Armed men reportedly carried out operations in the Mastung district of Balochistan, including road blockades and attack on a police station, according to local sources.
In Mastung, sources said a group of armed individuals established a checkpoint in the Deringarh area, where vehicles passing through the route were stopped and searched.
During the operation, the armed men reportedly attacked a nearby police station and seized weapons and other government equipment from the premises. No casualties were reported in connection with the incident.
No group had claimed responsibility for the attack at the time of reporting.
Road blockades and incidents involving the seizure of weapons from police personnel have been reported in several parts of Balochistan in recent years. Various Baloch “pro-independence” armed groups have previously claimed responsibility for similar operations.
A day earlier, a separate incident took place near Dalbandin, where armed men reportedly established another roadblock and searched passing vehicles. During the incident, three individuals associated with the Siah Dik copper project were allegedly detained.
Sources further stated that a vehicle belonging to the Saindak Project was also taken into custody by the armed men.
No organisation had claimed responsibility for the Dalbandin incident at the time of reporting.
The reported blockade came amid heightened security tensions in the region following an earlier attack near Noshki in which a Pakistani military convoy transporting gold and other minerals from Saindak was targeted. According to local reports, more than 20 trucks came under attack, eight vehicles were destroyed and at least six Pakistani military personnel were killed during clashes.
On the same day, BLA claimed responsibility for an attack saying its fighters had killed eight Pakistani army personnel, including Major Tauseef Bhatti, in the Bala Dak area.
In a statement, BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said the group’s fighters targeted a Pakistani army convoy in what he described as a “coordinated attack” based on “precise intelligence” provided by “ZIRAB”, the group’s intelligence wing.
“During the operation, one vehicle was first blown up using a remote-controlled explosive device, followed by a heavy armed assault on the second vehicle,” the statement said.
Pakistan’s military media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), confirmed the attack. In its statement, the ISPR claimed that an intelligence-based operation led to a heavy exchange of fire. The military said that seven alleged militants were killed during the operation, and that weapons and explosive materials were also recovered.
According to the ISPR, five military personnel, including a major, were killed in the clash.