations. 29.9.04

One killed, nine hurt in Quetta blast


An unidentified person was killed and nine injured when a powerful bomb planted on his bicycle went off near Governor house here on Tuesday evening, police said.


Nine passers-by, including a woman, were also wounded in the blast, which occurred around 6.00 pm on Jafar Khan Jamali Road. Windowpanes of nearby buildings and vehicles, plying on the road, were also smashed by the thud of the blast.


Soon after the explosion, police and other law-enforcement agencies cordoned off the area, as the Bomb Disposal Squad started its investigations. The BDS officials said it was a locally made time device weighing two to two and a half kilograms. 29.9.04

FC check post in Kohlu attacked


Baloch freedom fighters attacked a Frontier Constabulary (FC) check post with rockets in Kohlu here on Sunday. No loss of life but heavy damage to property was reported till last reports came in.


It has been told that Baloch freedom fighters fired rockets at a check post of Frontier Constabulary (FC) Chandarah, which landed in FC base in Kohlu and exploded causing damage to the base. Extent of the damage is unknown but it is believed to be quite severe. 26.9.04

Three policemen and an alleged attacker killed in Quetta


Three policemen and an alleged assailant were killed and three others policemen injured on Saturday when unknown attackers ambushed the official vehicle of a DSP investigation in Wahdat Colony.


"It was a terrorist attack," Pervez Rafi Bhatti, DIG Quetta Range, told Dawn, adding that unknown armed men waiting for police officer Nisar Kazmi had opened indiscriminate fire at his vehicle.


"Kazmi was their target as he was the main police officer playing an important role in the investigation into terrorist attacks in Quetta and close to exposing the main gang," he said.


"A head constable and two other policemen died on the spot while the attacker succumbed to his injuries in a hospital," police officials said, adding that the injured include DSP (CIA) Nisar Kazmi and one of his security guards.


Another policeman identified as Mohammad Ismail was also injured later in the exchange of fire with the armed men in the Khrotabad area, a locality on the outskirts of Quetta, where the injured attacker was found, a senior police officer said.


According to police sources, DSP Nisar Kazmi had left his house in Wahdat Colony at around 9.45am for the CIA centre. When he reached near a small causeway at the intersection of Killi Deba and the colony, unknown armed men sitting in a Suzuki van opened indiscriminate fire on the vehicle, killing three policemen and injuring two others, including Nisar Kazmi.


The three policemen killed in the attack were identified as head constables Younas Changezi and Mazhar Ali, and driver Khuda Bakhsh.


Police mobiles chased the fleeing attackers and found the Suzuki van abandoned in the Kharotabad area and another vehicle snatched from a carpet merchant.


The police continued the chase and after heavy exchange of fire arrested an alleged attacker who was badly injured. Later he succumbed to the injuries.


According to locals the deceased was not an attacker but a local who had gone out to get medicine and was on his way back to his house when the police shot him in the head. Locals and were outraged at the incidence and staged a protest and burnet tyres and blocked all roads and demanded the dismissal of all the police officers involved in killing of innocent citizens and branding them terrorists.


Meanwhile, shops, markets, shopping centres and business establishments were closed in the provincial capital as a rumour of killing of innocent people by police spread in the city, some shops also were attacked.


The whole city was closed down within a few minutes and local buses stopped plying in the area. Immediately, the police and other law enforcement agencies were deployed in the main bazaars to meet any untoward incident.


The police through megaphones asked the business community to open their shops and markets while same announcements were also made from the main mosques of the city. 26.9.04

Rocket attack on Rangers post, two killed five injured in Rojhan Mazari


Baloch freedom fighters fired rockets over the check post killing two Rangers men on the spot while five personnel were seriously injured who were shifted to the district headquarters hospital Rajanpur.


Rockets were fired over an under-construction police check post near Rojhan area of Rajanpur, killing two Rangers sepoy Amjad and Naeem whereas five others Ahmed Yar, Butta, Javed, Urfan, and Younas were injured in the attack on Thursday.


The incident occurred at the under construction police check post number 11 at Jatro adjacent to Punjab-Balochistan border area, Rajanpur police sources said. 25.9.04

Two rangers killed two serious injured in Rojan Jamali


Baloch freedom fighters launched an attack on a police check post in Rojan Jamali killing two Rangers while two others sustained serious injuries on Thursday.


It has been told that two rangers were killed while two others sustained serious injuries when Baloch freedom fighters opened fire on their check post with light and heavy weaponry.


It is pertinent to mention that such attacks on law enforcement agencies and rangers check posts in this area of Sindh-Balochistan border and Balochistan-Punjab border area is a matter of routine since last few years.17.9.04

Rockers hit Rangers check post in Rajanpur


Unknown armed men attacked rangers check post with rockets in the border area of Balochistan and Punjab at Rajanpur.


According to details, two Rangers official’s sustained serious injuries in a rocket attack at rangers check post in the border area of Balochistan and Punjab surrounding Rajanpur.


As soon as the news was heard, officials of rangers and law enforcement agencies started search of the attackers who immediately managed to flee from the scene after attacking the ranger check post with rockets. 15.9.04

Soldier among 3 killed in attack on Rangers Picket


Two Rangers soldier and one attacker were killed in an attack on Rangers picket at Rojhan Mazari area at Kashmore near Sindh-Balochistan-Punjab border.


Two camels were also killed during exchange of fire between the Rangers and the assailants who came there riding camels and resorted to target Rangers picket with heavy weapons.


The Punjab Elite Force encircled the area soon after the incident and as a result Indus Highway was blocked that caused traffic jam for many hours.


Earlier five Rangers soldiers and three women and children were killed in clash between Rangers and unidentified assailants three days back. 14.9.04

Three laborers injured in landmine blast near Dera Bugti


At least three persons were seriously injured when their tractor they were mounted on crept on a landmine in Dera Bugti.


As per reports reached here in Mat Mondarani near Sui a tractor trolley crept on a land mine when it was on its way to Mauza Baghar Gat.


The trolley was completely destroyed while driver and two labourers were seriously injured. They were rushed to a local hospital for medical attention. 9.9.04

Four FC men injured in grenade attack in Chaghai


Four Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel were injured on Friday in a grenade attack on Chaghai militia gate in Naushki, some 200 kilometres from the Balochistan capital.


Officials in Chaghai district said that attackers opened fire and threw a hand grenade at FC men. An FC spokesman in Quetta said the four men seriously injured were admitted to Hospital.
Meanwhile, three explosions took place near a police station in Khuzdar district late at night. There was panic amongst the authorities. According to the people one rocket also fired from near by area which landed near Police station.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 28.8.04

Rocket attack on FC picket near Sui


Baloch freedom fighters fired rockets and hurled hand grenades at the picket of the Frontier Constabulary at Lanjoo Chakrani near Sui, Balouchistan, on Monday, according to reports from the area. The attackers escaped when Constabulary troops fired back.


No loss of life was reported in the attack, the latest in series of assaults in which Sui gas pipelines and other government property have been targeted, as well as the law-enforcement agencies themselves. Meanwhile, five explosive devices are reported to have gone off in Sui. The bomb disposal squad defused a few others, the reports said. 24.8.04

Two injured in shooting


Baloch freedom fighters fired at the vehicle of Executive Engineer injuring two people in the car. According to information Baloch Freedom Fighters fired at the vehicle of Executive Engineer, Mohammed Ibrahim in the area of Kachi Canal.


Two people namely, Shehbad the driver of the car and one other person namely Mohammed Shah sitting in the car were seriously injured. Police has registered a case against unknown persons. 24.8.04

FC check post attacked near Kohlu


Unidentified men on Tuesday fired five rockets at a Frontier Constabulary check post in Party, some 25 kilometers from Kohlu. The check post completely destroyed and sources believe loss of life.


Police registered a case against the unidentified attackers. Meanwhile, a law enforcement agencies personnel was seriously injured when a landmine went off which he was. The landmine was planted by unidentified persons on Paza Neeli road.


Law enforcement agencies arrested dozens of suspected men by raiding various localities in Old Sui to reach the persons responsible for Monday’s attack on a military vehicle, which killed five army soldiers. 18.8.04

Gas pipeline destroyed by blast in Muridke


A blast in Muridke’s industrial area destroyed the main gas pipeline on Monday night. No loss of life was reported in the incident.


Sui Northern Gas Private Ltd SNGPL sources said that the blast occurred at the main pipeline connected with Sailkot to supply gas to the industrial units near Muridke including Ittehad Chemicals. Personnel from various government agencies reached at the spot and start investigations and repair work.


SNGPL Managing Director Rasheed Lone told that unidentified persons blasted the main supply pipeline leading to Lahore and Sheikhupura with a time bomb. However, he said the repair work would complete in next 24 hours. 17.8.04

Two trains escape bombings on railway tracks


Two passenger trains narrowly escaped a major disaster when two bombs exploded on the main railway track near Nawabshah on Monday night.


A one-and-a -half foot portion of the railway track has been damaged. The first bomb exploded at 8:16pm on the Up line some two kilometres from Nawabshah railway station. 303 Up passenger train passed there some five minutes earlier. Police and reporters rushed to the spot.


The second bomb exploded at 8:55pm on the Down line a little distance from the place where the first bomb exploded. 312 Down passenger train was to pass from the track after about five minutes.


DSP Gul Phull, police constable Nasir Husain and a local journalist, Azizul Hasan, were injured. They were sent to hospital, where sources said both of Nasir’s legs were mangled. All trains were detained at various railway stations and the railway authorities were trying to restore rail traffic. 17.8.04

5 FC men killed in Sui ambushes and 25 rockets hit paramilitary base


Five paramilitary troops were killed and 12 others were wounded on Monday in two attacks, the first when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a vehicle carrying employees of the state-run Pakistan Petroleum Limited near the Sui gas fields, said Colonel Rizwan Malik, spokesman for the paramilitary Frontier Constabulary.


The attack occurred on a road near Sui, where the country’s main natural gas pipeline and other gas facilities were located, said Col Rizwan Malik, adding that no civilians were injured.


Four FC men who died during the attack were identified as Subedar Mohammad Nawaz, Lance Naik Khalil, Mohammad Saeed and Mohammad Din. The injured were taken to the Sui Hospital.


Following the attack, the administration imposed curfew in the area and law enforcement agencies launched house-to-house search to arrest the attackers.


In the second attack on the same road, rockets were fired at a convoy of army officers, killing one soldier injuring another soldier, both of whom had been escorting the officers, Malik said. Col Malik said they didn’t know who was behind the attack. He gave no other details.


Meanwhile, unidentified attackers on Monday fired 25 rockets at a paramilitary base in Sui. In exchange of fire the assailants escaped successfully, the State forces fired some rockets which struck two homes in the area, injuring four civilians. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility for the ambush. A local police officer Munir Gondal said they were still investigating.


He said the soldiers were patrolling in the area to guard the gas facilities when unidentified persons fired rockets from a nearby mountain. On Sunday in a similar kind of attack two men of Defence Security Guard Zulfiqar and Khan Mohammad were injured when unidentified attacked a Defence Security Guard vehicle. Later on one of the injured died of his injuries in hospital. 17.8.04

Six explosions rock Quetta


A series of six bomb explosions rocked the city on Saturday. Deputy Inspector General of Police Pervez Bhatti said. The police official said security was increased in the city on the eve of Independence Day of Pakistan.
Six bombs exploded in Quetta on Independence Day of Pakistan. The timers used in the devices are similar and it appears that only one organization is behind the blasts to create panic on Independence Day, Mr Bhatti said.


The blasts started around 12:45 pm. The sixth and last explosion occurred around one hour later near the railway station in Quetta, witnesses said. The blasts shattered windows in several buildings and houses and created panic in the area, residents said.

Two loud explosions on Friday night at 9:50 pm and 10:30 pm just 100 yards from Governor’s House caused panic among residents who had come out of their houses to watch the illuminations for Independence Day of Pakistan.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attacks.15.08.04


Water pipeline blown up in Sui


Unidentified men blew up the main water pipeline on Friday, suspending the water supply to the Sui gas plant.


Water is supplied to the Sui gas plant from the Guddu Barrage via Mazari Goth. The plant could be partially or completely closed if the water supply is not restored within the next 48 hours and the power supply across the country could be suspended if the situation persisted.


Baloch Liberation Army claimed the responsibility for the attack. 14.8.04

Two bombs explode in Quetta just 100 yards from Governor house


Two bombs exploded in a high-security area near Governor’s House on Friday. The loud explosions at 9:50pm and 10:30pm just 100 yards from Governor’s House caused panic among residents who had come out to look at the lights put up for Pakistan’s Independence Day.


The explosions were meant to create panic in the people celebrating Independence Day of Pakistan, The explosions damaged the wall of the information secretary’s house while windows of nearby houses were also shattered, The first bomb exploded near the railway station at 9.45pm on White Road near the house of Information Secretary Masood Khan.


Baloch liberation army claimed the responsibility for the attacks. 14.8.04

18 rockets fired on FC post and government office in Kohlu


Baloch freedom fighters fired 18 rockets targeting a paramilitary post and a government building in Kohlu on Thursday, Fourteen of the rockets fired in the pre-dawn attack landed near the paramilitary forces’ post and the four others fell near a government office in Kohlu, Rocket attacks against security forces and government installations are common in Kohlu, a most resource-rich district about 350 kilometers southeast of Quetta. No arrest has been made till the latest report.


Authorities suspect BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) for firing the rockets at the security forces, who are based in various parts of Balochistan, there are three momentum organizations BLA (Baloch Liberation Army), BPLF (Baloch People’s Liberation Front) and BLF (Baloch Liberation Front) have claimed most of attacks bomb explosions, landmine blasts, remote bomb blasts and rocket attacks against occupied security forces and Government installations.13.8.04

Mehran Express train fired upon in Balochistan

The train service between Quetta and Sibi was suspended for several hours after four armed men opened fire on a Karachi-bound train near the Aab-e-Gum area late Wednesday night, Railway officials said.


"None of the passenger was hurt in the firing on Mehran Express," a senior railway police officer said. The train service was restored on Thursday morning, he added. All Quetta-bound trains were stopped at the Sibi station after the firing.


Sources said that the Karachi-bound Mehran Express had left Quetta at around 7:30pm and reached Aab-i-Gum area late at night. The train's engine and a bogey sustained serous damage, sources said, adding that the engine's windshield had been smashed.


Railways police officials said that there were four armed men who escaped in a vehicle after firing at the train. A case has been registered against attackers. 6.8.04

FC post attacked in Chaghai


Baloch Freedom fighters fired several rockets at a Frontier Constabulary (FC) post in Chaghai on Tuesday. The attackers fled unhurt when FC soldiers retaliated. There was fear and harassment in the soldiers.


The rocket hit the walls of post. Rockets left big crates in wall and ground. Rocket attacking; bomb explosion on law enforcements has been a routine in Balochistan.


However most attacks has been claimed by an active organization Baloch Liberation Army, fighting for Baloch self determination in Balochistan. It is interesting to note that from last four years this organization is attacking on Government cantonments, FC checks posts and on Government installations but still authorities has been failed to stop the attacks. 4.8.04

BLA warns of more attacks if state terrorism not stopped


Baloch Liberation Army in a statement sent to journalists of Punjgoor Press Club. In their letter the BLA has warned that a series of attacks would take place throughout Balochistan on military installations and other Government properties, if the State terrorism were not stopped. And strongly condemn the arresting, torture, and killing of innocent Baloch people and political workers.


The letter also stated that “The liberation of Balochistan from the clutches of Punjab is our mission and we will offer any sacrifices for the rights of Baloch Nation.” 3.8.04

Balochistan CM Jam Yousuf survives attempt on life; two killed

A member of the Anti-Terrorist Force (ATF) was killed and two others were wounded when unidentified persons attacked the motorcade of Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Yousuf in Anjera area of district Khuzdar, some 290 kilometres off here, on Monday evening.

The chief minister survived the attempt on way to Quetta from Khuzdar, said Home Secretary Abdul Rauf Khan, adding that Jam remained unhurt in the attack. But an ATF constable was killed and two others were wounded during the attack, he said.

Independent sources from Khuzdar said two people — a constable of the ATF and an alleged attacker — were killed while two others were wounded in the cross-fire. The police had also arrested two attackers and recovered weapons from their possession, the sources added.

"When we were coming back to Quetta after holding a law and order meeting in district Khuzdar, some unknown assailants attacked the ATF vehicle in Anjera area," Jam Yousuf told The News from district Kalat by telephone. He said the government would take stern action against those involved in such attacks.

Reports said the assailants had taken positions at Anjera intersection and opened fire on the convoy with automatic weapons, as it approached them at around 6.30 pm. The attack was sudden and intense. The ATF men retaliated and killed one attacker and arrested two others, said one of the senior officials who traveled with the motorcade.

The deceased was identified as ATF Constable Musa Jan. The injured were shifted to the district headquarters hospital Kalat, where condition of one of the injured is stated to be critical. The injured were identified as Muhammad Saleem, driver, and Mazhar Khan. The chief minister was on his way back to Quetta but he stopped at Kalat district.

Officials of the Balochistan Home Department said they had increased security and patrolling in the area to trace out the other attackers. All incoming and outgoing routes have been sealed to apprehend the person behind the attack, they added.

"The assailants, who were hiding in the mountains, opened fire when the chief minister’s convoy passed the Anjera intersection," he said. The Khuzdar meeting took decisions on strengthening security on highways and military areas, Rauf said. Later reports said an injured police officer died of wounds in the Kalat hospital. 2.8.04


Rocket attack on FC camp in Kalat 20 killed and many hurt

Dozens of Rockets fired on FC Frontier Corps Head quarter in Kalat killing 20 FC personnel and injuring many injured.

According sources in an attack by Baloch Freedom Fighters on a FC camp in Kalat FC sustained heavy loss of life and property. It is believed that more then 20 FC personnel were killed and dozens injured in the attack.

When inquired FC authorities declined to comment on the matter. The attack was carried out during the late hours of the night and lasted for more then an hour. 2.8.04

Six soldiers killed and two seriously injured in Khuzdar
Six army soldiers were killed and two seriously injured when three Baloch Freedom Fighters gunmen attacked a vehicle in Khuzdar on Sunday, BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) claims responsibility.

Khuzdar, 300 kilometers southwest of Quetta, is the second major city of Balochistan.


Balochistan Inspector General of Police Chaudhry Yaqub said the off-duty soldiers in civilian dress were driving to a market in a pickup when the attackers sprayed it with bullets on Zinda Pir road. Five died immediately while one died in hospital.


He said the attackers escaped after firing with AK-47,s and hurling a grenade at the vehicle. He said that the attackers fled towards Katcha area controlled by the levies.

Those killed were identified as Iftikhar Shah, Amir Khan, Mohammad Mustafa, Mohammad Tariq, Mohammad Arshad and Mohammad Irfan, the driver. The two injured, Mansoor Ahmed and Ali Hasnain, have been admitted to the CMH Khuzdar.


The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has accepted responsibility for the attack.


Azad Baloch, representing the BLA, called international news agencies and said the Khuzdar attack was a reaction to the ongoing military operation in Turbat.


The situation is Khuzdar was tense. Security has been increased in Quetta, Khuzdar and other parts of Balochistan.


Asked about the BLA, Mr Yaqub said the attack could be a reaction to the Turbat operation. 2.8.04

18 rockets fired at FC check post in Sui
Baloch freedom fighters attacked at the Phata Nala Check post in Sui between the midnight of Thursday and Friday at 3:00 am. The rockets hit the check post completely demolishing the building, heavy loss of life and properties are feared.

While in an other attack 11 rockets were fired at Feeder Check post. The attackers fled after retaliatory fire form the Frontier Constabulary. The law enforcing agencies have further tightened security measures in the area after the incident. 31.7.04


A government vehicle set on fire
Some unknown persons set a fire a government vehicle in the area of Brewery road here on Friday. As per statement of the driver some young men stopped a vehicle of P&D and put that on fire.

Driver succeeded in saving his life. Police has registered a case and has started investigation and search of the attakers.31.7.04


Three blasts rock Gwadar

Three bomb explosions rocked Gwadar on Saturday morning, causing panic in the area.

The first bomb went off at 6:45am near the Gwadar police station followed by a second blast at the Gwadar Fish Harbor at 7am while a third bomb exploded behind Gwadar mosque at 8am.


