The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) rejected Pakistan’s latest military statement on Thursday, saying “Operation Herof 2.0” remained underway for a sixth consecutive day and that ISPR claims of success were “another chapter of lies.”
In a media statement, BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said the operation continued with “full determination, consistency and military success,” adding that any announcement regarding its conclusion would come only from the organisation itself.
“The recent ISPR press release is merely a continuation of the falsehoods that began on the very first day of Operation Heirof,” the statement said. “On day one, the occupying state falsely claimed that it had concluded the operation and eliminated ‘all attackers.’ That same claim has been repeated every single day for the past six days. Every new press release contradicts the previous one.”
The BLA said Pakistan’s military was “not only facing consistent defeat on the battlefield but is also completely exposed in the narrative domain.”
The statement said the group openly published the names and photographs of its fallen fighters, while the Pakistani military “hides the bodies of its mercenary soldiers, conceals their identities, and buries their coffins in silence.”
It accused the state of executing forcibly disappeared persons and presenting their bodies as militants in order to “lend credibility to their false narrative.”
“The daily claims by ISPR of killing dozens of Sarmachars serve two central purposes,” the statement said. “First, to mask continuous military failures and large-scale corruption. Second, to hide the crimes of enforced disappearances and the brutal reality of torture cells operated by the state.”
The group said it had received “unprecedented levels of practical support, intelligence cooperation and moral solidarity” from the Baloch population during the operation.
‘Only BLA Will Decide When the Operation Ends’
The statement said the outcome of “Operation Herof 2.0” would be announced by the BLA itself, not by Pakistan’s military.
“When the BLA does announce the conclusion of the operation, it will be accompanied by clear proof of territorial control, intelligence victories, and the enemy’s repeated retreats,” it said.
The group said it had already published verified images and videos of “captured areas, destroyed enemy posts, and seized military assets.”
Pakistan Says Week-Long Operation Has Ended
In a separate statement earlier on Thursday, Pakistan’s military said it had concluded a week-long counter-operation launched after the coordinated attacks carried out under “Operation Herof 2.0.”
ISPR said the military had conducted “combing and sanitisation operations” based on “meticulous planning” and “actionable intelligence,” claiming that 216 armed fighters were killed and that the operations had “significantly degraded the leadership, command-and-control structures and operational capabilities” of insurgent networks.
It said a “substantial cache of foreign-origin weapons, ammunition, explosives and equipment” had been recovered.