Date

Incidents

January 2

A SI of BC was shot dead by unidentified assailants in his home in Zarghoon Road area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

January 3

JWP leader Shahzain Bugti and his 26 co-accused, who were arrested on December 22, 2010 by the FC at the Buleli checkpost in Quetta, Balochistan with a cache of arms and ammunition, were remanded to judicial custody by a judicial magistrate.

The CoAS General Ashfaq Kayani said strong, stable and thriving Balochistan remained an utmost dream of the Army as it could help make Pakistan prosperous.

January 4

A bomb blast in a school bus, injured at least five children in Turbat of Balochistan. The bus was taking more than 30 children of FC personnel to a school in Turbat.

Two bullet-riddled bodies of leaders of the BSO-A were recovered in a deserted place near Pasni Road in Turbat city, around 800 kilometres away from Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

A bomb blast on the gas supply line in the Sariab area of Quetta suspended gas supply to many parts of city.

Three persons, travelling in a car, were shot dead by unidentified assailants on Mastung Road near Sheikh Zaid Hospital of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

Lieutenant-General retd Abdul Qadir Baloch of PML-N warned the Government in the National Assembly that its indifference towards Balochistan would augur well neither for the province nor for the country's integrity.

Police arrested six persons, including two cadres of a banned sectarian outfit, during a raid at the residence of one Mahboob Bareech in the Satellite Township of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

Two gas wells were blown up in Dera Bugti District of Balochistan. Sources said that explosive devices had been planted in well numbers 19 and 83 which were detonated by unidentified militants. Sarbaz Baloch, a spokesman for the BRA, claimed responsibility for the blasts. He claimed six gas wells had been destroyed.

A trailer carrying supplies for NATO forces in Kandahar was set ablaze near Khuzdar. Sources said that unidenfied assailants on a motorcycle intercepted a Chaman-bound trailer and set it on fire.

The National Assembly Standing Committee on Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) expressed dissatisfaction over the pace of implementation on the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan (beginning of the rights of Balochistan) package with the observation that a lot of work had been done on paper and nothing on the ground.

The NA body was further informed that out of 61 proposals of the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan package, 15 had been fully implemented, 12 were in the process of being implemented while 34 proposals were in the middle stages of implementation.

Unidentified assailants shot dead three labourers of Punjabi origin and injured two others in Panjgur District of Balochistan.

A head constable, Mohammad Khan, was killed when unidentified assailants attack a Police checkpoint in Dera Allahyar town in Jaffarabad District in the night.

Three NGO workers were abducted along with their vehicle by unidentified assailants in Tambo tehsil of Naseerabad District. According to sources, three workers of an international NGO were returning after distributing ration among the flood victims in Dera Murad Jamali.

A gas pipeline was blown up in Loti area of Dera Bugti District, suspending gas supply to a gas purification pant.

A Frontier Constabulary official was killed and three others sustained splinter injuries in a landmine blast near the gas fields of Loti in Bugti tribal territory of Dera Bugti District in Balochistan.

An Anti-Narcotics Force official was shot dead in Panjgur Bazaar of Panjgur District in Balochistan.

A gas pipeline was blown up by unidentified militants in the Sim Shakh (Outfall Drain) area near Dera Allah Yar in Jaffarabad District in Balochistan, disrupting gas supply to the provincial capital Quetta and other parts of Balochistan.

Unidentified militants launched an armed attack on NATO's fuel supply tankers and opened fire on them, setting ablaze at least 20 tankers near Dear Murad Jamali in Nasirabad District of Balochistan.

A gas pipeline and a gas well were blown up in the Bugti tribal territory of Dera Bugti District in Balochistan.

Unidentified militants planted explosive material on well number 16 in the Uch Gas Field located 60 kilometres east of Dera Murad Jamali which caused complete destruction of the well.

The three abducted workers of an international NGO were rescued after a large-scale search operation carried out by Balochistan Levies Force in Naseerabad District, which shares border with Sindh, Commissioner Muhammad Aslam Jamali said.

Three persons, including a senior government official and a woman, were killed in two separate firing incidents in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

Unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle entered the Sahiban Community Health Centre near Baloch Colony of Quetta and opened indiscriminate firing, which claimed the lives of Fehmida, a health worker, and watchman Saeed Ahmed.

Unidentified militants set ablaze two NATO oil tankers near Sorab area of Kalat District in Balochistan.

Unidentified militants blew up a gas pipeline by using dynamite in the Loti gas field in Dera Bugti District.

Militants fired two rockets at the Uch power plant in Dera Murad Jamali in Nasirabad District in the night.

January 17

The bullet-riddled dead bodies of three political activists were found from Ormara, a coastal township, in Gadwar and Khuzdar Districts.

The Balochistan High Court granted bail to Shahzain Bugti, provincial President of the JWP and 26 of his associates in a case of recovery of large cache of arms and ammunition from his motorcade at Buleli checkpost, on the outskirts of Quetta on December 22.

January 18

Four persons were killed in two separate incidents of bomb and landmine explosions in the Mand area of Kech District and Chamalang area of Loralai District respectively. The BLA spokesman, Sarbaz Baloch claimed the responsibility for the Chamalang attack.

An unidentified bullet-riddled dead body was recovered in Mastung District.

Three militants were arrested and a cache of explosive material was recovered in Usta Muhammad area of Nasirabad District.

January 19

A Police Constable, identified as Muhibullah, was shot dead and another sustained bullet injures in Nawa Killi area under Zarghoon Abad Police Station in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

January 21

Two persons were injured when unidentified militants set ablaze NATO containers in two separate incidents in Mastung and Kalat District of Balochistan.

Unidentified militants set ablaze another NATO container in Kalat District in which two persons got injuries.

NATO forces in Afghanistan started using a new type of surveillance aircraft along the Balochistan border.

January 23

Two people were killed in a land mine blast in Loti gas field area of Dera Bugti District.

Five people were injured in an explosion in Rakhni area of Barkhan District.

Unidentified assailants blew up a section of a railway track near Nautal area of Nasirabad District. Unidentified assailants planted an explosive device on the track, which damaged a section of the track, suspending rail link with other parts of the country.

January 24

A 24-inch diameter gas pipeline was blown up by unidentified terrorists near the gas purification plant at Sui sub-District in Dera Bugti District in Balochistan.

January 25

Two workers of a local NGO, including a woman, were shot dead in Ghanja Dori area of Mastung District in Balochistan.

January 26

Unidentified militants blew up a bridge on the National Highway between Sui sub-District of Dera Bugti District and Jaffarabad District in Balochistan.

January 27

Two people were killed and eight others injured in a landmine blast at the Rharatshrim area of Musakel locality in Loralai District in Balochistan.

January 28

Two gas pipelines and two oil tankers were blown up in Balochistan. Unidentified militants attacked the gas pipelines in the Loti and Bograh colony areas of Sui sub-District in Dera Bugti District in Balochistan.

Unidentified militants set ablaze two oil tankers, carrying fuel for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan, in the Pinjra Pul area in Dhaddar town of Bolan District.

January 29

Six civilians and four troopers were injured when a car bomb targeting the SP exploded on Alamdar Road in Quetta of Balochistan by LeJ.

January 30

Militants attacked six vehicles taking supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan and set five of them on fire in two different areas of Balochistan.

The building of a health centre run by an NGO in the border town of Chaman was blown up in a bomb blast in Balochistan.

Ten militants were arrested on January 30 in connection with a bombing incident that occurred on January 29 near the residence of a senior Police officer, Shaban Ali in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

January 31

Unidentified terrorists blew up a Balochistan Levies Police Station in Kohlu District. An explosive device had been planted at the Jewani Levies Police Station in Maiwand tehsil of the Kohlu District, which was detonated by a remote controlled device.

February 1

Two people were killed, including a driver and a helper, when unidentified terrorists opened fire on an oil tanker, which was carrying oil for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan, in Kari Dori area of Dasht tehsil in Kharan District.

A FC trooper was shot dead and five others, including a woman, were injured in a gun battle between assailants and FC forces in a small village of Turbat in Kech District in Balochistan. The two assailants were arrested after an exchange of fire and were taken into custody by Police. FC personnel seized seven pistols, two repeaters and more than 100 bullets during the arrest.

February 2

BLA militants shot dead a SHO and four other Policemen in a major roadblock on the National Highway close to Aab-e-Gum area near Mach in Bolan District.

Unidentified armed assailants blew up a gas pipeline in Sohbatpur area of Jafarabad District. Unidentified militants attached explosives with the pipeline and detonated it with remote control.

A power transmission line tower was slightly damaged in an explosive attack in Kili Qambrani area of Quetta.

February 3

Levies official recovered three bullet-riddled dead bodies in the Ferozabad area of Khuzdar District.

