Pakistani forces and police personnel came under separate attacks in Kech and Khuzdar districts of Balochistan on Wednesday, while the Baloch Republican Guards claimed responsibility for a blast in Sui and announced the closure of the N-65 national highway for commercial and mineral transport.
According to reports, armed fighters targeted a Pakistani forces camp in the Balicha area of Tump during the evening hours. Multiple explosions and gunfire were heard during the attack, though details of casualties were not immediately available.
In a separate incident in the Baghbana area of Khuzdar, armed men reportedly detained four police personnel, seized their weapons and later released them.
Meanwhile, the Baloch Republican Guards said on Thursday that its fighters targeted contractor Haji Amanullah Bugti at his residence in Sui city with a remote-controlled explosion.
In a statement, BRG spokesperson Dostain Baloch said Amanullah Bugti was a “state-backed contractor” and a close associate of Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti, accusing him of facilitating Pakistani forces.
The group claimed that Amanullah’s nephew, Tariq Bugti, and two government personnel assigned for his protection were seriously injured in the blast. It identified the two personnel as Kozha, son of Karman Bugti, a police constable, and Ghulam Nabi Bugti.
The BRG warned residents of the area, particularly labourers, to stay away from Haji Amanullah Bugti and other “state-backed” contractors, including their machinery, businesses and residences.
Through the same statement, the BRG announced what it called the “complete closure” of the N-65 national highway connecting Quetta with Sindh and Punjab for business and commercial transport.
The BRG said the announcement applied to transporters and machinery involved in carrying mineral resources extracted from Balochistan or supporting what it described as the economy of the “occupying state.”
The group said transporters and owners violating the announcement would be responsible for any loss of life or property, while public passenger transport would remain exempt.
The BRG’s N-65 announcement came days after the Baloch Liberation Army declared what it called “complete control” over the N-40 Quetta-Taftan highway, warning that trucks, trailers and convoys carrying what it described as “looted Baloch resources and minerals” would no longer be allowed to pass through the route.
In that statement, the BLA said the route fell within what it called the region under its control and warned companies, contractors and transporters involved in mineral extraction that they would be responsible for their own “life and financial losses” if they continued using the highway.
The BLA said Balochistan’s resources belonged “solely and exclusively to the Baloch nation”, describing their protection from what it called “state-sponsored plunder” as a “collective and primary national duty”.
Pakistani authorities had not issued a statement on the reported attacks or the BRG’s claims at the time of publication.