Balochistan Timeline - 2010

Date

Incidents

January 1

Unidentified militants attacked two NATO tankers travelling through Balochistan to supply fuel to NATO troops in neighbouring Afghanistan.

Law enforcement agencies claimed the capture of an agent of the Indian spy agency, R&AW in Qila Saifullah District.

January 5

The Rockets targeted the Balochistan Governor House and provincial Civil Hospital in Quetta, injuring one person, in the night.

January 10

The driver of a truck carrying goods for NATO forces in Afghanistan sustained serious injuries when a roadside bomb went off in Baghbana area near Khuzdar town.

Four non-Baloch persons were killed in different parts of Balochistan in an apparent backlash of January 15 killings of two Baloch nationalists. Three of the killings have been confirmed as target killings. Two Punjabi settlers were killed in Ghosiabad Police Station area in the Satellite Town area of Quetta. A Punjabi settler was shot dead in Khuzdar District. Meerak Baloch, a spokesman for the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) called the offices of various newspapers and accepted responsibility for killing the three Punjabi settlers.

Unidentified assailants exploded a bomb in the building of the Works and Services Department (W&SD) at Khuzdar, damaging the building.

Two Security Force (SF) personnel were injured when unidentified militants attacked a security checkpost in Naseerabad area. They also abducted two SF personnel.

Five persons, including a Police official, were injured when unidentified motorbike riders hurled a hand grenade at a Police party.

At least two Army personnel were killed and two others were injured after unidentified motorcyclists opened fire on a group of soldiers in a market in Khuzdar.

One Frontier Corps (FC) trooper was killed and 10 others were injured in a bomb blast in a crowded market of the Pakistan-Iran border town of Panjgur.

Seven persons - including the District Police Officer (DPO) - were injured in a remote-controlled blast targeting a crowded bus station in Jaffarabad District in Balochistan. The device - which had been fitted to a motorbike - went off as DPO.

A roadside bomb explosion partially damaged an oil tanker at Lakpass, some 20 kilometres off Quetta.

Two persons were killed and another 20 others were injured when a bomb exploded in Jaffarabad District of Balochistan.

Two Punjabi settlers were shot dead in separate incidents in Khuzdar and Labela Districts.

At least two people - Shakir Ali and Shahbaz Ahmed - were injured after unidentified masked men - on a motorbike - hurled a hand grenade at a shop owned by a non-local in Noshki District.

Unidentified assailants opened fire on pilgrims, killing three Shias and injuring seven others, in a sectarian attack in Quetta in Balochistan.

Ten persons, including one FC personnel, were injured in a bomb blast at the Imdad Chowk on Jinnah Road in Quetta of Balochistan.

At least four persons including two children were injured in a bomb explosion in Gahi Khan Chowk area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan. Police said unknown militants hurled a hand-held bomb at a shop which left four people injured.

A student of Iqra University Karachi was killed, while another was injured in an ambush on the RCD Highway near Mangochar in Kalat of Balochistan. Police sources said the students identified as Muhammad Ali and Muhammad Yousuf, residents of Alamdar Road, Quetta were travelling to Karachi in a car when unidentified armed men fired at their vehicle. Ali died immediately and Yousuf sustained serious injuries.

Two bomb blasts occurred on a railway track in the Sariab area of Quetta in Balochistan. The blasts damaged the railway track, but no casualties were reported.

A powerful bomb blast destroyed a house situated along Rehman Kewal Road in Quetta. Deputy Superintendent of Police Chaman Zia Mandokhail said that Police recovered five suicide jackets, dozens of bomb fuses and wires from the house.

Unidentified militants shot dead a journalist, identified as Hameed Marwat, at the Sariab Road in Quetta.

A remote-controlled bomb exploded near a tanker in Baghbana area of Khuzdar District in Balochistan. The vehicle, destined for the NATO forces in Afghanistan, was partially damaged and the driver was injured.

Four officials of Mercy Corps (MC), an international NGO, were abducted by unidentified militants from Shankai area of Qillah Saifullah District in Balochistan.