A container carrying military hardware for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan was going to Chaman from Karachi, when unidentified assailants opened fire on it at Maizai Ada area in Chaman townt killing the driver on the spot while the cleaner sustained bullet injuries. Unidentified armed militants set ablaze a NATO container on the RCD Highway near Pir Umer area of Khuzdar District.

February 4

Two employees of the OGDC were killed and three others were injured in an armed attack at Sohbatpur in Jafarabad District.

Unidentified armed assailants blew up a gas pipeline in Pirkoh gas field in Dera Bugti District.

A Police official was gunned down and his companion was injured when unidentified armed men attacked a Police checkpost near Jafarabad Bypass in Jafarabad District.

Unidentified attackers opened fire at a vehicle carrying five people, who were returning home in Mian Ghundi area of Quetta from Hazarganj. Three of the passengers died on the spot while two sustained serious injuries.

February 6

A Law Enforcement Agency official was killed in a landmine blast in the Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti District.

A Hindu man, identified as Rajesh Kumar, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Quetta.

Around 13 people, including two children, were injured in an explosion in Serath Chowk, a busy area of the industrial town of Hub.

An official vehicle of the Uch Gas Field escaped a remote controlled blast in the Jarwar Bridge area in Sohbatpur tehsil of the Jafarabad District.

February 7

Unidentified terrorists attacked two NATO oil tankers in the Mittri area of Sibi District.

February 8

Unidentified terrorists blew up two gas pipelines in Naseerabad District in Balochistan. In one incident, militants blew up the main gas supply pipeline of the SSGC going from Shikarpur District in Sindh to Quetta in Balochistan injuring a watchman. Banned outfit BRA claimed responsibility for the blast.

Elsewhere in the District, unidentified terrorists blew up another gas pipeline of 12-inch diameter.

Unidentified terrorists also blew up a power pylon of 220KV near Dera Allah Yar in Jaffarabad District.

February 9

Two brothers were shot dead and two others sustained bullet injuries when unidentified assailants opened fire on them in Shahbaz Town in Quetta, Balochistan. A spokesman of the Baloch Nationalist Liberation Army, Mazarin Baloch, claimed responsibility for the killings.

The Supreme Court directed all the respondents, including spy and law enforcement agencies, to file para-wise comments on a petition against the rising incidents of targeted killing and abduction in Balochistan.

February 10

Two bullet-riddled bodies of missing Baloch persons were found from the Herrnok area in Turbat District.

Four persons were injured in a landmine blast in Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti District in Balochistan.

Elsewhere in the District, three SFs were injured in an attack when the militants blew up their vehicle with a remote controlled bomb in Pirkoh area.

Some unidentified militants fired shots and rockets at Quetta Express near Notal area of Naseerabad District in Balochistan, injuring its driver and a fireman.

Unidentified militants blew up two gas pipelines in Dera Bugti District of Balochistan. The BRA claimed responsibilities of blowing up the pipelines.

Terrorists blew up two high-pressure gas pipelines in Shori area of Naseerabad District in Balochistan. Two 24-inch and 18-inch diameter gas pipelines were blown up again.

February 11

Two people, identified as Allahdad and Abdullah, were killed in a bomb explosion in Qila Saifullah District. The victims were passing through the Shamalzai village, close to the Pakistan Afghanistan border.

Some armed assailants attacked two trailers carrying NATO supplies to Afghanistan near Wadh area of Khuzdar District of Balochistan.

February 12

Unidentified terrorists blew up three gas pipelines in two separate incidents in Pirkoh and Sui area of Dera Bugti District in Balochistan, disrupting gas supply from wells to purification plant in the Sui gas field.

February 13

A bullet-riddled body of a person, identified as Abdul Jabbar, was found from Sabzal road in Quetta.

A herdsman and his 24 cattle suffered injuries when a landmine exploded in Merhgarh area of Bolan District.

Unidentified militants planted an explosive device near an 18-inch diameter gas pipeline on Chattar Road in Dera Murad Jamali area in Naseerabad District.

Unidentified militants blew up a gas pipeline with explosive material in Dera Allah Yar area of Jafarabad District.

February 14

Unidentified assailants on a motorbike opened fire at Dada Shah Muhammad security check post in Barkhan District, killing one trooper and injuring another.

One more trooper was killed while another injured when they stepped on a landmine planted in the Tuba Notkani area of Dera Bugti District.

The dead body of BNP activist, Saeed Ahmed, was found near a seasonal river known as Kohshak Nadi in Khuzdar District.

Police recovered another bullet-riddled dead body of a person, identified as Harzi Khan, from RCD Highway near Zero Point area of Uthal in Lasbela District .

February 15

A man, identified as, Arshad Mehmood, was shot dead in Turbat District.

The Shalkot DSP, Sikandar Tarin, escaped a remote-controlled blast on Mastung Road in new Saryab area, on outskirt of Quetta.

A driver was injured in firing on a vehicle carrying officials of Balochistan Rural Support Programme in Zahri area of Khuzdar District.

An electricity tower was blown up while 15 kilogrammes explosives attached with another tower were neutralised in the Ghaffar Goth area of Naseerabad District.

Police neutralised an attempt to attack a procession of Eid Milad-un Nabi and arrested two militants, seizing a large quantity of explosives.

February 16

Unidentified militants blew up a gas pipeline in Naseerabad District, supplying natural gas to nine Districts of Balochistan, including the provincial capital Quetta.

February 17

A man was killed and two others were injured in a landmine explosion in Marho area of Dera Bugti District.

February 18

Two activists of the BSO-Azad were shot dead and more than two dozen were arrested after an alleged exchange of fire between the group members and SFs in Tutak area of Khuzdar District.

FC personnel arrested 17 suspects and seized illegal weapons from them during a search operation in different areas of Dera Bugti District.

February 19

Two Security personnel were killed in a landmine explosion in Gerisni area of the Kohlu District in Balochistan.

Police foiled a terror bid by defusing two bombs attached with a bridge in Khuchlak, on the outskirts of Quetta.

February 21

A truck driver was killed while another person got injuries in a bomb blast that took place in a roadside hotel in Hazar Ganji area on the outskirt of Quetta. Unidentified militants planted explosives in a washroom of the hotel which exploded killing a truck driver while injuring the owner of the hotel. The banned outfit BLA claimed the responsibility for the blast and vowed to continue such attacks in the future.

A civilian was killed and two others sustained injuries in Wadh area of Khuzdar District when unidentified militants opened fire on a container carrying military hardware for NATO forces deployed in Afghanistan.

The CoAS General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said that the Army was not conducting any operation in Balochistan. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the Kassa Hills Marble Project, about 25 kilometres from Loralai town, he said Army troops were not deployed in the interior of the province, except one battalion in Sui and the personnel were restricted to the cantonment.

General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said there were 23,322 Baloch students in schools run by the Army and FC and a large number of students from Balochistan were also in reputed educational institutions across the country. Over 4,000 youths from the province have joined the Army and another 5,000 will be inducted this year.

February 22

Five SF personnel were injured in a remote-controlled blast in the port city of Gwadar in Balochistan. Unidentified assailants attached an explosive device with a motorbike and parked it on the Fish Harbour Road and detonated it by a remote control when an official vehicle of the FC was passing by.

February 23

Two mutilated dead bodies of Baloch political activist, identified as Mehboob Wadela of the BNM and Rehman Arif of the BRP, were recovered near coastal town Ormara of Gwadar District. Wadela was whisked away by unidentified people in April 2010 from Karachi (Sindh) while Arif was also abducted from Karachi four months back. According to reports, as many as 102 bullet-riddled dead bodies of missing Baloch and political opponents have been recovered in the past seven months.

Unidentified militants blew up the main 18-inch diameter gas pipeline near Sohbatpur tehsil of Jaffarabad District, disrupting gas supply to Uch Power Plant from Uch gas field. The BRA claimed the responsibility of the attack and vowed to continue on with it.

February 24

Four bogies of the Economic Cooperation Organisation’s (ECO) freight train were damaged and a 4-feet portion of the railway track was blown up in an explosion near Dalbandin in Chagai District.

Unidentified militants set ablaze two NATO oil tankers in Dhaddar area of Bolan District. However, no casualty was reported in the attack.

February 25

A SF official, identified as Zahid Ali, died and another received splinter injuries in a landmine explosion in Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti District. According to sources, the victim, who was deployed at a gas pipeline in Pir Koh, stepped on a landmine placed there by unidentified militants.

A FC convoy escaped a bomb attack in Mir Hassan area of Jaffarabad District. Sources said that unidentified militants placed the bomb on the road near the Nawaz check-post and it went off after FC vehicles had passed through. The jammers had helped the convoy escape, the sources added.

The Supreme Court directed Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP), Maulvi Anwarul Haq, to hold a meeting with the Prime Minister Yousaf Raja Gilani regarding the rising incidents of targeted killings and kidnappings in Balochistan and inform it within three days about the policy statement of the premier and steps being taken by the Government to improve the security situation.

