Law and Order Situation in

Balochistan

Second Quarter 2006

  

Law and order in Balochistan Archives

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Bomb blast damages two main railway lines in Balochistan

Two different bomb blast blowup Quetta-Taftan and Balochistan-Punjab railway lines on Tuesday, railways official said.

Sources said, a bomb blast damaged a large portion of Quetta-Taftan railway line in Noshki, about 200 kilometers southwest of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province.

No train was scheduled to pass on the track at the time of the explosion, as the line had been blown up several times earlier after which the train service was suspended indefinitely two months back.

In another blast a powerful bomb blast damaged a portion of Quetta-Lahore railway line in Kashmore, about 400 kilometers southwest of Quetta. All trains to and from Punjab suspended.

Baloch Liberation Army BLA clamed responsibility for the attack.

Railway track sabotage is common in Balochistan, with most attacks clamed by BLA Baloch Liberation Army fighting against the plunder of Baloch resources by the Punjabi tyrant’s and demanding self-government of the Baloch people. 13.6.06
Explosion jolted Quetta city, 5 killed 17 injured

A bomb exploded on a road in the Pakistani town of Quetta on Monday, killing five people and wounding 17, police and a hospital official said.

"We received four dead bodies and 18 injured while one child succumbed to his wounds in a ward," said Abdul Rahim, the senior doctor on duty at Quetta's main hospital, bringing the total number of dead so far to five. Three of the wounded were in critical condition, he said.

"I was sitting outside my shop when a powerful explosion went off. It completely destroyed three shops," said Inayatullah, one of the wounded men, from his hospital bed.

No one has claimed responsibility for the bomb, which police said was planted on a bicycle left at a roadside near a hotel and a police station.

Autonomy-seeking militants from the nationalist Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) were believed to be responsible, a police official said.

The BLA is fighting for Baloch National self control of Balochistan, Pakistan's largest but poorest province and its biggest source of natural gas. Quetta is the provincial capital.

BLA spokesman Mr Azad Baloch called news papers and Quetta Press Club and condemned the attack and reminded that BLA was fighting the Government of Pakistan for its injustices and the plunder of the Baloch Nation and said “BLA is the vanguard of the Baloch people and would never even think of harming innocent people or their property.”

They have attacked gas facilities, blowing up pipelines, as well as railway lines, security checkpoints and other government targets Last month, the BLA claimed responsibility when five bombs exploded in a police training camp on the outskirts of Quetta, killing six policemen.

The Baloch nationalist rebels have no links to al Qaeda- and Taliban-linked fighters based on the border with Afghanistan, security officials say.

The rebels have waged a low-key insurgency for decades but their campaign has intensified over the past year. Pakistan accused its old rival India of meddling in the province, which borders Afghanistan.

The government mounted a sweeping offensive in the 1970s aimed at finishing off the rebels killing tens of thousands of innocent Baloch men, women and children. Looting their livestock in millions and burning their houses which continue to this day. 12.6.06
Gas supply to five districts suspended after blasts

Gas supply was suspended to Quetta and major cities and town of four other districts in Balochistan as two main underground transmission pipelines feeding gas from Sui were blown up in Dashat area in the early hours of Saturday.

Another gas pipeline and a big tower of a 132KV transmission line were also blown up in Loti gas field in Dera Bugti and Dasht area in Mastung district, respectively, while 14 bombs planted near three other towers were defused.

“There is no gas supply in five districts of the province, including Quetta, since 2.20am,” Sui Southern Gas Company officials told. They said the explosions had caused serious damage to both the pipelines.

Gas supply to Quetta, Kalat, Mastung, Pishin and Ziarat districts had been suspended, the officials said.

According to sources, Baloch Guerrillas (Parrarie’s) planted explosive devices under two main gas pipelines of 20 inch and 12 inch diameter and blew them up at around 2.20am in Dasht area. They said both the pipelines caught fire after the explosions. The fire was controlled after stopping supply in the affected pipelines from Sibi. “Five to six feet long portions of both the pipelines were blown up,” they said.

Consumers in the affected districts faced difficulties and people were seen buying firewood, kerosene stoves and gas cylinders. The price of liquefied petroleum gas was increased by dealers. Most of the tandoors and hotels in the provincial capital remained closed.

According to official sources, a 16-inch diameter pipeline supplying gas to the Loti plant from the gas field was blown up, reducing the pressure in the plant. “Supply to Loti Plant from gas well No.14 was suspended,” the sources said.

Meanwhile, a huge tower of 132KV power transmission line was blown up in Dasht area. Power supply was not affected.

Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the gas pipeline attack but denied blowing up of the electric towers. 11.6.06
Bomb blast in front Hub police station, 11 injured

Eleven people were injured when a bomb exploded in n front of Hub police station and near restaurant in the industrial town of Hub on Friday. “Five of the victims have been taken to Karachi for serious wounds,” sources said.

Sources said the bomb planted in front of Hub police station and near Taj Mahal restaurant went off at around 5.50pm. Eleven people, including six secret service personnel and the restaurant owner, were injured.

Personnel of law-enforcement agencies and police reached the blast site and started investigation.

It was a powerful device planted with timer that went off with a big bang. A portion of the police station and the restaurant was badly damaged in the explosion. 10.6.06
Major gas pipeline blown up in Sui, several army personnel killed in attacks

A major gas pipeline of 18-inch diameters was blown up with explosives on Tuesday night in Sui town, causing low pressure in the gas plant that might result into total suspension of supply to down country.

The damage to the pipelines caused less gas production from Balochistan and it affected power sector of Punjab also.

According to sources, Baloch insurgents (Parrarie’s) planted explosives with the pipeline of the main header, connecting it to six or more wells of Sui gas plant, measuring 18 inches near FC check post, some 9 km east of Sui town. The header was blown up and affected the gas production of the wells.

The government sources said that the repair work in darkness was impossible as the staff could not move to the site fearing more explosions. They said that the security forces would give clearance on Wednesday morning for repair work and supply could be restored till Wednesday evening.

Wadera Alam Khan said that two F-16 aircraft bombarded the Bhamboor top on Tuesday morning, the border of Marri Bugti area probably targeting positions of resistance tribesmen.

He said that he did not know about the Marri area, but eight bombs were dropped in Bugti areas including Pir Koh, Seya Koh, Zain Koh and Damaan. However, he said no report was received as yet about the causalities.

He said that two personnel of para military forces were killed in target shooting in Sumnay and Toz Sund in Sangseela area while three others got injured in Barboz close to Margh area. He said that shelling on part of the security forces continued on the positions of resistance insurgents from Ghoori Nulla side at the border of districts Sibi and Dera Bugti. However, the shelling caused no causality.

In the meantime, a person Mohammad Yunis was killed in a bomb blast in Chitkan area, in the outskirts of Punjgoor town, some 400 KM south-west of Quetta on Tuesday.

According to Punjgoor Police, a person was taking refuge behind a vehicle when blast occured, killing him on the spot. Police claimed that another bomb was also recovered from the vehicle.

Rail track blown up near Dera Murad Jamali: Baloch Parrarie’s blew up five feet section of railway track between Dera Murad Jamali and Bakhtiarabad here on Tuesday.7.6.06
Railway track blown up near Quetta

Baloch insurgents (Parrarie's) planted a powerful bomb on the railway track which exploded with a big bang damaging 10 feet of the track.

According to the Railway authorities, the bomb was planted on the railway track on Quetta bound Balochistan Express coming from Karachi. However, it exploded before time and Balochistan Express narrowly escaped the accident.

After several hours of repair work railway authorities opened the damaged section of the track and restored the moving of trains.

BLA claimed responsibility for the attack. 5.6.06
Police SHO killed in Hub

Unidentified armed men gunned down Hub SHO Muhammad Hayat Baloch on Saturday night. Police sources told that SHO Muhammad Haya was on patrol when the attackers opened fire and shot him at Bab-e-Balochistan Chowk near Jumma Hotel in the industrial city of Hub.

He was shifted to Murshid Hospital in Karachi where he died. Sources said the assailants were riding a bike. 4.6.06
Two gas pipelines blown up, several army casualties

Two gas pipelines were blown up in Pir Koh area while power supply was suspended to Kohlu and adjoining areas after two big towers of 32kv Barkhan-Kohlu transmission line were damaged in another blast on Saturday.

Over a dozen rockets were also fired at different check posts of security forces in Dera Bugti and Kohlu areas.

According to official sources, Baloch insurgents (Parraries) planted high explosives under two pipelines of 16-inch diameter near Pir Koh gas field area and blew them up in the early hours of Saturday.

“Pipelines were supplying gas to Pir Koh gas plant from wells which were suspended after explosions,” sources said and added that security forces also recovered a powerful landmine, rockets and bomb planted close to the gas well No 10 in Pir Koh. However, sources said that gas supply was not suspended to any area after the explosion.

Meanwhile, Baloch insurgents (Parraries) blew up a 32kv Barkhan-Kohlu transmission line and its two big towers.