An alleged TTP militant, Omer Abdul Rehman alias Sailaab, was arrested in a joint raid by Security Force personnel from the Lasbela District.

President Asif Ali Zardari urged the aggrieved Baloch leaders not to resort to violence as the Government acknowledged their rights and was doing all within its means to help them.

At least two persons were killed and five others injured in a bomb blast in a cultural function on the premises of a local Engineering University in Khuzdar of Balochistan.

One person was killed and two others injured in a landmine explosion that took place in the outskirts of Dera Bugti District.

Protesters blocked the Quetta-Karachi Highway, ransacked a state-run utility store and set a post office on fire following the blast in a cultural function at the Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology in Khuzdar on March 2.

A private TV channel reported that the recently arrested Iranian militant Abdul Malik Reigi, leader of the banned Jundullah outfit, was among the 25,000 foreign recipients of Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs) issued by National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA).

Three Bugti tribesmen were injured in a bomb explosion at Achanak Chowk in Dera Bugti. According to Police, a convoy of the Bugti tribe was passing on the road, when unidentified person detonated a bomb, injuring the three persons.

A gunman was shot dead by the Police in the Kashmirabad area near Sariab Road in Quetta.

Four persons were injured during an explosion in Sariab Road area of Quetta in Balochistan.

Unidentified assailants tried to blow up a SF vehicle, carrying Law Enforcement Agency personnel, at the Hazarganji Road in Quetta.

An oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan was blown up in Chaman, injuring a passer-by.

The FC personnel defused a bomb planted at a grid station located along the Airport Road in Khuzdar.

Two NATO tankers were attacked by unidentified militants in Kalat town and Dhadar area in Balochistan, leaving three persons injured.

One person got injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on a NATO tanker in the Dhadar area of Bolan District.

Four officials of the Balochistan FC were injured in a hand grenade blast followed by firing on their vehicle at Brewery Road in Quetta, while one of the militants was also killed.

One person was killed in an explosion in a house in the Chalobawri area of Quetta.

One Policeman was shot dead, while four others sustained injuries in an attack at Quetta in Balochistan.

Unidentified militants shot dead a security guard in the Sariab area of Quetta. According to police, some unidentified militants opened fire at Shair Ali at Killi Geo in Qambrani Sariab area, killing him on the site.

Three persons were injured in a remote-controlled explosion at Achanak Chowk in Dera Bugti.

Three persons, including a student of Mastung Cadet College, were killed in an attack on a vehicle of the college in Mastung District.

A remote-controlled bomb attached to a bicycle killed three persons, including two Policemen, and injured 14 others on Kawari Road in Quetta.

Unidentified militants hurled a hand grenade at a grid station located in the Sariab area of Quetta.

A roadside bomb killed one person and injured three others near a busy intersection in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.

A renowned educationist Professor Fazal Bari was shot dead by the BLA in Quetta.

One 10-year old Faisal Khan was killed while two others sustained injuries in a landmine blast near the Hopo Colony in the Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti.

Three persons were injured in a bomb explosion inside a tea stall, owned by Jalat Khan Zarkon, in Kohlu town.

One person was killed and three others injured as their vehicle hit a landmine at the Degari coalfield area, 20 kilometres off Quetta.

One FC trooper was injured in a firing incident in Khuzdar. According to Police sources, the trooper, Mohammad Zaman, was injured when unidentified assailants opened fire at him at Sultan Ibrahim Road in Khuzdar town.

The unidentified militants shot dead a senior official of the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) in the Satellite Town Police area of Quetta.

Two persons were killed and four another were injured in a landmine explosion near Pir Koh in Dera Bugti District of Balochistan.

Unidentified assailants opened fire and seriously injured a Police official at the Qambrani Road in Quetta.

Unknown assailants abducted two FC personnel from a passenger bus near Panjgur.

A hand grenade was hurled at a vehicle carrying labourers by unidentified militants in Hub town of Balochistan.

A toy bomb injured two children, identified as Bacha (10) and Ali (12), in the Mehmoodabad area of Chaman in Balochistan.

