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 describing claims by the military’s media wing as “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.
Pakistan’s military said earlier on Thursday that it had concluded a week-long counter-operation launched after the coordinated attacks carried out under “Operation Herof 2.0.”
In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the military had conducted “combing and sanitisation operations” based on what it described as “meticulous planning” and “actionable intelligence.”
It claimed that 216 armed fighters had been killed and that the operations had “significantly degraded the leadership, command-and-control structures and operational capabilities” of insurgent networks. ISPR also said a “substantial cache of foreign-origin weapons, ammunition, explosives and equipment” had been recovered.
Responding to those claims, Jeeyand Baloch said the ISPR’s account was a continuation of what he described as false narratives that began on the first day of the operation.
“The recent ISPR press release is merely a continuation of the falsehoods that began on the very first day of Operation Herof,” 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 [Baloch fighters] 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.”