The bodies of 10 men were found in Balochistan’s Barkhan district on Saturday, including a man previously reported as forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces, while the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed it had killed 10 suspected militants...
Pakistani forces personnel were reportedly killed and injured in convoy attacks in Panjgur and Kalat, while armed fighters seized a vehicle carrying military supplies in Nushki and the United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed a bomb attack in...
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) on Saturday condemned a reported drone strike that seriously injured two men in Mastung’s Khadkocha area, calling for independent investigations and accountability over attacks on civilian communities.
The strike...
Two people were seriously injured in a reported drone strike near a house in the Khadkocha area of Mastung district, Balochistan, according to initial reports.
The injured were identified as Javed Hammad, son of...
Armed men have allegedly abducted five passengers, including a Pakistan Customs official, after a passenger bus travelling from Quetta to Dalbandin broke down at Charsar in Balochistan’s Chagai district, sources said.
The abducted customs official was identified as Mohammad Ibrahim Domki, a resident of Jaffarabad district, who was travelling on the bus to report for duty.
According to sources, the armed men checked the passengers’ identity cards before taking Domki and four other passengers to an undisclosed location. Their whereabouts and current condition were not immediately known.
No one had claimed responsibility for the incident at the time of writing, and there was no immediate official statement from the authorities confirming the abductions.
The incident comes amid repeated reports of armed men stopping vehicles and targeting government personnel and commercial traffic along major highways in Balochistan.
On 21 July 2026, three excise officials were abducted at gunpoint after armed men attacked a temporary departmental checkpoint on the Dalbandin–Taftan Highway in Chagai district, according to police sources. The attackers reportedly took two official vehicles and weapons as well.
In a separate incident in August, armed men seized five commercial vehicles carrying goods at Charsar on the Quetta–Taftan Highway. Three vehicles were travelling towards Taftan from Quetta, while two were heading in the opposite direction.
Balochistan has also witnessed deadly abductions of passengers travelling on inter-district and inter-provincial routes. In July 2025, at least nine passengers were abducted and killed after armed men stopped two coaches in the Sur-Dakai area on the border between Zhob and Loralai districts. According to reports, the armed men checked passengers’ identity cards before taking several people away.
The motive behind the latest incident and whether the abducted individuals were specifically targeted because of their identities or occupations remained unclear.
Five people were killed and two others injured in separate incidents across Balochistan, while the tortured and decomposed body of an unidentified person was also recovered.
According to reports, armed men opened fire in...
The protest camp organised by Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) outside Quetta Press Club against enforced disappearances in Balochistan continued for its 6,383rd day on Friday, with family members of Bilal Ahmed Nechari joining the protest...
Five people have been abducted by armed men in Jhal Magsi district, while 11 workers kidnapped from a construction company’s camp in Dukki have been recovered and reached a safe location.
The workers were...
Two bridges on the Quetta–Karachi highway were destroyed in late-night explosions in Mastung, while armed fighters blockaded the Quetta–Taftan trade route in Chagai and a Pakistani forces post came under attack in Kharan, local sources said.
The Balochistan government has ordered passenger transport operators to retain travellers’ personal information for at least 10 days and ensure onboard CCTV cameras are operational, alongside plans to expand surveillance across Quetta.
A notice...