According to the agency, the bomb explosion behind the Gwadar Police station has left a deep hole in the ground. After the incident, law enforcement agencies have tightened security for foreigners working in Gwadar. No arrest has been made so far.

An active organization, struggling for Baloch self determination BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) has claimed the responsibility for the attacks.31.07.04

30 rockets fired in Sui area


Baloch freedom Fighters fired 30 rockets on Wednesday apparently aimed at paramilitary troops guarding gas fields in south-western Pakistan, damaging homes although there were no casualties, a police official said.


Two rockets damaged four houses while the other rockets were fired over fields on the outskirts of Sui, said Rahim Jamot, a senior police official in the area. He said the troops returned fire and later detained seven tribesmen during a search operation. However, it was not immediately clear whether the captured men were directly involved in the attacks. Jamot said authorities are still searching for the attackers. 29.7.04

Two troops killed in rocket attack

Two army men have died and over three troops sustained injuries in a rocket attack on a security forces caravan in the coastal area of Turbat. A security forces caravan Monday was on its way from Gwadar to Turbat when a shell of RPG -7 was fired upon it in a hilly area.

According to the report, the caravan was going from Gwadar to Turbat when it was attacked in a hilly area. It said one Subedar and one Naib Subedar were killed and more than three soldiers were injured.

Director General (DG) Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Shaukat Sultan said that the unidentified men attacked a convoy of the security forces in the Gaddan area of Turbat City. He said they exchanged firing with the attackers.

Following this incident, massive search operation has been launched in the area. Military helicopters are also being used in this operation. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 26.7.04

2 soldiers reported killed in rocket attack in Balochistan

Two soldiers were killed and three others injured in a rocket attack on a military convoy in the Dramb mountainous area in Turbat, Balochistan Province in southern Pakistan, reports from the area said.

The rockets were fired near the site of the controversial Mirani Dam project opposed by local residents who said the project would destroy the environment without benefiting the local population. 27.7.04 Japantoday.com


Attack on FC check post in Kohlu

Baloch Freedom Fighters fired three rockets at Frontier Corps Check Post at Kohlu on the midnight of Saturday to Sunday. The activists fired three rockets near 2 am on Saturday night. The fired rockets exploded around the post with great intensity causing panic and fear amongst the FC personnel.

However no loss of life but damages to the property has been reported. The authorities have launched investigations into the incident. The attacker have escaped successfully after the attack.26.07.04

12 rockets fired at Mirani dam site
The site of the under-construction Mirani dam was rocked in the early hours of Friday when over a dozen rockets exploded in the residential area of the project, some 50Km from the Turbat city.


The rockets, along with hundreds of rounds of automatic weapons, were fired by unknown people from the nearby Mirani Mountains. At least three houses, an officers mess and generator room were damaged in the incident, a senior official of the Turbat administration told on telephone from Turbat. But no one was killed or wounded in the attack, he added.


Sources said that around half a dozen armed people came to the project site at around 3.30am in two vehicles and started firing rockets towards the residential area of Mirani dam project. Many rockets fired while three exploded near the residential area and damaged some houses, a mess and generator room.


Some attackers took positions at the Mirani mountains and fired hundreds of rounds towards the same site using automatic weapons. "Unknown people fired 14 rockets at the project site," official sources said, adding that they also fired around 500 rounds and fled in their vehicles.


Soon after the incident, the official concerned rushed to the site along with heavy contingent of levies and other law enforcement agencies. BLA Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack. 17.7.04


Bomb blast rocks Quetta

A powerful explosion rocked Quetta late on Friday night when a bomb went off in the residential area of Pir Abul-Kahir road, police said. No person was killed or injured in the blast but severe damage to the houses next to the blast.


Unknown people had planted the bomb near the house of Mohammad Aslam, a contractor. It exploded at 9.40pm with a big bang causing panic and harassment in area.

The attackers have successes in escaping. 17.07.04

Two policemen gunned down


Two policemen were killed and a passer by injured on Wednesday when armed men opened fire in Turbat bazaar.


Sources said that the armed men opened fire at Turbat police station SHO Manzoor Shahwani and head constable Gul Mohammad Baloch near Aslam Shah market in Turbat Bazaar killing the two police officials instantly, whereas a passer-by received bullet injuries. The killers escaped. 15.7.04

Main gas pipeline blown-up near Uch

The main transmission line of natural gas blown-up near Uch Sharif, some 100 miles south of Multan cutting off gas to thermal power stations on Tuesday.


Law enforcement agencies are investigating into the incidence. Various teams of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) arrived at Uch Sharif from Multan, Bahawalpur and other stations to monitor the situation. Gas to Ahmedpur East, Bahawalpur and other cities of the country had been disconnected.

According to SNGPL sources, three big underground pipelines passed through Nanday Lal, which fed the Punjab and frontier regions. The damaged pipeline is being repaired and will be functional within 48 hours, sources said.


The explosion also disrupted gas to power stations in Kot Addu, Muzzaffargarh, Faisalabad and Rouch. Kot Addu and Muzaffargarh power stations have been switched to oil but WAPDA is still experiencing a shortage of 450 megawatts of electricity. 7.7.04

Two Rangers personnel die in ambush
Two officials of the rangers were killed when a contingent of the paramilitary force was attacked near Punjab-Balochistan border in Rajanpur district on Monday.

According to sources two Rangers Naik (corporal) Muhammad Sharif and Sepoy Muhammad Zafar were shot and killed by Baloch freedom fighters near Rojhan Indus Highway. “Ten armed persons attacked a Rangers patrol party. Two Rangers were killed,” spokesman said.

The assailants, who belonged to the neighboring Balochistan, used heavy gunfire followed by the shelling of rocket-propelled grenades.


Officials said that the attackers fled after the paramilitary force retaliated. 5.7.04

Seven FC men injured in an ambush

Seven Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel were ambushed on Friday night at the Sui area.

According to report a FC (Frontier constabulary) patrolling party was in a daily routine when they were ambushed near Sui resulting in seriously injuring seven Frontier constabulary personnel.

The injured were taken to hospital. Meanwhile, Baloch freedom fighters fired 10 rockets at an FC post on Saturday. There was fear and harassment among Government officials. Tell latest reports no arrest was made. 4.7.04


FC check post under rocket attack


Some armed persons opened fire on FC check post in Hamid Por in Panhor Sunhari last night. The attackers have hurled several rockets which landed on Frontier Corps check post how ever no loss of life but loss of property has been reported. No arrest has been made so far. Police has lodged a FIR against unknown attackers. 30.6.04


Rockets fired on FC headquarters, one killed

A Frontier Corp soldier was killed in a rocket attack on the FC wing headquarters in Kohlu on Tuesday morning. Sources said Baloch fighters fired around more then one dozen rockets at the FC headquarters at around 6:30am.


The rockets hit the FC wing headquarters building, killing the FC man Mohammad Khan and demolishing the buildings. "One FC soldier Mohammad Khan was killed in the attack," a senior officer of the Kohlu administration confirmed when contacted over telephone. The blast demolished the FC building. Paramilitary forces returned fire and the firing lasted several hours.


Meanwhile the fierce fighting continuing in Sond area of Mawand tehsil. The administration has sent 400 FC units to help the levies force which had launched the operation in the area on Sunday last.


"Three levies personnel have been killed and four others injured," a senior FC officer said in Quetta, adding that exchange of fire and rockets were reported in the area. An FC spokesman said that law enforcement agencies had surrounded the militants who were hiding in the mountains near Kohlu.

He said the FC had called in more troops to fight the militants. Around 500 FC and 700 Levies personnel are already deployed in the area. He said that law enforcement agencies have cordoned off the whole area to arrest the attackers. However, so far no arrest was reported in this connection. 30.6.04

Bomb blast in Quetta city


Some unknown persons planted a bomb near Pashin stop in Quetta on Thursday night, which went off with a powerful bang.


According to details a bomb went off on Thursday night near Pashin stop in Quetta. The near by buildings received damages but no loss of life has reported.


Police lodged FIR against unknown persons and started the investigations but no arrests have been made till the release of this news. Baloch Liberation Army BLA was responsible for the blast. 31.12.04

Attack on Police post, police spies kidnapped in Jaffarabad


Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked on a police post and kidnapped the Police party in Jaffarabad.


According to details some Baloch Freedom Fighters launched a rocket attack, fired dozens of rockets on the Police post and also kidnapped the policemen, which were on their duty. They tied the policemen and snatch their arms and escaped successfully from the spot. 30.12.04

Rocket fire on Police party two injured in Patfeeder


Some Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked a police patrolling party near Patfeeder in Jaffarabad, the attackers opened fire on police party injuring two personnel on Friday evening.


According to details, police patrolling near main gas pipeline in Patfeeder in Jaffarabad was attacked by Baloch Freedom Fighters, two personnel were seriously injured.


The firing erupted between Baloch Freedom Fighters and police patrolling party when the police patrolling party was on a usual tour of gas pipeline supplying gas to most of Punjab and Kashmir came under attacked by Baloch Freedom Fighters. The firing continued for more then an hour in which heavy weapons were used from both sides.


The fighters also hurled several rockets on the Gas pipeline. The Gas pipeline received severe damage and gas supply suspended to many parts of Punjab and rest of the country.


It is worth mentioning that two ATF (Anti Terrorist Force) were killed and several were injured in the attack on Thursday near in the mentioning area. 25.12.04

Attack on FC patrolling party 1 killed 3 injured


Some unidentified armed persons opened fire on FC patrolling party, one killed three seriously injured near Bulada Zamuran in Turbat.


According to sources a Frontier Corps patrolling party was travelling in a vehicle reached to Naag when some unidentified armed persons opened indiscriminate fire on FC patrolling party, one FC personnel killed at the spot and three other were seriously injured.


The seriously injuries were flown to Turbat Hospital. According to local people the firing continued for nearly one hour. The attackers escaped successfully after the firing. There was fear and panic in the area. 25.12.04

BLA attacks FC convoy, at least 12 killed dozens injured


Baloch Liberation Army fighters ambushed a Frontier Corpse (FC) mobile convoy in tehsil Balida of Turbat district on Saturday, killing four soldiers and wounding several.


FC convoy of several vehicles was patrolling in Naag Nullah area, some 30 km's west of Balida, when they were attacked. BLA fighters managed to flee from the scene. At least twelve soldiers were killed and dozens wounded in the attack. Wounded were shifted to Quetta.


Investigations are underway in Balida and Naag Nullah. Baloch Liberation Army BLA claim responsibility for the attack. Azad Baloch spokesman of BLA wowed to continue such attacks till Balochistan is rid of Punjabi oppression and Baloch have a free and independent Nation. 25.12.04

DCO office attacked in Kohlu


Some unknown persons attacked the District Co-ordination Officer’s DCO office in Kohlu with the rockets from near by mountains on Friday night.


According to sources some unknown persons hurled several rockets on the District Co-ordination Officer’s office in Kohlu Friday night 1:00 am. Two rockets hit the office, the office boundary wall collapsed and the windowpanes of the building shattered. The office was closed so far no casualty occurred.


Mean while in another attack seven rockets were fired on other government buildings resulting in destruction of government property, but due to the late hours of evening the office buildings were deserted hence no casualty reported. 24.12.04

ATF vehicle attack two killed and three injured in Jaffarabad


Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked on an ATF (Anti Terrorist Force) vehicle with rockets and other heavy weapons in Jaffarabad near RD 238 area, on Thursday.


According to details some Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked on an Anti Terrorist Force’s vehicle near RD 238 in Jaffarabad on Thursday. The vehicle completely destroyed.


According eyewitnesses two personnel died on the spot and three other were seriously injured. The injured persons were shifted to the Jaffarabad hospital for first add and then were flown to Multan CMH (Combined Military Hospital) with a military gun ship helicopter for further treatment and the death bodies were shifted to the Punjab and were handed over to their relatives.


The one killed person is said to be an ATF officer was recently returned to his duty after completing his vacations with family. The attackers managed to escape. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility for the attack. 24.12.04

Two killed four injured in Jacobabad


Baloch Freedom Fighters attack on FC check post killing two and seriously injure four.


According to details some Baloch Freedom Fighters attack a FC check post on Sindh-Balochistan border near Jacobabad, killing two and seriously injure four. The firing continued for at least two hours during which heavy weapons were used from both sides.


The attackers fired more then 20 rockets and other heavy machine guns. The check post, which is under construction, is totally destroyed. Police lodge the FIR against the assailants and started the investigations. But FC could not arrest the attackers. 18.12.04

Baloch Freedom Fighters attack a FC check post in Kohlu


Frontier Corps FC check post attacked and completely destroyed in Kohlu Marri area.


According to sources a Frontier Corps FC check post was attacked during late hours of the evening the attack was so sudden and fierce that it resulted in heavy FC casualties and completely destroying of the check post.


Local administration registered cases against unknown people and started investigations. However no arrest has been made so far. 14.12.04

Several rockets fired in Zhob District


Some unidentified men opened fire on FC check post in Zhob, which landed on FC check post damaging the parked official vehicles. It spread the fear and harassment among the officials. Police lodge the FIR against unknown persons and started investigation. 13.12.04

19 killed in Quetta market blast and several injured


At least 19 people including 10 army personnel were killed and nearly 20 injured when a powerful remote controlled bomb, which was planted in a cycle standing close to, a military truck exploded with a big bang in Meezan chowk on Friday.


The blast took place at 4:07 pm when a military truck carrying soldiers was parked beside Baldia plaza located in Meezan chowk. The soldiers had come to market for shopping.


The device, which was planted in a cycle standing close to the truck, went off causing massive damages in nearby areas. A host of vehicles including the army truck were nearly destroyed. The shops in the surrounding markets and residential buildings were also affected badly.


Inter-Service Public Relations sources confirmed the death of one army soldier. Four other army personnel were wounded in the blast and admitted to the CMH Quetta, the ISPR sources said. The injured included a policeman and sepoy of the Frontier Corps.


According to reliable sources the army suffered heavy losses of life and injuries in this attack, it is believed that the army suffered at least 10 fatalities and a dozen casualties, one of the deceased could be an army officer.


Talking to Dawn, Quetta DIG Rafi Pervez Bhatti said the explosive device had been attached to a bicycle with a timer. The bicycle was parked near an army truck standing close to Baldia Plaza, he said. Experts said the device was a 4kg bomb.


The sources said that pieces of the bicycle hit the army personnel on the truck, killing 10 soldiers and injuring a dozen or more. The truck was destroyed and seven other vehicles were damaged.


Soon after the incident, personnel of law-enforcement agencies cordoned off the area and took bodies and the injured to the civil hospital. Hundreds of people gathered at the hospital where a state of emergency was declared by the provincial government.


"Elements involved in the blast are the same people who had carried out such acts earlier," DIG Bhatti said. Meanwhile, an unknown caller identifying himself as Azad Baloch informed journalists in the Quetta Press Club that "Baloch Liberation Army" BLA was responsible for the blast. 11.12.04

Bomb explosion in Taftan city police station


A heavy bomb explosion took place beside a police station in city of Taftan Balochistan injuring many police personnel.


According to sources a bomb was planted next to the wall of the Taftan police station, which exploded with loud bang injuring, may police officials. Exact numbers of casualties are not known but it is believed that at least six police personnel were injured.


The explosion was heard from miles. The injuries were taken to Taftan hospital. However no arrest has been made so far. 10.12.04

Police patrolling party attack on Saryab road Quetta


Some unidentified persons attacked on police patrolling party. The vehicle was badly damaged many policemen were injured.


The attackers threw hand grenades and fired other automatic weapons. The attack was so fierce and sudden that the police could not even retaliate. Several policemen were injured. Exact number of wounded not known.


The attack spread panic among the officials. No arrest has been made yet. The attackers manage to escape successfully. 10.12.04

Several rockets fired in Barkhan and Rakni


Baloch Freedom Fighters fired dozens of rockets, which landed in Barkhan, no loss of life reported.


According to sources some Baloch Freedom Fighters hurled several rockets, which landed in Barkhan. No arrest has been made so far.


Chief Minister of Balochistan Jam Mohammad Yousaf was on a visit of Barkhan at the time of the incidence. Such attacks indicates that the people of Barkhan are against the government policies and don’t approve of CM’s visit to Barkan.


It is very clear to the Baloch people that the Government is not sincere towards them, and all the propaganda about the mega projects changing the fate of Baloch nation is a pretext to fool the Baloch, while Punjab plunders the natural resources and occupy Balochistan. 10.12.04

Rocket attack cuts off gas supply to Guddu barrage


Baloch Freedom Fighter fired a dozen rockets on Guddu main gas pipeline damaging the pipeline and gas supply suspended.


According to details Baloch Freedom Fighter fired a dozen rockets on Guddu main gas pipeline damaging the pipeline and gas supply was suspended to the Guddu Thermal Power Plant after a gas pipeline burst and caught fire on Balochistan-Punjab border. Gas supply to Kashmore town was also cut off.


Staff of Sui Northern Gas Company SNGC extinguished the fire, but gas supply had not been restored until the filing of this report. Such attacks been going on for quite a few years but the Government has badly failed to stop them. The police lodged a FIR against the unknown persons and started the investigations. 10.12.04

Another FC check post attack


Some unidentified persons launched rocket attack on FC check post from Jhandran Mountains.


The rockets were fired from Jhandran Mountains, which landed on FC check post damaging the wall of check post. No loss of life has been reported till latest reports.


Investigations are in hand, however no arrest has been made so far. The attackers managed to escape successfully. 8.12.04

Electricity tower blown up in Duki


Some unknown persons from unknown place opened fire with heavy machine guns, which hit the electricity tower in Duki bringing it down.


The electricity tower was completely destroyed suspending electric supply to whole of Duki area. The attackers managed to escape successfully from the spot. Police lodged the FIR against unknown persons. However no arrest has been made. 7.12.04

Kohlu, FC camp under rocket attackBaloch Freedom Fighters attacked with rockets and other heavy weapons on FC (Frontier Corps) camp in Kohlu.


According to the sources a newly constructed FC camp was attacked with the rockets and other heavy weapons. The attack was launched from near by mountains. The security forces denied losses of lives. The attackers successfully escaped after the attack.


A FC personnel asked not disclose his name told that their lives were not safe in Kohlu district. Most attacks were occurred during the night, they could not sleep in the nights.


The attackers are getting benefits from darkness of the night. He further added that the moral of FC personnel was very low because it is very difficult to fight against Baloch freedom fighters in the mountain areas. 7.12.04

Grenade attack on police in Quetta


Two unidentified motorcyclists attacked, Quetta Siryab road police check post with grenades.


According to sources the police were busy in the checking of the vehicles when two motorcyclists attacked their picket with the hand grenades and escaped. A police van including two private vehicles received damages.


Police personnel survived the attack, later bombs disposal squad and police officers reached to the spot and started investigation. 7.12.04

SP highway van attacked in Mauch


Some unknown assailants ambushed the SP highways van in Raisani Railway track in Mauch on midnight of Friday to Saturday.


According to details Superintendent Police (SP) highway was traveling in the area of Raisani railway track near Mauch when his police van came under fire with automatic weapons. The SP and his guard saved but the vehicle received serious damage. The attackers escaped after the attack. 5.12.04

Electricity pole blown up in Kohlu


Some unidentified persons fired rockets, which hit an Electricity pole and knocked it off, electricity supply remain suspended in the area.


According to the details the electricity supply to the area remain suspended when some unknown attackers fired several rockets on an electricity pole in Dairy farm area of Kohlu and the electricity pole collapsed. The repair works are in hand. The police lodge the FIR against unknown attackers. 5.12.04

FC vehicle barely escapes bomb blast near Kashmore


A time bomb exploded with a big bang on Sui-Kashmore Road in District Jacobabad.


According to sources soon after a FC vehicle crossed the spot a bomb explosion occurred on Sui-Kashmore road.


The FC vehicle was travelling to Sui from Kashmore. A Frontier Corps (FC) personnel said that could be a time bomb, which exploded soon after the vehicle, crossed. 4.12.04

Sui, two FC check post attacked two killed seven injured


Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked two FC check post at a time with rockets and hand grenades in the area of Sui police station two personnel died and seven injured last night.


According to details Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked two FC check posts in jurisdiction of Sui police station. Two persons killed and three other were injured when the rockets hit the check post. The check post completely destroyed.


Mean time another grenade attack occurred on a check post on the Sui road one mile from the above mentioned check post. Four security personnel were injured. The injured persons were flown to hospital for treatment.