Unidentified militants blew up a gas pipeline in Mastung District, 40 km from Quetta, The BLA claimed responsibility of the blast.

A patrolling team of the FC escaped a remote controlled bomb attack in Panjgur.

Two persons were injured when unknown assailants hurled a hand grenade at a barber shop in Chitkan bazaar in Panjgur District of Balochistan.

A bomb planted by unidentified militants exploded in the vicinity of Mir Hassan Police Station in Dera Murad Jamali of Nasirabad District in Balochistan.

A Bugti tribe chieftain was killed while his six supporters were injured in an attack by unidentified militants at his compound near Dera Murad Jamali in Nasirabad District.

A suicide bomber blew himself up in an attack inside civil hospital in Quetta, killing 11 persons and injuring 35 others.

Two FC officials were killed while another was seriously injured when a security vehicle hit a landmine in the Margat area in Mach town of Bolan District in Balochistan.

At least 11 persons were injured in a bomb blast in a confectionary shop at Masjid Road in Sibi town of Sibi District in Balochistan.

Unidentified militants attacked a checkpost and killed three officials on duty near Rabi Canal in Dera Murad Jamali city in Nasirabad District of Balochistan.

A female professor of Balochistan University, Nazima Talib, was shot dead in Quetta. A spokesman for the BLA claimed responsibility for Nazima's killing. He told reporters on phone that it was a reaction to the killing of two Baloch women and torture of women political workers.

Four persons were injured in Quetta as a result of multiple rocket fire by unidentified militants. According to the Police, four rockets fired from an unidentified location landed in various areas of the provincial capital.

Three persons, including a father and son, were killed and two others injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on them on the costal highway near Pasni tehsil of Gwadar District in Balochistan.

Six people, including a DSP, were injured when a bomb went off on Qambrani Road of Quetta. Sources said the bomb blast occurred when a Police party was patrolling the Qambrani Road as part of beefed up security measures.

The Balochistan Police said that sectarian and ethnic targeted killings in Balochistan have claimed 87 lives and injured 303 people in 168 incidents so far in 2010.

The Khuzdar District Police confirmed that the dead bodies belonging to two FC personnel were recovered in the Naal area of Khuzdar. FC sources confirmed that both the personnel had been listed missing for the past four weeks from the Besima area of Washuk District.

Three NBP officials were abducted by unidentified militants near the Bhagnari area of Quetta in Balochistan. Police sources said NBP Manager Abdul Ghafar Umrani along with his two colleagues Naubat Khan Abro and Abdul Rauf Khosa were on their way to Dera Murad Jamali when unidentified armed men intercepted their vehicle and abducted them.

A lecturer of Quetta Agriculture College was found dead in the Rahim Colony area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

A teenager was killed while two others injured at Chaman in Balochistan when a bomb exploded in a tanker carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan.

Unidentified militants shot dead a person, identified as Manzoor Ahmed, in Dera Murad Jamali.

Two persons, Muhammad Hassan and Abdus Samad, were shot dead by unidentified militants in Mastung city, the capital of Mastung District, in Balochistan.

A person, identified as Faiz Bugti, was killed and his son sustained injury after unidentified militants opened fire on them in Jaffarabad District.

The ICRC has restricted the movement of its staff in Balochistan, owing to threats calls by an unidentified militant outfit.

Six persons, including three Policemen and three BDS officials, were injured in an explosion in Kaichi Beig area of Saryab in Quetta.

Six security personnel were injured in a rocket-cum-bomb attack in Quetta of Balochistan.

Unidentified militants planted a remote-controlled bomb at Saryab Road near Moosa Colony in Quetta, which was detonated when a vehicle of the FC passed by. However no one was injured in the attack.

A trailer carrying goods for NATO forces in Afghanistan was set ablaze near Chaman in Qila Abdullah District.

Unidentified assailants barged into the house of a Police officer, Mureed Hussein, in Shaheed Murad Colony in Dera Allah Yar in Jaffarabad District of Balochistan and shot dead two of his daughters, and injured his son.

