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Statement:2008
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January - 14 
He said during a press conference in the provincial capital Quetta that terrorism and subversive activities increased in Balochistan by 19 per cent during 2007. About 186 people were killed and 445 injured in 540 incidents of terrorism and sabotage. He said that police had recovered 1,855 kilograms
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He said during a press conference in the provincial capital Quetta that terrorism and subversive activities increased in Balochistan by 19 per cent during 2007. About 186 people were killed and 445 injured in 540 incidents of terrorism and sabotage. He said that police had recovered 1,855 kilograms of drugs, over 1,000 weapons and 18 kilograms of explosives during the year.
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January - 24 
The Interior Ministry has warned the provinces that 13 suicide bombers have entered Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore from the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and may carry out attacks in these cities, Daily Times reported. According to Geo News, the ministry revealed in a letter written to the prov
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The Interior Ministry has warned the provinces that 13 suicide bombers have entered Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore from the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and may carry out attacks in these cities, Daily Times reported. According to Geo News, the ministry revealed in a letter written to the provinces and security agencies that terrorists have formed a new group by the name of Al-Quds Army and that 13 of its newly trained suicide bombers have entered major cities for subversive activities. The ministry has also warned security agencies and the provinces that two extremists of Maulana Fazlullah’s Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) have entered Sindh and Balochistan.
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February - 4 
Beebarg Baloch, a spokesman for the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), claimed that the BLA had attacked security forces (SFs) in Kahan and Siha Giri area of Kohlu district and that SFs had suffered heavy losses. He claimed that BLA was also involved in attacking a police vehicle in Quetta and blowing up
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Beebarg Baloch, a spokesman for the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), claimed that the BLA had attacked security forces (SFs) in Kahan and Siha Giri area of Kohlu district and that SFs had suffered heavy losses. He claimed that BLA was also involved in attacking a police vehicle in Quetta and blowing up power pylons in Dera Allahyar and Hub. However, official sources denied that SFs had come under any attack.
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February - 18 
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly followed closely by the Nawaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) in the elections held on February 18, according to The Hindu. The PPP led with 87 seats out of 272, followed by 66 for the PML-N, and
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The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly followed closely by the Nawaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) in the elections held on February 18, according to The Hindu. The PPP led with 87 seats out of 272, followed by 66 for the PML-N, and 38 for the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q). Among the smaller parties, (ANP) the Muttahida Qaumi Movement won 19 seats and the Pakhtun nationalist Awami National Party got 10 seats. The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, a religious coalition which won 59 seats in 2002, was able to win only three this time. Other political parties - the PPP-Sherpao, the Balochistan National Party, the National People’s Party and the PML-F - got one, one, two, and four seats, respectively, according to Daily Times. Independent candidates won 27 seats. In the Punjab province, the PML-N won 101 seats out of 280, while the PPP and independent candidates got 78 and 35 seats, respectively. The PML-Q got 66 seats. In Sindh, the PPP won 65 seats out of 125, while the MQM and the PML-Q got 38 and nine seats, respectively. The PML-N failed to win a single seat while one independent candidate was successful. In Balochistan, the PML-Q won 17 seats out of 44, while the PPP won seven seats. Independent candidates won ten seats. In the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), the ANP won 31 seats out of 85, while the PML-Q and the PML-N have won six and five seats, respectively. The PPP won 17 seats in the NWFP. In the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), six constituencies out of a total of 12 have been officially announced. Elections in two of the constituencies were postponed. As all the candidates in the region contested the elections as independent candidates, no political parties won any inroads in the region. At a press conference following a central executive committee meeting of the PPP, co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari staked the party’s claim to form the government at the Centre with the help of allies. The party is reportedly in a position to form the Sindh provincial government by itself. "We intend to make government in all four provinces and at the Centre, so we will act as the government-in-waiting with our allies… Our endeavour and our policy is to form a national consensus government that will take along all political forces," Zardari said.
