Balochistan Blast
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BLA claims it killed over 30 Pakistani personnel in attack on Gwadar Coast Guard camp in Balochistan
World | Jul 04, 2026, 07:45 AM ISTThe Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for a major attack on a Pakistan Coast Guard camp in Balochistan's Gwadar district, alleging that more than 30 security personnel were killed.
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7 explosions in 24 hours in Balochistan trigger panic; Pakistan on alert
World | Nov 30, 2025, 03:45 PM ISTThe attacks have triggered panic in Balochistan, but no group has claimed their responsibility till now, the Pakistani officials said.
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Bomb explosion derails six carriages of Jaffar Express in Pakistan, train services suspended
World | Jun 18, 2025, 11:52 PM ISTIt is the second time in four months that the Jaffar Express was targetted. Wednesday's blast was reported near the railway track close to a cattle market in Jacobabad in the Sindh province bordering the volatile Balochistan province.
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5, including 3 children, killed, 38 injured after suicide car bomb hits school bus in Pakistan
World | May 21, 2025, 12:04 PM ISTA local deputy commissioner, Yasir Iqbal, said the attack took place in the district of Khuzdar as the bus was transporting children to a military-run school in the city.
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CCTV captures moments before horrific suicide bombing at Quetta railway station | WATCH
World | Nov 09, 2024, 03:47 PM ISTA suicide bombing at Quetta Railway Station killed at least 24 people, including 14 soldiers, and injured dozens more, with the Balochistan Liberation Army claiming responsibility.
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Pakistani truck driver thought to be dead after being shot 5 times in Balochistan attack found alive
World | Aug 28, 2024, 01:59 PM ISTRescuers loaded Ahmed and the bodies of his three colleagues into a vehicle and took them to the hospital. There, medical staff discovered that Ahmed had survived. A nurse reported that he had been hit by five bullets in his arm and back, but his condition was stable.
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'They go there alive but their bodies return': Pakistani families grieve death of their loved ones
World | Aug 28, 2024, 01:32 PM ISTThe family of 31-year-old gardener Asif Iqbal mourns his death, along with that of his friend, who were both killed in Balochistan on Sunday. At their family home in Lahore, grieving relatives hold a photo of Asif and question the reason behind his tragic death.
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Pakistan: Two children, woman killed in blast in Balochistan province's Pishin
World | Aug 25, 2024, 07:12 AM ISTThe attack comes days after two pedestrians were injured in a roadside explosion in the Noshki district, which according to the police occurred when a convoy of paramilitary forces Frontier Corps was passing by.
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Pakistan: Six security personnel, 12 militants killed in separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
World | Apr 07, 2024, 01:54 PM ISTPakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the attack on policemen in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and termed the act "cowardly". Taking to social media platform X, Sharif said, “C owardly acts of terrorists cannot shake our resolve.”
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Pakistan dismisses UN concerns of pre-poll violence despite twin blasts in Balochistan
World | Feb 07, 2024, 09:27 PM ISTPre-poll violence and targeting of election candidates and voters in different provinces are common features of Pakistan polls. The year is no different, as several independent candidates have been killed, provinces have been rocked by bomb blasts and Imran Khan's party is reeling under a crackdown.
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Pakistan: Two children killed as remotely accessed bomb hidden under vendor’ cart explodes
World | Dec 31, 2023, 12:52 PM ISTThe official said that since most of the policemen were on patrolling duty there were no casualties in the police station but its back wall was damaged.
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Pakistan: Roadside bomb kills 3 in insurgency-hit Balochistan province, no one claims responsibility
World | Nov 19, 2023, 07:15 PM ISTNo group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast but suspicion falls on Baloch nationalists turned separatist groups who have been involved in low-level insurgency for over two decades in the gas and mineral-rich province.
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Pakistan: BLA that attacked Chinese engineers issues 90-day ultimatum to vacate region, Beijing irks
World | Aug 14, 2023, 12:47 PM ISTAlthough neither Pakistan nor Chinese governments admitted that their citizens were killed in the attack, BLA spokesman claimed at least four Chinese nationals and eleven Pakistani military personnel were killed, with several others injured.
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Pakistan: Powerful explosion kills 7 including UC chairman in Balochistan; 2nd incident in a week
World | Aug 08, 2023, 06:59 AM ISTPolice said miscreants had planted a remote explosive device to target a vehicle carrying Balgatar UC Chairman Ishtiaq Yaqoob and others who were returning from a wedding ceremony.
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Pakistan again witnesses brutal 'suicide attack' on security personnel; 9 killed, 13 wounded
World | Mar 06, 2023, 02:36 PM ISTAccording to Pakistan English daily, the incident happened after a suicide bomber rammed a motorcycle into a police truck in southwestern Pakistan on Monday.
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Pakistan: Six members of a family killed in cylinder blast in Balochistan
World | Jan 15, 2023, 08:55 PM ISTBalochistan cylinder blast: The blast occurred when the family tried to switch on a heater to fight the intensely cold weather in the provincial capital Quetta, the ARY news channel reported. The deceased included a father and his five children, according to a police official.
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Pakistan: 7 dead, several injured in blast near Quetta press club in Balochistan province
World | Feb 17, 2020, 07:12 PM ISTAt least seven people killed and several injured after a blast in Pakistan's Quetta in Balochistan province on Monday.
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Pakistan demands Iran to take action against killing of its 14 security personnel
World | Apr 20, 2019, 01:08 PM ISTUnidentified gunmen donning uniforms of paramilitary soldiers on Thursday massacred 14 passengers after forcing them to disembark from buses on a highway in the restive Balochistan province.
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Pakistan yet to crush terror groups despite tall claims by govt: Media
World | Jul 15, 2018, 03:48 PM ISTThree deadly back-to-back attacks on election rallies in the restive provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that killed two prominent political leaders along with around 150 civilians have renewed concerns that violence could disrupt the elections scheduled for July 25.
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42 killed in multiple blasts and firing in 3 Pakistani cities
World | Jun 23, 2017, 11:02 PM ISTAt least 11 people were killed and over 20 injured after a bomb exploded near the office of the regional police chief in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province today.