Unidentified assailants stormed into the house of Mohammad Barani, and opened fire killing him and his three-year-old daughter, on the spot, and injuring three other family members in Goth Bahadur Shah town.

A local resident, identified as Asif, was shot dead in Dera Murad Jamali in Nasirabad District.

Two persons were killed and 15 others injured in a bomb explosion at the Airport Road in Quetta in Balochistan in a suspected sectarian attack.

In another suspected sectarian attack, unidentified assailants shot dead the vice principal of a Hub Technical Training Centre on Pircas Road in Hub in Lasbela District.

Unidentified assailants hurled a hand grenade at the residence of BNP senior member Arbab Mohammad Nawaz Mengal in Khuzdar. The house was partially damaged in the attack.

The BDS found and defused three explosive devices planted at the Provincial Excise and Taxation Headquarters in Quetta.

Unidentified assailants hurled a hand grenade at the residence of, senior BNP leader, Attaullah Mohammadzai in Khatan locality in Khuzdar District of Balochistan. A woman was injured in the attack.

Unidentified militants killed four Policemen in Satellite Town area of Quetta in Balochistan. LeJ claimed responsibility for the attack.

Unidentified assailants shot dead a prayer leader and his companion at Taughi Road near Mezan Chowk in Quetta of Balochistan.

At least eight people were injured in an explosion in the busy commercial area of Hub Industrial Township.

Two persons, including the driver of an oil tanker supplying fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan, were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire at the tanker near Sibi in Balochistan.

A Policeman, Atta Muhammad, was injured when unidentified militants fired a rocket at a Police vehicle near Sonakhan checkpost on Saryab Road in Quetta of Balochistan.

A Hindu rice trader, Hamesh Kumar, was shot dead as he resisted the abduction of his son, in Quetta in Balochistan.

A cloth vendor, Abdul Sattar, was shot dead in the Buleda Bazaar of Turbat.

Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani said that no military operation was on the cards in the province and that no operation could be justified, as the law and order here was comparatively quite better than other provinces.

Unidentified armed assailants opened fire at a NATO convoy near Wadh in Balochistan injuring three persons and damaging a car.

Three persons were shot dead at Mastung town in Balochistan. Unidentified car riders opened indiscriminate fire on three persons riding a motorcycle in the Kand Masori area, killing them on the spot. The deceased were identified as Khalid Husain, Muhammad Anwar and Yar Muhammad.

Two persons were shot dead by unidentified assailants at Kili Bangulzai area of Quetta in Balochistan. The victims were identified as Umer Farooq and Abdul Rauf.

Four people, including a Police Constable, were injured in a hand grenade attack on the District's Fatima Jinnah Road.

A person died in a landmine explosion in Jaffarabad District in Balochistan. According to official sources, a farmer Shehzada Khan was working in some fields near Bugti Kila when he stepped on a landmine. As a result of the explosion he died on the spot.

Two persons were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire in Quetta and Jhal Magsi.

Seven persons, including a tribal elder, were shot dead and two others injured when their vehicle was ambushed on the RCD Highway in Surab tehsil of Kalat District in Balochistan.

A person was killed in an explosion at the Airport Road in Turbat. According to Police sources, a man was planting an explosive device at the Airport Road when it exploded, resulting in his instant death. BLF spokesman Doda Khan, calling from an undisclosed location claimed that victim Qadeer Ahmed was a BLF member who was on a 'secret mission'.

Unidentified armed motorcyclists hurled a hand grenade at a barbershop in the Kili Almo area of Quetta injuring three persons.

An under construction building of the Levies was completely destroyed in a rocket attack in Besima area of Quetta. Four Levies personnel were injured in the explosion.

A NATO oil tanker was partially damaged in a bomb explosion near Chaman. According to Police sources, the bomb, planted on the tanker carrying oil for the NATO forces in Afghanistan exploded, partially damaging the rear portion of the vehicle. No casualties were reported.

A levies official was killed and another seriously injured after unidentified assailants hurled a hand grenade into a levies Police station in Kharan District of Balochistan. The deceased was identified as Muhammad Yaqoob and the injured as Muhammad Ali. The attackers managed to escape.