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February - 26 
The Interior Ministry said on February 26 that security forces had arrested more than 440 militants, including 60 would-be suicide bombers, in the last three months, Daily Times reported. Interior Ministry spokesman Brigadier (r) Javed Cheema told reporters, "Security agencies have arrested 442 terr
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The Interior Ministry said on February 26 that security forces had arrested more than 440 militants, including 60 would-be suicide bombers, in the last three months, Daily Times reported. Interior Ministry spokesman Brigadier (r) Javed Cheema told reporters, "Security agencies have arrested 442 terrorists and militants during the past three months. From 60 of these terrorists, suicide jackets and other material was confiscated, which shows the law enforcement agencies are in protective mode and stopped them from launching suicide attacks." Cheema said that 17 suspects had been arrested in Punjab, 26 in Sindh, 13 in the NWFP and 122 in Balochistan, Dawn reported. Similarly, 124 alleged militants were arrested in Swat while 140 surrendered to security forces. He said that 45kgs of explosive, eight detonators with leads, five remote controls with chargers and 10 hand-grenades had been seized in Punjab. 43 kilograms of explosives, 44 detonators, two rocket-launchers and 53 hand-grenades were seized in Sindh. In the NWFP, 50,096 kgs of explosives, 26 hand-grenades, 10 explosive jackets, 16 dynamites, 14 detonators, four rocket-launchers, 11 missiles, 32 mortar shells and 24 safety fuses were recovered. The spokesman said that from February 1 to date, 770kgs of explosive had been seized and two explosives-laden vehicles impounded in Swat. He added that 18 explosive devices, 96 detonators, 75kgs of explosive, 112 hand-grenades, 246 mortar shells, 56 mines, 19 rocket launchers and four AA guns had also been seized from the militants.
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April - 6 
Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi has said that reconciliation efforts have begun in the province and the new Government will take steps to make them successful, according to Dawn. He informed the media in provincial capital Quetta that stopping military operation and restoring peace and
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Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi has said that reconciliation efforts have begun in the province and the new Government will take steps to make them successful, according to Dawn. He informed the media in provincial capital Quetta that stopping military operation and restoring peace and normality in the province would be the new Government’s priority. He said the Government’s first task should be to initiate dialogue with dissidents because the use of force over the past five years had not yielded any positive result.
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April - 21 
The BNP, of which Mengal is the president, rejected the decision, saying that it was "absolutely meaningless" to withdraw all the cases except the one for which he was being held in a Karachi jail. BNP Central Secretary General Habib Jalib Baloch said that the decision was a "cosmetic measure" taken
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The BNP, of which Mengal is the president, rejected the decision, saying that it was "absolutely meaningless" to withdraw all the cases except the one for which he was being held in a Karachi jail. BNP Central Secretary General Habib Jalib Baloch said that the decision was a "cosmetic measure" taken by a "totally powerless provincial government" to gain political mileage. The actual centres of power in the country were the military and the intelligence agencies, he said, adding that the establishment did not support co-operation between political forces and did not want Mengal and hundreds of BNP leaders released.
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May - 2 
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the military operation in Balochistan has been stopped, Dawn reported. Addressing the Balochistan cabinet in the provincial capital Quetta on May 2, the Prime Minister asked the federal and provincial Governments to withdraw all cases registered ag
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Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the military operation in Balochistan has been stopped, Dawn reported. Addressing the Balochistan cabinet in the provincial capital Quetta on May 2, the Prime Minister asked the federal and provincial Governments to withdraw all cases registered against former Chief Minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal so that he could be released. “I asked the military to stop operation in Balochistan until I am briefed by the new provincial Government on the ground realities in the province,” he said. “It has been decided that no army action will be carried out in the province until a strategy is formulated in consultation with representatives of the provincial Government to deal with the issue of law and order in the province,” he stated. The Prime Minister also reportedly ordered the provincial Governments to use all available resources to trace the ‘missing people’ of Balochistan and other provinces.
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May - 4 
The federal Government has decided to withdraw Frontier Corps (FC) from Gwadar and Quetta and hand over the responsibility of managing the law and order to police in the two cities, Dawn reported. FC troops were reportedly seen withdrawing from their positions on May 4-evening. APP reported that FC
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The federal Government has decided to withdraw Frontier Corps (FC) from Gwadar and Quetta and hand over the responsibility of managing the law and order to police in the two cities, Dawn reported. FC troops were reportedly seen withdrawing from their positions on May 4-evening. APP reported that FC sources said more than 600 FC troops had been withdrawn from 28 check-posts in the provincial capital Quetta, adding that about the same number of troops had also been recalled from the Gwadar district. "The Government has decided to withdraw the FC troops from Gwadar and Quetta," a senior official of the Frontier Corps, Balochistan, told Dawn. He said that the FC personnel would gradually vacate all posts in the cities. Sources said that the Chief Security Officer of Gwadar, who belonged to the FC, had been replaced by a Deputy Inspector-General of Police. The provincial Government had set up more than 40 pickets, jointly manned by personnel of the Frontier Corps, Balochistan Constabulary and police, following deterioration in the law and order situation in Quetta. However, sources in the FC said that paramilitary troops were being withdrawn because "there is no longer any need to keep them in the two cities", adding that the FC personnel were being recalled under an understanding reached with the Balochistan police chief. Contingents of the newly-established Balochistan Constabulary and police were reportedly taking over control of Quetta and Gwadar. A senior police officer said that posts previously manned by FC personnel in Quetta and suburbs would not be abolished. Instead, they would be handed over to the combined force of the constabulary and police. However, officials said that FC troops would remain stationed in troubled areas like Dera Bugti and Kohlu to protect sensitive installations, including the Sui gas plant and the pipeline network supplying natural gas all over the country.
