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Quetta, July 11: In Pakistan’s Balochistan province, late Thursday night, armed men stopped a passenger bus travelling from Quetta to Lahore, abducted nine passengers and shot them dead. The incident took place near Zhob in Sar Dhakka area of North Balochistan, which has long been a hub of militant activities.
According to Zhob Assistant Commissioner Naveen Alam, the attackers took the passengers off the bus, identified them and then shot nine people.
Alam said that all these bodies have been sent to Rekhani Hospital in Barkhan district. The method of murder shows that the attackers had come with a pre-planned plan and were carrying out targeted killings.
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 organisations of Balochistan as Fitna-al-Hindustan. Among these, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) is the largest and most prominent organisation.
Government spokesman Shahid Rind said
“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 Mastung, Kalat and Sardagi, but the security forces there managed to control the situation. The attack in Zhob was carried out taking advantage of the darkness, due to which the attackers escaped.
Balochistan 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 worst affected among them.
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 civilians, 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 carried out a bomb blast in a bus in Turbat city of Balochistan. 6 people were killed in this. Apart from this, 25 were injured.
After the attack, a BLA spokesperson released a video and took responsibility for the attack.
What is Baloch Liberation Army
The BLA is the largest Baloch militant group in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. It has been waging an insurgency against the Pakistani government for decades.
This group is demanding independence of Balochistan and expulsion of China from its territories. 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 generated from these resources.