A person was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the Usta Muhammad area of Jaffarabad District.

A SHO was shot dead and a passer-by was injured in Mastung in Balochistan. City Police Station SHO Murad Sajidi was on a routine patrol when unidentified armed motorcyclists shot him at the Masjid Road near the City Police Station. As a result, he died on the spot while a passer-by was injured.

A man was shot dead in the Sohran area of Dhaddar in Bolan District. The victim was identified as Yar Muhammad.

A woman was injured when unidentified men hurled a hand grenade at a house in Aminabad Street at the Brewery Road in Quetta.

Two persons were killed and another injured when unidentified assailants opened fire at them on Art School Road in Quetta in Balochistan. The deceased were identified as Hasnain Ali and Shuja Ali.

An Army official was killed and 13 others, including seven army men, were injured in a roadside bomb explosion targeting a military convoy. The deceased was identified as Deedar Ali.

Two persons, identified as Farooq and Asad, were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Quetta in Balochistan. A 15-year-old passer-by was also injured in the attack.

A barber was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Gushabad area in Hub town.

A person was abducted from Musa Colony in Quetta in Balochistan. According to details, unidentified armed men, travelling in a car, took Fazal Muhammad hostage at gunpoint and fled.

PPP leader Faizuddin Sasoli was shot dead and three others injured in an attack by unidentified assailants in Khuzdar District of Balochistan.

Two Levies personnel were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Dasht area of Mastung in Balochistan in the night.

At least four persons were killed and several others injured when a roadside explosion occurred near a Police check post at Lasbela in Hub of Balochistan.

Two young sisters were killed and another boy suffered multiple injuries in a grenade attack on their residence on Saryab Road in Quetta in the night.

Five persons were injured in three rocket attacks in Quetta.

Unidentified assailants killed a Shia scholar, Ali Muhammad, in a suspected sectarian attack in Saryab area of Quetta in Balochistan.

A truck driver was abducted from the National Highway in Bakhtiarabad area of Bolan District. Sources said that the truck was passing through the area when it was intercepted by armed militants, who took the driver hostage.

Four workers were shot dead and another seven were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire in Surab tehsil of Kalat District, around 200 kilometres from Quetta, in Balochistan.

Four persons, including a Levies Force official, were killed and another four injured in separate incidents in Balochistan.

One Levies personnel killed and another two sustained injured in a firing incident in Mastung District.

Unidentified militants killed an elder of the Jatoi tribe and a passer-by on the Qambrani Road in Quetta.

July 6

Unidentified militants fired rockets from the seaside on the Gwadar Port and the Gwadar Pearl Continental Hotel in Gwadar City of Balochistan. However, no casualties were reported in the attack.

July 7

Two persons were injured in a grenade attack on a NATO oil tanker near Chaman town of Balochistan. Sources said that unidentified militants hurled a grenade at the NATO oil tanker, which was returning from Afghanistan after supplying fuel to allied forces based there.

July 9

Two persons were killed and the same number sustained bullet injuries when unidentified militants ambushed their vehicle in Dera Bugti of Balochistan. Sources said that a cab carrying four people was on its way to Kashmore from Sui when unidentified militants opened fire on them near the Mazari Ghot area. Bashir Bugti and Qasim Bugti received multiple bullet wounds to the upper torso and died on the spot, while Suleman Bugti and Qadir Bugti sustained serious injuries.

July 11

Maula Bakhsh Dashti, National Party (NP) leader and former Turbat District Nazim, was shot dead in Turbat of Balochistan. Sources said that, Dashti was travelling in his car, along with friends, from a local village to Turbat when unidentified militants intercepted his car and opened fire at the vehicle.

A person, Ghulam Sakhi, was killed in the Spin Karez area after being abducted from the outskirts of Quetta on July 7.

Unidentified militants abducted two personnel of a law enforcement agency from Quetta. According to sources, Asif and Tahir were travelling from the Hazarganji area to Quetta when unidentified militants, travelling in a car, abducted them and fled.