Sources while confirming the damage to transmission line said that the incident took place early in the morning.

Reports reaching here said that Baloch insurgents (Parraries) fired at least a dozen rockets at different check-posts of Frontier Corps in Dera Bugti district and Fazal Chal area of Kohlu district.

According to locals, several army personnel killed and injured in the attacks but the army denying any casualties. It is worth mentioning even when there confirm news of deaths and injuries army always cover-up such news by denying of any casualty. 4.6.06
Balochistan attacks leave six injured, several bomb blasts

Six people, including four security personnel, were injured in a rocket attack and landmine explosions in Dera Bugti and Kohlu districts on Sunday.

Baloch insurgents also blew up a pipeline supplying gas to a Sui plant from Loti in the Pesh Bogi area and two bomb explosions occurred in the Wadh town.

According to official sources, insurgents fired five rockets at Kohlu township from nearby mountains. One of the rockets hit the wall of a Frontier Constabulary camp, injuring two soldiers – Amir Mohammad and Naik Badshah.

Two more security personnel were injured when their vehicle hit a landmine in the Sangsilla area of Dera Bugti during routine patrolling.

Sources said another landmine explosion was reported in the Haideri Nullah area of the Pir Koh gas field. Two Kalpar Bugti tribesmen received injuries who were admitted to a Sui hospital.

Another report said armed insurgents blew up a 16-inch- diameter gas pipeline in the Pash Bogi area. They had planted explosives around the pipeline.

“A big portion of the pipeline supplying gas to the Sui purification plant from the Loti gas filed was badly damaged. The gas supply to the Sui plant was suspended after the explosion.

Sources said two bomb explosions also occurred in the Wadh town, some 380km south of here.

Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attacks 29.5.06
Five killed including a woman, ten injured rocket attacks in Balochistan

Over 30 rockets were fired in various parts of Balochistan on Saturday, killing one woman and injuring three other people in the capital.

Five rockets were fired in Quetta from the western bypass area.

Sources said that the first rocket landed at China Chowk on the Ordinance Road at about 10pm.

Soon after that one rocket hit the house of Rahim Nawaz near Robert Market area, killing his wife and injuring three other people. A portion of the house caught fire after the explosion.

Two rockets landed in Shahbaz Park area. The fifth rocket exploded near a mosque in Zehriabad area, damaging its wall.

A spokesman of Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) Merak Baloch claimed responsibility for the attacks and said that the rockets had been fired to protest against nuclear tests conducted in the province by the government on May 28, 1998.

Mean while, Baloch insurgents fired 26 rockets at army check posts in Kohlu Dera Bugti and Harnai area. Killing four FC personnel and wounding seven.

Security forces defused three mines planted on the Kohlu-Kahan Road. 28.5.06
Six security personnel killed in Dera Bugti clashes, 29 rocket attacks

Six security personnel were killed and eight others were seriously injured in clashes with Baloch insurgents in volatile Dera Bugti are on Saturday.

“Sporadic clashes between security forces and tribesmen resulted in the killing of three security personnel and injuries to five others in Pir Koh area where a fierce exchange of fire took place between the two sides,” said Baloch rebel commander Mir Alam Khan Bugti while briefing reporters about the developments in the tense area.

He said government forces and armed men also exchanged fire in Sarloop area, 30kms east of Dera Bugti, which left one security personnel dead.

Two more government personnel were killed as violence continued in Loti area where rockets were fired on a gas field and shelling was continuing.

Sources told that rockets were fired at security forces’ camps on Friday and other smaller weapons were also used.

“Well No 6 of Loti Gas Field came under attack. The exchange of fire in the area left two dead and three injured,” said a source.

Insurgents fired 19 rockets on security forces check posts in Dera Bugti areas of Sangsila, Gol Thekri and Pir Koh on Saturday.

Seven rockets were also fired on security forces in Harnai and Baber Kach areas. A rocket hit the security forces check-post wall after which it dashed to the ground.

Meanwhile, a huge fire, which broke out in Sui after two gas pipelines supplying gas to the Sui plant exploded on Friday night, was extinguished on Saturday.

The fire erupted when some insurgents blown up two gas pipelines of 16-inch and 30-inch diameter near the Goth Mazari in the Punjab-Balochistan border on Friday. 27.5.06
Fire breaks out in Sui after pipeline blasts, 60 shops burnt

A huge fire broke out in Sui after two pipelines supplying gas to the Sui plant exploded on Friday night. Another pipeline was blown up near the Goth Mazari in the Punjab-Balochistan border area suspending supply of gas to some parts of Punjab, official sources said.