PML-N parliamentarian Lieutenant General (retd) Abdul Qadir Baloch alleged that the security agencies are behind the abduction and killing of political workers and national activists in Balochistan. Abdul Qadir Baloch, who served as the Army's corps commander in Quetta and was also Governor of Balochistan, made the allegation while speaking in Parliament.

February 27

Unidentified militants blew up a railway track in Mangoli area of Dera Murad Jamali town in Nasirabad District. However, no casualty was reported in the blast.

Unidentified militants set ablaze two NATO containers, carrying goods for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan, in Mangochar area of Kalat District.

District and Sessions Judge Jan Muhammad Gauhar and Civil Judge Muhammad Ali Kakar and a driver, Peer Shah, were suspected to have been abducted in Bakhtiarabad area of Quetta.

February 28

PM Yousaf Raza Gilani alleged that there was solid evidence that foreign elements and powers were involved in aggravating the situation in Balochistan. Delivering policy statement in the National Assembly on the law and order situation in Balochistan, the PM said, "We have started the process (of compensation for Baloch people) and coming generations will complete it."

He also said that target killing of settlers in Balochistan could not be overlooked, as it had further aggravated law and order situation. He said solid proofs had been found that organisations like BLA were involved in target killings.

Acknowledging that a sense of deprivation prevails in Balochistan, the PM said that the Government had presented the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan (beginning of the rights of Balochistan) package to address these concerns. Gilani also said the Federal Government had recruited 6,000 Baloch youth in police and allocated PKR 5.15 billion in this regard and PKR 3.4 billion had been spent till December 2010. He said that 10,000 to 15,000 youth from Balochistan would be trained under the National Internship Programme besides giving them relaxation in education and age.

March 1

A coordinator, Naeem Sabir, of the HRCP, in Balochistan was shot dead by unidentified assailants at the Chakar Khan Road in Khuzdar District.

March 2

An employee of the WAPDA was shot dead and another injured in an incident of firing in the Panjgur District.

An encounter took place between personnel of LEA and armed assailants in Qabula area of Jaffarabad District after SFs launched a search operation in different parts of Jaffarabad District to recover the abducted judges and lawyers. 70 suspected persons were arrested from different areas and arms and ammunition were recovered.

The banned BMDT claimed responsibility for the March 1 killing of human rights activist Naeem Sabir in Khuzdar District.

The LEA launched a massive search operation in Tambo tehsil of Naseerabad District for the recovery of two judges who were abducted on February 27.

Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry remarked that the Government should take practical steps instead of issuing policy statements regarding abduction and targeted killings in Balochistan. The court summoned the Balochistan Chief Secretary on March 8 and ordered the ISI and MI to furnish their reports through the Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) over the situation in the province.

March 4

Two local tribesmen, identified as Jaleel Pirkani and Ali Jan Sumalani, were abducted at gunpoint from Mangochar town of Kalat District.

March 6

The Government has only been able to implement 15 of the 61 proposals contained in a reforms package aimed at redressing Baloch grievances regarding the affairs of their province. A 38-page progress report on the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan package states that the Government has not acted on most of the proposals.

March 7

A District-sessions judge Jan Mohammad and a civil judge Mohammad Ali Kakar of Sibi, who were abducted from Usta Muhammad tehsil in Dera Allah Yar area of Jaffarabad District on February 27, were recovered from Naseerabad District.

Three bullet-riddled bodies of missing persons were found in different parts of Balochistan. The body of Deen Muhammad Marri was found from Liari area in Uthal city of Lasbela District. Another man, identified as, Yasir Nasir, a member of BSO-Azad Turbat Chapter, abducted on October 29, 210 was found dead in Murgap area of Turbat city in Turbat District and the dead body of Nuroze Khan was found from Jiwan area of Kalat town in Kalat District.

Nilofar Abadan, the wife of a former provincial minister Faridoon Abadan was abducted by unidentified militants in the Quivery road area of Quetta. Faridoon Abadan had been abducted over 10 years ago and remains missing till date.

March 9

Six persons, including two women, were killed and 19 others were injured in a landmine explosion near the Pathar Nala in Dera Bugti District.

Five employees of the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) were injured when their vehicle was attacked with a remote controlled device in Peshbogi area of Sui in Dera Bugti District.

March 10

At least four persons, including a FC official, Niamatullah, and an employee of the OGDCL, Javed Iqbal, were killed in a remote controlled explosion followed by intense firing near Dera Murad Jamali in the Jaffarabad District. 18 persons also sustain injuries. The BRA claimed responsibility for the attack and vowed to continue such attacks in the future as well.

Seven persons, including two Police personnel and a child, were injured in a remote controlled bomb blast planted in a motorcycle in Dera Bugti District. Liaquat Ali Bugti was going in his car to Rahim Yar Khan District of Punjab province from Dera Bugti, when the explosion occurred.

March 12

Four NTDC officials were seriously injured in a landmine blast in Chethar area of Naseerabad District. According to the local Police, an executive engineer of the NTDC was inspecting a damaged electricity pylon when a landmine planted by unidentified militants exploded.

Two NATO oil tankers were torched by unidentified militants in the Karta area of Mach town in Bolan District. Official sources said that three oil tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops stationed in Afghanistan were on their way to Kandahar from Karachi when unidentified militants on motorbikes opened fire on them on the National Highway near Mach town. The driver of one of the oil tankers, identified as Ehsanullah Khan, a resident of Peshawar, sustained bullet injures.

Unidentified militants blew up a pipeline supplying natural gas to the gas purification plant in Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti District.

March 13

Unidentified militants blew up a 12-inch diameter pipeline in the Rabih Canal area of Naseerabad District in Balochistan.

March 14

Agha Mahmood Ahmedzai, a local leader of the BNP-M, was killed when unidentified assailants on a motorcycle opened indiscriminate fire on him in Kalat District.

Unidentified armed militants torched two NATO containers carrying military hardware for ISAF and NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan in Surab area of Kalat District.

March 16

The driver of a NATO tanker was killed and the cleaner sustained bullet injuries when four NATO oil tankers were set on fire by unidentified militants on the National Highway in Ganji Dohri area of Mastung District.

March 17

Three FC personnel, two Policemen and one militant were killed, while 12 others injured in attacks in different areas of Balochistan. An FC vehicle was patrolling the area along the Rabi canal in Naseerabad District when a bomb exploded near it killing two FC personnel Kaleemullah and Ghulam Sarwar and injuring seven others.

Another FC trooper was killed and another injured when a bomb placed in a car in Badani Cross area exploded.

A head constable was killed and two other Policemen were injured when unidentified militants opened fire on a check-post in Daulatpur area of Jaffarabad District. One militant was also killed during the encounter.

Three Anti-Narcotics Force personnel were injured when a bomb exploded near a bus-stop in Turbat District while the ANF vehicle was passing through the area.

A bullet-riddled body of Syed Mohammad Shah, a head constable was found in a nullah in the Spani road area.

A remote-controlled bomb planted on the railway track near the Dingra station was detonated when Bolan Mail was passing, damaging its engine and injuring three railway employees.

March 18

Three persons, including two brothers, were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Jinnah Town area of Quetta in the night. Police sources said that all three persons were sitting in their general store in Jinnah Town when the assailants, riding a motorcycle, opened fire, killing the three persons on the spot. The deceased were identified as Mobin, Abdul Matin and Didar Ali. Mobin and Abdul Matin were brothers.

March 19

Power supply to 15 Districts of Balochistan has been disrupted, as unidentified militants blew up two electricity towers of 220-KV and 132- KV in Mach area of Bolan District. A QESCO spokesman Shafqat Ali said that the unidentified militants had planted an explosive device with the 132-KV and 220 KV double circuit electricity towers of high transmission lines which detonated, suspending the power supply to 15 Districts of Balochistan.

March 21

Eleven persons were killed and two others sustained bullet injuries when unidentified militants opened fire on them at a camp set up by the Frontier Works Organization (FWO) in Paleri area some 20 kilometres from Gwadar city in Gwadar District. BLF claimed the responsibility for the attack.

March 22

The bullet-riddled body of Hameed Shaheen, a former chairman the BSO, was recovered at Sardar Karez area within the jurisdiction of Shalkot Police Station in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. Hameed Shaheen was abducted allegedly by Security Forces from the outskirts of Quetta on March 19 when he was travelling to Karachi. Police said that local people spotted a dead body at Sardar Karez area and informed Police.

March 23

Three rocket attacks in Quetta left four persons, including a traffic Police inspector dead and 18 others injured. One of the rockets exploded at Saryab area. The second rocket hit a house near Chaman Pattak area damaging the roof of a house, and the third rocket crushed the door of a house in Khaliqabad area.