July 13

A FC trooper and a local person were killed as a FC trooper tried to rescue abducted personnel in Kabu area of Kalat District. The FC also arrested eight suspects from the spot.

The driver of a NATO oil tanker was killed and his colleague injured in Mastung town.

Two Police officials, including a SHO, were injured in a grenade attack on Mastung Police Station.

July 14

Habib Jalib Baloch, a former member of the Senate and Secretary General of the Balochistan National Party (Mengal Group) was killed by unidentified assailants in Quetta city.

July 15

Unidentified militants opened fire on four NATO-supply containers in Mach locality of Bolan tehsil in Quetta of Balochistan in the night, setting them ablaze.

Three aid workers employed by the US-based charity Mercy Corps have been freed in good health by their abductors after a five-month abduction ordeal.

July 16

Five NATO oil tankers were torched in two separate incidents in Balochistan. Levies personnel said that four NATO oil tankers were parked outside a roadside hotel in Mach Town when unidentified militants fired at the vehicles, setting them ablaze, as they were carrying highly inflammable material.

Another NATO oil tanker was burnt by unidentified militants in Wadh area of Khuzdar.

July 17

Two persons were injured when unidentified militants opened fire at a container carrying goods for NATO forces in Afghanistan near Kalat in Balochistan. The injured were identified as Muhammad Kareem and Ghulam Nabi.

July 20

Unidentified armed men shot dead Liaquat Ali Mengal, former president of the BNP-M, in Kalat District in Balochistan. Liaquat Ali Mengal was on way to his house from Kalat bazaar when three persons riding a motorcycle opened fire on him near Moughalzai area.

July 21

Unidentified assailants shot dead two persons in Mashwad Bazdad area of Awaran District in Balochistan.

A 10-year-old girl, Sharifa Bugti, was killed in a landmine blast in the Ghot Band Ali Sundrani area of Jaffarabad District.

July 22

A person was injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on him at Esanagri in Quetta in Balochistan.

July 24

Two persons, identified as Muhammad Sarwar and Noor Alam Bangali, were shot dead by unidentified assailants near Gwadar International Airport of Gwadar District in Balochistan.

July 25

One person was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Sariab Road in Quetta. The deceased was identified as Faqir Mohammad Bangulzai.

One person was wounded when unidentified persons lobbed a hand grenade at a house in Kili Baro area.

July 26

Two Levies personnel, identified as Karim Dad and Zahoor Ahmed, were shot dead by unidentified assailants near the Pirnawa area of Awaran District in Balochistan.

A Frontier Corps official, identified as Naveed, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Khuzdar District.

Unidentified militants shot dead Habibullah, the son of National Party (NP) central leader Tufail Sabir in Khuzdar.

One person was injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on him in Kashmirabad area of Quetta.

Two bodies were found on the Qambrani Road in Quetta. The deceased were identified as Ashfaq Mengal, and Farooq Mulazai.

July 27

Unidentified militants shot dead a Police Officer, ASI Naimatullah Shahwani, in the Kalat area of Balochistan.

July 29

One person was killed while another was seriously injured in Quetta in Balochistan.

Unidentified attackers threw a hand grenade in the house of Wasif Siraj, a Government employee in Railway Housing Scheme on Brewery Road.

Unidentified assailants set the Zakat office in Awaran District on fire causing partial damage to its furniture.

July 30

A Police constable was shot dead near Barech Market at the Sirki Road in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

A NATO oil tanker was attacked in the Western Bypass area of Quetta. Police officials said unidentified assailants attached an IED to the tanker.

July 31

Six people, including a woman and four Police officials, were injured when unidentified assailants fired on a Police van in the Killi Tarka area of Spiny Road in Quetta of Balochistan in the morning.

July 26

Two Levies personnel, identified as Karim Dad and Zahoor Ahmed, were shot dead by unidentified assailants near the Pirnawa area of Awaran District in Balochistan.

A Frontier Corps official, identified as Naveed, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Khuzdar District.

