A suicide bomber transmitted by the vehicle attacked a convoy of the security forces in the Noskhi district of Baluchistan, leaving three security personnel and two martyred civilians, said the wing of the military media in a statement.
The forbidden Baluchistan Liberation Army (BL) emerged as a key perpetrator of terrorist violence in Pakistan in 2024, since the frequency of high intensity attacks by prohibited groups has increased in the province, according to security reports.
According to public relations between services (ISPR), as a result of the attack, “five brave children of land hugged Shahadat (martyrdom)”.
The martyred soldiers were identified as Havildar Manzoor Ali, of the Nawabshah district, Havildar Ali Bilawal and Naik Abdul Raheem by Naseer Abad District District and Naik Abdul Raheem.
Quetta and Muhammad Naeem by Kharan were also martyred, according to the ISPR.
“In the subsequent disinfecting operation, the terrorists were persecuted and then [an] The intense fire exchange, three terrorists were effectively neutralized by security forces, ”said the ISPR.
The wing of the military media added that the disinfection operations in the area would continue and the “perpetrators of this atrocious and cowardly act will be taken before justice.”
“Pakistan security forces, at the time with the nation, are still determined to frustrate the attempts to sabotage peace, stability and progress of Baluchistan and such sacrifices of our brave soldiers and brave civilians strengthen our resolution further,” the statement concluded.
State media reports a suicidal attack against the FC convoy
Today early, the state media reported that three people from the border body (FC) were among the five lost lives when the Bla attacked a FC convoy on a road in the Noshki district of Baluchistan.
According PTV newsSecurity sources said an “explosion and a suicide attack” charged the lives of three people from the FC and two civilians. Three terrorists, in addition to the suicide bomber, were killed by security forces in an immediate retaliation action.
“The security forces have cordoned off the area, blocking all the escape routes of the terrorists.” Pakistan radio Safety sources cited as they say. They added that an authorization operation was underway and would continue “until the last terrorist was eliminated.”
The Senior Police Superintendent of Noshki (SSP) Hashim Momand said that more than 30 members of the paramilitary force were injured, Reuters reported.
Previously, the Noshki Station station (Sho) Zafarullah Sumalani had said that five FC people were martyred while at least another 12 were injured in the explosion.
According to Sho Sumalani, the evidence of the site of the incident suggested that a suicide attacker attacked a vehicle loaded with explosives in the FC convoy.
The injured were being transferred to the FC camp and Noshki’s teaching hospital, where an emergency had been imposed, added the police officer.
Sho Sumalani feared that the death toll and the number of injured would rise since several of the injured were in critical condition.
‘Brutality height’
The attack attracted the sentences of leaders throughout the country.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif firmly condemned the explosion and expressed their sadness for the loss of lives.
In their separate statements, they prayed for the high ranges of the deceased souls and the early recovery of the injured.
Prime Minister Shehbaz also ordered that the injured be provided with the best possible treatment.
“Such cowardly acts cannot shake our resolution against terrorism,” said Prime Minister.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the “explosion near a bus on the Noshki-Dalbandin road” and expressed his pain for the loss of five lives.
In a statement published by his ministry in X, Naqvi expressed his sympathy to the afflicted families and prayed for the rapid recovery of the injured.
“Going to innocent people is the height of brutality,” said Interior Minister, added that the antistatal elements were “plotting an atrocious conspiracy to create instability” in the country.
Echoing the statement of Prime Minister Shehbaz, Naqvi said that such cowardly acts could not weaken the firm resolution of the nation.
Denouncing the attack, Baluchistan’s prime minister, Sarfraz Bugti, promised a strict action against terrorists.
“Those who play with the peace of Baluchistan will be taken to a tragic end,” CM Bugti said in a press release.
“Cowardly attacks cannot reduce our morals,” he said. “There is no place for terrorists in Baluchistan, peace will be established at all costs.”
CM Bugti promised that all possible steps will be taken to take the enemies of peace before justice.
“This war will continue until the last terrorist is eliminated,” said the prime minister, adding that all in Baluchistan are indebted to those who shed his blood for this homeland.
The Baluchistan government also condemned the attack, said spokesman Shahid Rind in a statement.
“Going to innocent civilians is a brutal act,” said the statement. Rind prayed for the rapid recovery of the injured and expressed condolences to the families of the deceased.
“The enemy elements are trying to destabilize the country,” the statement said. “People’s moral cannot be reduced through terrorism.”
“We are with the affected families in their time of pain,” said Rind.
In terrorism
The militants in Baluchistan, previously involved in a low -level insurgency, have recently intensified their attacks. The Outlawed Bla, in particular, has adopted new tactics to cause higher casualties and directly go to the Pakistani security forces.
Last year, the Ministry of Interior pointed out a “significant increase in terrorism incidents and evolutionary terrorism patterns” since the Afghan Taliban took control of Kabul in August 2021, especially in the activities of Tehreek-I-Taliban Pakistan in KP, the nationalist baluchist in Baluchistan and ethnoconationalist violence in Sindh.
Today’s incident occurs after a policeman was martyred last night, while another six were injured in an explosion near a vehicle of the Baluchistan anti -terrorism force (ATF) in Quetta.
It also follows the recent kidnapping of Jaffar Express trains near the Sibi area of Baluchistan, in which 26 hostages, including 18 security personnel, lost their lives. Five more security personnel were martyred during the operation.
After the attack, the military promised to take decisive measures against terrorists operating in Baluchistan, along with their reports and facilitators, both inside and outside the country.
Pakistan took second place in the 2025 global terrorism index, with the number of deaths in terrorist attacks that increased by 45 percent during the past year to 1,081.
Last month, 18 soldiers were martyred, while 23 terrorists were killed in various disinfection operations in Baluchistan in 24 hours, according to public relations between services (ISPR).
February saw a marginal increase in terrorist attacks, but witnessed a strong increase in civil victims, according to a report published by the group of experts based in Islamabad, the Institute of Conflict Studies and Security of Pakistan (PETS).