Three injuries condition was serious, were taken to the Multan CMH (Combined Military Hospital) with the helicopter, for further treatment. The security forces cordoned off the area but no arrest has been made so far. 4.12.04

Hand grenade attack on Police van two injured, in Quetta


Some unidentified persons attacked with the grenades on a police van on saryab road Barma hotel, two police men injured. According to the details two unknown attackers attacked with hand grenades on civil line police van in Barma hotel on saryab road Quetta.


The back part of the vehicle destroyed two policemen including driver Mohammad Idriss and Saleh Mohammad seriously injured. The attackers escaped with their motorbike. The attack wide spread harassment in the area.


The police and law enforcement agencies officers and bomb explosion squad rushed to the spot and started the investigation. No arrest has been made in this regard till latest reports. 2.12.04

Land mine explosion two killed six injured in Kashmore


Two persons killed and six injured when their vehicle run over a land mine, which exploded with a big bang in Kashmore district Jacobabad.


According to the details some persons traveling in a vehicle from Kashmore to Sui when their vehicle hit a land mine destroying the vehicle and killing two injuring six persons.


Janan and Gull Bahar died on the spot other six were flown to hospital for treatment and police reached to spot with the bomb disposal squad and started the investigation. No arrest has been made so far. 2.12.04

Bomb explosion in FC camp in Trubat


A bomb planted in a motorcycle, exploded in the FC camp in Turbat on 8pm Monday.


According to the details a power full bomb explosion took place in Frontier Corps (FC) camp in Turbat, the bomb was planted in a motorcycle, which was parked in the FC camp and exploded with a loud bang.


The explosion was heard from miles. The parts of motorcycle shattered, the security forces didn’t allow the reporters to see the spot. The residents in the area believe of heavy losses of lives. 2.12.04

Rockets fired on FC posts in Kohlu, Sui


Over two dozen rockets were fired on Tuesday at checkpoints of law-enforcement agencies in the Kohlu and Sui areas of Balochistan. However, there was no report of casualty.


Official sources, while confirming the rocket attacks, said that armed men positioned on the Jandran mountains in Kohlu area fired over a dozen rockets at the check posts of Frontier Corps early in the morning. FC personnel fired many rockets in retaliation. However, the attackers escaped.
Reports reaching here from Sui tehsil of Dera Bugti district said, six rockets were fired on Farooq check post of FC (Frontier Corps) in Sui. The rockets fell in an open area away from the post causing no loss of life or property damage. The attack caused panic amongst the personnel. No arrest was reported till latest reports. 2.12.04


Two persons killed, one injured in a landmine blast


Tractor carrying three persons ran over a land mine, two died and third critically injured as a result of the blast the incidence happened near Kashmore.


According to details, the incident occurred when a tractor of a government contractor working under a contract to build new police stations near Balochistan-Punjab border near Kashmore ran over a landmine and it exploded.


Two persons died on the spot and one sustained serious injuries, the injured was rushed to Rahim Yar Khan hospital. 30.11.04

230kv Transmission line destroyed in Kohlu


Some unknown attackers attacked with the rockets on 230kv transmission line supplying electricity to the Kohlu and Barkhan, the transmission line completely destroyed.


According to details the 230kv transmission line destroyed in Kohlu when some unknown attackers fired several rockets, which hit the main electricity pole, and it collapsed.


The electricity supply to the Kohlu and Barkhan remain suspended on Thursday and Friday night.


It is worth mentioning that a series of bomb explosions and rockets attacks on security forces and on Government installations, took place in area. But no any attacker has been arrested. 27.11.04

Rocket attack destroys Rangers post


Baloch freedom fighters attacked with rockets and destroy a Rangers post near Sindh-Balochistan border , on Wednesday afternoon in Jacobabad.


At least six Rangers were injured when Baloch freedom fighters attack a ranger post in the Bakhhapur area, in Jacob Abad near Sindh’s border with Balochistan. More than a dozen Baloch freedom fighters fired dozens of rockets at the Rangers’ Ali Bagh Fort post.


Six rockets hit the post, completely destroying it and injuring six Rangers. The injured personnel conditions were serious.


The area was cordoned off after the attack; however no arrest were made till the report was filed.


There have been more than 200 such attacks in the area in the past six months, Dozens of security forces and officials killed and injured. Only last week the inspector general of Balochistan police said that the attacks had come to an end, and situation was under control. 25.11.04

Three injured in Quetta explosion


Three people were injured when a bomb exploded in front of the Sariab police station on Sariab road on Wednesday evening.


The bomb was planted under a truck parked outside the police station. The truck completely destroyed. Three people were seriously injured and were admitted to Civil Hospital. The names of the injured person could not be ascertained.


There was fear and panic in the area. Police lodged FIR against unidentified persons and started the investigation but no arrest has been reported till latest report. 25.11.04

Khuzdar bomb blast 1 killed several injured


A remote controlled bomb device exploded in Khuzdar city killing 1 FC personnel and several injured.


According to reports, a remote controlled bomb device exploded in Khuzdar city killing one Frontier Corps personnel and more then sixteen injured, two of whom critically.


The explosion took place when a Frontier Corps vehicle was just park and the FC personnel were about to get out of the vehicle. The explosives were placed on a bicycle already parked there. According to police it was a remote controlled device.


It is worth mentioning that such attacks are a matter of routine in Khuzdar and other major cities of Balochistan. BLA claimed responsibility for the attack. 25.11.04

Firing on Levies post in Khuzdar, one injured


Unidentified persons attacked on levies check post in Khuzdar, one Levies sepoy critically injured.


According to details some unknown armed persons attacked on a levies check post near Khuzdar between Koshak and Khuzdar cantonment. A levies sepoy Mohammad Alias s/o Abdul Qadir was seriously injured.


It is worth mentioning that in 1st august Baloch freedom fighter attacked an army truck in which six solders were killed after the incident the levies force was implemented on the area of Khuzdar cantonment to prevent the attacks on the army. 23.11.04

Bomb explosion in Noshki, one injured


A powerful bomb went off in Noshki city one seriously injured here on Monday night.


According to details a bomb exploded with a big bang in a Bakery, one seriously injured. The injured person was admitted in hospital. There was fear and harassment in the area.


It is interesting to note that a series of bomb explosion and rocket attack took place in the area but police has completely failed to prevent such attacks. Police in lodged a FIR against unknown attacker and started investigation. No arrest has been reported till latest report. 23.11.04

Three electric towers blown up in Dera Murad Jamali


Baloch freedom fighters blow up three electricity towers of Dera Murad Jamali power plant on Sunday, resulting in power outages in several areas. The BFF used explosives to destroy the towers in Mir Hassan and Pirwail.


The electric supply to the major area including Uch gas field remain suspended. No arrest has been reported till latest report. 22.11.04

Nawab Marri, and 3 sons sentenced to three years imprisonment


Anti-Terrorism Court-I on Saturday sentenced Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, his three sons Nawabzada Balach Marri, Herbeyar Marri and Jhangayz Marri and another man, Jabir, to three years rigorous imprisonment each in their absence. Nawabzada Balach Marri is a member of the Balochistan Assembly.


Judge Shaukat Ali Rakhshani ruled that the five had willfully been absent from court proceedings in a terrorism case. The court also ordered for the confiscation of all the moveable and immoveable properties of the accused.


The accused were charged with being involved in a landmine explosion in Kohlu district a few months ago in which District Naib Nazim Changez Marri and another government official were killed and two others were injured. 21.11.04

Blasts damage rail track in Hyderabad


Two successive bomb blasts rocked the city oh Hyderabad on Saturday night and halted railway traffic by damaging railway tracks on the main line between Kotri and Hyderabad junctions.


No casualty was reported as a result of the blasts, which took place near Mir Fateh Colony at about 8:30pm, police said. The explosions tore up railway tracks in both directions.


Railway sources said Shah Rukn-e-Alam Express and Faisalabad Night Coach were among the trains halted at Hyderabad and Kotri and other railway stations following the blasts.


The Bomb Disposal Squad collected traces of the explosive used in the blast, as railway engineers started repair work. The official in charge of the squad, Mohammed Ramzan, said each device contained at least one pound of explosive. 21.11.04

Bomb explosion shook Khuzdar


A powerful bomb explosion took place in Khuzdar in the office of the district coordination officer DCO, the building collapsed on the Saturday evening 8:30 pm.


According to sources a heavy bomb explosion took place in the office of the district coordination officer, the building collapsed. 21.11.04

Electricity tower destroyed with a bomb explosion in Kohlu


An electricity tower destroyed when a powerful bomb explosion took place near Killi Raz Mohammad, 13km from Kohlu city.


According to sources electricity power supply remain suspended to major parts of Kohlu district when an electricity tower collapsed with bomb explosion near Killi Malik Raz Mohammad, 13km from Kohlu city.


Police lodged FIR against unknown attackers and started investigation. No arrest has been made so far. 19.11.04

Bomb explosion rock Mach city


A powerful bomb went off near union counsel Mach on Thursday night 10:30 pm.


According to details a powerful bomb exploded with a big bang in Masjid Street very closed to union counsel of Mach.


Union consular office and another government building sustained damage and nearby buildings received slight damages and windowpanes smashed.


Local administration, and bomb disposal squad reached at the spot after one hour and took the investigation in custody. 19.11.04

Firing on Jaffer express near Sibi, two injured


Some armed persons opened fire on Jaffer express train near Pirack railway station, two security persons critically injured.


According to details some unknown persons attacked Jaffer express when it was traveling near Pirack railway station, two security persons were seriously injured. Two buggies of the train received severe damages. The train was traveling from Quetta to Rawalpindi. 17.11.04

Pat feeder, Police check post attacked


Baloch freedom fighters fired several rockets on a police check post near pat feeder.


According to sources Baloch freedom fighters launched a rocket attack on a under construction police check post near Pat feeder in Jafarabad.


The check post completely destroyed. Sources believe major losses of lives and property. But the police denied any kind of losses. The fighters escaped successfully. 17.11.04

FC check post attacked in Sui, three injuredSome armed persons fired several rockets on security forces check post in Sui, three personnel seriously injured.


According to reports some armed persons hurled several rockets on the security forces check post in Sui, three security personnel were seriously injured. The check post completely destroyed.


The injured persons were flown to the hospital. Three personnel were injured two were serious injuries. The attackers escaped successfully. 17.11.04

Rocket hit Kohlu grid station


Some unidentified persons fired five rockets on Kohlu grid station.


According to details some unknown persons fired five rockets from Jandran mountains two rockets hit the boundary wall of the grid station. The rocks panicked the area. The hospital was alerted for emergency. The attackers escaped successfully.17.11.04

Two blasts in Quetta
Two blasts rocked the city at 10 pm on Friday, causing no casualties.


First blast occurred near the Inspector General IG Police office. The second blast occurred when a rocket fired from an unidentified location fell and exploded near the wall of Industrial Police Station on Circular Road, and destroyed it totally.


The blasts caused panic amongst district administration officials and police personnel. Police has registered a case against unidentified people. 13.11.04


Electricity towers blown up in Barkan


Towers carrying power lines to Kohlu and Barkan districts blown up.


According to details, two towers carrying power lines to Kohlu and Barkan districts blow up on Friday. Both the districts plunged into darkness.


The explosion damaged the electric towers, but no casualties were reported. Police cordoned off the area and registered cases against unknown assailants, but no arrests were made. 13.11.04

Rocket hit telephone exchange tower in Barkhan


Baloch Freedom Fighters fired rockets on the main telephone exchange tower in Barkhan on Saturday night.


According to reports Baloch Freedom Fighters fired several rockets on the main telephone exchange in Barkhan. A rocket hit the main tower suspending communication of area to the country. The attackers escaped successfully after the attack. 7.11.04

A bomb went off in front of session court Mastung


A powerful bomb exploded close to the session court in Mastung at 6 pm on Friday, bomb exploded with a big bang damaging the court boundary wall, building and smashing the windowpanes of nearby building.


According to the sources a powerful bomb went off in front of the session court Mastung. A part of the boundary wall of the court collapsed and offices sustained damage. The bang of the explosion was heard from several kilometers away from the spot.


There was fear and harassment in the area. Police said the court was closed other wise it would create major loss of life. No arrest has been reported yet. Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the explosion. 6.11.04

A powerful bomb went off near eastern by pass road Quetta


A heavy bomb explosion took place in the shokrana feeds mill near eastern by pass road Quetta 11 O’clock on Friday.


According to the details a powerful bomb exploded in shokrana feeds mill near eastern by pass road Quetta. The bomb was planted with wall near main gate of the mill. The wall collapsed and the mill badly damages.


The police reached at the spot after one hour. The owner of the mill talking to the newsmen said it is the negligence of police because the police check post is very near though the police are not patrolling the area. In routine police lodged the FIR against unknown persons. 6.11.04

Quetta city shook with a bomb explosion


A bomb explosion took place near shahzaman road last night. According to local people a powerful explosion shook the area last night near shahzaman road Quetta. The windows pans of several houses smashed. People came out from their houses after the explosion.


A local resident said that “the bomb was planted away from the houses otherwise it would create irreparable losses”. 6.11.04

FC check post under rocket attack in Noshki


Baloch Freedom Fighters hurled several rockets on FC check post in Noshki. The check post completely destroyed on Wednesday late night.


According to the reports Baloch Freedom Fighters fired several rockets on FC (Frontier Corps) check post in Noshki. Some rockets hit the check post the check post completely collapsed.


The mention check post was under reconstruction after it sustained heavy damage in a rocket attack just last week. The last attack on the check post was claimed by BLA (Baloch Liberation Army), fighting for the self-determination in Balochistan. No arrest was reported till latest reports. 5.11.04

Train narrowly escapes bomb explosion in Mach


A heavy bomb explosion shook Mach railway station on Thursday night.


According to details, a few minutes before the arrival of Mehran Express a bomb went off at the out signal of Mach railway station. The bang of explosion was heard from miles.


Eyewitness says a flash was seen near the out signal of the station when the bomb exploded. The police said it was a time bomb planted in the purpose of destroying the Mehran Express.


The window pans of near by buildings broke. No arrest has been made so for. Police registered cases against the unknown persons and started the investigation. 5.11.04

Three bombs explode in Gwadar


Three bombs exploded in Gwadar city near Gwadar Development Authority GDA offices on Thursday, wounding three people.


The bombs were planted near GDA offices and went off 10 minutes apart from each other. Three government servants were hurt when shrapnel hit them.


BLA Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the explosions. 5.11.04

Firing on freight train near Muach


Baloch Freedom Fighters opened fire on freight train traveling in Aabigum near Muach last day.
According to reports some Baloch Freedom Fighters opened fire on the train when the train was passing near Aabigum in Muach Balochistan. The train engine completely destroyed but no one was hurt.


The attackers escaped after the attack. DAO of Muach Mohammad Ayoub Jafar and Naib Tehsil Dar reached to spot with security forces and started investigation. 3.11.04


A bomb explosion rocks Noshki


According to sources a powerful bomb explosion took place in Noshki near officers club. City Nazim was in the area a while before the explosion.


The windowpanes of near by houses shattered. The bomb explosion took place near the residential area of security forces. No arrest has been reported till latest report. 3.11.04

Car bomb near CM’s House in Quetta 4 hurt


A very powerful car bomb exploded on Tuesday near the Balochistan chief minister’s residence and office, wounding four people including a woman and a constable.


City Police Officer (CPO) Pervaiz Rafi Bhatti said a bomb containing 20-kg which was the biggest ever explosion in the metropolis, explosives detonated 30 metres away from the chief minister’s office at about 10:20am.


The sound of the blast was heard all over city. Walls of many bungalows and houses in the area collapsed and windowpanes of most of the nearby buildings including the Chief Minister's House and those of senior bureaucrats were smashed, police said. Chief Minister Jam Yousuf was in the Chief Minister House at the time of explosion, AFP quoted the CPO as saying.


The car stuffed with explosives had been parked near the rest house of the department of services and general administration. As the car exploded, its parts hit houses as far away as 500 yards.


A doctor at Quetta’s Civil Hospital said four people suffered minor injuries in the blast, with the wounds caused by flying glass. The injured persons were identified as Abdul Malik, Ghulam Mohammad, Shadi Khan and Guloori Bibi. It was the second car bomb explosion in Balochistan; the first in Gwadar on May 3 had killed three Chinese engineers and injured 11 port workers.
“The bomb was planted in a Suzuki car with a timed device,” Bhatti said. The CPO said the car was stolen from Karachi in 2000 and painted light blue later. An unidentified caller, who introduced himself as Azad Baloch representative of Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), claimed responsibility for the explosion. By Azizullah Daily Times. 3.11.04


Firing on Security forces check post in Noshki


Some unknown persons hurled three rockets on Frontier corps FC security forces camp in Noshki on Sunday evening.


According to the reports some Baloch Freedom Fighters hurled three rockets on security forces camp in Noshki. The rockets landed near to check post causing damage to it and created fear and panic amongst the personnel. In retaliation FC personnel opened indiscriminate firing in all directions, which continues for more then an hour.


However the attackers escaped successfully after the attack. Bomb explosions rocket attacking on security forces, Government installation has become a routine in Balochistan. 1.11.2004

Bomb explosion rocks Kalat city


A bomb went off in a Government official’s house in Kalat late last night.


According to the details a powerful bomb exploded with a big bang in a Government official’s house in Kalat the bomb was planted with the main gate of the house. The building suffered severed the walls of the house collapsed damage and gate completely destroyed. Because of absence of family members no body injured.


The near by buildings windowpanes shattered. Police has registered the case against unknown persons and started the investigation. Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), claimed responsibility for the explosion. 30.10.2004

Explosion in iron factory Quetta


A explosion rocked Quetta city in the early hours on Wednesday. According to details, a big explosion occurred at an iron factory located at Kirani road in the outskirts here around 3:30 am.


The explosion was heard in major part of the metropolis in early hours of the night. Due to the explosion, people got up in panic. The Chowkidar of the factory fell unconscious due to the explosion however later he completely recovered. 28.10.04

Main gas pipe line blown up near Hyderabad


A bomb explosion damaged the main pipeline supplying gas to Karachi and Hyderabad from Sui in Balochistan, at a village in district Sanghar, some 22km from Hyderabad, on Sunday evening, a Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) official said.


No casualties were reported, the police said. The damage disconnected gas supply to some suburban towns of Hyderabad district, Hasan Nawaz, senior manager of the SSGC said, adding gas was now being supplied to Karachi and Hyderabad by two other supply lines.


Smoke clouded the area following the blast, gas fumes spread over an area of about 10 kilometres. The police made announcements in the area by megaphone asking people not to light anything.


The SSGC official said the gas pipeline was bombed at Pir Abdul Nabi Sarhandi village near Odero Lal town in the police limits of Tando Adam in district Sanghar. Gas supply to nearby towns of Odero Lal, Palijani and Matiari was stopped soon after the explosion for the next 24 hours, an SSGC official said.


A bomb disposal squad from Hyderabad also inspected the scene of the explosion and said it was caused by explosives device. Last month a main gas supply line was bombed in district Dadu. 25.10.04

Armed men fire on police patrol in Panjgur


Unknown persons opened fire on police patrol in Panjgur the other day. A policeman seriously injured.


According to details, some unidentified armed men opened fire on police patrol in Khuda Baden area of Panjgur western Balochistan. The police patrol was attacked when they were patrolling Khuda Baden area on routine.


One policeman was critically injured and their vehicle sustained serious damage. The injured policeman was referred to hospital for treatment. The attackers escaped successfully after the attack. 22.10.04

Firing on FC Patrolling party in Khuzdar


Some armed men attacked Frontier Corps FC forces patrolling party in Khuzdar area last night. According to reports security forces personnel were patrolling the area meanwhile, some unknown armed persons attacked them with heavy weapons.


The exchange of firing continued for two hours, the security forces vehicle completely destroyed. A FC constable was seriously injured, the injured person was referred to Khuzdar hospital. The attackers escaped successfully after the attack. Police lodged FIR against unknown attackers. 20.10.04

Power transformer blown up in a rocket attack in Khuzdar


Power transformer blew up in Khatan on the outskirts of the Khuzdar Township in a rocket attack on Tuesday, while another live rocket targeting the township, was defused by bomb disposal squad.


