Balochvoice - January 2005 Headlines

January 2005 Headlines

Two bomb explosions rock Quetta
Two bombs exploded in and around Quetta on Sunday, officials said, the latest in a series of attacks that have targeted government installations and security forces in the region. BLA spokesman Mir Azad Baluch claimed responsibility. Daily Time. 31.1.2005

BLA forewarn public to stay away from government installations
In a warning issued by Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), it is strongly advised, that the public to stay away from government installations, buildings and transport for their own safety. 31.1.05

BLA claims responsibility for pipeline blast in Head Baloki
Main gas pipeline supplying gas to Punjab blown up near Baloki. Gas supply to industrial units in Lahore, Kasur, Pattoki, Sahiwal and Multan remained suspended on the second day on Saturday. BLA accepted the responsibility of attack. 30.01.05

Code of the Frontier
An alleged rape by four soldiers rallies the tribes of Balochistan province against the Pakistani army
When a woman doctor was allegedly raped by four armed men at a residence in the Balochistan desert on Jan. 2, her assailants may well have expected her to be too ashamed to speak about it. They were wrong. In Pakistan's Balochistan province, nothing is held in higher regard than a woman's honor, and the allegations of rape have the rough-and-tumble province, rich with natural gas fields, up in arms literally. BY TIM MCGIRK | QUETTA TIME Asia Magazine 30.1.05

Several rockets hit FC check post in Kohlu
Baloch freedom fighters fired a dozen rockets on a Frontier Corps check post in Kohlu, no fatality but extensive damages reported. 30.1.05

Four power supply towers blown up in Naseerabad
Almost the whole of Balochistan, including the provincial capital, plunged into darkness on Saturday evening for over one-and-half hour when four power supply poles of 220 KV lines were blown up near Naseerabad district. 30.1.05

Balochistan belongs to Baloch people, BLA is the protector and savior of Baloch Nation
Nawabzada Hyarbyar Marri in Daily Tawar 20.1.05 (in Urdu)

Gas to Punjab suspended as blast destroys pipeline
Unidentified people blue up a gas pipeline to Lahore late on Friday, suspending gas to more than half of the city and other parts of Punjab late on Friday. 29.1.05

Rockets and Bomb attacks Quetta, Sibi, Kohlu, Dhadar, Mashkaff
Three rockets and several bomb blasts on Wednesday night in Quetta, Sibi, Dhadar, Mashkaff and other parts of Balochistan from unknown locations, but no loss of was reported. BLA Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attacks, and vowed to continue till they free Baloch from Punjab’s slavery. 27.1.05

Army sets up garrison in Sui
Bugti says ‘time will tell how we react’ The Pakistan Army has set up a new garrison near gas field in Sui Tehsil of Dera Bugti district and the construction work would be completed in four or five years, military officials said on Wednesday. 27.1.05

Will rising Baloch nationalism undermine Pakistan's war on terror?
Unrest continued Monday as two bombs detonated in Balochistan Province. Recent clashes between ethnic militants and security forces in southwestern Balochistan Province poses a new challenge to Pakistan's central government, which is already engaged in battles with Al Qaeda and its tribal supporters along the country's northwest frontier with Afghanistan. By Owais Tohid | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor 26.1.05

The fifth Balochistan war
With the nationalists outraged over the rape incident and alienated by the perception that the government was only going through the motions of serious engagement with the long standing and long neglected problems of Balochistan, it seems unlikely that, even if the recommendations of the two committees are implemented, it will in the immediate future lead to a cessation of hostilities. By Rashed Rahman 25.1.05

Veteran Baloch Nationalist Leader Nawab Khair Baksh Marri’s views on political situation in Balochistan
Interview by Daily Tawar (Mastung) in Urdu 4.12.04

Sibi train track bombed
A powerful bomb tore apart a key railway line in Balochistan for the second time in three days, injuring five people, as another blast damaged a government building on Monday. Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for both of the explosions in Balochistan. 25.01.05

Sindhi Nationalist parties strike in solidarity with Baloch people
Most of Sindh responded positively to the strike call given by the Sindhi nationalist parties to express solidarity with Baloch people, and against any military operation in Balochistan, on Monday. Mean while several bomb explosions in Sindh. At least two bombs exploded in Larkana a one in Dadu area. 24.1.05

Bomb blast rocks Minister Block in Quetta
A powerful bomb blast occurred in Minister block of Civil Secretariat Balochistan without any fatal outcome on Monday. Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the bomb blast. 24.1.05

Railway track blown up in Quetta
Railway track near Balochistan University in Quetta blown up by unidentified persons on Sunday, cutting off all rail traffic to and from Quetta. Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the bomb blast. 23.1.05

FC camp attacked in Noshki, damage and casualty reported
A Frontier Corps FC camp attacked in Noshki with rockets, missiles and heavy machineguns. Heavy damages and casualties reported. Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the attack. 18.1.05

Two bomb explosions in Gwadar
Gwadar city rocked when two powerful bombs went consecutively, damaging nearby buildings and shattering windowpanes of surrounding buildings on Monday night. 18.1.04

General Sahib what about your "apology" from Baloch Nation, for past discrimination
Did you forget your apology to the Baloch people about previous injustices and army operations? Now when you openly proclaim on National television that “I will hit the Baloch Nationalists in a way they wont know what hit them.” In Urdu from Daily Asaap Quetta By Shakar Mohammad Marri 17.1.05