At least 60 shops, Sui grid station and levies thana were gutted, and the fire is still raging, posing threat to other shops in the township and nearby civilian settlements.

The sources said that about 20 people fell unconscious, overcome by the thick smoke. They were taken to the civil hospital in Sui.

Reports said that high explosives planted around the two big pipelines exploded at brief intervals. The blasts caused the huge fire which engulfed shops in the Sui tehsil bazar. The Sui grid station and levies thana were completely destroyed.

The flames could be seen from miles away, shops are still burning and there is no fire-tender in the township.

The sources said that the affected pipelines were supplying gas to the main purification plant from 20 to 30 gas wells that would affect the functioning of the plant and compressor.

According to another report, 24-inch diameter main pipeline was blown up near the Goth Mazari village on the Balochistan-Punjab border late last night. The pipeline supplies gas to many areas of Punjab.

A shop was destroyed in a hand-grenade attack in the Nushki township, some 160 km west of here, on late Thursday night.

According to police sources, the grenade was hurled on the roof of the shop in the main bazar. The blast rocked the township, causing panic among people. Meanwhile, insurgents opened fire on the gas well No.1 in the Sui field.

According to another report, some people fired three rockets in the Loti gas field area, but the rockets exploded in an open place. Police also found three rockets in the industrial town of Hub. 27.5.06
Two soldiers killed and one injured in landmine blast, several killed and injured in attack

Two soldiers were killed and one seriously injured when their vehicle ran over a landmine near Lehri in Sibi district on Thursday. It was an anti-tank mine planted on the mud-road.

Meanwhile, a FC post was attacked near Sui, Baloch Guerrillas fired a dozen or so missiles at the post, it is believed that at least four had direct hit resulting in several deaths and casualties but exact details not known, FC personnel cordoned off the area and did not let any one to in.

Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attacks. 26.5.06
Several casualties four FC post hit one totally destroyed, in Dera Bugti

Baloch Guerrillas attacked and destroyed a Frontier Corps (FC) check post, at least eight rockets and hundreds of automatic machinegun fire was heard in Dera Bugti on Saturday.

Several other FC check posts came under rocket and machinegun attacks in Loti, Pir Koh and Chashma on Saturday.

Sources told, several rockets were fired from the mountains. Several rockets hitting the check post and severely damaging it. The attack continued for more then an hour. The attackers only left when the FC check post was completely destroyed and the personnel manning it either killed or fled. 21.5.06
Two Main gas pipeline blown up, supply to Punjab cut

Two main pipelines supplying gas to Punjab and the Sui gas plant were blown up in the Goh area, 10km from Sui town, on Friday.

“Gas supply from Sui to Punjab has been suspended,” official sources said adding that the other affected pipeline supplied gas to the Sui gas plant from Loti gas field.

According to sources, Baloch Guerrillas planted high explosive under a 24-inch diameter pipeline supplying gas to Punjab and blew it up.

The pipeline caught fire that was brought under control after stopping gas supply to the pipeline from Sui plant.

“Around 20 feet of pipeline were destroyed,” official sources said. After two hours, Baloch militants blew up the other gas pipeline half a kilometre away from the place of the first incident,” sources said. The repair will take at least 24 hours,” official sources said.

Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack. 20.5.06
A soldiers and 2 policemen killed 6 injured, Gas pipeline blown up

Baloch insurgents planted a powerful explosive device under the pipeline supplying gas to Sui gas plant from Loti gas wells. It went off near Bugti Colony of the Sui area on Wednesday, suspending gas supply to Sui gas plant.

A large part of the 16-inch diameter pipeline was blown up, sources said and added that repair of the damaged pipeline had been started.
Sources said that after the pipeline explosion, armed insurgents launched a rocket attack on an Oil and Gas Development Corporation camp in the area.

They fired at least 16 rockets at the camp from nearby mountains with brief interval.

Three employees of the OGDC were injured as two rockets landed in the camp area, official sources told newsmen over telephone
Due to the gas pipe explosion and rocket fire the gas pipeline caught fire damaging nearby houses, killing a young girl and injuring two women.

Moreover, a shop was destroyed and a patrol pump damaged in the rocket attack. The insurgents escaped unharmed after the attack.

In a different part of Balochistan, two policemen were killed in an attack on a police check-post in Nasrullah village near Dera Allahyar town of Jaffarabad district on Wednesday.

Baloch insurgents riding a pick-up opened fire at the police check-post and killed head constable Abdul Fateh Khosa and constable Noor Mohammad Lashari on the spot.