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May - 13 
A policeman was killed and two others sustained injuries in an attack by the insurgents in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on May 13, according to Daily Times. The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the killing. It also reportedly warned the people of Balochistan to quit wo
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A policeman was killed and two others sustained injuries in an attack by the insurgents in Quetta, capital of Balochistan, on May 13, according to Daily Times. The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the killing. It also reportedly warned the people of Balochistan to quit working for law-enforcement agencies or "the BLA will kill them". BLA spokesman Bibarg Baloch told Daily Times that Baloch people should quit their jobs in the army, Frontier Corps and police, adding that people should also refrain from seeking jobs in the law-enforcement agencies. He also asked the people not to stand near police or security check-posts, to avoid collateral damage that might result because of the BLA’s plans to target security forces. "Regular attacks will take place on government installations and policemen. The BLA feels sorry for innocent people who are often killed in attacks on security forces," he said.
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May - 30 
The chief organiser of the Baloch Republican Party (BRP), Nawabzada Bramdagh Bugti, has refused to hold talks with the Government within the framework of the federation, according to Dawn. Addressing a press conference on phone from an unspecified location on May 30, Bramdagh Bugti, grandson of the
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The chief organiser of the Baloch Republican Party (BRP), Nawabzada Bramdagh Bugti, has refused to hold talks with the Government within the framework of the federation, according to Dawn. Addressing a press conference on phone from an unspecified location on May 30, Bramdagh Bugti, grandson of the slain Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, said that resistance movement was aimed at protecting the land and resources of the Baloch people. The BRP, formally a faction of the Jamhoori Watan Party, was launched recently with a new flag and manifesto. Bramdagh Bugti said: "We are owners of our land and resources and there is no need to talk with others on our resources. Talks will be held only with those who accept our right on Balochistan’s resources." He said the Government’s rhetoric about reconciliation was nothing but an attempt to deceive the Baloch people. The Government talked about reconciliation, he added, but it continued military operations in the province. The BRP leader said he did not support the killing of settlers, but said that it was a reaction to the military operations in the province. In his first telephonic press conference since August 26, 2006 when his grandfather was assassinated, he extended "100 percent support" to all the militant groups operating in Balochistan, saying the only way forward for the Baloch was to stop ‘begging’ for provincial autonomy and jobs from the central Government, Daily Times reported. "We are in a constant state of war… The Baloch issue has moved past constitutional compensation. We refuse to be a part of any reconciliatory efforts in the province. Why does the government talk of reconciliation when it is still engaged in a full-fledged operation against the Baloch people," he said.
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May - 31 
According to The Post, the Balochistan National Party (BNP) on May 31 refused to participate in the Government-sponsored talks aimed to establish peace in the Balochistan province, saying that Islamabad should first halt the ongoing military operation. "We will not participate in the talks until the
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According to The Post, the Balochistan National Party (BNP) on May 31 refused to participate in the Government-sponsored talks aimed to establish peace in the Balochistan province, saying that Islamabad should first halt the ongoing military operation. "We will not participate in the talks until the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Government stops the military operation in the mountains of Balochistan, frees all the political prisoners and withdraws [the army] from the province," Sardar Akhtar Mengal, president of the BNP, told a news conference in Karachi. Mengal alleged that thousands of people had been displaced because of the military crackdown in several districts of Balochistan, particularly Dera Bugti and Kohlu. Talks made no sense until the displaced people were brought back to their homes, he said.