Baloch senators boycott meetings
Senators of Baloch nationalist party (BNP) and Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) have boycotted a parliamentary committee on Balochistan set up by former prime minister Shujaat Hussain to find a political solution to the problems in the province. 17.01.05

FC check post attacked 4 killed, several injured Bibi-Nani
Rocket attack on Frontier Corps FC check-post 4 killed and several injured. Mean while in another incidence high-tension electric tower blow-up in Bibi-Nani. Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the attack. 17.1.05

Muttahida to quit govt if operation launched, says Altaf
Muttahida Qaumi Movement's founder Altaf Hussain has stated that the MQM will quit the government if an army operation is launched in Balochistan. 16.1.05

6 rockets hit FC check post in Kohlu
Baloch Freedom Fighters fired rockets on the check post of Frontier Core in district Kohlu on Saturday here but managed to escape after counter firing. 15.1.05

Bomb explosion in Mach
Some unknown persons planted a bomb near the house of union counsel Nazim Mach chodhri Mohammad Maqbool. Nearby buildings also received damages the incident happened on Friday night around 10:00 pm. 15.01.05

Government should reframe from threats
In Urdu Nawabzada Balach Marri 13.1.05

BALOCHISTAN: THE HOUR OF RECKONING by B. Raman
"Don't push us ... it is not the 1970s, and this time you won't even know what has hit you," President Pervez Musharraf issued this warning while replying to a question on the deteriorating law and order situation in Balochistan due to the protest movement launched by Baloch nationalist elements, spearheaded by an organisation, which calls itself the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA). 13.1.05

BALOCHISTAN CONTINUES TO HAUNT MUSHARRAF By B. Raman
The anti-Islamabad unrest in Balochistan continues unabated. The continuing unrest, which is mainly directed against the Army and the central Government authorities and the gas production and supply infrastructure, was reflected in another attack by the Baloch nationalist elements on Para-military personnel deployed in the province. 29.12.04

Bugti sees army operation in Sui, other areas
Veteran Baloch leader and Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has expressed fears that a military operation in Sui and the Bugti areas may soon be launched for which preparations appear to have begun. 13.1.05

Military operation in Dera Bugti is likely in a day: Says Bugti
Veteran politician Nawab Akbar Bugti has said that all the preparations have been made to launch military operation in Dera Bugti. 13.01.05 Pak Tribune

Mengal, Marri warn against army action
Baloch nationalist leaders, expressing anger over President Gen Pervez Musharraf's warning to Balochistan tribes to stop attacks on oil fields. Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal and Nawabzada Balach Marri said that Baloch people would not allow usurpers to loot the resources of the province.

Gun battle leaves two dead in Sui
At least two people, including a woman, were killed and seven others injured, two of them seriously, in heavy gunfire between armed men and law-enforcement personnel in Sui on Monday. 11.1.05

Another major gas pipeline blown up in Sui
A gas pipeline was blown up when heavy firing resumed between BLA and FC fighters in Sui on Saturday, suspending supply to the Guddu Thermal Power Station. 9.1.05

Once again police station and FC quarter under rocket attack in Quetta
Once again some Baloch Freedom Fighters (BLA) attacked Shalkot police station and Frontier Corps (FC) quarter with the rockets in Quetta on 7:30 pm Saturday evening. 9.1.05

Rocket hit FC check post in Kohlu
Baloch freedom fighters attacked a Frontier Corps (FC) check post in Kohlu from Pir Shah Mehmood Mountains Saturday night. 8.1.05

Rocket attack destroys gas pipeline in Sui
Unidentified people blew up a gas pipeline in Sui late on Friday and exchanged fire with security personnel in the same area. The Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) claimed the attack, saying it was in reaction to the gang-rape of a female doctor in Sui. Daily Times By Azizullah Khan 08.01.04

Rocket hit Police station in Quetta, two injured
Some unknown persons fired two rockets from the Chiltan Mountains the Shalkot police station and FC quarter on Wednesday night 9:10pm. Baloch Liberation Army BLA claimed responsibility for the attacks. 6.1.05

Sindh-Balochistan border Ranger’s post attacked, two personnel injured
Unknown persons attacked two-check post of Ranger’s near Sindh-Balochistan border on Wednesday. Baloch Liberation Army claimed the responsibility. 5.1.05

FC convoy attack near Dera Bugti 2 killed and three injured
Some unknown assailants attacked with rockets on a FC convoy near Sanjo Safari in Sui on Monday. BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed the responsibility for the attack. 4.1.05

Bomb blasts and rockets rock Quetta and Kalat
A bomb exploded and three rockets struck sites in Quetta while two bombs exploded in Kalat on Monday. No loss of life was reported. The rockets were fired at a highway police checkpoint in suburban Quetta near Hazaarganji at about 11:00pm. 4.1.05

Turbat: Bomb blast in FC camp
A powerful explosion rocks FC camp in Turbat in late hours of the night. 3.1.05

Back to the hills

Unknown to the rest of the country, Baloch nationalists are up in arms again after 30 years By M. Ilyas Khan in Herald Sep. 2004

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