Two mutilated and decomposed dead bodies were found in the limits of the Vindar Police Station in Lasbela District. The dead were identified as Arif Noor, a Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) official, and Nawaz Mari, a resident of Vindar.

Three persons, identified as, Mahboob, Usman and Akbar, belonging to the Jhelum District of Punjab province, were injured in a hand grenade attack on a shop in Hazarganji area of Quetta.

Unidentified militants attacked and torched three trailers in an area near Sibi District carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Rawalpindi-bound Quetta Express was partially damaged in a bomb explosion near Mangoli area of Naseerabad District, suspending train service on the railway track between Sibi and Jacobabad.

March 24

A power pylon of a high transmission line was blown up near the Sibi District. Unidentified militants planted explosive materials with a power pylon of 132 Sibi-Harnai transmission lines that went off with an explosion destroying the tower.

March 25

Unidentified militants blew up a 16-inch diameter gas pipeline in Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti District.

A rocket was fired from an unknown location which hit a house in the Satellite Town area of Quetta. No casualty was reported.

A Hindu religious leader Maharaja Lakshmi Chand Garji and his companion Venod Kumar were released without paying any ransom money to the abductors near Surab area of Kalat District. Maharaja had been kidnapped, along with his four companions, on December 21, 2010, near Surab. The abductors released three people within hours after abduction while continued to detain Maharaj and Venod Kumar.

March 26

Eight dead bodies, including that of a student leader, were recovered from various areas of Balochistan. According to official sources, six bodies were thrown near the Sui area of Dera Bugti District. A BRSO organiser Kohdil Bugti and his father Ali Baksh were among the dead, BRP spokesman Sher Mohamad Bugti, said. Two of the victims were identified as Shah Baksh Bugti and Rahmdil Bugti, while identity of the remaining two bodies could not be ascertained.

Another body was found from the mountainous area of Turbat. The victim was identified as Mohammad Saleem, a Karachi resident, who was listed missing a few weeks ago. Another body presumed to be that of a 22 –23-year-old-man was recovered near the Killi Almas area of Quetta.

March 27

Three decomposed and mutilated dead bodies, including that of a zonal organiser of the Baloch Students Organisation-Azad (BSO-A), were recovered from different parts of Balochistan. According to official sources, body of a missing student, Fareed Baloch, a zonal organiser of the BSO-A, was found near a river in Ferozabad area of Khuzdar District.

Another body was recovered from Saryab area of Quetta. However, identity of the victim could not be ascertained.

The Balochistan Levies recovered a bullet-riddled body from Awaran District. The victim was identified as Saleh Muhammad.

Unidentified terrorists blew up an 18-inch diameter gas pipeline near Sui in Dera Bugti District.

March 28

The driver of a container, carrying military hardware for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan, suffered bullet injuries when unidentified assailants attacked the container near Kalat District.

Unidentified assailants abducted a doctor, Mumtaz Hyderi, near the Golimar intersection on Brewery Road in Quetta.

March 31

Five persons, including a man and his son, were killed in a remote controlled explosion near Tump area of Turbat District in Balochistan. According to Balochistan Levies, unidentified militants planted a remote control device alongside a bridge near Kehwar, some 30 kilometres from Turbat city and detonated it through remote control device when the vehicle of local notable, Rahm Dil, passed through the bridge.

Three persons were killed in a landmine explosion in the Duki area of Loralai District. According to official sources, a private vehicle, carrying three persons, was going to Chamalang from Duki when their car hit a landmine placed on the roadside.

Unidentified militants opened fire on a tanker carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan, killing its driver and setting the vehicle ablaze near the Wadh town in Khuzdar District.

A man was injured when four rockets were fired on Khuzdar University of Engineering and Technology in Khuzdar town. According to the Police sources, four rockets were fired on Khuzdar University from an unknown location by unidentified militants.

April 1

A bullet-riddled body of a Baloch missing person was recovered in Barech town on Saryab Road of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. The deceased was identified as Rehmatullah Bangulzai.

Four bogies of the Peshawar-bound Quetta Express derailed after a bomb explosion on the railway track near Dera Allahyar in Jaffarabad District of Balochistan.

April 2

At least two persons were killed and three others were injured in a remote-controlled bomb explosion in Kushak area of Kohlu District in Balochistan.

Two persons were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire at a NATO container in Wadh area of Khuzdar District.

April 3

Three dead bodies of BRP leaders were found in Pash-Bogi area, 30 kilometres off Dera Bugti District. The dead bodies were identified as Khatiran Bugti, Ghulam Qadir and Pir Jan.

Chairman of the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VFBMP) said that as many as 121 bullet-riddled bodies have been recovered from different parts of Balochistan in the past eight months.

April 5

A NATO container driver, identified as Abdul Hameed, was injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on the container in Wadh area of Khuzdar District of Balochistan.

April 6

Four Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were injured in a remote-controlled explosion in Mashky area of Awaran District. According to details, an FC convoy was heading towards Khuzdar from Mashky when it hit an IED near Nokjo.

Unidentified assailants hurled a hand grenade at a house in Goth Faiz Muhammad, in the limits of the Mir Hassan Levies Police Station in Chattar tehsil of Dera Murad Jamali. However, no casualty was reported in the attack.

Two NATO oil tankers were set on fire by unidentified terrorists near the Qamabari Bridge in Dhaddar of Bolan District. As a result, the tankers caught fire and were completely destroyed.

April 7

A suicide attack at the house of DIG Investigations, Wazir Nasir Khan, in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan killed two persons, including the bomber and a Police Constable.

A man, identified as Meskin Awan (50), was killed in a hand grenade attack near Chaman rail crossing on Jaffar Khan Jamali Road in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

Four persons were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on a NATO oil tanker in the Rabi Canal area of Dera Murad Jamali in Nasirabad District.

April 8

A person, identified as Abdul Hameed, was killed and 15 others, including nine FC personnel, were injured in a remote controlled blast in Chitkan Bazaar area of Panjgur District in Balochistan.

Unidentified militants blew up a power pylon of 220KV transmission line in Lehri area of Sibi District. Bomb Disposal Squad recovered 20 kilogrammes of explosive materials from another power pylon in the same area.

A person suspected to have links with Afghan Taliban was arrested along with explosives during search of the Quetta-bound Chaman passenger train at the Chaman railway station. The sources said that explosive material was packed in cartons.

April 9

A police official, identified as Head Constable Javed Iqbal, and another man, Jan Mohammad, were shot dead in Musa Colony of Sariab Road area in Quetta of Balochistan in the night.

Two more decomposed bodies of missing persons were recovered in Tasp area of Panjgur District in Balochistan. Sources said that both the victims had been shot in the head multiple times. Identification of the bodies has not been ascertained as yet.

April 10

Unidentified militants blew up a natural gas supply pipeline in Loti of Dera Bugti District.

Three FC personnel, including a Major, were injured when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device planted along with Khysar Bridge in Naushki District of Balochistan. A passer-by, identified as Ghulam Yasin, was also injured in the blast. A spokesman for the Baloch Republican Army claimed responsibility for the blast.

A trooper was injured when a landmine exploded in Neligh area of Dera Bugti District.

Unidentified militants blew up a natural gas supply pipeline in the Loti gas field in Dera Bugti District of Balochistan. "Unidentified armed men had planted explosives on a pipeline supplying natural gas from well no 3 to the purification plant and detonated them with a remote control," Levies Force officials said.

Religious leader Maulana Abdul Kabir Qadri Qambrani and a student of his seminary, Dur Khan, were killed and his son and another student were injured in an attack in the Sariab Road area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. According to Police, the assailants who were on a motorbike opened fire on them near the Bibi Nani Shrine.

Supply of natural gas to the purification plant was suspended on April 15 after unidentified militants blew up a pipeline in Loti gas field area of Dera Bugti District.

The bullet-riddled body of an assistant sub-inspector (ASI), identified as Muhammad Hamid Baloch, was found in Bhawani area on the RCD Highway in Lasbela District of Balochistan. No group has claimed the responsibility for the killing so far.

Unidentified militants blew up a gas pipeline in Pir Koh area of Dear Bugti District, forcing the suspension of supply to a gas purification plant. According to official sources, unidentified men had planted an explosive device near a 24-inch diameter pipeline supplying gas to a purification plant from Pir Koh gas field.

Unidentified assailants set ablaze a tanker, carrying fuel supplies for NATO troops stationed in Afghanistan, on the National Highway in the limits of the Sadar Levies Station of Dera Murad Jamali town.

At least four persons, two security guards and two labourers, were killed in separate incidents in Chamalang area of Loralai District and Barkhan Districts of Balochistan. In the first incident, an explosion took place when two personnel of the Marri SFs deputed near Chamalang coalfield stepped on a landmine placed on a non-metal road in Surgari area. Both the security guards received critical splinter wounds and died on the spot.