The rocket was about to be launched at the Khuzdar Township," a senior police officer of Khuzdar said, adding that it was a 107 MM Russian made rocket. 20.10.04

Power line towers blown up in Barkan district


Large areas of Barkhan and Kohlu districts plunged into darkness after huge towers of the 132kv Rakhni-Barkhan transmission line were blown up in the Badi area of Barkhan district on Tuesday.


The attack on the tower caused suspension of power supply from the main transmission line, a spokesman of the Quetta Electric Supply Company (Qesco) told Dawn.


According to sources, Baloch freedom fighters planted explosives and blew up the main Rakhni-Barkhan transmission line in the Shaheed Barkhan post near Badi on Tuesday evening.


The attackers also fired rockets targeting Law-enforcement agencies deployed in the area. After exchange of fire between the attackers and Law-enforcement agencies personnel the attackers managed to escape successfully.


Case has been registered against unknown men but no one has been apprehended yet. 20.10.04

Six Rockets fired on FC check post in Kohlu


Late last night FC Frontier Corps check post came under rocket attack. At least six rockets were fired on FC check post in Kohlu, check post sustained extensive damage.


According to details, late last night Baloch freedom fighters attacked a FC check post near Kohlu from near by mountains and fired at least six rockets, which hit and damaged the post, firing continued for more then 30 minutes.


The attackers successfully managed to escape after the attack. Local administration has registered cases against unknown men and started investigations. 17.10.04

Quetta cantonment escapes rocket attack


Quetta police have defused a rocket planted at a hill, preventing Quetta cantonment from an attack.


On the report of a forest department employee, police with a team of bomb disposal squad searched the place and found a Russian made rocket.


Police have defused the rocket and took it in their custody. 17.10.04

Noshki - Sultan Pass FC check post under Rocket Attack


Sultan Pass FC check post near city of Noshki came under severe Rocket Attack during the late hours of the evening last night.


According to details a Frontier Corps check post situated at Sultan Pass near the northwestern town of Noshki in Balochistan came under Rocket attack by Baloch Freedom Fighters fighting continued for more then an hour.


The check post sustained severe damage in the attack. According to locals FC several FC personnel casualties and possible deaths, but the officials denied to comment on the matter. The attackers managed to escape successfully of the scene.


In retaliation the Frontier Corps rounded up locals for investigations, due to Frontier Corps heavy-handed policies there is severe outcry against them and other state law enforcement agencies and their brutal methods of upholding the law.


It is also worth mentioning that such attacks have become a matter of routine through out Balochistan. This check post was attacked several times in the past also.


BLA Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for this attack, and vowed to continue. 17.10.04

Bomb rocks Noshki


A bomb planted by the unknown persons went off at 5:50 pm near the District Coordination Officer DCO house on Thursday. The blast damaged the outer wall of the DCO house and also windowpanes of nearby houses and offices.


The bomb disposal and police reached the spot and cordoned off the area and started investigation. 15.10.04

Railway track blown up in Noshki


A bomb exploded on Railway track 24 km away from Noshki in Ahmedwal Railway station on Monday.


According to details a powerful bomb went off in Ahmedwal Railway station on the Railway track. The Bomb was so powerful that the Railway line dislocated and thrown several meters from the tracks, no arrest has been made so far.


Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the attack. 12.10.04

Once again FC check post under rocket attack in Kohlu


Baloch freedom fighters attacked a FC check post with rockets on Sunday evening.


According to reports Baloch freedom fighters once again attacked a FC check post with rockets and other heavy weapons on Sunday evening in Kohlu.


It is interesting to mention that on Saturday the FC headquarters was demolished in an attack in Kohlu. The attackers escaped successfully, no arrest has been made so far. 11.10.04

Bomb blast near DCO’s house Mastung


A bomb planted near the house of the district coordination officer of Mastung detonated on Sunday morning causing damage to the buildings in the proximity. Sources said that the explosion shook the buildings and broke their windows.


No casualties had been reported till this report was made. Police lodged FIR against unknown persons. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the explosion. 11.10.04

Uch gas pipeline destroyed in rocket attack


Baloch freedom Fighter launched a rocket attack on Uch Gas field. Several dozen rockets were fired, which hit the main gas pipeline. The pipeline sustained heavy damage; many rockets landed on FC check post and damaged the walls of check post.


Many such attacks have been launched by Baloch freedom fighters. Baloch’s are struggling for their fundamental rights from which they are deprived and also they vowed to continue such attacks until they achieve their goal.


BLA Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for this attack. 9.10.04

Dozen rockets fired on FC check post


Some Baloch freedom fighters fired a dozen rockets on FC check post situated in RD 238 area of Jaffarabad here on Wednesday.


According to the details these rockets were fired from an unknown place. The rockets landed near FC check post. However, no loss of life was reported. 7.10.04

Quetta blast injures seven including two officials


As many as seven people including two officials of a security agency were injured when a bomb exploded with a big bang at Zarghoon Road in Quetta on Wednesday night.


According to bomb disposal squad around 500 gram explosive with a Russian timer was planted at the career of a bicycle, which went off at about 8:30 pm. Injuring 7 people including two officials of a security agency.


The injured were rushed to Civil Hospital Quetta while one injured boy was admitted in CMH. The incident, seemingly part of series of the blasts, being taken place in Quetta for the last several years created panic among the residents of the city.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 7.10.04

FC camp under rocket attack in Sui


Baloch freedom fighters fired more then 30 rockets on FC camp in Sui Balochistan.


According to details during the late hours of the evening a group of Baloch freedom fighters attacked FC camp in Sui, firing more then 30 rockets and light machine guns.


The attack continued for about two hours. The FC sustained severe losses and damage to the property. Several FC personnel’s were seriously wounded in this attack. 6.10.04

FC head quarter under attack in Kohlu Balochistan


In an attack on government forces in Kohlu agency in Balochistan, about 6 rockets were hurled on FC Frontier corps headquarter last night.


The reports said that two FC men were injured by rocket landing on their head quarter. Several barracks were hit by the rockets causing grave damage and spreading panic and fear throughout FC base. How ever no loss of life has been reported yet.


Baloch freedom fighters claimed responsibility for the attack. 6.10.04

Rocket attack on FC check post in Kohlu 2 killed 3 injured


Baloch freedom fighters attacked a FC check post near Pir Shah Mehmood in Kohlu.


According to reports two FC Frontier corps personnel were killed and three seriously injured when Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked a check post there. The incident accrued at midnight of Thursday. The check post sustained severe damage.


The attackers managed to escape successfully after the attack. The injured were admitted in Kohlu hospital.


BPLF Baloch Peoples Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the attack. 5.10.04

Three injured as rocket hits Ayub Stadium, & blast rocks Quetta Unidentified attackers fired a rocket, which landed in Ayub Stadium Quetta, injuring three female athletes, shortly after the city was rocked by a heavy bomb explosion late on Sunday.


A rocket landed in front of the squash complex inside the Ayub Stadium, the venue of the 29th National Games. The rocket was fired half an hour after a bomb exploded in Suraj Ganj Bazaar. The explosion damaged a vehicle but no loss of life was reported.


The bomb was planted under the parked van. Soon after the bomb explosion at about 9:30pm, a rocket landed near Ayub Stadium’s central table tennis hall, injuring three athletes of the Pakistan Railways. It was a 80mm rocket and the explosion created a four-foot crater.


Shahida Perveen, Ayesha Iqbal and Asma Najeeb Pakistan Railways players, were rendered unconscious because of the powerful explosion. The injured were taken to hospital.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility for the attack. 4.10.04

FC check post attacked in Sohbat Pur


Baloch freedom fighters fired Rockets on Frontier constabulary check post near Sohbat Pur last night causing severe damage to the check post.


According to the sources Baloch freedom fighters fired rockets on FC (Frontier constabulary) check post No. RD 342 near Sohbat Pur on Thursday causing panic and harassment amongst the FC personnel, no loss of life has been reported but causing severe damage to the check post.


The attackers managed to escaped successfully. Police lodged FIR against unknown persons but no arrest has been made so far. 1.10.04



Four FC men killed two injured in landmine blast


Four Frontier Corps personnel killed two injured when their vehicle hit a landmine near Kahan area of Kohlu district, some 450 kilometers east of here on Tuesday.


According to sources, a convoy of Frontier Corps was on its way to Kohlu when one of its vehicles hit the landmine, which had been planted in the middle of the road.


The explosion blew up the vehicle, killing four and injuring two soldiers. All other vehicles in the convoy remained safe. "It was an anti-tank mine planted by Baloch Freedom fighters in the road linking Kohlu to Kahan.


The killed and injured were taken to Sui by helicopter. Their condition of the injured was stated to be serious. The FC convoy had gone to Kahan on Tuesday morning. It met with the incident while returning to Kohlu, FC sources said.


Meanwhile, railway traffic between Quetta and Zahidan reopened on Tuesday after engineers replaced damaged parts of the track that had been blown up in two recent bomb explosions. 30.3.05

Bomb Blast in Naushki 1 dead 10 FC personnel injured


A roadside bomb went off when a FC convoy was passing by at least 10 FC personnel were injured and one pedestrian was fatally wounded in the blast who later died in Naushki, 135km from Quetta on Sunday.


According to details a remote controlled powerful bomb went off when a FC convoy was passing from there. The blast was so powerful that two pickups carrying FC personnel were totally destroyed, critically injuring 10 Frointer Corps personnel and killing a passerby. The explosion also damaged nearby shops.


Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the blast. 28.3.05

FC men killed and hurt in Barkhan


Two Frontier Corps personnel killed and three were seriously injured in a rocket attack in Barkhan area of Balochistan, some 350km southeast of here, on Friday evening.


According to reports, Baloch freedom Fighters fired at least 10 rockets from the mountains area, targeting the Frontier Corps fort on outskirts of Barkhan Township. Most of the rockets hit the fort and exploded killing two and injured three FC men.


Sources said that Baloch freedom Fighters used 107 MM rockets and mortar shells for attacking the FC fort.


Meanwhile, an unknown person, Azad Khan, claiming to be a spokesmen for the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), called the Quetta Press Club from an unknown place and took the responsibility of the attack. 27.3.05

Three bomb blasts on train line in Balochistan


At least three bomb blasts on train line near the town of Mach in Balochistan.


According to details, Baloch Freedom Fighters blew up train line to Quetta near Mach at least in three places. All train traffic was stopped to and from Quetta and other cities of the country.


Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attacks and said it was in retaliation to Dera Bugti massacre, and vowed to continue. 24.3.05

Gas pipeline in Dhadar & PML-Q office in Turbat Blown up


Baloch Freedom Fighters blew up a main gas pipeline near Dhadar, about 140km from here on Tuesday night, disrupting gas supply from Shikarpur to many areas of Balochistan.


Sources said the Baloch Freedom Fighters had placed a high explosive device along the pipeline, which went off with a big bang. Fortunately, the pipeline could not catch fire. "The blast destroyed four feet long piece of the pipeline," Levies Director Khair Mohammad Jamali told. He said a very powerful bomb was planted under the pipeline that went off at around 10.50pm.


Soon after the explosion, the Sui Southern Gas Company officials rushed to the blast site and stopped supply from Shikarpur. Quetta would receive gas supply through an alternative pipeline. However, supply to some other areas of the province would be affected. Meanwhile, unknown persons in Turbat blew up an office of the Pakistan Muslim League Q on Tuesday night.


According to reports, the building of the PML-Q district office was completely destroyed in the blast. No body was in the office when the bomb exploded, therefore no causality was reported. The blast was so powerful that it smashed windowpanes of the Turbat Press Club and other buildings in the area.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the gas pipeline blast near Dhadar. 23.3.05

Three bomb explosions in Balochistan four injured


Four people were injured and a power line and a government office damaged in three separate bomb blasts in Balochistan province today.


Two bomb blasts rocked the town of Turbat, Balochistan. In one of the blasts, close to the wall of the irrigation department, four people were injured. The other blast, near a paramilitary camp, damaged a main power line.


The third blast was in the provincial capital Quetta. It broke the windows of Federal Investigation Agency office but there were no casualties.


A spokesman for Baloch Liberation Front, who identified himself as Colonel Doda, called the Quetta Press Club and claimed responsibility for two bomb blasts in Turbat and Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the bomb blasts in Quetta. 20.3.05

Two killed, 10 injured in train blasts


Two persons were killed and 10 others injured on Friday when bombs exploded in two passenger trains running between Balochistan and Punjab most of them were army personnel and Government servants.


According to railway authorities, the first blast took place in an economy class bogey of the Quetta-bound Chiltan Express coming from Lahore. The bomb, planted in the toilet, exploded when the train was between Mach and Hirak.


One person was killed on the spot and six others were injured. "The man killed in the train blast was an army personnel," sources said and identified him as Mehboob Alam who was coming from Faisalabad.


The second blast occurred after about two hours in the Lahore-bound Chiltan Express going from Quetta. The bomb, also planted in the toilet of an economy class bogey, went off between Dhadar and Sibi at about 5.30pm, killing one passenger and injuring four others.


It is worth mentioning that most of the passengers traveling on these trains are usually Punjabi government servants and their family members.


BLA claimed responsibility for the attacks and said it was in retaliation of the Dera Bugti Operation by the Punjabi army. 19.3.05

Bomb blast damages high-voltage power line


A bomb explosion in Balochistan damaged a high-voltage power line and left several areas without electricity, a province recently hit by several such attacks.


No one claimed responsibility for the blast late on Monday at Dera Murad Jamali town, 300km southeast of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, said area police officer Mohammed Bakhsh.


He said engineers had started repair work, but gave no other details. 16.3.05

Gas pipeline blown up


Baloch Freedom Fighters blew up a 20-inch diameter pipe supplying gas to Karachi at the Garhi Hasan Canal, 50 kilometers northwest of Shikarpur in Sindh, en route to Pakistan Petroleum Ltd’s PPL Sui Gas Purification Plant in Sui, Balochistan, at about 1:00am on Sunday.


A bomb planted by Baloch Freedom Fighters blew up portion of the line on the Sindh-Balochistan border, causing a 10-foot deep ditch.


“The blast only damaged a reserve pipeline and it has failed to disrupt the gas supply,” Sukkur District Police Officer Din Muhammad told reporters. 14.03.05

Bomb blast near train station in Mach


The explosion occurred on the train tracks near the train station in Mach at noon on Sunday.


Due to the explosion train track and underlay of the train line sustained damage. The police said that is a subversive activity to disrupt train service and damage government property.


The local administration said cases have been registered against unknown persons and investigations underway. 14.3.05

Gas pipeline blown up near Jacobabad


A powerful explosion destroyed a gas pipeline in Tangwani area, district Jacobabad, gas supply to many cities of Sindh and Punjab cutoff on Sunday morning.


Some unknown persons planted a bomb close to the pipeline, supplying gas to Karachi, Kandkot and other parts of Sindh and Punjab cutoff the explosion took place in the jurisdiction of the Ghulam Sarwar Sarki police station, which exploded early in the morning.
As a result, a 20 inch gas pipeline was destroyed. Heavy contingent of police and other law-enforcement agencies reached the spot and cordoned off the area.

A powerful explosion occurred near Garhi Hasan Canal, 50 km from Shikarpur, en route PPL’s Sui Gas Purification Plant in Sui.


According to sources, the explosion cause damage to the piling, carrying the main SSGC pipeline, the pipeline was damaged and a crater was caused in the ground. As a result, there was leakage and fire in the gas line.


Due to the attack gas supply was disrupted and now an alternative SSGC transmission line is being used to take gas to the Sui Plant, in place of the pipeline that was damaged in the blast. The attackers disrupted the flow of gas in the SSGC transmission network and create disturbance for the government. 14.3.05


Grenade attack on the house of session judge in Kharan

An unknown person hurled a hand grenade at the house of a session judge at 11:30pm in Kharan causing damage to the house and shattering windowpanes of nearby houses.

The explosion was heard from several blocks, police and the local administration cordoned of the area and started investigations. Case has been registered against unknown persons. No arrests have been made so far. 14.3.05


Bomb blasts rock Quetta and Kalat


Two powerful bomb blasts rocked Quetta and telephone exchange blown up in Kalat town on Thursday night. However, no causality but damage to property was reported in the explosions.
Police sources said unidentified people planted a bomb with timer in an open place near Jinnah Town that went off at around 10pm. The blast created a crater.


Another bomb exploded in Babu Muhalla in Kalat, blowing up a telephone exchange on Thursday night, some 160km south-east of Quetta late in the evening. The bomb had been placed near the house of a local government official, Mohammad Ishaq .


Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attacks. 11.3.05


Five rockets hit Kohlu and two bomb blasts in Mach and Jhal Magsi


Baloch freedom fighters fired five rockets on Kohlu, mean while two more bombs exploded in Mach train line and Jhal Magsi Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) camp and one bomb defused in Jhal Magsi area.


According to details, the Gawal dam in Kohlu area of Balochistan escaped a disaster when one of the rockets fired by Baloch freedom fighters hit the dam's embankment causing damage to it.


The wall received damage but the structure of the dam remained safe, a senior official of the Kohlu administration said, adding that Baloch freedom fighters had fired five rockets early in the morning.


Another rocket landed and exploded near the office of the District Coordination Officer Kohlu (DCO). However, no loss of life or serious damage was reported in the second rocket attack.


Informed sources said that the Baloch freedom fighters also tried to hit Wapda's grid station in Kohlu town but the rocket missed the target and exploded in an open place. Two more rockets exploded in the township. No causality was reported in the explosions.


In other incidences two more bombs exploded in Mach and Jhal Magsi. According to details the blast in Jhal Magsi happened near an Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) only 80meters from an oil well, bomb disposal team claimed to have defused another bomb planted in the same area.
The bomb was planted near offices for technicians at the gas field owned by the state-run Oil and Gas Development Corporation, a local government administrator Aslam Raisani said. The explosion left a 3-feet crater at the site damaging other facilities and the well.


Another bomb exploded the same night near the railroad in Mach, a town about 40km south of Quetta. The blast damaged the track and disrupted the trains. 10.3.05


Bomb blast in Quetta Smungli housing scheme


A powerful bomb explosion was heard at 9:45pm near a park in Smungli housing scheme in Quetta. Windowpanes of nearby houses shattered.


According to locals the explosion was so powerful that it was heard from several kilometers. The explosion ripped apart several meters of fencing and shattered windowpanes of nearby buildings.


Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the attack 6.3.05

Rockets fired on FC post in Kohlu


In Kohlu district, some 350 km from the provincial capital, unknown armed men fired seven rockets at a FC check post, causing damage to the post and panic amongst the Frointer Corps personnel, in a fresh upsurge of violence in Balochistan.


The local people of Kohlu said at least seven rockets were fired from Jindran Mountain, which landed in and near an FC check post. The rockets severely damaged the post creating deep craters in it but no loss to life reported.


The local administration claimed to have started investigation into the rocket firing after registering a case against unknown armed men. 7.3.05

Sui phone exchange torched


The telephone exchange of Sui was set ablaze by unknown men.


Sources said unknown men barged into the telephone exchange, established in a container, and torched it after sprinkling it with petrol in the wee hours. However, no loss of life was reported.


DCO Dera Bugti Samad Lasi, when asked, told The News that no staff of PTCL was present at the time of the incident.


Following the incident, telephonic link of Dera Bugti with rest of the country has been cut off. The exchange had a capacity of 1,000 lines.


Independent sources said officials of Dera Bugti came to know about the fire when an official of the PTCL informed them at around 8:00 am. 7.3.05

Blast hits Pakistan-Iran rail link in Balochistan


Suspected underground nationalist organization BLA in Pakistan’s troubled southwest province of Balochistan blew up a key railway track linking the country with neighboring Iran.


The blast on Wednesday was the third in a month to hit the line from Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, to Zahidan in neighboring Iran.


A scheduled weakly train between the two cities left early Thursday after engineers worked overnight to repair the track, Pakistan Railways Chief Controller Mohammad Shoaib told. The train line was blown up at Naushki, some 150 kilometers (94 miles) west of Quetta on Wednesday.


Balochistan is in the grip of an escalating rebellion by nationalist forces demanding right of self-determination, end to Punjabi domination and pillage of Baloch nation. BLA claimed responsibility for the attack. 3.3.05

Three blasts shook Quetta


Three powerful explosions were the late hours of the evening in different parts of Quetta.


While the exact locations of two explosions were yet unclear meanwhile the third blast occurred in the Railway Colony on the Joint Road on Wednesday night.


