A coordinated series of attacks targeting highways, infrastructure, Pakistani forces and pro-government armed groups has been ongoing across multiple districts of Balochistan since late Saturday night, local sources said.
The attacks were reported in Panjgur, Sibi, Mastung, Nushki, Kharan, Quetta and Dera Bugti, where armed individuals reportedly took control of highways, seized checkposts and carried out explosions at multiple locations.
Local sources said the attacks began in Panjgur late Saturday night, where armed fighters targeted individuals believed by residents to be linked to pro-government groups, followed by reports of similar operations in other districts.
In Sibi’s Kat Mandai area, armed individuals took control of a main highway for more than two hours and conducted snap-checking of vehicles, sources said.
In Mastung’s Kanak area, armed men seized a police checkpost, where personnel were taken into custody, their weapons confiscated and a government vehicle set on fire, they said, adding that no casualties were reported.
Meanwhile, a blockade was set up on the Dhadar–Sorana road, while a similar blockade had been reported earlier in Surab, where vehicles were stopped and searched.
In Quetta, a Frontier Corps checkpoint near Wali Jet on Sariab Road was attacked, where three personnel were injured, hospital sources said.
In a separate incident in Aghbarg, armed individuals attacked a police checkpost injuring one officer, police said, adding that the attackers fled after an exchange of fire.
In Nushki, railway tracks in the Bato Lundi area were damaged in explosions at three locations, while near Quetta at the Tera Mile point, blasts damaged railway tracks and a bridge, local sources said.
Further explosions were reported in Quetta, where railway lines near Killi Hassani and Irrigation Colony were damaged at multiple points.
In Dera Bugti, a gas pipeline near Muhammad Colony in Sui was targeted in a bomb explosion, according to sources.
Local sources in Kharan said a checkpoint in the Kalan area was also targeted.
In Washuk’s Basima area, local sources said a Pakistani military outpost in Rotinko was under attack and that the assault had been ongoing for more than 45 minutes.
In Naseerabad, near Dera Murad Jamali, explosions destroyed two main electricity transmission towers supplying power towards Punjab and damaged several others, sources said.
In Sibi’s Mall Soriani area, unidentified individuals destroyed a main electricity transmission line, they added.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks, which were ongoing at the time of reporting.