Unidentified militants opened fire at a camp set up by a construction company in Dada Shah Mehmood area of Barkhan District, resulting in the death of two workers, identified as Muhammad Bakhsh and Sajjad Ahmed, and injuring two others.

The CoAS General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani said that troops deputed in Balochistan would return to their barracks soon and no operation would be carried out in the province without a permission of the Provincial Government. The CoAS claimed that not even a single Army unit was conducting any operation in Balochistan, adding that only two battalions were present in Sui area of the province.

A bullet-riddled dead body of a doctor, identified as Mumtaz Haider, who was abducted on March 28 was found in Killi Kamalo area on Saryab Road in Quetta.

Suspected militants targeted the offices of two NGO, Tehrik and Mehak with a car bomb, injuring three people, including a Security Guard, on Al-Gilani Street in Quetta.

Two persons on a motorcycle were injured in a landmine blast that took place in Jani Berri area of Sui tehsil in Dera Bugti District.

A bullet-riddled dead body of an unidentified person was found in Choko area of Awaran District.

A professor, identified as Abdul Hameed Mengal, of Engineering University in Khuzdar District was abducted by unidentified assailants.

A man, Mohammad Ayub, was abducted when he was on his way to his home.

A landmine blast in the Rabi Canal area within the precincts of Sadar Levies Police Station of Naseerabad District killed a 12 year old boy, identified as Mahwar.

A shopkeeper was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants in the Bus Stop area of Panjgur District.

Unidentified assailants killed a property dealer, identified as Arshid Kurd, in Balochi Street area of Quetta.

Unidentified terrorists blew up a 4-inch diameter gas pipeline near Eastern Bypass, causing suspension of the gas supply to Rind Garh locality.

Two NATO oil tankers transporting fuel for NATO troops stationed in Afghanistan came under fire by unidentified gunmen on the National Highway in Dhaddar area of Bolan District. However, no casualty was reported in the incident.

Two fishermen, Gulam Nabi and Muhammad Ali, were injured in a landmine explosion within the limits of Doda Tiba Police Station in Jaffarabad District.

Two separate attacks, one near the Eastern Bypass area of Quetta and another in the sub-tehsil Baghbana of Khuzdar District, killed two NATO drivers, identified as Khayal Muhammad and Sahib Dad, carrying supply for forces stationed in Afghanistan.

At least three persons, identified as Punhal, Abdul Majeed and Ismail, were injured in a landmine blast within the limits of Doda Khan Police Station in Jaffarabad District.

A person was killed while another sustained injuries in a landmine explosion in Dera Murad Jamali of Nasirabad District in Balochistan.

Two children were killed in two landmine explosions in Hamzani area of Jaffarabad District in Balochistan.

A dead body of a Policeman, identified as Naseer Ahmed Ronjho, who was abducted from Hub a few days ago, was found in a garden behind the office of the Lasbela District Police chief in Uthal.

At least 15 passengers, including eight women, five children and two men, were burnt to death and several others injured in the night when unidentified militants set a Quetta-bound bus on fire at Pirak area of Sibi District in Balochistan.

Five more bullet-riddled dead bodies of Baloch missing persons were found in Kech and Khuzdar areas of Balochistan. According to the Turbat Police, two bodies were found in Banartok Chatri area of Pasni Road, some eight kilometres away from Turbat City. They were identified as Zarif Baloch, resident of Kalatuk area of Kech, and Shameem Baloch, resident of Malikabad area of Tump. Zarif was travelling in a passenger coach from Karachi to Turbat when a group of armed men intercepted the coach and offloaded him near Nalyet area of Turbat on April 20.

Three bodies of activists of BRP were found in Sorgaz Zeddi area of Khuzdar District. Their identities were ascertained from the slips found from their pockets. The victims were identified as Muhammad Ayub Muhammad Hasni, a barber, who was whisked away some nine days ago from Khuzdar city, while two others were identified as Muhammad Hafeez and Ghulam Murtaza.

One BC personnel, identified as Faiz Muhammad, was killed and three others sustained injuries in a landmine blast while they were on their routine patrol in Chatter area of Dera Murad Jamali city of Naseerabad District.

Unidentified militants blew up an eight-inch diameter gas pipeline near Loti Gas Field area of Dera Bugti District, damaging the pipeline and disrupting supply to the gas purification plant in Sui area.

FC and other Law Enforcement Agencies recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, which included several light machine guns, sub machine guns, 7.62mm and 7mm rifles, night vision goggles, scanners, radio sets and bullet proof jackets in Pat Feedar area of Jaffarabad District.

A passenger train was attacked and two eight-inch diameter gas pipelines were blown up in two explosions in Jacobabad District and Dera Bugti District. Unidentified assailants had planted an explosive device on the railway tracks near a bordering area between Jaffarabad District and Jacobabad District, and detonated the device by a remote control when the Karachi bound Bolan Mail from Quetta passed by the area. The blast damaged 20-feet-long section of the railway track, derailing the engine and four bogies of the train. However, no casualties were reported.

Unidentified terrorists blew up two gas pipelines in the Loti area of Dera Bugti District, resulting in disruption of the gas supply to the Sui plant. The BRA claimed responsibility for both the attacks.

Two bullet-riddled dead bodies of missing Balochi persons, identified as Siddiq Edio, a HRCP activist, and member of BSO-A, Yousaf Nazar Baloch, were found at the Jaki area along coastal highway, some 60 kilometres from the Ormara Town of Gwadar District.

Two Policemen and two militants were killed in an exchange of fire between the two parties in Chattar area of Naseerabad District. Official sources said a Police mobile van was on routine patrol when four unidentified militants opened fire at it near Piro Bridge in Chattar area, resulting in the death of ASI Wazir Ali Abro and Constable Rab Nawaz and injury of a constable, Rustam Khan. In retaliation, the Police killed two militants, who were later identified as Haro and Nabi Dad.

A person, identified as Khawand Bux, received injuries in a landmine blast in Sangsilla area of Dera Bugti District.

Unidentified militants blew up a gas pipeline of eight-inch diameter in Sui area disrupting the gas supply to the Sui Purification Plant.

Unidentified militants blew up two eight-inch diameter gas pipelines near Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti District disrupting gas supply to the gas purification plant.

Hundreds took to the streets in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan to pay homage to Osama bin Laden, chanting death to America and setting fire to a US flag, witnesses and organisers said. The participants belonging to a religious party in Quetta were led by Federal Lawmaker Maulavi Asmatullah. "Bin Laden was the hero of the Muslim world and after his martyrdom he has won the title of great mujahed (Muslim fighter)," Asmatullah said.

A senior leader of the BNP was shot and critically wounded by unidentified assailants in Quetta. However, no outfit claimed responsibility for the attack.

Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani said that no operation is being conducted in the province and there are no troops or tanks present in the province. "No military operation is being carried out in Balochistan," he said while talking to media persons in the Chief Minister's House.

Unidentified militants today fired rockets on a group of Shia Muslims in Quetta, killing at least eight and injuring 15 others. It was reported that three rockets were fired from nearby hills, towards the city of Hazara where the Shiites were in a neighbourhood park.

At least two persons were injured in a rocket attack in Awaran District. It was reported that unknown armed militants fired a rocket from a hilly area, which landed at a nearby agriculture field, injuring two farmers.

Two unidentified bullet-riddled bodies were found near Khuchlak, around 20 kilometres away from the provincial capital Quetta.

Unidentified armed militants blew up a gas supply pipeline in Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti District.

Six ministers, belonging to the PPP, accused their coalition partner in the Government, the JUI-F, of supporting the Taliban and promoting terrorism. Minister for Communications and PPP's Deputy Parliamentary Leader Mir Sadiq Umrani said the JUI-F was spreading terrorism and setting up and running seminaries with Government funds.

Acting IG of Balochistan Police Ghalib Bandesha denied the presence of the militant organization Quetta Shura, composed of top leadership of the Afghan Taliban in Balochistan. Bandesha was responding to recent media reports which stated that the US and Pakistani intelligence agencies are on a hunt for Osama bin Laden's ally Mullah Omar in Quetta after the successful raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout in Abbottabad. Omar is reported to have a reward of $25million on his head and is sheltered by heavily-armed fighters in Quetta near the Afghan border.

Five mutilated and decomposed bodies of Baloch missing persons, including the bodies of a former leader of the BSO-Azad and the BNM were found from Panjgur area of Khuzdar District, and from Quetta.

Unidentified militants torched two NATO containers that were returning to Karachi from Afghanistan after offloading supplies for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan near Mastung District.

