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2024 Balochistan bombings. On 7 February 2024, twin bombings killed at least 30 people in Balochistan Province of Pakistan, [4] targeting political campaign offices on the eve of the 2024 general election. [5] At least 40 people were reported injured. [2] The Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for both bombings, and said both attacks ...
PPP. Provincial elections were held in Balochistan on 8 February 2024 to elect a new provincial legislature. On 5 August 2023, after the approval of the results of the 2023 digital census by the Council of Common Interests headed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, elections have been delayed for several months, as new delimitations will be ...
Baluch Liberation Front (founded 1964) [12] The Balochistan Liberation Army ( Balochi: بلۏچستان آجوییء لشکر; abbreviated BLA, also known as the Baloch Liberation Army ), is a Baloch ethnonationalist militant separatist organization based in Afghanistan. [20] [21] [22] [25] BLA's first recorded activity was during the summer of ...
Baloch Long March. The march was marked by resistance from authorities, with many protesters being detained. The issue was later taken up by the Islamabad High Court. The March Against Baloch Genocide is an ongoing protest movement led by Mahrang Baloch and other Baloch women, who are marching towards Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, to ...
On 25 January 2022, militants stormed an army security post in a remote area of Dasht, Kech District, Balochistan, Pakistan, killing at least ten security personnel and injuring three others. [1] [2] The clash lasted for a few hours in which militants also suffered several casualties. [2] Additionally, the militants also seized weapons that ...
Balochistan is situated in the southwest of Pakistan and covers an area of 347,190 square kilometres (134,050 sq mi). It is Pakistan's largest province by area, constituting 44% of Pakistan's total landmass.
The Insurgency in Balochistan is an insurgency [40] [14] or revolt [41] by Baloch separatist insurgents and various Islamist militant groups against the governments of Pakistan and Iran in the Balochistan region, which covers the Pakistani province of Balochistan, Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, and Balochistan of southern Afghanistan.
2021 Machh attack. On 3 January 2021, a group of Islamic State (IS) militants killed 11 Hazara coal miners after being kidnapped in Machh, Balochistan, Pakistan. [1]