The explosive device, planted near the quarter of a railway police personnel, which went off at around 10:55pm. The boundary wall and the quarter were damaged and windowpanes of nearby houses shattered. However, police constable Raiz Hussain and members of his family were unhurt.


Two more powerful explosions were heard in the city later in the night but the police declined to give details and locations of the blasts. BLA claimed responsibility for the attack. 3.3.05

Bomb blast in provincial capital and FC post attacked in Kolpur


Unknown men fired two rockets and resorted to small arms fire on an check-post of the Frontier Constabulary in Kolpur, while a bomb blast shattered windowpanes in Quetta on Tuesday.


The rockets fired in Dasht area of Kolpur landed near the check-post. Official sources said the armed men also opened indiscriminate fire on the check-post. No loss of life was reported.


Officials of Mach administration and Levies force rushed to the spot and started a probe into the incident. A case has been registered against the unknown assailants. In Quetta, a powerful bomb exploded at Wahdat Colony near Stop No 3 on Tuesday afternoon.


Police said a bomb was planted by unknown terrorists in an open space near the colony, which went off with a big bang, smashing windowpanes of nearby buildings. No loss of life was reported.


Meanwhile, condemning the police operation in Marri Camp, the leaders of an alliance of four Baloch nationalist groups have appealed to the courts of law to take suo moto notice of the police action in order to provide justice to the "innocent" residents of the camp.


They also appealed to human rights organisations to raise their voice against what they called "state terrorism". Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, provincial president of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) Mir Humayun Khan Marri alleged that the government was making character assassination of veteran Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, which is intolerable.


Mir Humayun, flanked by opposition Leader in the Balochistan Assembly Mir Kachkol Ali Baloch of the National Party, BNP’s Senator Sana Baloch and others, said the government wanted to evacuate Marri tribesmen from the site of the Marri camp. He warned that if even a single person was evacuated forcibly from the Marri camp, the government would be responsible for the consequences. 2.3.05

Bomb blast near Quetta police stationRockets were fired on a check post of the Frontier Corps in Kangri area of Loralai district on Tuesday night, while a powerful bomb blast near a police post on the Brewery Road in the provincial caused panic in the area.


According to police, the blast near the police post was caused by a 2-kg bomb, which created a 2-foot deep ditch, damaged a wall of the post and smashed windowpanes of nearby houses and buildings.


In another incident, a WAPDA lineman suffered serious injuries in a landmine blast in Barkhan area. FC check post sustained serious damaged in the rocket attack.


Meanwhile, police continued their search operation in the Marri camp on Tuesday and made false claims of recovering more weapons, ammunition and explosives.


It is a matter of grave concern that the police during the so-called searches more houses in New Kahan (Marri camp) have beaten up women and children and un lawfully conducting search’s without a magistrate and planting arms and explosive to show that they have recovered it in the search.


It is worth mentioning that Balochistan lawyers association, all political parties, leader opposion Balochistan assembly, Baloch students organization and other organizations.


Deputy Inspector General Police Rafi Pervez Bhatti said adding that the operation would continue for a complete clean-up of the area but in fact it in “Operation Wipeout” of the Baloch people and specifically New Kahan (Marri Camp) Quetta. 1.3.05

Bomb, Grenade, Rocket and Missile attacks in Quetta


Several massive explosions have occurred in Quetta in last 24 hours as unidentified persons planted bombs fired rockets and hurled a grenade at the premises of Radio Pakistan Quetta.


According to details during the last 24 hours at least 7 explosions were herd in different parts of Quetta. It is reported that at least one missile hit the army installations in the contentment area but the details not wet known. Bomb blasts have occurred in the train station, near the office of IG prisons, FC headquarters and several other places and a hand grenade that was thrown at the Radio Pakistan building windowpane of nearby buildings were broken.


According to the official report no loss of life has been reported.


It is worth remembering that DIG Quetta Rafi Pervaiz Bhatti while giving a press conference just one day before the recent wave of attacks had claimed that attacks on government installations were carried out by just a few people and who had nothing to do with Baloch struggle and the mastermind behind these attacks had been arrested and the organizations back been broken and declared that no such attacks will occur in the future.


Mean while Mr. Azad Baloch spokesman of Baloch Liberation Army BLA called and claimed responsibility for the attacks. 27.2.05

Explosion near gas pipeline in Kandkhot


Attempt to blow up a gas pipeline near Saifal Shakh, Karampur police station jurisdiction, Kandhkot in Sindh, on Saturday.


A bomb blast created a several feet deep crater near the gas pipeline but little damage was caused to the pipeline.


Residents of nearby villages said the explosion was so intense that it shook the earth. On receiving the information, DPO Din Mohammad Baloch and TPOs of Kandhkot and Tangwani rushed to the scene.


They also called bomb disposal squad officials from Sukkur. He said the bomb contained powder chemicals. He further said a case would be registered after investigation. 20.2.05

Electric supply towers blown up in District Barkhan


Main electric towers blown in District Barkhan resulting in, plunging of most of northern-east Balochistan into darkness.


According to details Baloch Freedom Fighters blew up at least two main electric towers in Barkhan near Kohlu. 17.2.05

Several rockets fired on FC check post in KohluFrontier corps check post targeted in Kohlu, severe damage reported to the post but no casualty reported.


According to sources, a frontier corps check post was targeted by Baloch freedom fighters late last night by rockets. The check post sustained sever damage but no casualty was reported. It is believed that that the FC personnel abandon the post as soon as the rocket fires started, thus no casualties reported. 15.2.05

Rockets attack on a FC camp in Noshki


Frontier Corps FC post and an official vehicle severely damaged in an attack on FC by Baloch freedom fighters.


According to details Baloch freedom fighters attacked and fired several rockets on a FC post in Noshki during the late hours of the evening, resulting in severe damage to the check post and an official FC vehicle parked in the post was completely destroyed.


BLA claimed responsibility for the attack. 15.2.05

Gas pipeline blown up near Muridke


A gas pipeline of SNGPL (Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited) blown up near Kala Shah Kaku in Muridke on Sunday night.


The same pipeline was blown up on the same spot two months back. The place where the blast took place was a crossing of pipeline above a water canal, locals said. They said that the pipeline shattered with a bang causing panic in the nearby localities.


The blast occurred on 8.45 pm at Kala Shah Kaku in Muridke. It was the third time in seven months that this pipeline was blown up. A local, Imran said that the blast could be more dangerous had the gas caught fire because it occurred near Ittehad Chemical Factory, a Chlorine producing unit.


K.W Shariq, GM Transmission said that the incident was the result of a sabotage activity, and that the same line was targeted some two months back.


He said that supply to the consumers was suspended. He said that repair work was started immediately and it would be restored till Monday morning. He said that the company was taking steps to safe guard sensitive installations.


Mean while spokesman of BLA called from an unknown place and claimed responsibility for the attack. 14.2.05

Wapda installations, Microwave station and train lines attacked


A microwave station of PTCL was hit by a rocket, in Galungor area of Nushki district, disrupting the telephonic links of three districts, officials said on Tuesday. Two powerful bomb blasts were also reported in other parts of the province.


The rocket damaged the microwave system of PTCL, disrupting the telephonic links of three districts-Nushki, Chaghai and Kharan-to the rest of the country.


Separately, the tower of Och-Sibi circuit of Wapda was blown up by unknown persons on the same morning near Bakhtiarabad area of Balochistan. A powerful bomb near the Och-Sibi circuit number-2, which exploded, damaging the power supply tower.


Talking to The News, a spokesman for the Quetta Electric Supply Company (Qesco) said one of the tower of Och-Sibi circuit number-2 was partially damaged in the explosion. He said the explosion did not disrupt the power supply to the area.


Also, a powerful bomb exploded near the boundary wall of the Frontier Corps (FC) FC’s mess base camp in Nushki district. However, no loss of life was reported in the explosion. The explosive device went off and created a crater. On the same afternoon, the officials of Pakistan Railways in Sukkur and Sibi said that the station master of Damboli had heard two powerful explosions in the area.


Soon after the information, the Quetta and Rawalpindi bound passenger trains were stopped in Sibi and Bailpat. The police and law-enforcement agencies along with the railway staff started patrolling near the railway track in Bakhtiarabad area to trace out the place where the explosions occurred.


BLA Baloch liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attacks. 9.2.05

Telephone microwave station, railway bridge blown up


The microwave repeater of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) was blown up on Monday in a powerful blast in Barkhan district, while two explosions rocked Quetta but caused no loss of life.


PTCL officials told The News that the microwave repeater was blown up in the wee hours of Monday by heavy explosive material planted by unknown persons on the Mazar mountain. The explosion blew the repeater into pieces, disconnecting the telephonic link of Barkhan district with the rest of the country.


A PTCL spokesman in Quetta said the digital telephone exchanges of Rakhni, Barkhan, Eshani and Narkot Tehsils of the Barkhan district had stopped working. The repair work or installation of a new repeater would be undertaken shortly, he said.


A senior official of Levies force said unknown armed men attacked the control room of the PTCL with automatic weapons and made the PTCL staff hostage for over an hour. Later, the unidentified armed men blew up the repeater and fled, he added. In Quetta a powerful bomb exploded on Sabzal Road, but did not cause as any casualty. Separately, unknown armed men fired a rocket in Nuwan Killi locality on the Quetta Airport Road.


Meanwhile, the railway track was blown up in Damboli area in Sibi district late on Monday night. Railways officials said unknown persons planted four powerful bomb devices under a bridge near the railway track in Damboli area, which severely damaged the bridge and ripped through several feet of track.


Baloch Peoples Liberation Front BPLF claimed responsibilities for the attack in Barkan and Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibilities for the attacks in Quetta and Sibi. 8.2.05

Gas pipeline, rail track blown up


Unidentified persons blew up a gas pipeline in Punjab and a railway track in Balochistan on Saturday.


Gas supply to several cities in southern Punjab and a power generation plant was suspended following an explosion in the main pipeline originating from Dhodak gas and oil fields in Taunsa, 90km from D.G. Khan, on Saturday night.


The blast occurred at 8.30pm at Mangrotha East. It suspended gas supply to Dera Ghazi Khan, Kot Addu, Taunsa Sharif and KAPCO power plant. He said that gas supply from the plant had been suspended.


It is the third blast in DG Khan during the last week. In the earlier two blasts, railway track was damaged in Shadan Lund and Kot Chhutta.


DG Khan and Rajanpur districts, it may added, are situated along the troubled Kohlu and Dera Bugti areas of Balochistan.


According to our reporter in Quetta, the railway track linking Quetta with Zahidan was blown up near Zangiabad area of the Chaghai district on Saturday night.


Unknown persons had planted a bomb at the railway track which exploded at around 8.50pm, official sources said from Nushki.


"Around two and half feet long railway track was blown up by the powerful blast," the sources said. No causality was reported. This was the second blast on this section during the last 48 hours.


On Thursday, unidentified people had blown up the same track near Wali Khan Village in Mastung district. Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the attacks. 6.2.05

Six blasts rocked Pakistan


Pakistan was rocked by six bombs and landmine blasts targeting key transport, communications and power facilities Thursday, causing widespread damage and blowing off a soldier's foot.


Five of the explosions were in the restive southwest province of Balochistan, which is in the throes of an intensifying rebellion by Nationalist demanding their right of self-determination.


Two railway lines were ripped up in the attacks, including the main line between Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, and Zahidan in neighbouring Iran.


The track was blown up at Mustung, a town some 56 kilometers (34 miles) southeast of Quetta, a railway control room official told on condition of anonymity. Officials were inspecting the damage, he added.


Hours earlier a powerful bomb ripped through the wall of a police station in the same town without causing any injuries, local police chief Salim Lehri said.


In the other rail blast a passenger train escaped a possible accident when a pilot engine found part of the track missing at Dera Ghazi Khan, 90 kilometres west of the central city of Multan, in Punjab province.


A four-feet stretch had been blown up by a bomb leaving a two-feet deep crater and halting the Chiltan express travelling from Quetta to the northern city of Rawalpindi, railway police said.


Authorities started running the pilot engines to check rail routes last month after a series of train bombings in Balochistan. All night services in the province were also halted in January.


In Kohlu, also in Balochistan and some 340 kilometres southeast of Quetta, militants blew up two microwave telephone masts, officials said. As security personnel escorted telephone officials to repair the damage they were hit by a landmine blast, leaving a low-ranking soldier seriously injured, an official of the paramilitary Frontier Corps official in Quetta confirmed.


Security sources said the injured man lost his foot in the blast. Meanwhile, multiple blasts destroyed an electricity transmission line tower in Naushki area, some 120 kilometres away from Quetta, Gibreel Khan, the spokesman of Quetta Electric Supply Company told.


Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) who are waging an increasingly intensified campaign against Punjabi domination of Baloch people in Balochistan claimed responsibility for the attacks and threatened to continue till they achieve their goal in freeing Balochistan from Punjabi domination. 3.2.05

Blasts in Balochistan and Sindh, Balochistan plunges into darkness


Power line blown up in Sibi; alleged bomber killed as two blasts rock Quetta; Hyderabad, Larkana also targeted


Almost whole of Balochistan, including Quetta, plunged into darkness on Tuesday night when the third main 220 KV electric supply line was blown up in Sibi.


Unknown armed men planted heavy explosive material near the power supply circuit in Mithri Pirak area of Sibi, which exploded around 9:15pm.


Officials of Quetta Electric Supply Company told The News that two out of three main power supply circuit from Guddu transmission line had already been blown up by unidentified armed men on January 29. Soon after the incident, power supply to over 15 districts of the province disconnected.


However, the temporarily power supply has been restored for Quetta and its outskirts from Habibullah Power Plant around 11:40pm.


To restore complete supply, the Qesco officials said that they had to make alternative arrangements from DG Khan to Sakhi Sarwas via Rakhni, Mekhter, Lora Lai, Qilla Saifullah and Quetta.


"The electricity tower was blown up in Sibi and power supply to two-thirds of the province has been cut off," a senior provincial official said. "This was the last power supply line after two power transmission lines were blown up earlier this month and now we have no means to supply power," an official from the government’s Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) said. "It will take some time before we can repair the damage," the official added.


Meanwhile, two successive powerful bomb blasts here on Tuesday killed an alleged bomber and injured four officials of the Pakistan Railways (PR).


In the first explosion, the Rawalpindi-bound 39-Down Jaffar Khan Express escaped a major disaster, while in the second blast an alleged bomber became the victim.


The first explosion occurred at around 12:40 pm at Sariab Road near overhead bridge when Jaffar Khan Express was passing through. A bogie of the train was partially damaged in the explosion, railways officials told The News.


The railways police said that the bomb was a remote-controlled device, planted near the railway track. "As soon as the train reached the site, the bomb went off, smashing windowpanes of one of the bogies and injuring four persons," Quetta DIG Rafi Pervez Bhatti told The News. "Consequently, the driver stopped the train for half an hour."


The injured were identified as Sub Inspector Abdul Rehman, conductor guard Jehanzeb, Special Ticket Examiner Muhammad Afzal and an attendant Shahid Iqbal.


Around 1:00 pm, another explosion rocked the busy Arts School Road. One person, who was stated to be the alleged bomber, died in the explosion. The Quetta DIG said that the bomber was killed while planting the device in a motorcycle. He identified the alleged bomber as Behar Khan, a schoolteacher in Dera Bugti, who was wanted by the police in many cases.


The blast smashed the windowpanes of nearby buildings and tore the alleged bomber into pieces as well as the motorcycle, on which the bomb was being planted.


Agencies add: The Balochistan Liberation Army immediately claimed responsibility in a message telephoned to local newspapers. The BLA also claimed responsibility of a bomb blast at a railway track in Quetta.


Two bombs also exploded in Sindh but caused no damage or casualties. One exploded near a police station in Hyderabad and the second near military housing in Larkana. By Muhammad Ejaz Khan The News 2.2.05

Two bomb explosions rock Quetta


Two bombs exploded in and around Quetta on Sunday, officials said, the latest in a series of attacks that have targeted government installations and security forces in the region. No injuries were reported.


A bomb hidden in a plastic shopping bag went off near a park fence in a northern neighbourhood of Quetta, said Pervez Rafi Bhatti, the city’s police chief. The second bomb exploded near a roadside restaurant in Kuchlak, a small town about 20 kilometres north of Quetta, damaging a trolley parked nearby, Bhatti said.


No injuries were reported in the blasts. Elsewhere in the province, security forces seized a cache of arms and munitions in a dry stream in Naukundi, said Lt Col Rizwan Malik. No one was arrested and it was not known who dumped the cache there, Malik said.


BLA spokesman Mir Azad Baluch claimed responsibility for Saturday’s explosions in telephone calls to newspaper offices in Quetta. Daily Time. 31.1.05

BLA claims responsibility for pipeline blast in Head Baloki


Main gas pipeline supplying gas to Punjab blown up near Baloki in Punjab. Gas supply to industrial units in Lahore, Kasur, Pattoki, Sahiwal and Multan remained suspended on the second day on Saturday.


Taking precautionary measures against attacks, the SNGPL on Saturday directed its operational wing to lay all over ground gas pipeline crossings underground in Punjab, Azam Khan, the SNGPL deputy-managing director, told.


He said gas supply to industrial units would be restored today (Sunday) evening or on Monday. Sources said the SNGPL lost Rs 7.5 million due to Friday’s attack on the pipeline. He said the company had hired the services of the Army, the Rangers and the FC to guard pipelines but it was difficult to protect the 6,000-kilometre main line and 38,000-km distribution lines.


Meanwhile, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has accepted the responsibility of attack on Kasur, gas pipeline. 30.01.05

Several rockets hit FC check post in Kohlu


a dozen rockets fired on a Frontier Corps check post in Kohlu. No fatality but extensive damages reported.


According to local sources, late Sunday night Baloch freedom fighters launched an attack on FC check post firing at least a dozen rockets and several hundred rounds of automatic guns.


The attack continued for about an hour in which heavy weaponry was used causing severe damage to the FC post and nearby government buildings. When asked the officials about the details of the attack they declined to comment. 30.1.05

Four power supply towers blown up in Naseerabad


Almost the whole of Balochistan, including the provincial capital, plunged into darkness on Saturday evening for over one-and-half hour when four power supply poles of 220 KV lines were blown up near Naseerabad district.


Reports reaching here from Naseerabad said that unknown persons planted heavy explosive material near the power supply poles in the Chahtar area of Naseerabad which exploded with a big bang, blowing up the poles. Consequently, power supply to over 15 districts of Balochistan and some parts of Sindh was disrupted.


The power supply was suspended after the explosions around 7.15pm. An official of the Quetta Electric Supply Corporation (Qesco).


The power supply was restored to Quetta around 8.40pm. However, over 15 districts of the province - including Khuzdar, Kalat, Mastung, Pishin and Ziarat - were in complete darkness till the filing of this report.


The Qesco official added that the power supply to the remaining parts of the province would be restored as soon as the damaged poles were repaired. Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack. And warned the public not to use the train service because this will be their next target. 30.1.05

Gas to Punjab suspended as blast destroys pipeline


Unidentified people blue up a gas pipeline to Lahore late on Friday, suspending gas to more than half of the city and other parts of Punjab late on Friday.


Preliminary reports confirmed that a bomb had destroyed the pipeline coming from Multan and passing through the Baloki-Sulemanki Link Canal.


A bomb planted beside a 18 inches in diameter pipeline which blown up near Head Baloki, cutting of gas to the southern part of Lahore, Changa Manga, Pattoki, Kasur and Manga Mandi.


Gas from Multan was stopped and gas officials rushed to the scene and started repairing the damage, sources said, adding that officials of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited were trying to restore gas to Lahore via the pipeline from Shahdara. 29.1.05

Rockets and Bomb attacks Quetta, Sibi, Kohlu, Dhadar, Mashkaff


Three rockets and several bomb blasts on Wednesday night in Quetta, Sibi, Dhadar, Mashkaff and other parts of Balochistan from unknown locations, but no loss of was reported.


Police sources in Quetta confirmed that unidentified persons had fired a rocket at 10:20pm, which landed in Askari Park on the airport road run by the cantonment board, Quetta.


Another rocket was fired in Sibi, and DPO Gul Khan Sasoli told by telephone that a police party was searching the area to find out the actual place, but they were facing difficulty due to darkness.


The third rocket was fired in Dhadar area, the headquarters of Bolan district. Police official told this reporter by telephone that they had failed to locate the actual place due to darkness.