A suspected suicide bomber was killed and two others were injured when a bomb exploded in a house in Dotani village of Loralai District in Balochistan. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Sadiq. The injured included Nizamuddin and Sher Afzal, a 14-year old boy. According to sources, two people, identified as Nizamuddin and Mohammad Sadiq, visited the house of Fateh Mohammad and said they wanted to talk to him. Fateh Mohammad took them to a room where an explosion took place after a few minutes. "The man carrying the bomb was blown to pieces," said an unnamed senior Police Officer.

Balochistan Finance Minister Mir Asim Kurd escaped an attack in Dashat area of Mastung District.

An officer of Balochistan Constabulary Force escaped a bomb attack while he was passing through Maingundi area on the Quetta-Mastung road in a convoy. However, no casualties were reported.

An office of the National Database and Registration Authority and an electricity pylon was damaged when a bomb blast occurred on Airport Road in Quetta.

Two militants were arrested in Dhadar area for their alleged involvement in attacks on tankers carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan. It was reported that the Levies Force personnel signalled six militants to stop on the road linking Sibi to Bakhtiarabad but they opened fire. In retaliation the Levies Force returned the fire and arrested the militants identified as Murad Ali and Rehmat.

SFs shot dead five suspected al Qaeda linked militants who had tried to carry out a suicide bombing in south western city of Quetta. They were killed in gunfight near a paramilitary check post in Quetta. It was reported that the would-be bombers included three women and were believed to be foreigners.

Bullet-riddled dead bodies of four SFs personnel were found in Degari intersection of Dasht tehsil area in Mastung District. The victims were identified as Muhammad Salim, Muhammad Nadeem, residents of Quetta, Major Riaz and Hawaldar Muhammad Yasin, of Multan District in Punjab.

Two NATO oil tankers were set ablaze near Khor village on Talagang-Attock Road in Attock District. Police arrested three alleged TTP militants for launching attacks on NATO tankers. The three alleged militants were identified as Ali Imran, Shujaur Rahman and Hafiz Aizazur Rahman.

At least seven Shia people, including a passerby girl, were killed and six others sustained bullet injuries in an attack near Killi Kamalo area of Quetta. Police termed the incident as sectarian killing and have started investigating it. Meanwhile, LeJ claimed responsibility for the attack and a spokesman of the outfit, Ali Sher Hadri, threatened to carry out such attacks in the future as well against the Shia community.

BLA claimed responsibility for May 17 attack on SF personnel in Mastung District that killed four SFs.

Unidentified terrorists blew up a gas pipeline near Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti District.

Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi said that he has no idea whether the Quetta Shura, a group comprising Afghan Taliban leadership, including top leader Mullah Omar, is in Balochistan, but if it was present then no one could stop the US from carrying out attacks against it.

Asked about the killing of five alleged Chechen terrorists in Kharotabad area, the Governor said it was the provincial Government's responsibility to investigate the incident and determine if the foreigners were suicide bombers or not and whether they were carrying weapons and explosive materials.

Two FC personnel were killed and another two injured in a bomb blast in Mand town of Turbat District. According to sources a bicycle rigged with an explosive device had been parked on a roadside. The bomb went off when a FC patrol vehicle was passing through the area, killing two personnel and injuring two others.

Two bullet-riddled bodies were found from Morgab area in Turbat District. One of the victims was identified as Khalid Hanif, who was picked up along with his younger brother Ghulam Dastagir and nephew Mahzo by personnel of the Frontier Corps from their house in Nasrabad area in Turbat District. "Dastagir and Mahzo are still missing", said a family member.

The other victim, Ahmed was picked up from his house in Gowargo area of Mand, and killed by SFs during his illegal detention, claimed his family.

A cleric and Imam of Eidgah Mosque Maulana Abdul Jalil Mohammad Hasani was killed in Toghi road area.

Five security personnel have been abducted from Sherani area of Zhob District while they were going to Islamabad from Quetta.

Two dead bodies, identified as that of Abid Saleem and Mehrab Baloch, were found from Morgab area of Turbat District.

Another dead body, found in Majdalo area in Gowargo tehsil of Panjgur District was identified as that of Abdul Hameed Baloch who was picked up from a passenger coach on December 13, 2010, while he was heading to Panjgur from Quetta.

A bullet-riddled body, identified as that of Jamal Khan, was found from Gazgi area in Khuzdar District.

A Balochistan Levies trooper, identified as Muhammad Akram, was shot dead in Mastung District while he was on his way to levies station from Mastung city.

Unidentified militants blew up a pipeline supplying natural gas to a purification plant in Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti District. The explosion also resulted in suspension of gas supply from well numbers 15 and 17 to a gas purification plant in Pir Koh area.

Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf accused India of supplying anti-aircraft missiles, rocket launchers and mortars to insurgents in Balochistan. Cornered during a BBC TV interview over alleged Pakistani complicity in Osama bin Laden's hiding at Abbottabad, Musharraf brazenly charged India with fomenting trouble in Balochistan to wriggle out of a difficult position.

The Indian high commission in London rubbished Musharraf's allegations, saying they were "totally baseless".

The US assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia Robert Blake rubbished the Pakistan's claim of Indian involvement in Balochistan, adding that the separatist movement in Balochistan is fuelled by the country's domestic policies and not India. "I don't think that the existence of a terrorist or a separatist movement in Balochistan is fuelled by Indian financing or anything like that," Robert Blake added.

Two Shia Policemen were killed and three other people, including a woman and a Sub-Inspector of the CID were injured in a sectarian attack on Spiny Road in Quetta. Meanwhile, Ali Sher Haideri, spokesman of LeJ claimed responsibility for the attack.

Unidentified militants blew up a gas pipeline in Sui area of Dera Bugti District.

Three Punjabi settlers were shot dead and another sustained bullet injuries when unidentified armed assailants opened fire on them in Tasp area of Panjgur District. The victims were identified as Muhammad Ramzan and Ijaz, residents of Multan District and Nasir Shah, a resident of Bahawalpur District. The injured man was identified as Irfan.

Professor Ghulam Hussain Saba Dashtiari of Balochistan University was shot dead in Sariab area of Quetta. "According to sources, Dashtiari was walking with a student when masked militants on a motorcycle shot him dead and escaped. Meanwhile, Saifullah, the spokesman for the AI outfit claimed responsibility for the attack.

Six people were injured in a remote-controlled bomb explosion at Baarboze area of Dera Bugti District.

Two bullet-riddled bodies, identified as those of Muhammad Tariq Baloch from Turbat District and Abdul Hameed Marri from Winder city in Lasbela District, were found near coastal highway in the Lasbela District.

A leader of the National Party, Nasim Jangian was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Turbat District.

Unidentified armed militants abducted two brick traders, identified as Haji Faiz Muhammad and Haji Muhammad Mandukhail from Dasht area some14 km from Quetta.

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said that the Government is ready for political dialogue with the estranged leaders of Balochistan in the larger national interest. Speaking during a briefing at Quetta on security situation in Balochistan, the Prime Minister appreciated efforts of the Balochistan Government to improve law and order situation in the province. He said that sharing of information among federal and provincial departments should be further strengthened. The Federal Government and the Federal Interior Ministry will spend PKR one billion each to modernise and equip provincial law enforcement agencies with weapons and provide them transport, he said adding, "We will work together for ensuring peace and security." He said cross-border movement of Afghan refugees should be checked.

Gilani said progress on the issue of missing persons is quite satisfactory, however, more efforts should be made for finding the remaining 38 persons. The Prime Minister further said that out of a total of 144 missing persons, 41 returned to their homes while false cases against 38 were withdrawn, while many other persons have been located.

The Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said in the meeting that the Government has hard evidence of involvement of foreign agencies in Balochistan.

There is no evidence of Taliban presence in the provincial capital Quetta and the propaganda in this regard is baseless, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said. "The propaganda of the Taliban Quetta Shura is baseless, if anyone has concrete evidence about their claims, it must be shared with Government", Malik said. Malik dispelled the impression about the alleged presence of Taliban in Quetta. "Over 30 raids have been conducted on the presence of Taliban across Balochistan, but they were not found," he said.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani extended his unqualified support to the process of reconciliation in Balochistan, encouraging Baloch militants to come to terms with the Government to return peace in the province. He said the Government was ready for dialogue with the estranged leaders of Balochistan in the larger national interest, adding, "The next session of the Federal cabinet would be held in Quetta, and said he himself would visit Balochistan every month to review development projects, ensure implementation of the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan (Initiation of the Rights of Balochistan) package and review security situation in the province."

At least one person was killed when a bomb exploded in Hazar Gunji area near Shalkot Police Station in Quetta.

Two levies personnel, identified as Sher Ahmed and Muhammad Murad, were killed and another Saeed Mohammad sustained injuries in an explosion in Matohra area of Mastung District.

Two persons, Mangla and Iqbal Khan, were injured in a landmine blast in Jani Bairi area of Sui in Dera Bugti District.