An official said that the attackers might be the same people who had killed additional SHO, Dera Bugti, Liaqat Ali Cheema.

After the incident, security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to arrest the attackers.

Two bombs exploded in Mach, a coalmine township, the first bomb blast damaged wall of a government office and smashed windowpanes of nearby houses.

The second blast took place between Mach police station and the Civil Hospital, damaging walls of the police station and some other buildings.

In another incidence a landmine exploded in the Nal area of Kahan, Kohlu district, killing one army personnel and injuring three soldiers, of whom condition of Mohammad Naeem is reported to be critical.

Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attacks. 18.5.06
Six army men killed 8 injured, three pylons blown up near Quetta

Three pylons of a 132kv double-circuit power transmission line were blown up in the Mainghundi area, some 25km off here, and at least 19 rockets were fired on check posts in the Dear Bugti district early on Monday morning.

Power supply was suspended to various areas of the Mustang district and the Sariab grid station after the incident. However, the electricity supply to the areas was restored through alternative arrangements.

In another incidence, Baloch Guerrillas launched an attack with heavy machine guns and rockets on army camp in Gohri Nala.

According to sources at least 10 107mm missiles were fired on the camp and heavy machine gun fire was heard. It is believed at least 6 army personnel were killed, 8 wounded in the attack.

Meanwhile, a heavy exchange of fire between security forces and Baloch Guerrillas was reported in the Sangsilla area of the Dera Bugti district.

Sources said the Baloch Guerrillas fired at least 19 rockets on FC check posts in Chashma, Loti, Pir Koh and Sangsilla areas of Dera Bugti, details of casualties in this attack not known.

BLA claimed responsibility for the attacks. 16.5.06
Anti-terrorist Police force in Quetta attacked: Six killed, 13 injured

Six policemen of the Anti-Terrorist Force were killed and 13 others injured, six of them seriously, in five powerful explosions which rocked the firing range of the Police Training College near the eastern bypass area, here on Thursday.

According to sources, the ATF personnel were attending in a refresher course for about a month.

The five blasts took place in quick succession soon after the ATF contingent had arrived at the firing range at around 8.15am.

“Some of the bodies were blown up and pieces of flesh and limbs were found scattered yards away,” an eyewitness said, adding that the air was thick with the smell of charred human flesh.

A heavy contingent of police cordoned off the area and the dead bodies and the injured policemen were taken to the Civil Hospital.

Many of the injured suffered eye injuries and were later shifted to Helper Eye Hospital. “Some of them may lose their eyesight,” a senior doctor feared.

At least six of the injured men are said to be in serious condition. “We are trying to remove splinters from their bodies,” doctors said.

The six policemen killed in the blasts were identified as Nasibullah, Bagn Khan, Ali Sher, Liaquat, Mazhar and Ghulam Hussain. Three of them belong to the Jaffarabad district and the others to Nasirabad, Chagai and Gwadar.

A man, who identified himself as Mirak Baloch and claimed to be a spokesman of a BLA Baloch Liberation Army, said that his organisation was responsible for the Quetta incident.

He said his organisation had already warned police not to become a tool of secret agencies who, he alleged, were arresting the Baloch people and torturing them. He warned of more such attacks. 12.5.06
Blast damages Gwadar police station wall

A powerful bomb blast damaged a wall of a police station in Gwadar on Saturday night. Another explosion occurred in a bungalow in the Quetta cantonment area.

The blast damaged a 40-foot-long portion of the wall. A police vehicle parked close to the wall was also damaged.

The second explosion occurred in the bungalow on the Abbas Road, close to the State Bank building in the Quetta cantonment.

The bungalow belongs to Asadullah Khan Mandokhel, owner of a leading construction company of the country.

Unknown men hurled some explosive device from the roadside which exploded in the lawns of the bungalow, smashing the glasses of a car. However, no casualty was reported. 6.5.06

Trains from Quetta halted, main line bridge blown up

Baloch guerrillas people blew up a railway bridge in Balochistan on Saturday, halting train services from Quetta.

“Unidentified people have blown up an old bridge near Kari-Dor damaging 10 feet of the track,” said Irfan Gauhar, the divisional railway superintendent, Multan.

He said trains from Quetta to Punjab, the Chiltan Express, Balochistan Express, Jaffar Express and Bolan Mail had stopped at various stations.

Repairs of the damaged track were underway. Two bridges at Sibi-Harani section have been blown up in the last three days and railway installations on this section have been attacked 12 times during the last couple of months. 23.4.06
Railway bridge blown up once again

Baloch guerrillas on Friday blew up a big railway bridge on the Sibi-Harnai section and destroyed a gas pipeline in Pir Koh. Official sources said armed men had planted powerful bombs under the bridge No 5 in Babar-Kach area and blew it up in the early hours. “The 150-foot-long bridge was completely destroyed,” a senior official of Sibi administration said.