Electric tower blown up in Mashkaff near Sibi, electric supply cutoff to Mashkaff and other areas of Balochistan. Another blast near Sibi grid station. Grid station damaged in the blast. Several other incidences from Kohlu, Barkan and other parts of Balochistan also reported but details not known wet.


BLA Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attacks, and vowed to continue till they free Baloch from Punjab’s slavery. 27.1.05

Sibi train track bombed


A powerful bomb ripped apart a key railway line in Balochistan for the second time in three days, injuring five people, as another blast damaged a government building on Monday.


Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for both of the explosions in Balochistan.


Around three feet of track was ripped up by the blast which happened around 10:00pm near Sibi, 150 kilometres from Quetta, rail officials said.


Five railway engineers who were looking for the site of the blast on the main line between Quetta and Karachi were injured when their trolley derailed on the missing stretch of track.


Deputy railway controller Mohammad Murtaza said the line would be out of action for repairs until at least Tuesday morning.


Meanwhile another bomb exploded at around 5:15pm on Monday in the ministers’ block of the civil secretariat, shattering windows but causing no casualties, police and witnesses said.


A BLA spokesman, identifying himself as Major Naukaf, called newspaper offices and warned there would be a blast later in the evening near Sibi, without giving an exact location. Authorities were alerted but could not find the bomb before it detonated.


Tribal chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti told Voice of America that he had seen Shujaat on television talking of dialogue with Baloch nationalists, but no dialogue would be possible under “threat and duress”. 25.01.05

Bomb blast rocks Minister Block in Quetta


A powerful bomb blast occurred in Minister block of Civil Secretariat Balochistan without any fatal outcome on Monday.


A powerful bomb blast occurred in Minister block of Civil Secretariat Balochistan on Monday, smashing window panes of provincial ministry offices however no casualty was reported in the wake of the blast.


The explosion occurred at 5:20 pm in the gallery near the office of provincial minister of sports and environment. The sound of the explosion left the guard of the minister block unconscious.


Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the bomb blast. 24.1.05

Railway track blown up in Quetta


Railway track near Balochistan University in Quetta blown up by unidentified persons on Sunday, cutting off all rail traffic to and from Quetta.


Officials said that a bomb blast that hit the railway track passing through the university campus, ripped apart train lines and caused a 4 feet deep crater however no casualty was reported.


In the wake of the incident the rail traffic remained affected all rail traffic coming to and from Quetta was stopped for several hours, the traffic was only restored after the repair work on the track was done.


Police have registered case against unidentified people and started investigation. Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the bomb blast. 23.1.05

FC camp attacked in Noshki, damage and casualty reported


A Frontier Corps FC camp attacked in Noshki with rockets, missiles and heavy machineguns. Heavy damages and casualties reported.


According to details, a group of unknown persons attacked a FC camp during late hours of the Tuesday evening at 8.30pm. Several missiles and rockets were fired on the camp resulting in severe damage to it and several FC personnel killed and injured.


Later heavy firing erupted which continued for more then an hour. The attackers escaped unharmed. Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the attack. 18.1.05

Two bomb explosions in Gwadar


Gwadar city rocked when two powerful bombs went consecutively, damaging nearby buildings and shattering windowpanes of surrounding buildings on Monday night.


The explosions occurred about 15 minutes apart, late Monday night. Explosive devices were planted near Government offices. The explosions were so powerful that the office buildings sustained substantial damage but due to late hours no one was present in the buildings, thus no casualties reported.


Mr Azad Baloch representative of Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) called up from unknown location and claimed responsibility for the attack. He warned the government of more bomb blasts if it continues its heavy-handed policies against Baloch people in Sui, Dera Bugti and other parts of Balochistan.


Mr Baloch added that if any army operation is carried out against the Baloch people, BLA will intensify their attacks and target Military and Government installations all over Balochistan.


He further added it would cost Punjab dearly, if it carries out any Army operation in Balochistan, it is time Punjab should understand Baloch will no longer sit quietly and witness pillage of Baloch and Balochistan. 18.1.04

FC check post attacked 4 killed, several injured in Bibi-Nani


Rocket attack on Frontier Corps FC check-post 4 killed and several injured. Mean while in another incidence high-tension electric tower blow-up in Bibi-Nani.


According to details, Heavy automatic gunfire and a dozen explosions were heard when a FC check-post was attacked near Bibi-Nani late Monday night. the attack continued for an hour in which rocket propelled grenades and automatic machineguns were used by the attackers.


Several rockets were fired on FC post in Bibi-Nani, at least six rockets hit the post, which resulted in heavy damages to the check-post and killed 4 FC personnel and injuring several other exact number of casualties are unknown number. When asked the officials about the details of the attack they declined to give details.


A group fighting for the rights of Baloch people named Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the attack. 17.1.05

Bomb explosion in Mach


Some unknown persons planted a bomb near the house of union counsel Nazim Mach chodhri Mohammad Maqbool. Nearby buildings also received damages the incident happened on Friday night around 10:00 pm.


According to details a bomb planted near the house of Union Counsel Nazim Mach Chodhri Mohammad Maqbool, exploded with a big bang on Friday night. The boundary wall of the Nazim’s house destroyed and the buildings also received damages but no loss of life has reported.
The near by buildings window pans smashed. There was fear amongst the government officials living in the area. The attackers managed to escape. 15.01.05


6 rockets hit FC check post in Kohlu


Baloch Freedom Fighters fired rockets on the check post of Frontier Core in district Kohlu on Saturday here but managed to escape after counter firing.


In District Kohlu, Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked a FC check post and fired six rockets and fired heavy machine guns on the check post from the hills of Jandran.


The check post sustained severe damage and several FC personnel injured. The injured were shifted to Multan military hospital. Baloch Freedom Fighters managed to flee from the scene unharmed. 15.1.05

Gun battle leaves two dead in Sui


At least two people, including a woman, were killed and seven others injured, two of them seriously, in heavy gunfire between armed men and law-enforcement personnel in Sui on Monday.


The heavy fighting that started at 11:30pm on Sunday night continued till 10am on Monday. "Hundreds of rockets and mortar shells were fired during 11 hours of heavy gun battle," sources in Sui told Dawn by telephone, and added that the injured also included a soldier of the levy force who received bullet injuries.


"Though rocket and mortar shell firing stopped in the morning, firing with light weapons continued throughout the day in Sui," official sources said, and added that electricity and water supply was suspended as electricity poles, cables and water supply lines were hit by rockets.


Heavy fighting erupted late night when armed men launched an attack on the positions of Frontier Corps and Defence Security Guards (DSG) in the Sui area. The security forces retaliated and targeted the positions of the armed men with rockets and mortar shells, sources said.


"The people of Sui could not sleep the whole night as the township was rocking with the heavy explosions of rockets and mortar shells," a police officer said while confirming two deaths in the gun battle.


A large number of rockets and mortar shells landed and exploded in different residential colonies damaging many houses and killing animals in large numbers. "Dozens of houses and shops were damaged in different residential colonies," an officer of the local administration confirmed, and said that the administration was collecting detailed information.


The PPL also claimed heavy losses inside its fenced area where several rockets and mortar shells landed and exploded. The house of the acting manager was hit by a rocket.


The junior executive mess and a Wapda installation plant were also hit setting both on fire. The electricity supply was also disrupted in the gas field, a PPL spokesman said.


All shops and bazaars remained closed for the fourth consecutive day due to firing and exchange of rockets between armed men and law-enforcement personnel, while the town of Sui and its gas field was cut off from the rest of the country as a result of continuous fighting.


The people were facing great difficulties as both those injured in the rocket explosions as well as the sick could not be taken to hospitals. No transport was available in Sui for reaching safer places.


The woman killed in the firing was identified as Mrs Sabzo while the man, a resident of the NWFP, was identified as Asmatullah Wazir. He had been running a provision store in Bugti Colony. He was killed in the crossfire while he was headed towards his store in the morning.


However, no gas pipeline or other installation was damaged in the firing, the acting manager of PPL Sui Plant, Mr. Perveiz, told local reporters in Sui on Monday. The gas supply from Sui for the rest of the country continued without any disruptions, while the pipeline that had been damaged in the fighting on Friday and Saturday nights was repaired and the gas supply to the Guddo Thermal Power Plant was restored.


Meanwhile, the elders of the Bugti tribe, including Wadera Qamaruddin (Chief of Kalpar), Wadera Ali Bakhsh Mondrani and Wadera Ali Mohammad, strongly condemned the firing of rockets and mortar shells on the residential areas of Sui as a result of which some people were killed and many injured.


Speaking at a press conference in Sui on Monday, they said that the personnel of Frontier Corps and Defence Security Guards were targeting civilian settlements by firing rockets and mortar shells. "At least eight people have been killed so far and around 28 injured during the last three days due to firing rockets on the residential areas of Sui," they said.


They said that people suffered losses worth millions of rupees during the last three days as dozens of houses and vehicles had been destroyed and many animals had been killed in the rocket explosions.


They said that the security forces had sealed Sui town in its entirety and had imposed an unannounced curfew that was creating problems for the people, including not being able to take the injured to hospitals of other cities for treatment. They alleged that the PPL doctors were not treating the relatives of the labourers working with the company.


The Bugti elders also criticized the government for not arresting the officials of the DSG who were involved in criminally assaulting a lady doctor. They demanded that the accused should be arrested without further delay. Dawn.com 11.1.05

Another major gas pipeline blown up in Sui


A gas pipeline was blown up when heavy firing resumed between BLA and FC fighters in Sui on Saturday, suspending supply to the Guddu Thermal Power Station.


Sources said the 20-inch wide gas pipeline was blown up in heavy shooting by unidentified people. Police said that the fire was controlled and gas supply was suspended from Sui.


Earlier, a gas pipeline was also destroyed in an attack and gas supply was suspended to southern Sindh till Saturday morning. Sources said the pipeline was attacked in retaliation for the alleged gang rape of a female doctor in Sui. Azad Baloch, member of the Baloch Liberation Front, claimed responsibility of Saturday’s attack.


On Friday, three people including two children, and a woman were killed when FC started indiscriminate firing of the residence of Sui. One FC personnel killed in attack by BLF fighters on gas installations in Sui. 9.1.05

Once again police station and FC quarter under rocket attack in Quetta


Once again some Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked Shalkot police station and Frontier Corps FC quarter with the rockets in Quetta on 7:30 pm Saturday evening.


According to details, two rockets were fired from near by mountains on the Shalkot police station and Frontier Corps quarter. One rocket hit the Garage building behind the Shalkot police station where a Frontier Corps’s platoon lives. The local people believe heavy losses of life and property, the side wall of the building collapsed.


Another rocket landed very close to the police station, the building received damages. In a similar attack, the mentioned police station and FC quarter were targeted just last Wednesday night. 9.1.05

Rocket hit FC check post in Kohlu


Baloch freedom fighters attacked a Frontier Corps (FC) check post in Kohlu from Pir Shah Mehmood Mountains Saturday night.


According to details, a FC check post sustained severe damage in a rocket attack, when Baloch freedom fighters attacked the Jandran FC check post, firing at least 20 rockets from the Pir shah Mehmood Mountains. Fir continued for a hour later the attackers managed to escape unharmed, no casualties confirmed. 8.1.05

Rocket attack destroys gas pipeline in Sui


Unidentified people blew up a gas pipeline in Sui late on Friday and exchanged fire with security personnel in the same area.


The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed the attack, saying it was in reaction to the gang-rape of a female doctor in Sui.


Police said a gas pipeline was destroyed after a rocket hit it and heavy gunfire was heard later. The pipeline caught fire and flames were seen shooting up from far away. Gas field officials suspended the gas supply and were reported to have controlled the fire. It was not known whether gas to any area was suspended. Sources said the pipeline was hit near the gas well, where pipes led to the compression plant and then to the gas purification plant. Therefore, the attack might not affect gas supply, they added.


Deputy Superintendent of Police Abdul Karim said security personnel and the Frontier Corps retaliated with heavy weapons and repulsed the attack. The firing started at around 8:40pm and continued till 9:25pm. It later resumed at 10:35pm and continued till 11:45pm. Sources said several children and one woman were reportedly injured when security personnel shot at a residential area, but the reports were not confirmed.


Police said they could only hear gunshots and mortar fire and could see the pipeline engulfed by flames from their station. Nobody could leave the station, as gunshots were being exchanged all around their station. Sources said emergency was declared in the Sui gas field hospital. Daily Times By Azizullah Khan 8.01.04

Rocket hit Police station in Quetta, two injured


Some unknown persons fired two rockets from the Chiltan Mountains the Shalkot police station and FC quarter on Wednesday night 9:10 pm


According to resources, some unknown attackers hurled two rockets from the Chiltan Mountains to the Shalkot police station and on FC quarter .One rocket hit the duty cabin on the first floor. The cabin destroyed.


The second rocket landed in a Garage where a FC (Frontier Corps) platoon lives next to the police station. Two police spy including a clerk seriously injured. The injured persons admitted to the CMH (Combined Military Hospital) in Quetta Cantt.


In a similar rocket attack near Hazarganji national park highway police check post was attacked on Thursday night. Where the losses could not been established. Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the attacks. 6.1.05

Sindh-Balochistan border Ranger’s post attacked, two personnel injured


Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked two-check post of Ranger’s near Balochistan border with Sindh on Wednesday.


According to resources Baloch Freedom Fighters launched attack on Ranger’s post near Sindh Balochistan. One check post completely destroyed.


The second post was under construction also received damages. Two personnel seriously in injured. The injured personnel were flown to hospital.


The firing with rockets and weapons continued for approximately one hour. After the exchange of fire between security forces and the attackers, the attackers managed to escape. Baloch Liberation Army claimed the responsibility. 5.1.05

FC convoy attack near Dera Bugti 2 killed and three injured


Some unknown assailants attacked with rockets on a FC convoy near Sanjo Safari in Sui on Monday.


According to details, the FC convoy with dignitaries after visiting a check post when the convoy reached near Sanjo Safari in Sui. Some unknown persons attacked with rockets and opened indiscriminate firing in results two personnel including an officer of FC killed and three personnel seriously injured.


The dead bodies were referred to their native cities in Punjab and NWFP (North West Frontier Province). The injured persons were flown to Multan hospital after the first add in Sui hospital. One injured personnel in a serious condition.


The attackers manage to escape after the attack. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility for the attack. 4.1.05

Bomb blasts and Rockets rock Quetta and Kalat


A bomb exploded and three rockets struck sites in Quetta while two bombs exploded in Kalat on Monday. No loss of life was reported. The rockets were fired at a highway police checkpoint in suburban Quetta near Hazaar Ganji at about 11:00pm.


Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Pervez Rafi Bhatti said the rockets were fired from an unidentified location and caused no casualties as they missed their target. Earlier, a bomb exploded behind the Balochistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BBISE) building in Quetta at about 8:00pm.


Meanwhile, two bombs exploded in Kalat between 8:00pm and 9:00pm. A district government official said the first bomb exploded near a Frontier Corps camp and the second exploded near the district coordination officer’s office after 45 minutes. Both explosions created panic among people and police has registered cases and is investigating.


The CCPO said the attacks were in reaction to the 15 arrests made by police in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan after the Meezan Chowk bomb attack last month that left 11 people including two soldiers dead and scores injured. He said police had also recently arrested five suspects from a house of a Marri chieftain. Azizullah Khan 4.1.05

Turbat: Bomb blast in FC camp


A powerful explosion rocks FC camp in Turbat in late hours of the night.


According to details a powerful explosion rocked FC camp in Turbat in late hours of the night. The explosion occurred at an under construction market in FC camp near Asghar Gate Turbat around 12.43 am Saturday-Sunday night.


The explosion was so powerful that it shook the city. Explosion caused no casualty but windowpanes of nearby buildings were smashed.


After the explosion security has been mounted in the area. A probe was underway but no arrests were reported. Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the attack. 3.1.05



Balochistan witnesses more then a dozen insurgent attacks in 24 hours


Kohlu, Mand, Tump Mach, Quetta and rest of Balochistan under a new wave of attacks. More then a dozen army, paramilitary and government installations come under bomb, grenade and rocket attacks in last 24 hours.


According to details Baloch insurgents attacked and destroyed several Frontier Corps FC posts in Kohlu, Mand and Tump. A FC post in Mand area of Hastakan was attacked at 7:30 pm on Saturday with heavy automatic fire, rockets propelled grenades. The FC post was completely destroyed and several casualties were reported.


In another incidence at 8:00pm two cyclists hurled a hand grenade at a military truck, which exploded, and badly damaging it. Mean while four rockets fired at a FC check post, hitting and damaging it but exact details of damage and casualties not known due to blackout of information by the FC authorities.


Mean while in another part of Balochistan in Kohlu area, Baloch insurgents fired eight rockets at a FC post, at least three of which had a direct hit causing panic and casualties amongst FC personnel.


Several other bomb and grenade attacks have been reported from Quetta, Mach, Sindh-Balochistan border area. 29.5.05

Bomb blast rocks Quetta and Mach cities


Two bomb explosions were heard in provincial capital Quetta and a bomb exploded in Mach city train station some 45 km from Quetta on Saturday 28 May.


According sources, some unknown persons hurled a hand grenade on Ghelani road during late hours of the evening resulting in damage to nearby houses. In another incidence a loud explosion was heard but exact location could not be determined, when inquired from the police, they decline to comment. It is usually when sensitive government or army installations are hit such reaction and denial is shown.


Mean while a powerful device exploded near Mach city train station, extensively damaging the station but no casualty has been reported. It is worth mentioning that these explosions were on the eve of the atom bomb test in Chaghai Balochistan in 1998.
Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the attacks. 29.5.05


Four successive bomb explosions in Quetta


Four powerful explosions shook Quetta, the blasts occurred near Saryaib police station, government offices and telephone exchange on Friday to Saturday night.


According to details four powerful explosive devices detonated consecutive on Saryaib road Quetta. First explosion happened near B&R government department office building two more explosions near Quetta central telephone exchange offices and forth a very powerful explosion happened near Saryaib road police station. Bomb blasts resulted in severe damage to government offices, telephone exchange and the police station.


Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the bomb blasts and said they were to remind the Punjabi tyrants that Baloch did not forget the grave unjust to our motherland Balochistan by testing a nuclear device in Chaghai. 28.5.05

Grenade attack on SSP’s residence in Quetta


A hand grenade explosion in the house senior superintendent police SSP in Quetta.


According to sources, some unknown persons hurled a hand grenade in the house Senior Superintendent Police SSP Sohaib Akthar. The official house is located on airport road where the incidence occurred. The grenade exploded with a loud bang causing damage to the front of the house and the main gate.


At the time of the attack no one was home. Mr Sohaib Akthar is currently posted as SSP national highways. Police have started investigations but no arrests have been made. 23.5.05

Powerful bomb explosion rocks Quetta


Quetta the capital of Balochistan was rocked when a powerful went off on Zargoon road on Friday night.


According to sources, a powerful bomb went off on Zargoon road in Quetta at 12pm on Friday night. The blast was so powerful that the explosion was heard from several miles.


Due to the blast a nearby building suffered damage and windowpanes of several buildings were shattered but no casualties were reported. Police cordoned off the area and started investigations.


Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the blast. 21.5.05

Police patrol ambushed in Nasirabad two killed


Some unknown persons ambushed a police patrol with automatic weapons killing two including the driver.


According to sources, some unknown persons ambushed a police patrol and opened automatic fire, the driver Kadir Bux and constable Mohd Ayoub were killed on the spot. The incidence took place at Tamboo district Nasirabad.


The attackers managed to escape unharmed. Police have registered cases against unknown persons and started investigations but no arrests have made so far. 20.5.05

Bomb blasts in Turbat


A powerful bomb went off in front of Turbat police station and army recruitment center.


According to sources a powerful bomb went off in front of Turbat police station and army recruitment center at 8:45pm Tuesday evening.


Police station, army recruitment center and residence of Major Abid in the premises of the recruitment center were badly damaged and windowpanes of nearby buildings shattered but no casualty have been reported.


Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack. 18.5.05

Explosion in Noshki


A bomb went off in Noshki bazaar causing damage to property but no loss of life was reported.


According to sources, Baloch freedom fighters planted a powerful bomb, which went off in Noshki main bazaar causing damage to near government buildings but no casualty was reported.


BLA Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the blast. 18.5.05

Four blasts rock Gwadar


Four powerful explosions in Gwadar rocked the newly-constructed port area on Saturday night. However, no loss of life was reported.


