In Pakistan’s Balochistan province, late Thursday night, armed men stopped a passenger bus going from Quetta to Lahore, kidnapped 9 passengers and shot them dead. This incident took place near Zhob in North Balochistan’s Sar Dhakka area, which has been a center of extremist activities for a long time. According to Zhob’s Assistant Commissioner Naveen Alam, the attackers got the passengers off the bus, identified them and then shot 9 people. Alam said that all these bodies have been sent to Rekhni Hospital in Barkhan district. The method of murder shows that the attackers had come with a plan in advance and were doing targeted killing. The government is calling it an India-backed attack. The provincial government of Balochistan is calling it an India-backed attack. The government has said that Fitna al-Hindustan is behind this attack. In May, the Pakistan government named all the rebel organizations of Balochistan as Fitna-al-Hindustan. Among these, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) is the largest and most prominent organization. Government spokesman Shahid Rind said that this is not just an attack, it is a brutal killing of innocent Pakistanis. This is the result of the barbaric thinking of Fitna al-Hindustan. Rind said that terrorists associated with Fitna al-Hindustan also attacked in Mastung, Kalat and Sardagarh, but the security forces there handled the situation. The attack in Zhob was carried out taking advantage of the darkness, due to which the attackers escaped. Balochistan is the most violent, 35 attacks in May A report by Islamabad-based think tank Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security (PICSS) shows that a total of 85 terrorist attacks took place in the country in May 2025. Balochistan was the most affected among these. There were 35 attacks here alone in which 51 people died and more than 100 were injured. The number of civilians is the highest among them. 30 common people, 18 security personnel and 3 terrorists were killed in the attacks. 6 people were killed in a terrorist attack on a bus in January In January this year too, fighters of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) had bombed a bus in Turbat city of Balochistan. 6 people were killed in this. Apart from this, 25 were injured. After the attack, a spokesperson of BLA released a video and took responsibility for the attack. What is Baloch Liberation Army BLA is the largest Baloch militant group in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It has been revolting against the Pakistani government for decades. This group is demanding independence of Balochistan and expulsion of China from its areas. BLA has carried out several attacks targeting Pakistani security forces and China’s CPEC project. Most of the Baloch people living in Balochistan are angry with the Pakistani government. These people say that the government is misusing the natural resources of their areas. BLA says that the local population does not get any share in the profits from these resources. ———————————– Read this news related to Pakistan too…. Army can stage coup again in Pakistan: Army Chief Munir to be next President, Talks of removing Shahbaz Sharif and making Bilawal PM. There is a lot of commotion in the politics of Pakistan these days. Talks are rife that President Asif Ali Zardari may soon be asked to step down and in his place the powerful Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir may become the new President of the country. Read the full news here…..