It was the second large bridge on Sibi-Harnai section which had been blown up during the last one week. Another 150-foot-long bridge exploded last week in Tandori area of the same section.

The train service on the Sibi-Harnai section was suspended last month after frequent armed attacks on railway tracks and repair personnel.

A pipeline supplying gas to the Pir Koh gas plant from the gasfield was blown up in Mir Hasan area. “It was an 18-inch diameter pipeline supplying gas from wells to the plant,” official sources said and added that the gas supply to Pir Koh gas plant had been suspended after the explosion.

Meanwhile, armed tribesmen fired many rockets at a check post of Frontier Corps in Dera Bugti area on Friday. However, no damage was reported.

Sources said that firing was also reported in Karmo-Wadh area of Kahan where a levies solider was seriously injured when a landmine exploded while defusing it.

The two-member committee of Balochistan Assembly headed by opposition leader Kachkol Ali visited various areas in Jaffarabad and Nasirabad to inquire the condition of displaced people taken refuge in these districts due to fighting in and around Dera Bugti. 20.4.06
Two levies personnel killed

Some unidentified men opened fire on levies personnel, two levies shot dead in the Awaran area on Wednesday.

According to details, Faraz and Murad Ali were patrolling in the Rawaj levies post area on a motorcycle when some people opened indiscriminate fire on them, killing them on the spot. 19.4.06
Gas pipeline blown up near Mastung

Gas supply to vast areas of Mastung and Kalat districts was suspended after a gas pipeline was blown up near Mastung, 55km off here, on Tuesday.

A member of a security agency was seriously injured when he stepped on a landmine in the Pir Koh area near Sui in Dera Bugti district. Baloch guerrillas (Parraries) fired rockets at a Frontier Constabulary checkpost in Kohlu town.

According to sources, a powerful explosive device had been planted under the pipeline supplying gas to the two districts of Balochistan, two kilometres away from Mastung Cadet Collage. The device went off with a big bang around 11am.

“A big part of the 10-inch diameter pipeline was blown up in the powerful blast,” official sources confirmed over telephone from Mastung.

They said that after the blast, the pipeline caught fire that was controlled after stopping supply from main pipeline. Around 100,000 people living in the two districts are now without gas.

Meanwhile, a Frontier Corps soldier, Mohammad Israel, was seriously injured when he stepped on a landmine in the Pahtar Nullah area near Pir Koh gas field. He was taken to a hospital in Sui for treatment.

Baloch guerrillas fired two rockets from Jandran mountains at a FC checkpost in Kohlu town.

Rockets were also fired at a telecommunication microwave station near Nushki town on Monday night, official sources said. The rockets hit a solar energy unit at the station and destroyed it.

Shootouts between security forces and armed Baloch guerrillas were reported from the Karmo Wadh area of Kohlu district and Sangsila and Chashma areas of Dera Bugti district. However, no details were given.18.4.06
Pir Koh gas plant pipeline blown up: Rockets fired on FC checkposts

Baloch Guerrilla blew up a pipeline of the Pir Koh gas plant, causing suspension of gas supply for some time on Monday.

According to official sources, the guerrilla tied explosives around the main pipeline head and ignited it by firing rockets.

They said: “The head caught fire after an explosion and gas supply to pipelines linked with it was disrupted.”

At least 19 rockets were fired on Frontier Corps checkposts in Sangsilla, Chashma and Goltrakri in the Dera Bugti area on Monday. A heavy exchange of fire between security forces and armed guerrilla was reported from Dera Bugti and adjoining areas on Monday, claiming some lives.

Chief of the Jamhoori Watan Party Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti said that security forces had fired scores of rockets and mortar shells in different areas of Dera Bugti town and its outskirts, resulting in a large number of casualties.

“At least four ambulances were seen taking the injured to Sui from Dera Bugti on Monday morning,” he told reporters on the phone.

He said that injured security personnel included some officers who were taken to other places for treatment by three helicopters from Sui.

He said that security forces continued firing rockets in and around Dera Bugti throughout the day.

Nawab Bugti said that firing between security forces and Baloch guerrilla was also reported from Sangsilla and the Loti gas field area and 11 security personnel were injured.