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June - 6 
Leader of the House in the Senate Raza Rabbani on June 6 tendered an apology on behalf of the ruling coalition for military operations carried out in Balochistan in different tenures. “Such operations were launched in the name of federation, but they actually weakened it,” he said after Balochistan
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Leader of the House in the Senate Raza Rabbani on June 6 tendered an apology on behalf of the ruling coalition for military operations carried out in Balochistan in different tenures. “Such operations were launched in the name of federation, but they actually weakened it,” he said after Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-Mengal) Senator Sanaullah Baloch submitted his resignation to the Upper House Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro. Rabbani said the government would not allow demographic change in the provinces, and said the proposal denying the right to vote in Balochistan to those who settled in the province from elsewhere was being considered. The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid’s (PML-Q) Mushahid Hussain said, “We as a nation should apologise to the Baloch.” Hussain, who headed a subcommittee on Balochistan during the previous government, said his party had taken the initiative with a “positive mindset”, and that it made efforts to reconcile with the people of Balochistan. “But there was another line in the system that favoured confrontation. Hawks within the establishment sabotaged our efforts,” he said, but without clarifying to which hawkish segment he referred. He further added that the PML-Q would support the government for settling all Balochistan issues through talks. He said the use of military was not the solution to province’s problems.
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June - 13 
Nawab Khair Baksh Marri has said he would be willing to represent only the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), and not other Baloch forces, in talks with the Government. But he added that if the BLA asked him to talk to Islamabad, as an elder of the Baloch nation, he would present his terms and condi
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Nawab Khair Baksh Marri has said he would be willing to represent only the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), and not other Baloch forces, in talks with the Government. But he added that if the BLA asked him to talk to Islamabad, as an elder of the Baloch nation, he would present his terms and conditions: the Punjabis must vacate Balochistan. "The other issues are all domestic and could be discussed later on ... I can co-exist with a pig but not with a Punjabi," he said at his Karachi residence. He said he was "pleased" with the BLA and did not regard Mengal’s Balochistan National Party (BNP) as a nationalist force as it did not factor in the Baloch of Iran and Afghanistan. "The BNP does not have a majority on the mountains. God knows, it is not the BNP giving arms, shoes, support and money to those fighting in the mountains," Marri said.
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July - 19 July - 20
Approximately 43 persons, including 33 militants, nine Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers and a Pakistan Petroleum Limited engineer, were killed and many injured during clashes between the security forces and militants in the Toba Sandrani area of DeraBugti district on July 20, The News reported. The clas
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Approximately 43 persons, including 33 militants, nine Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers and a Pakistan Petroleum Limited engineer, were killed and many injured during clashes between the security forces and militants in the Toba Sandrani area of DeraBugti district on July 20, The News reported. The clashes that started on July 19 continued the next day also in the Uch, Shah Zain and other areas. According to FC sources, nine injured militants were arrested and a large cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from their possession. The FC personnel have also reportedly arrested over two dozen armed men and recovered ammunition from their possession. The situation in Sui and DeraBugti area is reported to have worsened and security has been put on high alert in Naseerabad, Jaffarabad and JhalMagsi also following the military operations. Security forces claimed to have destroyed two camps from where the militants were launching attacks on gas installations and security force personnel, Dawn reported. "The operation has been continuing for two days against militants involved in attacks on gas installations in the Uch area," unnamed official sources said. They said three militant commanders were among those killed.
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July - 25 
The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) on July 25 claimed responsibility for a bomb blast at a football stadium in Mastung on July 24. BLA spokesman Bibarg Baloch told Daily Times that the blast was meant to "request" Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani, who was watching a football match,
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The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) on July 25 claimed responsibility for a bomb blast at a football stadium in Mastung on July 24. BLA spokesman Bibarg Baloch told Daily Times that the blast was meant to "request" Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani, who was watching a football match, to review his performance. The bomb blast occurred outside the Noroz Khan Football Stadium in Mastung district, creating panic and damaging the boundary wall of the stadium. No one was, however, hurt in the blast. The BLA spokesman said that the bomb was deliberately planted outside the stadium, since it was not meant to attack the chief minister but to warn him. He said, "The purpose of the blast was to request Raisani not to side with the Pakistani establishment. While he is serving as the chief minister of the province, a new phase of military operation has been launched in Balochistan."
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August - 14 
Baloch separatist leader Bramdagh Bugti said in an interview to Daily Times that armed groups in Balochistan are fighting for its freedom and not for provincial autonomy. He said he did not want to negotiate with the Government in Islamabad because it could not control the army. The Baloch were an o
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Baloch separatist leader Bramdagh Bugti said in an interview to Daily Times that armed groups in Balochistan are fighting for its freedom and not for provincial autonomy. He said he did not want to negotiate with the Government in Islamabad because it could not control the army. The Baloch were an oppressed nation, he said, and would welcome “all types of external support from India and rest of the world”. He said the weapons being given to Pakistan to fight terrorists and the Taliban were being used against the Baloch. He invited international media and human rights organisations to witness what he called violations of the human rights by the army in Balochistan.