Two persons, including a Policeman, were killed near a tool plaza of Dera Murad Jamali town in Naseerabad District. According to sources, a Policeman and two watchmen were deputed near a gas pipeline in Uch Gas Field when some unidentified militants abducted them. Later, the Policeman identified as Karim Bux and the watchman identified as Murad Ali were found shot dead in a nearby area while another watchman, Yasin, was listed as abducted.

One Abdul Hameed, the driver of a NATO oil tanker was killed and his helper received bullet injuries when unidentified armed militants attacked the oil tanker in the Yaro area of Pishin District, while it was on its way to Karachi from Afghanistan.

A man, identified as Ghulam Ali, was injured in a landmine explosion in Patmandrani area of Dera Bugti District.

Unidentified terrorists blew up a 16-inch diameter gas pipeline in Pir Koh area, suspending gas supply to the purification plant.

Unidentified assailants killed a Security Force accounts officer in Turbat of Balochistan.

Unidentified militants abducted two persons, identified as Haji Wali Muhammad and Sultan, at gunpoint in Dhadar area of Bolan District.

A Hindu trader identified as Dewan Chand was killed when unidentified armed militants opened fire at him, killing him on the spot in Mastung District.

A man, identified as Abdul Qadir, was shot dead by unidentified militants in Gandawa area of Jhal Magsi District.

A man was killed and another sustained splinter wounds in an explosion near Regional National Accountability Bureau (NAB) office in Shara-e-Gulistan area of Quetta.

Police foiled the plan to blow up a railway track in Mangoli area of Dera Murad Jamali city in Naseerabad District. The Police recovered 40 kilogrammes of explosives and foiled the attack.

Two NATO oil tankers carrying fuel for the NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan were set on fire and a driver injured while on their way from Karachi to Kandahar by unidentified militants near Qamabari bridge area of Dhadar in Bolan District.

The Pakistan Sports Board Deputy Director General and a former Olympian Syed Abrar Hussain Shah was shot dead near Nawab Nauroz Khan Stadium in Quetta.

Unidentified terrorists blew up a 16-inch diameter gas pipeline in Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti District, suspending gas supply to the gas purification plant in Sui. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Two NATO oil tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan were on their way from Karachi to Kandahar when armed militants set them on fire near Nautal area of Dera Murad Jamali in Naseerabad District.

The driver of a NATO oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan was going to Kandahar (Afghanistan) from Karachi (Sindh) was killed when unidentified militants opened fire on the tanker in Akhtarabad area of Quetta.

Unidentified militants blew up two gas pipelines of 16-inch and 8-inch diameter each near Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti District, disrupting gas supply to the purification plant.

Quetta Police arrested five Afghan nationals who crossed into Pakistan from Chaman town in Qilla Abdullah District at Balaili check post without possessing legal travelling documents.

Three persons, including two children, were killed and 17 others, including five FC personnel, sustained injuries in a remote-controlled bomb blast in Bismillah Chowk in Panjgur in Balochistan. Lashkar-e-Balochistan claimed responsibility for the attack.

Unidentified armed militants killed the driver of a NATO oil tanker carrying fuel for the NATO forces from Karachi (Sindh) to Kandahar in Afghanistan near Mian Ghundi area in the suburb of Quetta.

A senior Police official and a constable were injured in a remote control bomb attack on the Shaheed Shaukat Ali Police check post in Dera Murad Jamali town of Naseerabad District.

A man, identified as Naeem, was killed and eight others sustained injuries in a car bomb blast on Saryab Road near Degree College in Quetta.

Three Shia people were killed and nine others got injured when four armed militants fired at a bus carrying Shia pilgrims to Iran in Akhtarabad area of Quetta.

Three persons were killed and four others sustained injuries when unidentified assailants hurled a hand grenade at Juma Khan's drug den in Pirangabad area of Mastung District. The victims were identified as Ghulam Farooq, Mohammad Akbar, and Saifullah, while the injured were identified as Nasir Ahmed, Jalil Ahmed, Nazir Ahmed and Mir Ahmed.

Two persons, including one driver Altaf Shah and one cleaner Adil Shah of a NATO oil tanker, were shot dead by unidentified militants while carrying fuel for the NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan in Dhaddar area of Bolan District.

A bullet-riddled dead body of a Baloch Student Organisation-Azad (BSO-A) leader Shafi Baloch was found near Mach area. Shafi was abducted on June 18, 2011 from the Lakpass area of Mastung District.

Mir Rustam Marri, a social activist and a former BNP District President, was shot dead in Dera Allah Yar city of Jaffarabad District. Rafiq Khoso, a leader of BRP, said that it was a political murder and blamed the Government for extra-judicial killing of Baloch nationalist leader.

Unidentified militants blew up an 8-inch diameter gas pipeline near Loti gas field area in Dera Bugti District.

A vehicle of UNHCR was attacked by militants in Mastung, some 40 kilometres from Quetta. However, no one was injured. According to Police, a UNHCR coach, carrying Afghan refugees to Afghanistan from Karachi, came under attack when militants opened fire on it on National Highway near Mastung. Militants managed to escape from the scene after Police officials present with the UNHCR staff retaliated.

Law Enforcement Agencies arrested six Afghan Taliban militants from Shern Jogezai area of Qila Saifullah District. A large amount of weapons and explosive material had also been recovered from their possession.

Unidentified militants attacked a NATO container carrying fuel for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan while it was on its way to Kandahar from Karachi (Sindh) in Dasht area of Mastung District and critically injured the driver of the container, identified as Mustafa Shah.

Unidentified militants set a NATO oil tanker on fire in Lack Pass area of Mastung District.

Two NATO oil tankers carrying logistics for the NATO forces in Afghanistan were set ablaze by unidentified militants near Mach area of Bolan District.

FC troops arrested 108 Afghanistan nationals travelling by two buses to Karachi (Sindh) from Quetta.

Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said that Pakistan has told the United States to leave "drone" airbase in Shamsi of Balochistan. "We have told them (the US officials) to leave the Shamsi airbase," said the Minister while talking to journalists at his office. He said the trust between the US and Pakistan had reduced to a great extent after the May 2 incident.

Human rights violations in Balochistan are getting worse as militants and Security Forces target civilians, while authorities seem unwilling to rein in lawlessness, according to a report released on June 29 by the HRCP. The HRCP said in its report that lawlessness in the province had proliferated at an alarming rate with a growing number of targeted killings, kidnappings, enforced disappearances and attacks on religious minorities. Zohra Yusuf, HRCP chairwoman, said at least 140 mutilated bodies of people gone missing had been found in the past year. "A very dangerous trend has emerged that those who disappeared were now found dead on roadsides. The bodies have torture marks," she said in Islamabad.

A dead body of a man, identified as Muhammad Ismail Mirwani, was found in Surab area of Kalat District.

The judicial tribunal on the May 17, 2011 Kharotabad incident of Quetta found Colonel Faisal Shahzad of FC, former Quetta Police chief Daud Junejo and other FC and Police personnel guilty of killing five foreigners and recommended legal action against them.

The report said that FC and Police exceeded their powers in taking action against the four Russian and one Tajik national. The tribunal, however, said that the foreigners were well-trained terrorists and had entered Pakistan illegally. Videos presented before the tribunal confirmed that the foreigners had received terrorism training. But, the report said the five foreigners were unarmed, had no suicide jackets and had no plan to attack Police and FC when they were killed. They could have been arrested, the report said.

The dead body of a missing Baloch person, identified as Mir Ghaffar Lango, was found near Lakbado area of Gadani in Quetta. According to reports, Lango had been abducted on January 12, 2010 and his family has been protesting in Quetta, Islamabad and Karachi putting the blame on security agencies for his killing.

A man was killed in a landmine explosion in Yaro area of Dera Bugti District.

A Swiss couple, coming from Dera Ghazi Khan District in Punjab towards Quetta, was abducted from Killi Nigah area in Loralai District.

Two bullet-riddled dead bodies, including one of an activist of the BNF, Zubair Baloch and another Hafiz Baloch, were found from Surab area in Kech District. According to Police reports, the victims had been abducted a few months ago. Voice for Baloch Missing Persons Chairman, Nasrullah Baloch said that as many as 164 dead bodies of Baloch political opponents had been found during the past 10 months. He accused the SFs and Intelligence Agencies of killing the political activists.

Unidentified militants shot dead one Syed Mohammed Notezai at Faisal Colony in Dalbandin town of the provincial capital Quetta.

Another man, identified as Khalid Haji Hatim was abducted by SFs from a check post in Nalant area in Coastal Highway of Kech District.

Portion of the 8-inch diameter pipeline supplying gas to the purification plant in Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti District was blown up, suspending the supply to the purification plant.

At least five FC personnel were killed and six injured when their vehicle hit an IED in Tumpt Gozani area of Mand tehsil in Turbat District near the Iranian border. The BLF claimed responsibility for the attack.