According to sources, four explosions occurred at brief intervals in the coastal town of Gwadar. The first blast occurred near the General Post Office, smashing its windowpanes as well as those of nearby government buildings.


The second device, planted by Baloch insurgents near the Gwadar port area, went off with a big bang, 10 minutes later, another explosion was heard in the same area.


The fourth device exploded near the Gwadar Fish Harbour at around 11.30pm. However, no person was killed or injured.


Baloch Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the attacks. 15.5.05

Blast at Quetta court building


A powerful explosive device went off in the premises of the district court building here on Friday night but caused no loss of life.


Baloch insurgents threw a explosive device in the district court building which fell in an open space and exploded. The blast smashed windowpanes of some offices in the building, the police added. 14.5.05

Six bombs went off in Balochistan


Six explosions were reported around the border area between Sindh and Balochistan on Monday.


There were three powerful explosions in Gwadar but no casualties were reported. Official sources said that two bombs exploded near a police station, in a span of ten minutes. A third bomb exploded near a government official’s home.


A powerful explosion also occurred in Quetta on Monday night. Police officials said that a bomb was set off at Arbab Barkat Ali Road. No casualties were reported. House windows around the blast site shattered and it also caused a crater in the road.


Meanwhile, AFP reported that two bomb blasts occurred near Kashmore Colony railway station and damaged a rail track but caused no casualties, said senior railway police officer Shafi Muhammad Mughal.


The bombs exploded on the rail line near the station, on the border with Balochistan, they damaged a portion of the track. No train was passing on the track when the blasts occurred, he said.


Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attacks. 10.5.05

Two FC men injured in Naseerabad explosion


A blast injured two militiamen in the Bakhtairabad area of Nasirabad district while insurgents fired rockets damaging two pylons in Bolan Mountains on Friday. Levy sources in Bakhtairabad tehsil confirmed that two patrol personnel of the Frontier Corps, Faridullah and Umar Ali, were wounded when a detonator planted underground blasted.


In the other incident in Bolan area, some 90 Kms southeast of here, saboteurs targeted two electricity towers in the early hours of Friday. A Qesco spokesman said terrorists had damaged two electricity towers of 132 kV between Pirghaib and Bibinani on the Quetta-Sibi transmission line. However, the attack failed to disrupt the normal power supply.


He acknowledged that the replacement of the pylons would cause suspension of power supply and the shortage would be managed through load shedding.


Baloch Liberation army BLA claimed responsibility for all the attacks 7.5.05

Railway track in and two grid Station blown up


A portion of the main railway track linking Quetta with the rest of the country was blown up near the Domboli area of Nasirabad district early on Sunday morning seriously affecting the rail traffic. Also on Sunday, rockets were fired at installations of the Quetta Electric Supply Company in Pasni and Mach.


According to Pakistan Railways authorities Baloch insurgents had planted a powerful bomb on the railway track near Domboli, about 250 Km southeast of Quetta. It went off at around 2.50 am blowing up a portion of the railway. All Quetta-bound passenger and goods trains were stopped at the Jacobabad station. It took several hours to replace the damaged track and service on the main line was restored.


Three rockets were fired at the Grid Station in Mach. Two of the rockets hit the grid station and exploded, while the third hit the main gate of the grid station, smashing window-panes and doors. A man passing was hit by splinters.


A Grid Station in the area of Pasni was damaged when some people opened automatic fired with heavy weapons on the plant. The Grid Station sustained serious damage and electric supply to Pasni city was disconnected. BLA Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack. 2.5.05

Blast damages railway track near Rahim Yar Khan


The Karachi-bound Shah Rukn-i-Alam Express escaped a disaster when a bomb exploded on the railway track near the Sadiq Abad regulator, two kilometers off the Sadiq Abad railway station, on Saturday. Several feet of the track safety plates and nuts were destroyed in the blast that took place at about 12:30pm.


Police sources claimed that the bomb had been planted to blow up the 13-down Shah Rukn-i-Alam Express which was scheduled to pass from the site at 12:45pm. The bomb, went off 15 minutes ahead of it.


Rahim Yar Khan DPO Syed Ibn-i-Hussain and the assistant engineer of the Khanpur railway region, along with technical staff and officials of the bomb disposal squad, rushed to the scene.


The Sadiq Abad police have registered a case against unidentified people. Police said the incident was an act of sabotage. “The repair work was under way and the railway traffic would be restored shortly” assistant engineer of the Khanpur railway region said. 1.5.05

Two FC soldiers killed and several injured in a rocket attack in Kohlu


Baloch insurgents fired a dozen rockets at least five rockets hit a paramilitary base on Friday, killing two and injuring several FC soldiers in a pre-dawn assault in the Kohlu area of the restive province Balochistan.


According to details a well-equipped group of Baloch freedom fighters attacked a Frontier Corps camp in the early hours of Friday morning. They fired a dozen rockets and opened automatic fire on the camp when most of the FC personnel were asleep. Due to the sudden attack there was a panic in the FC camp. 29.4.05

Land mine blast kills three injures one soldier near Kahan


A team of Frontier Corps (paramilitary soldier) patrolling Kahan-Kohlu road when one of them stepped on a land mine, three FC personnel were killed and one seriously injured in the Marri area of Balochistan.


The incident happened Wednesday morning when a group of soldiers was walking in the area of Kahan, 400 kilometers (240 miles) east of Quetta, capital of southwestern Balochistan province.


Baloch insurgents had planted the mine, the Baloch insurgency is going on in Balochistan since several decades and since last few years it has intensified and has specifically targeted state interests, army, paramilitary and other strategic targets. 27.4.05

Four injured, railway track damaged in blasts


Four people, three of them policemen, were injured and parts of a railway track was damaged in two bomb blasts in the Jaffarabad district on Tuesday.


According to official sources, a policemen patrol spotted an explosive device near the railway line in Dera Allahyar behind the office of the district police officer, the sources said. The police removed the bomb and a head constable was trying to defuse it when it exploded, injuring him and three other people.


The injured - Sub-Inspector Abdul Ghani, Head Constable Bakhsh Ali, the DPO's gunman Allah Rakha and an unidentified driver of the agriculture department - were taken to the Dera Allahyar Civil Hospital.


In the second incident, a bomb planted on railway track near the Subatput station went off at about 10:30pm. “The bomb exploded after Chiltan Express had just passed the railway track and Quetta Express was a few kilometres away,” a local journalist said. The main railway track was damaged in the bomb blast.


All the traffic was disrupted as all trains were stopped till the repair work could be completed. Sources said that railway engineers and other staff had started the repair work and it was believed that the traffic would resume in the next 24 hours. 27.4.05

Two blasts blow up railway track near Sindh-Balochistan border


Two powerful bomb blasts blew away a three-foot portion of the railway track between Tangwani and Bijarani railway stations within the limits of Dera Sarki police station on the Sindh-Balochistan border late on Sunday.


A pilot engine coming on the down track at the time of the blast narrowly escaped the disaster. Immediately, afterwards, the authorities stopped all the up and down trains running on the Quetta-Kashmore Dera Ghazi Khan section at various railway stations.


The bombs were planted under the track and went off simultaneously. A woman, Gulnaz Nandvani, of Hafeez Khoso village was injured when hit by the splinters of the track. 25.4.05

Electric towers blown up in District Barkhan


Several electric towers blown up in District Barkhan resulting in, plunging of most of northern-east Balochistan into darkness.


Baloch Freedom Fighters detonated explosive martial at the base of 230kv transmission towers at Hun Naddi area of Barkhan district, several towers collapsed snapping transmission lines electric supply to the Kohlu, Barkhan and parts of Punjab disrupted.


The electricity supply to the affected areas remains suspended till the release of this news report. In another incidence electric supply to several areas of Kalat, 120km (75 miles) south of Quetta, was cut off after the pylon blown up, said Gibreel Khan, a spokesman for the state-run power company


It is worth mentioning that a series of bomb explosions and rockets attacks on security forces and on Government installations, is going on since several years in Balochistan.


Organizations like Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) and Baloch Peoples Liberation Front (BPLF) have time and again said in their statements that their struggle will continue till Baloch people gain their freedom from Punjabi domination and slavery. 21.4.05

Two bomb explosions in Quetta


Quetta capital of Balochistan was shaken with two successive bomb explosions on Tuesday.


According to details two successive bomb blasts occurred in Quetta. The first blast happened at 11pm near brewery road police station in a bus stand.


The second explosion happened just a few minutes later on Shahzaman road some distance from the first blast, no casualties have been reported but nearby buildings were badly damaged and windowpanes of many buildings shattered.


According to police two rockets with timer devices were defused before they could go off. Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the attacks. 20.4.05

Three bomb blasts shook Kalat city


Kalat city shook when three consecutive powerful bomb explosions hit Kalat late Tuesday night.


According to details three powerful explosions were heard in Kalat city, all three explosions were aimed at government sensitive institutions. The first blast happened at 7:55 in a session judge courtroom, located in between a police station and a levis headquarter. The buildings of the session court, police station and the levis headquarter sustain severe damage. No casualties reported but some guards posted in these offices fainted.


The second blast occurred 20 minutes later besides adjacent walls of a telephone exchange and a government rest house. Both the buildings suffered damages and windowpanes of nearby houses shattered.


And just 10 minutes later the third blast was heard which happened near the residence of Zila Nazil (District Administrator) Mir Niamatullah Zahri in the house of his PA Abdul Razzaq. No casualties were reported but several people fainted due to the explosions and Kalat district administration was left in a state of panic.


Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attacks. 20.4.05

Microwave telephone station blown up in Dalbandin


A microwave telephone station near Dalbandin was blown up in a rocket attack all communication to the Dalbandin and surrounding area cut off.


According to sources Baloch insurgents targeted a microwave telephone station near Dalbandin with heavy rocket and automatic fire, on the night between Thursday to Friday.


The microwave station sustained severe damage and all communication to the Dalbandin and surrounding area cut off.


BLA Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack. 16.4.05

Gwadar highway construction company attack in Karkh


Baloch insurgents fired four rocket-propelled grenades RPG’s and opened automatic fired at the offices and machinery of a construction company working on Gwadar highway project near Karkh.


According to sources Baloch insurgents attacked a camp of a construction company working on Gwadar to Shadadkot highway project with RPG’s and opened automatic fire. The firing continued for several minutes resulting in damage to construction company offices and machinery but no casualties were reported.


It is worth mentioning that the above-mentioned camp was attacked in the past also in which two workers were critically injured. 15.4.05

Insurgents attack FC check post in Chaghi


A group of Baloch insurgents on two motorbikes attacked a Frontier Corps FC check post with automatic weapons injuring four guards at the check post, the attackers managed to escape unharmed.


According to details, Baloch insurgents attacked a FC check post at Badi in Chaghi on the night between Monday and Tuesday. The insurgents opened fire with automatic weapons on the post, the attack was so sudden and fierce that FC personnel had no time to retaliate.


Four FC personnel were seriously injured in the attack no casualties were reported. The attackers managed to escape unharmed.


BLA Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack and said it was in retaliation to Dera Bugti massacre and warned of more attacks. 13.4.05

Ten injured in train bomb in Balochistan


Ten people were injured, two of them army personnel who are critically injured, when a bomb exploded Tuesday on a passenger train in the province of Balochistan.


The blast occurred in the economy class coach on the Chiltan Express. The bomb went off as the Lahore-bound train came near Abe Gum station, 85 kilometers (53 miles) south of Quetta.


Ten people were injured in the blast, two of them were in a critical condition. Hawaldar Waheed and Hawaldar Mahfooz were critically injured who are army personnel. The 'Chiltan Express' was the target of a similar bomb blast last month that killed one person and injured five others.


Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for this and a series of attacks on Pakistan's railway network in recent months. 12.4.05

Power tower blown up in Bolan


Baloch Freedom Fighters set off a bomb at the base of a power supply transmission tower at Mach in district Bolan, blowing up the tower and snapping high power transmission lines under renewed attacks in Balochistan.


Officials of Quetta Electric Supply Company (Qesco) told that the power supply tower No 135 of 220 KV was blown up by unknown persons in Gorug area of district Bolan, some 60 kilometers from the provincial capital.


The explosion left parts of Quetta the capital of Balochistan without electricity. Baloch Freedom Fighters had planted heavy explosive material near the tower, which went off blowing the tower.


A Qesco spokesman said the explosion that took place on the night between Sunday and Monday blowing up the tower and snapped high power transmission lines.


Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack. 11.4.05

Two rockets fired at airport radar station in Panjgur


Turbat airport attacked with rockets radar station damaged. BLF claim responsibility for the attack.


According to details Turbat airport was attacked with rockets, at least one rocket hit the radar station severely damaging it.


Cornell Doda of Baloch Liberation Front BLF claimed responsibility and said it was in retaliation to Dera Bugti and Sui situation. 11.4.05

Two CIA policemen injured in a grenade attack in Quetta


Two CIA policemen seriously injured when their police post was attacked by unknown persons with automatic weapons and grenades in Chaman housing scheme in Quetta.


According to details, some unknown persons attacked a police in Chaman housing scheme with automatic weapons and grenades injuring two policemen and severely damaging the post.


The attackers managed to escape from the scene unharmed. Police have registered cases against unknown attackers. 10.4.05

Police patrol van attacked in Mashke


Some unknown persons attacked a police patrol van in the Town of Mashke.


According to sources, some unknown persons attacked a police patrol van in the Town of Mashke when the van was on a routine patrol. The attackers opened fire with automatic machine guns, the attack was so sudden that the police had no time to retaliate.


It is believed that some policemen were injured in the attack but police denied of any casualty and gave no details of the incidence. The attackers managed to escape from the scene unharmed. 7.4.05

Four electric transformers blown up in Noshki


Four electric transformers were targeted and blown up when unknown persons opened automatic fire at electric transformers supplying electricity to Noshki.


According to sources some unknown persons blue up four electric transformers when they opened automatic fire resulting in suspension of electric supply to Noshki and surrounding areas. 7.4.05

Four rockets fired at Kohlu


Kohlu was rocked on Wednesday evening when four rockets fired from the nearby mountains two hit WAPDA colony and two fell near FC camp and exploded.


Sources said unknown people had fired these rockets from Jandran Mountains. No body was killed or wounded in the attack but windowpanes of nearby houses in WAPDA shattered, details of damage to FC camp not known. 7.4.05

Two FC personnel seriously injured in a blast near Kohlu


Two FC personnel on a regular patrol on a mountain post hit a land mine near Kohlu in a Marri area, the explosion left both soldier critically injured.


The explosion occurred in Fazalchel FC camp area near Kohlu about 350 kilometers east of Quetta. Both soldier were on a routine patrol on a mountain post when they hit a land mine, due to the blast both FC personnel sustained serious injuries. 5.4.05

One soldiers killed one injured mine blast in Balochistan


Two paramilitary soldiers moving supplies to a mountain post hit a land mine in a Marri tribal area on Sunday, triggering an explosion that left one dead and another soldier seriously injured.


The explosion occurred in Kahan, a rugged tribal area about 400 kilometers east of Quetta. One soldier died due to injuries and the other lost a leg and a hand in the explosion that occurred while they were walking a mule loaded with rations.


It is believed that Baloch Freedom Fighters could be behind planting the mine, who are struggling against Punjabi oppression and want equal rights for Baloch’s.


Last week, four other soldiers were injured in Kahan when their jeep hit a land mine. On Saturday, a bomb exploded in Turbat shattering windows at several homes but injuring no one. 4.4.05

Rail track blown up in Quetta


Train line blown up in Quetta on Monday nigh with a powerful explosion on the main rail track linking Quetta with other parts of the country. Rail traffic between Quetta and Sibi remaining suspended till Tuesday.


According to sources, Baloch insurgents blew up the track near the Balochistan University. “A piece of four and half feet long rail track was blown by a powerful blast,” a senior official of the Pakistan Railway’s Quetta division said.


The insurgents blew up the track with powerful explosives planted under the track, sources said and added that after the explosion railway engineers and other staff rushed to the site and started replacing the affected track.


The sources said that the blast took place after the passing of a goods train on the track. Quetta-bound passenger trains coming from Punjab and Karachi were stopped at the Sibi railway station.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the blast. 7.12.05

Insurgents opened fired and set ablaze GSP camp in Balochistan


Unidentified armed persons set ablaze the camps of the Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP) in Mero area of Sorenj, some 35 kilometres away from the provincial capital. However, no loss of life was reported.


Official sources said that unknown armed men opened indiscriminate fire on the camps of the GSP in Mero area in Sorenj and subsequently torched them. The GSP team was conducting the survey of coal in Mero area, sources added.


Confirming the incident, a senior official of the GSP said that senior officials of the GSP reached the spot and started probe into the matter. They were inspecting the site and drilling rig worth millions of rupees. However, officials of the police expressed their ignorance about the incident.


It has been learnt that the officials of the GSP had stopped the survey work and have returned to Quetta. Meanwhile, the officials staged protest demonstration in the premises of the GSP and demanded of the government to provide them protection; as such incidents have become matter of routine in Balochistan.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 21.11.05

Rocket attack rocks Noshki


An incidents of rocket attack rocked Noshki district on Sunday.


Some unidentified armed persons fired a rocket on the residence of vice President Pakistan Muslim League-Q Prince Abdul Qadir in Naushki town, some 148 km’s west of Quetta.


The rocket landed close to his house, and shattered windowpanes. However, there were no reports of loss of live.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack. 21.11.05

PTCL office bombed in Balochistan


A bomb exploded at an office of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) in Kharan, shattering the office building but no casualties reported, on Monday.


The attack happened late on Sunday in the Kharan district, about 250 kilometres west of Quetta.


Balochistan has been the scene of powerful bombings targeting government offices, railroads and security forces in recent years.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the attack. 21.11.05

Chinese camp in Gwadar attacked


Many vehicles were damaged when a rocket hit the camp site of a Chinese construction company in the Tallar area of Gwadar district on Tuesday evening.


Sources said that Baloch insurgents had fired five rockets from the Dahram mountain range at the company’s camp site. Two rockets landed and exploded in the parking area of the camp damaging a number of vehicles.


Three other rockets landed in close to the camp that rocked the entire area. However, no casualty was reported in the attack.


The sources said that the Chinese company was constructing a road so as to link Gwadar with the Turbat area of Makran.


Last month a vehicle of Chinese engineers headed for the camp site escaped a landmine explosion. However, another vehicle ran over the landmine, which had been planted in the middle of the road, as a result of which two people were injured.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the attack. 16.11.05

Grenade blast rock Quetta


Some unidentified persons threw a hand grenade in the house of an official Muhammad Iqbal at 7:25pm on Saturday.


The blast shattered the glasses of the windows, doors and damaged the boundary wall. Police and bomb disposal squad reached the spot and cordoned off all the area. No casualty reported.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the attack. 13.11.05

Baloch insurgents attacked and destroyed Gas plant & FC camp


A gas plant, situated at the border of Sindh and Balochistan, in the jurisdiction of Bhittai colony police station, was attacked with rockets and hand-grenades late on Wednesday night.


The gas plant sustained damage and the boundary wall totally destroyed in the. The insurgents also fired rockets on the Frontier Corps camp of 40 Wing Rangers damaging the camp and wounding several FC personnel.


The insurgents fled unharmed after successfully attacking and destroying the gas plant and Frontier Corps camp. BLA claimed responsibility for the attack. 11.11.05

Iron ore exploration site attacked and destroyed in Dilband, Balochistan


A group of about a hundred Baloch armed insurgents attacked an iron exploration site in Dilband area of Mastung district with rockets propelled grenades RPG’s, bombs and heavy machine gun fire LMG’s on Monday night, destroying the site and blowing up residential cabins of the staff.


It is estimated that the destroying machinery worth millions of rupees of the Bolan Mining Enterprise, a joint venture of the Pakistan Petroleum Limited and the Balochistan government. “The machinery destroyed was worth Rs50-60 million,” an official said on Wednesday.


Sources said, the attackers encircled the camp of the Bolan Mining Enterprise, overpowered six guards and snatched their weapons and taking them into custody, before hurling rockets and bombs at the site.


All the equipment at the site, including power generators, crushing plant, power lines, heavy excavating machinery, dumpers, bulldozers and residential cabins of the staff were destroyed.