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August - 28 
Prime Minister’s Adviser on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik has announced that names of all political leaders of Balochistan have been removed from the Exit Control List (ECL) and 35 checkpoints of the Frontier Corps in the province are being abolished, Dawn reported. Addressing a press conference, al
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Prime Minister’s Adviser on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik has announced that names of all political leaders of Balochistan have been removed from the Exit Control List (ECL) and 35 checkpoints of the Frontier Corps in the province are being abolished, Dawn reported. Addressing a press conference, along with Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani and provincial ministers at the end of a two-day visit to provincial capital Quetta, he said the steps were being taken as part of the Government’s reconciliation process. "The name of Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri’s son Nawabzada Gazin Marri has been removed from the ECL and a new passport has been issued to him," the adviser said. Malik also said he had met Gazin Marri in Dubai on the directives of the Pakistan People’s Party’s co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and he was likely to return to the country soon. He added that 35 of the 54 checkpoints of the Frontier Crops would be removed from different parts of the province because of people’s complaints. "The FC will establish these checkpoints along the border," he stated. Responding to a question, he said all detained political workers of Balochistan would be released and cases registered against them would be dropped. He said a committee had been formed to review the cases against political leaders and workers. However, criminal cases would not be withdrawn, he added.
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October - 2 
Dawn reports that Police on October 2 foiled major terror bids and arrested five alleged militants who were involved in recent terrorism, target killings and kidnapping for ransoms throughout Balochistan, including the provincial capital, Quetta, said Deputy Inspector General (DIG) police (investiga
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Dawn reports that Police on October 2 foiled major terror bids and arrested five alleged militants who were involved in recent terrorism, target killings and kidnapping for ransoms throughout Balochistan, including the provincial capital, Quetta, said Deputy Inspector General (DIG) police (investigation), Rehmatullah Niazi. He said that police had raided a house in the Main Ghundi area under jurisdiction of New Sariab police station and arrested the five alleged terrorists. The DIG said that police recovered suicide jackets, 20kg of explosives, 182 detonators of bombs, 38 electronic detonators, Kalashnikovs, hand grenades and mobile phones and a large quantity of other ammunitions from their possession. The police also recovered uniforms and badges of police and Balochistan Constabulary.
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October - 26 
The Balochistan Reconciliatory Committee declared a three-pronged strategy to resolve the long-standing issues facing Balochistan, according to Daily Times. The declared 3R strategy reportedly involved reconciliation with all political forces, rebuilding national institutions and reallocating resour
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The Balochistan Reconciliatory Committee declared a three-pronged strategy to resolve the long-standing issues facing Balochistan, according to Daily Times. The declared 3R strategy reportedly involved reconciliation with all political forces, rebuilding national institutions and reallocating resources. “The government would pursue the rebuilding of national institutions, reconciliation with all political forces and reallocation of funds. We would take the people into confidence before implementing the joint strategy of parliament to achieve the objectives regarding the solution to Balochistan’s problems,” announced Secretary of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Reconciliatory Committee on Balochistan Senator Babar Awan at a press conference on October 26.
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December - 13 
The Provincial Police Officer Balochistan, Asif Nawaz Warraich, has said that no arrest of any member of the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JuD) was made, according to Frontier Post. However, there was one office of Jama’at-ud-Da’awa in Quetta which was sealed. Speaking to reporters at on December 13, he said t
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The Provincial Police Officer Balochistan, Asif Nawaz Warraich, has said that no arrest of any member of the Jama’at-ud-Da’awa (JuD) was made, according to Frontier Post. However, there was one office of Jama’at-ud-Da’awa in Quetta which was sealed. Speaking to reporters at on December 13, he said the JuD had specific activities in Balochistan. Their camps set up for collecting relief for earthquake hit people had been closed. He said the federal Government did not provide any list for arrests.
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December - 17 
In a written statement on December 17, the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources informed the National Assembly that 80 attacks on Sui gas pipelines in Balochistan in the last five years caused a loss of PKR 526.923 million to the Government, Daily Times reported. He said the blasts occurred
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In a written statement on December 17, the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources informed the National Assembly that 80 attacks on Sui gas pipelines in Balochistan in the last five years caused a loss of PKR 526.923 million to the Government, Daily Times reported. He said the blasts occurred at Dera Bugti, Sui, Sibi, Mastung and Bolan areas of the province
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