Unidentified militants shot dead Habibullah, the son of National Party (NP) central leader Tufail Sabir in Khuzdar.

One person was injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on him in Kashmirabad area of Quetta.

Two bodies were found on the Qambrani Road in Quetta. The deceased were identified as Ashfaq Mengal, and Farooq Mulazai.

July 27

Unidentified militants shot dead a Police Officer, ASI Naimatullah Shahwani, in the Kalat area of Balochistan.

July 29

One person was killed while another was seriously injured in Quetta in Balochistan.

Unidentified attackers threw a hand grenade in the house of Wasif Siraj, a Government employee in Railway Housing Scheme on Brewery Road.

Unidentified assailants set the Zakat office in Awaran District on fire causing partial damage to its furniture.

July 30

A Police constable was shot dead near Barech Market at the Sirki Road in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

A NATO oil tanker was attacked in the Western Bypass area of Quetta. Police officials said unidentified assailants attached an IED to the tanker.

July 31

Six people, including a woman and four Police officials, were injured when unidentified assailants fired on a Police van in the Killi Tarka area of Spiny Road in Quetta of Balochistan in the morning.

A prominent trader was injured and his driver killed when unidentified assailants opened fire on them in Satellite town area of Quetta in Balochistan in the night. The Police said that Mir Firoz Khan Lehri and his driver were passing through the Farooq Azam chowk area when some unidentified assailants opened fire on their vehicle.

One person was killed and another injured, when unidentified assailants opened fire on a NATO oil tanker at Airport Road in the suburbs of Quetta.

Unidentified assailants on a motorcycle hurled a hand grenade and fired several shots at the residence of the Minister of State for Industries and Production Mir Ayatullah Durrani in the Parengabad area of Mastung District in the evening.

The office of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) in Turbat was badly damaged when unidentified assailants attacked the building with a grenade in the night.

Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani said that he could bring the resistance forces in Balochistan to the table for talks if the Federal Government and other quarters concerned gave him the mandate to do this.

Unidentified assailant shot dead one Levies official, Juma Khan Jattak, in Killi Barozai area of Qambarani Road in Quetta of Balochistan.

A former District President of Balochistan National Party - Mengal Fraction (BNP-Mengal), Attaullah Baloch, was shot dead in Khuzdar District in Balochistan.

Rawal Khan Mohammad Hasni, an elder of Mohammad Hasni tribe, was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants near his house at Brewery road in Quetta.

Four persons were injured in an incident of firing when where unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle opened fire on them on College Road in Panjgur.

Nine persons, including a woman and a four-year-old girl, received splinter wounds in two separate incidents of hand grenade attacks in Kharan and Hub in Balochistan.

Six persons were injured when unidentified assailants thrown a grenade into a house in Kharan.

Explosives planted near Khuzdar Civil Secretariat exploded. However, no causalities were reported.

Unidentified armed assailants attacked the FC mess in Khuzdar District of Balochistan. According to details, armed motorcyclists opened indiscriminate fire at the FC mess.

ISAF in Afghanistan said that the Taliban command and control system is in Quetta from where it issues orders to the Taliban across the border.

Three Police personnel were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire on them at a checkpost near Chaki Shawani area of Saryab in Quetta of Balochistan.

Unidentified militants opened fire on a local transporter Lehri and his companion when they were travelling on Saryab Road near the Quetta Degree College. Consequently, the two and a passerby, Wajid, received injuries. Later, Lehri and Wajid succumbed to their injuries.

Unidentified militants attacked a checkpost near the Rakshan River in Panjgur, killing an FC Subedar on the incident site.

Unidentified armed militants opened fire at a barbershop in Ghousabad area of Satellite Town in Quetta, killing the barber Mohammad Rafiq.

A rocket which was fired from unspecified location landed on Masoom Shah Street close to the residence of Balochistan Home Secretary Akbar Hussein Durrani next to the Chief Minister's Secretariat in Quetta. A Constable, identified as Lal Mohammad, and a six-year-old passerby Mohammad Umer were wounded in the attack. Another rocket hit a house owned by Haji Majeed, situated on Prince Road. The structure was partially damaged in the rocket attack. One more rocket landed at the Jaffria Imambarghah situated on McCaughey Road. However, the rocket failed to explode and no injuries were reported.