Local people said the firing and loud blasts were heard for about three hours but no government agency showed up during the attack, though a Frontier Corps FC camp is located only fifteen kilometers from the place of incidence. The insurgents fled towards nearby mountains after the attack.


A Baloch Liberation Army BLA spokesmen informed media representatives that they had carried out the attack. 10.11.05

Two bomb explosions and a rocket attack in Quetta


Quetta was rocked by a rocket and two bomb explosions on Monday night. A rocket hit a Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP) house in Satellite Town and two powerful bombs exploded in different areas of Capital city.


According to sources Baloch insurgents fired a rocket from the unknown direction, which hit in a DSP’s house in Satellite Town Quetta on Monday night at 7:30pm. The blast was so powerful that the house sustained severe damage, no casualties were reported as no one was in the house at the time of the blast. It is believed that it was a 105 mm rocket.


In a an other incidence a powerful blast took place in the Nawa Killi near airport road late in the evening, badly damaged nearby houses..


A second explosion was heard in the same area. Sources said the bomb was planted near a house. No loss of life reported. Local administration lodged FIR against unknown persons.


BLA (Baloch liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attacks. 8.11.05

Three suspects killed by own bomb in Balochistan
Three suspects were killed when a locally made device exploded in a house in Turbat district of Balochistan, about 700 kilometers southwest of Quetta, on Monday evening.


Local police officials said that the three men killed in the blast were planning an attack in the area. They said they were preparing bombs and one exploded. The bodies of the three suspects were badly damaged and so had not been identified so far. Police have seized five hand grenades, a Kalashnikov, two magazines, a motorcycle and several fuses from the house.


Turbat and nearby areas have been volatile for the last couple of weeks. Unidentified people had attacked a Frontier Corps convoy last week. Later, the FC exchanged fire with unidentified people and claimed to have detained three of them for interrogation.


The Baloch Liberation Army and Baloch Liberation Front accepted responsibility for the attack on paramilitary forces. An unidentified man who identified himself as Doda told Daily Times on the telephone that such activities would continue until Balochistan was provided its rights. By Azizullah Khan 8.11.05


Powerful bomb blast in Quetta


A powerful bomb blast rocked Quetta; the explosive device went off on White road near Government buildings on Sunday night.


According to reports, a powerful explosive device planted near the boundary wall of a government building on White road Quetta. This went off with a loud bang blowing up the wall, badly damaging nearby buildings and shattering window panes of houses over a vast area. It was a very powerful device but at the time of the explosion all offices were closed and no one in the area. Luckily no loss of life was reported in the blast.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the bomb blast. 7.11.05

FC convoy hit by a powerful bomb explosion in Turbat, 13 killed


A powerful bomb planted under a bridge exploded when a Frontier Corps FC convoy was passing over it on Thursday evening. FC truck carrying personnel totally destroyed and several casualties.


According to details, a powerful explosive device planted under a bridge went off when a FC convoy was passing over it, some fifty kilometers from Turbat. The explosion was so powerful that the bridge totally destroyed and a FC truck passing over it shattered into pieces. It is believed the device was remotely detonated.


According to local people, at least 13 FC personnel were in the truck at the time of the blast, all were killed on the spot. The vehicle carrying a FC commandant also in the convoy badly damage but the commandant managed to survive with a few minor injuries.


It is worth mentioning that such attacks have become a matter of routine all over Balochistan. Mostly of the attacks have targeted military, paramilitary and government installations.


Baloch Liberation Army BLA and Baloch Liberation Front BLF claimed responsibility for the attack. 3.11.05

Major gas supply pipeline blown up in Guddu, BLA claimed responsibility


Baloch Guerilla fighters blown up main gas pipeline in Gaddu near Kashmore. Gas supply to major district of Punjab, Kashmir, Karachi and other part of country remain suspended. Powerful blast blew up the main pipeline supplying gas to the Guddu thermal Power Station on Tuesday.


The explosion cut off gas supply to the power station from the Mari gas field and gas supply to the major districts of Punjab, Kashmir, Karachi and other parts of country suspended.


The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) accepted responsibility for the blast. The BLA spokesman Mr. Azad Baloch also warned that Baloch resistance movements will continue their struggle against plunder of Baloch national resources especially Gwadar project and the construction of new army cantonments in Balochistan. 2.11.05

FC check post attacked in Dera Bugti


Several RPG’s (rocket propelled grenades) and LMG (light machinegun) rounds fired on Baksha Mandrani FC check-post in Dera Bugti.


According to sources, Heavy automatic gunfire and a dozen explosions were heard when Baksha Mandrani FC check-post was attacked by Baloch freedom fighters late Tuesday night. The firing continued for an hour in which RPG;s and LMG were used by the attackers.


Sources added that several rockets were fired on FC post in Dera Bugti at least six rockets hit the post, which resulted in heavy damages to the check-post. The attackers escaped unharmed. 2.11.05

FC camp under attack in Hoshab Mand


Frontier corps camp in Hoshab, sub district Mand came under severe attack by Baloch Freedom Fighters on Sunday to Monday night.


According to details, a well prepared Baloch guerrilla group attacked and destroyed a Frontier Corps camp in Hoshab, sub district Mand. Rockets and automatic firing continued for more then an hour resulting in several casualties and severe damage to Frontier Corps camp.


BLA and BLF claimed responsibility for the attack and warned that they will continue targeting government installations till victory. 31.10.05

FC check post under rocket attack in Jaffarabad


Baloch freedom fighters attacked a police post in Jaffarabad with rocket launchers and automatic weapons on Monday. Check post completely destroyed.


Baloch fighters fired several rockets at Dinari police check post in Jaffar Abad. The attackers fired a dozen rockets and opened fire with heavy weapons. Four rockets had a direct hit and others fell close by the police post, the check post completely destroyed.


Sources said police had a few casualties but nothing could be confirmed till the release of this report. Attackers escaped successfully, no arrest has been made so far. Police lodged FIR against unknown attackers. 31.10.05

Gas pipeline blown up near Bala Nari near Bakthyarabad



Gas pipeline blown up in Bakthyarabad inthe locality of police station Bala Nari near the shrine of Fita, gas supply to Bakthyarabad, Sibi and several nearby towns was suspended. The incidence occurred at 8pm Saturday evening.


The blast ripped a four feet section of the 18 inch gas pipeline, suspending of natural gas supply to Sibi and nearby towns. After the explosion the gas pipeline caught fire which was burning all night.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the attack. 30.10.05


Rocket hits an Intelligence agency office in Khuzdar


Baloch insurgents attacked an Intelligence agency office in Khuzdar. Firing several rockets at the Khuzdar cantonment area late on Sunday night.


Sources said that Baloch armed persons fired at least four rockets from the mountains in the west of the township. The rocket hit in and around the offices of Khuzdar intelligence agency but no loss of life reported.


Police sources said that office of a Intelligence agency was apparently target of the attack.It is located in the same area where the rocket landed. The local administration concerned off the area and started investigation.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the attack. 30.10.05

Gas pipeline blew up near Sibi


Main natural gas pipeline supplying gas to the Quetta and other parts of the Balochistan was blown up on Saturday morning in Sibi area.


A 24-inch diameter Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC)’s main pipeline supplying gas to Quetta and other parts of the Balochistan was blown up when a powerful bomb exploded near it at the Damboli repeater station, some 53km away from the capital of Balochistan, in the wee hours of Saturday.


A major disruption was reported. Sources said Baloch insurgents had planted a powerful bomb near the gas pipeline which went off with a big bang, ripping apart a huge part of the main gas pipeline supplying natural gas to Quetta and other areas of Balochistan.


After the explosion the gas pipeline caught fire which was burning all night and the next day. The fire was so intense and big that it burnt a 100 feet long 4 feet deep crater and the flames could be seen from more then kilometers.


The sources said due to the explosion SSGC gas control centre closed the valves at Damboli and Shori repeater stations and supply to Lehri, Bhang and Jhatpat areas was also affected.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the attack. 30.10.05

Blast damages rail tracks in Quetta Balochistan


Baloch freedom fighters blew up the main railway line in Quetta. Railway traffic between Quetta and the rest of the country was suspended.


According to sources some unknown persons planted powerful explosive device under railway track puli No 343 near Siryab road Quetta which exploded on Saturday night at 7:55 am.


The explosion was so powerful around a dozen sleepers were blown up and 10-feet of the track were damaged. “High explosive was used for blowing up the tracks,” railway police sources said.


The railway traffic between capital city and the entire country was suspended and the Chiltan express coming from Lahore was stopped at Saryab station. Police lodged FIR against unknown persons.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the attack. 30.10.05

FC check post attacked near Mand


Baloch Freedom fighters attacked FC check Post near Mand by rockets and automatic machineguns on Friday.


According to sources, armed Baloch freedom fighters fired five rockets and opened heavy automatic fire on FC Saeed post of in Azian area some 30 Km from Mand at 3:30am on Friday.


Two Rockets directly hit the FC (Frontier corps) check post resulting in sever damage to it and sources believed several casualties but government denied for any loss of life. FC retaliated in indiscriminate mortar fire in directions. The attackers escaped successfully. No arrest has been made so far.


Baloch Liberation Army BLA and Baloch Liberation front BLF claimed responsibility of the attacks. 29.10.05

Quetta cantonment hit by rocket


Quetta cantonment was rocked on Tuesday night when a rocket landed near Chiltan Market and exploded.


Sources said the rocket fired from an unknown place hit an under-construction flat causing panic among officials. The windowpanes of many nearby houses and buildings were smashed.


Two cars were also damaged. Meanwhile, police recovered a live rocket from Killi Gul Mohammad area. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of the attack.26.10.05

Baloch insurgents attack FC camps in Surab & Duki and grenade attack in Quetta


Two rockets fired at FC camp in Surab and heavy exchange of gunfire. Three rockets were fired at a Frontier Corps checkpoint in Duki area of Loralai district on Sunday morning. A hand grenade was hurled on the house of a retired government officer on the Gulberg street near Zarghoon Road on Sunday night.


According to sources Baloch insurgents fired two rockets and opened fire with automatic weapons on a Frontier Corps FC camp in Surab near Kalat at 11pm. Heavy exchange of fire continued for half an hour, FC sustained several casualties but are reluctant to comment on the matter.


In another incidence three rockets were fired at a Frontier Corps Hosri Camp in Duki area of Loralai district on Sunday morning. The rockets fell in the camp and exploded causing severe damage to camp. FC men at the camp returned fire but the attackers escaped unharmed. No causality was reported


While some people riding a bicycle hurled the grenade on the house of Zafar Iqbal Awan, a retired officer of the agriculture department in Quetta. The grenade exploded in the lawn of the house, damaging parts of it. 24.10.05

Kidnapped man killed, others set free


One of the two personnel of a construction company, who were kidnapped from the Behecha area of Turbat district on Wednesday, was killed on Thursday. The other was set free.


DIG Makran range Ghulam Qadir Thaboo told that the kidnappers had killed one and released the other who told the police about the fate of his colleague, Munawar Iqbal, resident of Jhang, Punjab.


The DIG said that heavy contingent of law-enforcement agencies have launched search operation to arrest the kidnappers.


Sources said that a group of armed men on Wednesday attacked the site camp of the company, which was constructing a road from Hoshab to Gwadar. Crusher plant and other machinery were destroyed in a rocket attack. The attackers kidnapped seven men at gunpoint, and later released five persons, which were local Baloch's.


The police said the kidnappers took the two no local personnel and later killed one of them and allowed the other to go, who informed the police about the killing of Munawar Iqbal. The body had been recovered from the area. 20.10.05

Powerful Explosion outside polling station in Mach


A powerful explosion outside a polling station rocked the Mach Township late on Wednesday; Police Inspector said Frontier Corps personnel were present inside the Government High School, which had been made a makeshift polling station for third phase of the local council system.


According to reports, unidentified persons planted an explosive device close to the levies police station and polling station. The impact of the bomb was so severe that it brought down the walls of the police station and smashed the windowpanes of nearby buildings.


However, there were no reports of casualties. Police said the blast was caused by a bomb that was fitted with a timer. 6.10.05

Gas pipeline blown up near Kolpur
Monday Baloch insurgents blew up gas pipelines supplying natural gas in Pakistan's restive Balochistan.Two Sui Southern Gas Company pipelines running from Shikarpur to Quetta were damaged near Kolpur at about 2:30am on Monday.


An SSGC release stated that the damages were caused by two bomb blasts. The explosions damaged two main gas pipelines – 18 and 12 inches in diameter – meant for the Quetta, Kalat, Pishin and Ziarat areas.

Spokesman for Pakistan's state-run Sui Southern Gas Pipeline said. The early Monday attack damaged the gas pipelines and disrupted gas supplies to Quetta and other parts of Balochistan, and added "Insurgents detonated two bombs which damaged the pipelines near Kolpur area,” the bombs were planted under the pipelines, which runs 2.6 meters deep. Repair work could take 48-72 hours, the spokesman said.

Mean while two high voltage electric towers blown up near Sibi third major city in Balochistan disrupting electric supply to many parts of Balochistan.

BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) spokesmen Mr. Azad Baloch claimed responsibility for the recant attacks and said fight of liberation will continue till victory. 4.10.05


Railway line blown up near Kotri, two personnel wounded


A passenger train escaped disaster on Wednesday night near the Kotri Railway Station, when a bomb exploded on the railway track minutes before it was supposed to pass.


At least two personnel were wounded in the explosion, which blew up a foot-long piece of the railway and left a two-foot-deep crater at the site. “It is an act of destroyed aimed at to destroy the railway line,” said Bachal Sangri, the regional police officer, while talking to reporters.


Police said that the explosion occurred at around 8:30pm near Ghausia Colony and the Kotri railway junction, minutes before the Karachi-bound Shah Latif Express was scheduled to pass the site.


The Hyderabad Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) inspected the blast site. BDS official Rizwan Zaidi said that the blast was carried out with a time bomb, as they recovered remains of a timer fixed with the bomb. He said the bomb contained almost 5 kilogrammes of explosives. Railway officials said that at least three trains had been stopped - at Kotri and Jhimpir - because of the bomb explosion.


Two similar bomb explosions occurred a year ago near the Kotri Railway Station. The BDS has recovered three bombs planted at and near the same railway station in the last two years. 29.9.05

Rockets explode in Quetta cantonment


Quetta was rocked on Sunday night when two rockets exploded in its cantonment area, official sources said. Baloch insurgents fired two rockets from the outskirts of the capital of Balochistan at brief intervals.


The first rocket landed in a place near the Kach Mor with a big bang. The second rocket, also fired from the same direction, exploded close to the office of the National Logistic Cell (NLC) near Askari Pak area of Quetta cantonment.


Baloch liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attacks. 26.9.05

Gas line blast suspends supply to Punjab


Gas supply to Punjab was suspended on Sunday morning after a pipeline blast near Kandhkot.


The gas supply was suspended after a pipeline of 60-inch diameter from Sui to Punjab busted due to a powerful explosion, officials said. The police and Rangers have cordoned off the area and started investigations.


Earlier, a powerful explosion had destroyed a gas pipeline in Tangwani area of Jacobabad district on March 13, 2005.


Police said that unidentified attackers planted a bomb close to the pipeline in the jurisdiction of the Ghulam Sarwar Sarki police station, which exploded early in the morning. As a result, the gas pipeline was completely destroyed.


Heavy contingent of police and other law enforcement agencies reached the spot and cordoned off the area. Another powerful explosion occurred near Garhi Hasan Canal, 50km from Shikarpur, en route PPL’s Sui Gas Purification Plant in Sui. The explosion completely damaged the main gas pipeline of SSGC. BLA claimed responsibility for the attacks. 26.9.05

Two wounded in powerful explosions in Kalat


Two powerful bomb explosions in historical Kalat city in Balochistan, Two army intelligence personnel were wounded in one blast on Wednesday, said police.


First bomb went off near a telephone exchange and an NGO office and second near Post office in Kalat, about 165 kilometers from Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.


The explosion near the Post office two army intelligence personnel and the explosions also shattered window glasses of several nearby buildings.


It is worth mentioning that four devices were exploded last night in Quetta city. Two bombs exploded in Killi Qimbrani and others were exploded on Brewery Road. However, no casualty was reported.


Meanwhile, police said, a disposable squad seized a home-made bomb in Seryab road area in Quetta


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) frequently target government installations, security forces are fighting for Baloch National liberation claimed responsibility for the recant incident. 22.09.05

Four blasts rock Quetta


Four powerful blasts rocked Quetta on Tuesday night when explosive devices went off in different areas of the city. One of the bombs exploded close to the house of a provincial minister.


According to reports, the first blast took place in the Killi Qambrani area of Sariab road late in the evening. The window panes of nearby houses were badly damaged.


The second explosion was reported in the Brewery Road area. Sources said the bomb was planted near a house.


The third bomb exploded near the private residence of provincial Revenue Minister Mir Mohammad Asim Kurd.


The window panes of many houses, including the minister’s home, were shattered. No other loss was reported in the blast. The provincial minister was not home at the time of the blast.


The fourth bomb exploded in Sabzal road near Essa Nagri. The bomb was planted near a government office. The window pans of office and other nearby buildings were shattered.


BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility of these explosions and warns of more attacks. 21.9.05

Powerful bomb defused in Quetta


A boy was injured when a detonator of powerful bomb exploded in the Essa Nagri area of Quetta on Monday. However, the bomb, planted in a rainwater drain, did not explode a senior police officer said.


He added that the bomb was defused by the bomb disposal squad. The boy had touched the detonator which went off with a bang, injuring him. He was admitted to Civil Hospital for treatment.


The area police found a bomb weighing one and a half kilogram in the rainwater drain. “The bomb could not explode due to technical fault,” police sources said. A case has been registered against unidentified saboteurs. 13.9.05

FC check post under rocket & mortar fire in Kandhakot


Baloch freedom fighters attacked FC check post near Kandhakot with rocket launchers and mortar shells on Monday.


A group of Baloch freedom fighters fired several rockets and mortar shells at Baskit picket, a joint check post of the Frontier Constabulary and the police to guard the main gas pipeline supplying gas to Karachi and Punjab from Sui, near Kandhkot on Monday.


All the three rockets and mortar shells fired by the Attackers landed in a around the check post causing severe damage to it and possible casualties but the agencies declined to comment. The insurgents fled towards Balochistan after the attack.


The incident occurred in the jurisdiction of Bhitai Colony Police Station at Thal Tangwani about ten kilometers away from Kandhakot. The FC check post was set up for protection Sui-Quetta gas pipeline.13.9.05

Electricity tower targeted in blast

Three of the four pillars of a high-tension power supply line tower near Sakhi Sarwar on Dera-Quetta road were destroyed by a powerful bomb on Sunday morning while five people were injured in a blast on the Rajanpur-Kashmor border. The transmission line feeds Balochistan tribal areas along the Punjab border.

Local Wapda officials said attackers tried to destroy the tower number 10 of 132 KV transmission line. It was the eighth sabotage activity in the district during the last five months and second attempt at a power installation.

Seven people suffered injuries when a time-bomb fixed on a bicycle exploded in front of a service station on Dera Morr in Kashmore.

The attackers escaped successfully and the Army personnel arrested around two dozen suspects in raids in different parts of Kashmore. 13.9.05


Bomb explosion wounds Seven paramilitary rangers near Kashmore


A remote controlled bomb explosion near Kashmoor / Jacobabad area wounding seven paramilitary rangers in of Balochistan near Sindh Punjab border.


Some unknown suspects had planted an indigenous remote-controlled bomb, weighing 4.5 pounds, in a bicycle parked near a army vehicle at Kashmoor / Jacobabad area.


The explosive device went off with huge bang, shattered a army truck passing by and wounding seven rangers five of then in critical condition, the blast spread panic among officials and army paramilitary personnel. 12.9.05

Two Military Helicopters hit in Balochistan


Baloch insurgents fired upon two Military helicopter in the area of Marvad close to Mach on Saturday, one helicopter was hit which crashed and the second helicopter was also hit but managed to escape to safety.


The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the incident. Meerak Baloch of the BLA told the Quetta Press Club by telephone that the helicopters were hit by the BLA. 11.9.05

Twin explosions near Govt building in Mastung


Two bombs exploded near government buildings on Friday night in Mastung a town of Balochistan.


The explosions in Mastung town, 50 kilometers South of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, did not cause any human loss but smashed windowpanes and collapsed walls of the government offices and a local police office.


Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility of the latest attack.10.9.05