He claimed that security forces suffered a large number of casualties in the fresh fighting in the area in which rockets and mortars were used by both sides. 17.4.06
Several army personnel killed and wounded in attacks

Three personnel of the Frontier Corps were seriously injured when they were trying to defuse a landmine in the Sangsilla area of Dera Bugti here on Sunday.

Sources said that the Frontier Corps personnel had detected a landmine in Sangsilla area and had attempted to defuse it.

The injured men were immediately rushed to the military hospital in Sui. They were identified as Naib Sobedar Rub Nawaz, Naik Mohammad Iqbal and Naik Mohammad Khan.

Meanwhile, armed men blew up a 220 KV power transformer supplying electricity to the Mand township, situated along the Pakistan-Iran border. The township and adjacent areas were left without any power as a result of the attack.

Qesco engineers have started repair work on the damaged transformer and power supply is expected to be restored in the next 24 hours.

Baloch insurgents planted a explosive device near the main gate of the building of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation in Khuzdar. The bomb went off around 9.30 with a loud bang. The windowpanes of the PBC buildings and other nearby complexes were smashed in the blast, police sources said.

Sources said that an explosion had taken place on Saturday night near the house of the district coordination officer in Khuzdar. No damage or casualty was reported in either incident.

Armed insurgents fired 11 rockets at an FC checkpost in Narigaj area of Sibi. Another report said that four rockets had also been fired at another checkpost in Tandori area, according to locals army suffered several casualties and deaths but no official details released. 16.4.06
One killed in shootout

One person was killed and a major of Frontier Corps was injured in an exchange of fire between security forces and militants in Toba Kakari area of Pishin district on Sunday.

According to sources, the FC personnel were patrolling in the border area of Toba Kakari close to Pakistan-Afghan border when armed men opened fire on the FC vehicle.

The FC men returned fire. The exchange of fire continued for more than half an hour, resulting in the death of an attacker. The FC major was identified as Mohammad Asim who received bullet injury in his leg. 16.4.06
Explosions rocked Quetta and rest of Balochistan

A powerful explosion rocked the city on Saturday night. Police officials said that the explosive device had been planted inside a roadside drain near the house of a dental surgeon at Wafa Road.

The house of Senator Saeed Ahmed Hashmi is also located in the same area. The powerful blast damaged a car parked nearby besides smashing windowpanes of nearby houses. No casualty was reported.

Meanwhile, heavy fighting was reported between security forces and armed insurgents in the Chashma area in Dera Bugti. No loss of life was reported in the clash.

Three rockets were also reported to have been fired on an FC checkpost in the Mand area in Turbat district near Iranian border.

Tribesmen, however, claimed inflicting losses in the Qambar Lango area of the Loti gas field. They claimed that an FC soldier was killed in the attack while four other FC men were injured in a landmine explosion in the Mat Jamshahi area of Dera Bugti.

In another development, the Quetta Electric Supply Company said that power supply disrupted after the destruction of power pylons would be restored in the next few days.

The company’s officials said that the repair work on both transmission lines and pylons was under way. “The power crisis would be resolved within one week,” Qesco’s Chief Engineer Nasir Ali Bangush said.

Meanwhile, a spokesman of BLA, Merak Baloch said that militants had decided not to attack power supply lines in the province for the next 45 days. “No power supply line will be attacked in the next 45 days,” he said on satellite phone.

He said that the decision was taken in the larger interest of the people, especially farmers who, he said, suffered because of the destruction of power transmission lines.

He, however, said that there was no guarantee that they would not be attacked after 45 days. He also claimed that BLA blown up a railway bridge on the Sibi-Harnai section. 15.4.06

Railway Bridge blown up again

Baloch Freedom Fighters on Friday blew up a railway bridge and track on the Sibi-Harnai section near the Tandori area. Officials said that explosives were planted under the 150-foot bridge, which was blown up for the second time in the past one and a half months.

The train service on the Sibi-Harnai section had been suspended since the bridge was destroyed last month. “It was blown up just a day after completion of repair work,” officials said.

An 8-foot-long rail track on the same section was also blown up. The railway was planning to resume train service within a couple of days.

Meanwhile, armed Baloch guerrillas fired at least 20 rockets on various Frontier Corps check-posts on Friday.

Sources said that 15 rockets landed near FC check-posts in Pir Koh, Chashma, Sangsilla areas in the Dera Bugti district.

Other reports said that Baloch guerrillas fired five rockets on a check-post in the Mand area near the Iranian border. 14.4.06
Six army personnel killed and five injured in Balochistan

Three army personnel, including two senior officers, were killed and two injured in an armed attack on army vehicles on the RCD Highway in the Wadh area, some 400kms south-east from here, on Friday evening.