Two explosions took place in Gwadar town where the offices of the deputy commissioner and Radio Pakistan were partially damaged. No casualties were reported in the attacks.

In Khuzdar District of Balochistan, unidentified militants planted an explosive device near the Government Model High School and another explosion took place outside the Deputy Commissioner's office in Awaran. However, no causalities were reported in both blasts.

Unidentified militants hurled a hand grenade at a power grid station in Sorab area of Khuzdar District. According to Police, no casualties were reported.

An unidentified militant hurled a hand grenade at the residence of Noorul Haq in Mastung. However, no casualties were reported.

The Capital City Police arrested two persons alleged to have been involved in the July 14 assassination of BNP leader Habib Jalib Baloch.

Unidentified assailants singled out Punjabi passengers travelling on a bus, killing 10 and injuring five others near Ahb-e-Gahm near Mach.

Six Punjabi speaking persons were shot dead by assailants riding motorcycle when they were going home from work in Khilji Colony of Quetta in Balochistan.

BLA claimed responsibility for the killings of these six workers and 10 bus passengers. A BLA spokesman, Jiaind Baloch, calling journalists from unidentified location, said: "BLA conducted both attacks in response to killing of missing persons in Government custody."

Haji Azeem, an excise inspector, was on his way home when some unidentified assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on him near Qambrani Road in Quetta.

Unidentified assailants on a motorbike shot dead one Munawar in Mastung Town.

At least 10 persons were injured in a remote-controlled blast in the coastal Pasni Township.

Sardar Nadir Jan Gichki of the royal family of Mekran and maternal uncle of Sardar Akhtar Mengal, president of the BNP, was shot dead by unidentified assailants outside a mosque in Tump of Balochistan in the evening.

Two officials of the IB and the FC respectively were shot dead on the RCD Highway near Mastung, around 50 kilometres from Quetta.

Three FC personnel injured when their vehicle hit an IED near Turbat in Balochistan. According to sources, a FC convoy coming from Gwadar hit an IED which was planted in Danuk area, some five kilometres from Turbat.

Unidentified attackers set ablaze a NATO container near Wadh area of Khuzdar District in Balochistan.

The BNP said that target killings, military operations, enforced disappearance of political workers and torture of detained persons would never be able to suppress the Baloch political struggle.

August 25

Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao (PPP-S) leader Mustafa Khusrani was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Surab Bazaar, around 230 kilometres south of Quetta.

August 26

Two prisoners, Muhammad Anwar and Nabi Bakhsh, were shot dead and a Levies trooper injured when unidentified militants stormed a Levies post and held the Levies personnel hostage in Bakhtiarabad, 300 kilometres from Quetta, in Balochistan.

A child, Umer, was killed and five others, including two women, were injured in a grenade attack at the residence of one Abdul Karim, a non-Baloch settler, in Panjgur District.

A bullet-riddled dead body was recovered from Bagh Bana area of Khuzdar, 350 kilometres from Quetta.

Two persons, including a woman, were injured in an explosion on Hospital Road of Khuzdar District, 300 kilometres from Quetta.

Three NATO oil tankers were attacked in Quetta, Kalat and Mastung areas. According to sources, an oil tanker, carrying fuel for NATO forces was coming from Karachi when unidentified assailants opened fire on it on the RCD Highway near Lak Pass area of Quetta.

A Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) cabinet was set ablaze in Awaran District, disrupting telecommunication system of the entire District.

August 27

Two persons were injured in a firing on a NATO oil tanker in the Miandar area of Khuzdar District in Balochistan.

August 29

Tribal elder Mir Kamal Khan Marri appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan and international human rights organisations to take notice of alleged abduction of his brother. Addressing a press conference, he alleged that his brother Mir Sarab Marri and another person Shah Mohammad Marri were picked up by a security agency from the Majid road area in Quetta on November 8, 2009.