Pakistan army came under attack in Balochistan, Sindh, KPK and Punjab, when the country is going to celebrate its National Day tomorrow.
According to reports, Unidentified armed men attacked Pakistani forces’ check posts with grenade bombs in Panjgur and Turbat districts of Balochistan on Thursday.
Frontier Corps (FC) check-post was attacked in Panjgur-Rukshan Bridge, injuring an officer named Faheem Gul.
Whereas, another FC official Lance Naik Qadeer was injured in a similar grenade attack in Turbat city of Kech District.
The assailants managed to escape unhurt. Security forces cordoned off the area and launched a thorough check.
A “pro-independence” armed group, Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) claimed responsibility for both the attacks. Whereas earlier that, two other armed attacks on Pakistani forces in district Awaran and Kech were also claimed by BLF.
Major Gahram Baloch, the spokesperson for the BLF said that a military post in Kanichi area of Kolwah in Awaran district was targeted with heavy weapons, killing and injuring the personnel inside the post. In the same statement issued to the media, Gohram Baloch said “our fighters attacked an army camp in Dandar area of Kech district at 8.30 pm, on Thursday night with rockets and heavy weaponry.” The occupying forces suffered casualties in the attack, he added.
Later on Friday, BLF also claimed the killing of 4 Pakistan army personnel in a bomb attack, in Dasht area of Quetta.
Another Baloch “pro-independence” group, the United Baloch Army (UBA), claimed two separate attacks on Thursday in Balochistan’s capital city of Quetta and in district Kech.
Mureed Baloch, a spokesman for the UBA, claimed responsibility saying that “our sniper targeted a Pakistani Army soldier at their picket in Goarkp area of Kech.
The 2nd attack Mureed Baloch claimed was, on a tailor’s shop in Quetta city on Thursday afternoon. According to UBA spokesman, the tailor was attacked by a hand grenade bomb, on Saryab road, at his shop—where he was selling Pakistani flags.
Similarly, another Baloch “pro-independence” group, Baloch Republican Army also claimed an attack on Pakistani troops guarding the multibillion project, CPEC’s route.
Beebagr Baloch, the spokesman for the group said that “a checkpoint of the occupying forces set up to guard the CPEC link road under construction at Ashal Kasht Kaur in Kolwah area of Kech was attacked by our fighters”. He claimed that the sniper attack resulted in killing an official of the Pakistan army.
On the other hand, a pro-independence group from Sindh, the Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army also claimed the responsibility of killing a man in Karachi city.
Sodho Sindhi, the spokesperson for SRA said that their group shot killed Qayyum Ashraf, a Punjabi settler who owns a dairy shop in Noorani Basti of Korangi town. It is to mention that SRA is also an ally of Baloch “pro-independence” armed groups.
Meanwhile on Friday, a blast occurred near Pakistan Army Cant known as Wah Cantt in Rawalpindi, Punjab. As well as, a Pakistani soldier was also killed in a clash with militants in North Wazeeristan area of KPK.
The aforementioned two attacks have not been claimed by any armed group yet.
According to latest reports, a convoy of Pakistan army was attacked in Harnai district of Balochistan, on Friday evening. Army sources confirmed the news of the attack saying that a Lance Naik, named Sharif was killed and two others were injured in the attack.
Sources said that the attack was carried out on the convoy of Commandant FC Loralai Scouts in Shahrag. However, no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.