Sources claimed that three army soldiers had been killed in the attack and the Baloch guerrillas had set an army vehicle ablaze after firing. Sources said the wife and two children of an army officer were also travelling in one of the vehicles who remained unhurt and reached Khuzdar safely.

They said an army convoy of two vehicles was on its way to Quetta from Karcahi when a group of people who had blocked the highway near Wadh signaled them to stop. The army vehicles did not stop and continued their journey. Later, Guerrillas riding on motorcycles opened fire on the vehicles near the Ibrahimzai village, some four kilometres away from Wadh.

Official sources said the injured included a brigadier and a major who were taken to the CMH, Khuzdar. One of the vehicles overturned when the driver received bullet injury, which was later set on fire by the attackers, a police official of the Wadh police station told by telephone.

Meanwhile, in a separate incidence three army personnel were killed in a landmine explosion in the Pir Koh gas field area. The they were defusing the landmine found in the area when it exploded.

Reports said some guerrillas also destroyed a gas pipeline of well number 10 of the Loti gas field.7.4.06
Hub Gas pipeline blown up, clashes all over Balochistan

Gas supply to a number of factories in the Lasbela Industrial Estate was disrupted after a gas pipeline in Hub, the industrial town of Balochistan, was blown up on Thursday.

According to sources, Baloch guerrillas had planted an explosive device under the pipeline supplying gas to factories in Hub. It blew up on Thursday evening damaging the pipeline.

The supply of gas was cut off from the main line after the explosion. “Gas supply was suspended to several factories in the industrial estate,” a police officer of the Hub police station confirmed on phone.

Mirak Baloch spokesman of the Baloch separatist movement Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed that there movement BLA was behind the gas pipeline blast and a hand-grenade attack on the house of a police constable in Quetta.

He said that five soldiers of the FC had been killed and many others injured in a clash with Baloch insurgents.
Sources said that two FC personals were killed when their vehicle was hit by a landmine in the Qambar Lango area of the Loti gas field on Thursday.

They further added that six FC men had been killed and many others injured when Baloch guerrillas opened fire on them in the same area.

There were fighting between security forces and Baloch insurgents in Kahan, Karmo Wadh and other areas of Kohlu district.

A number of rockets were fired on FC check posts in the Loti and Dera Bugti areas on Thursday.

According to sources, eight rockets were also fired on the fort of Mir Ahmedan in the Dera Bugti town. 7.4.06
Two Bomb blast rock Wadh

Baloch insurgents planted two bombs near a Bank building in Wadh area. The bombs damaged a state-owned bank building in Balochistan on Thursday morning, but no casualties were reported, a senior policeman said.

According to details, The bombs had been planted by insurgents near the main gate of the Agriculture Development Bank. The blast damaged the structure, but no one was hurt as the bank was closed at the time, no one claimed responsibility for the blasts in Wadh, about 400km southeast of Quetta.6.4.06
FC check posts attacks in Balochistan

Baloch Parraries (Guerrilla) attacks two Frontier Corps FC check posts with rockets and heavy machinegun fire in Dera Bugti district on Wednesday. According to sources, Baloch insurgents fired several 107mm rockets at a FC check post in the Dera Bugti area.

In another incidence a FC post in the Gundoi area was attacked with five rockets heavy machinegun fire. 6.4.06
Seven solders killed and eleven injured in Balochistan

At least seven personnel of Frontier Corps were killed and 11 injured in two landmine blasts in Loti and Ghori area of Dera Bugti district on Monday and Tuesday, according to Nawab Akbar Bugti.

Sources said that FC soldier Mohammad Nasir was killed and three injured when they were trying to defusing it in Habib Rahi area of Sangsilla.

Three soldiers were killed and two njured in Loti gas field where a water tanker collided with a landmine. Sources further confirmed deaths of three and six seriously injured army personnel in another landmine explosion which occurred in Ghori area of Dera Bugti.

Calling from an unknown place on telephone, Nawab Bugti alleged that security forces had demolished hundreds of houses of Bugti tribesmen outside the Sui gasfield.

He said that earlier, the government had announced to clean up 200 meters area around the Sui gas plant but now security forces were cleaning up an area up to 5km.

“They are demolishing private houses of the Bugti tribesmen in Sui,” Nawab Bugti said. He said that government was shifting local population in Mat area that was located some 5km away from Sui township.

The JWP chief said that security forces had fired many rockets and mortar shells at his fort in Dera Bugti, which was lying vacant for the last two months. Nawab Bugti also termed recovery of arms and ammunition a “drama”. 5.4.06