Security tensions escalated in several parts of Balochistan after reports emerged of a large-scale military operation in Mastung alongside separate attacks targeting Pakistani security forces and electricity infrastructure in Naseerabad.
According to local sources, Pakistani security forces launched an operation in the Kardegap area of Mastung on Tuesday. Residents alleged that gunship helicopters carried out shelling in populated areas during the operation. No independent confirmation of casualties was immediately available.
Local residents further claimed that a large number of Pakistani forces’ personnel took control of a government compound in the area and converted it into a temporary military camp as part of the operation.
Later that night, unidentified armed men reportedly attacked the compound from multiple directions. Witnesses said heavy gunfire and explosions were heard during the confrontation. Reports from the area suggested that members of the Pakistani forces may have suffered casualties, although officials have not issued any formal statement regarding the incident.
In a separate development, the armed group Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) claimed responsibility for attacks on electricity infrastructure in Naseerabad district.
In a statement released to the media, the group’s spokesperson Dostain Baloch said that BRG fighters had planted explosive devices on two major electricity transmission towers near Hameed Goth, close to the Uchh Power Plant. According to the statement, the explosions destroyed two towers and severely damaged two others carrying electricity supplies towards Punjab.
The organisation stated that it would continue such attacks until what it described as the “independence of Balochistan”.
Pakistani authorities have not yet publicly commented on either the Mastung operation or the reported attack on the power transmission infrastructure.