The dead body of a former President of BSO-A, Hanif Baloch, was found near Chakli area of Pasni tehsil in Gwadar District. Hanif Baloch was abducted from the industrial town of Hub on July 5.

Two bullet-riddled daed bodies, identified as that of Azam Mehrab and Rahim, were recovered from Juzak in the outskirts of Turbat District.

Police found a dead body of one Qadir Ahmed from Khanak area of Khuzdar District.

Unidentified militants blew up a 16-inch diameter gas pipeline near the Pir Koh area of the Dera Bugti District.

A man, identified as Ali Hussain, was killed and another identified as Wali Dad, sustained injures in a landmine explosion near the Paila area in Dera Bugti District.

Unidentified militants blew up an 8-inch diameter gas pipeline in the Loti area of Dera Bugti District.

42 Afghan nationals were arrested for having no valid travel documents when stopped and checked by the Border Security Force in the outskirts of Quetta.

Unidentified assailants shot dead driver and set ablaze a container carrying military hardware for NATO forces in Dasht area of Mastung District in Balochistan.

Unidentified militants blew up a 16-inch diameter gas pipeline near Pir Koh area of the Dera Bugti District.

Three persons, belonging to Shia community, were shot dead while coming from Qambrani Road in Quetta. The victims were identified as Ashiq Hussain, Amjad Ali and Abdul Qayyum. No group has claimed responsibility for the killing. However, it is believed that it was an incident of sectarian killing.

Three armed assailants intercepted a passenger wagon bound for Quetta from Mongechar and killed three persons in Khad Kucha area of Mastung District.

Three people were killed by a rocket attack on oil tankers in the Rakhni area of the Barkhan District.

A driver and his helper were killed when unidentified militants opened fire at a NATO container coming from Afghanistan to Karachi in Sindh in the Eastern Bypass in Quetta.

A Police constable, identified as Eid Mohammad, was shot dead and another, identified as Shahnawaz, sustained injures while patrolling on a motorbike near Bazaar in Mastung District.

Bolan Express, a Quetta-bound passenger train coming from Karachi (Sindh), was attacked with a remote-controlled bomb in Lal Shah area of Dera Murad Jamali city in Naseerabad District. The bomb explosion derailed five bogies and injured the driver, Hakim Ali.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani reiterated his offer of dialogue to exiled Baloch nationalist leaders and said that negotiations are the only way to resolve issues. "We are ready to hold talks with Baloch leaders living abroad to resolve all issues of Balochistan," he said. He said the PPP Government pursued the policy of reconciliation to end the politics of confrontation and tried to solve problems through dialogue. But he made it clear that the policy of reconciliation should not be taken as a sign of government's weakness. Mr Gilani said his Government had fulfilled its promise of restoring the 1973 Constitution to its original shape by adopting the 18th and 19th amendments and giving autonomy to the provinces. He said Bangladesh was created because then East Pakistan had been denied provincial autonomy.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that Pakistan Government should immediately act to end the epidemic of killings of suspected Baloch militants and opposition activists by the military, Intelligence Agencies, and the paramilitary FC in the south western province of Balochistan. Across Balochistan, since January 2011, at least 150 people have been abducted and killed and their bodies abandoned - acts widely referred to as "kill and dump" operations, in which Pakistani SFs engaged in counterinsurgency operations may be responsible.

Armed militant outfits in Balochistan are responsible for killing many civilians and destroying private property. In the past several years, they have increasingly targeted non-Baloch civilians and their businesses, Police Stations, and major gas installations and infrastructure.

The Federal Cabinet decided to constitute a judicial commission under the supervision of a Supreme Court judge to probe the August 26, 2006 murder of Baloch Nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti. The commission, however, was promptly rejected by Bugti's eldest son Nawabzada Jamil Bugti who said he had no expectations from the incumbent Government.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that foreign forces and hostile Security Agencies are involved in creating a law and order situation in Balochistan. The Interior Minister claimed that the situation in Balochistan vis-à-vis terrorism was "comparably better than in other provinces." Over the past three years, 134 Punjabi-speaking people have been killed while another 45 have been killed in sectarian violence, Malik said. While ruling out involvement of SFs and Intelligence Agencies, the Minister said that 116 bullet-riddled bodies have been recovered in the last two years. Regarding allegations of harassment by the FC and coast guards personnel, Malik said that the Government abolished 35 FC check posts and curtailed the powers of the coast guards. "The FC will be removed once recruitment in provincial forces, including the Police, is completed," he said.

At least four persons were killed and nine others injured in a blast in Chaman town of Qilla Abdullah District. The cause of the blast has yet to be determined.

Unidentified militants blew up an 8-inch diameter gas pipeline in Dera Bugti District.

At least 15 militants and eight SFs personnel and were killed during clashes in Chamalang area of Kohlu District in Balochistan. 12 SFs personnel were injured in the clashes while two 'commanders' were reported to be among the dead militants. A FC spokesman said that the BLA militants had carried out the attack.

Unidentified militants blew up a 6-inch diameter gas pipeline in Bugti Colony of Sui area in Dera Bugti District. As a result of the explosion, gas supply from well number 69 to the plant was suspended.

Balochistan National Party - Mengal (BNP-M) chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal said that the Government is neither strong enough nor serious to resolve the Balochistan issue. Speaking at a public meeting at the Shahwani stadium in Quetta by telephone from Dubai said that announcement of packages, formation of jirgas and committees were aimed at deceiving the Baloch people. He said that so far 160 bullet-riddled bodies of Baloch youth had been found in different parts of the province and hundreds of political activists had been put behind bars.

Police recovered four dead bodies of Baloch missing persons, including a member of BSO-Azad, in Quetta. Police, on a tip-off, found three corpses dumped in separate sacks in Jabal-e-Noor area in the outskirts of the provincial capital. They were identified as Maqsood Qalandarani s/o Sher Mohammad, Ghulam Murtaza s/o Haleem and Nasir Badini.

Police recovered another dead body from an area near Qambrani Road in Quetta.

An official of the FC, identified as Karim Bakhsh, was injured in a remote control explosion on a FC check post in Mir Hasan area in Dera Murad Jamali.

Unidentified assailants threw a hand grenade into a house in Khuzdar. However, no casualties were reported in the grenade attack.

Unidentified militants shot dead an Afghan refugee, identified as Spen Khan, in an Afghan refugee camp set up in the Muslim Bagh tehsil of Qila Saifullah District.

Armed militants of BLA abducted five men, who were heading to work at Sorange coal mine, located around 40 kilometres east of Quetta. Basham Baloch, a spokesman of BLA, claimed responsibility for the abduction. He said the men were abducted to force the Government to stop mining.

Police neutralised an explosive device weighing seven kilogrammes placed in the Turbat Bazaar of Turbat District. Local Police said that on a tip off a Police party along with the BDS neutralised a bomb weighing seven kilograms in the crowded market.

A former Union Council nazim and the leader of PML-N, Saleem Jadoon, was shot dead by armed militants near his office on Patel Road in Quetta.

An Afghan security commander was killed in firing in Saranan area in Pishin District. According to some sources, TTP had claimed responsibility for the killing of the Afghan security official.

Four persons, including two OGDCL officials and two FC personnel, were killed and three others sustained injuries in a remote-controlled bomb blast near Dera Allah Yar Bypass in Jaffarabad District. The victims were identified as OGDCL engineer Shafiqur Rehman, OGDCL driver Mohammad Nawaz and FC personnel Amjad Ali and Khuda Bux. The injured were identified as Kamran Siddiq, field officer, Mohammad Bambal, a rickshaw driver, and Syed Mohammad Rasul, a truck driver.

BRA claimed responsibility for the attack and vowed to continue such attacks in future also.

A senior leader of the BNP, Jumma Khan Raisani, and three others were shot dead in Gizigi area of Khuzdar District of Balochistan. According to Police, Jumma Raisani was on his way back home after offering Friday prayers when unidentified assailants opened fire on his vehicle. As a result, Jumma and his three guards Muhammad Ishaq, Muhammad Zareef and Muhammad Bakhsh died on the spot. Baloch-Musala Defa Army has claimed the responsibility for the killings. Its spokesman, who introduced himself as Mir Jang Baloch, said that his organisation carried out this attack and warned that such attacks would continue in the future.

Five labourers of Punjabi ethnicity were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Kisankuri area of Naushki town in Naushki District in suspected incident of ethnic killing. Sources said that the labourers were taking their mid-day meal at a construction site for a mosque in Kisankuri, about 15 kilometres from Naushki city, when assailants on motorbikes opened fire on them, killing all five on the spot. The deceased were identified as Mohammad Ashfaq, a resident of Ranajpur, Ghulam Hussain, a resident of Dera Ghazi Khan, Munir Hussain, Mohammad Zahid and Habibullah of Rajanpur.

Two persons were killed and two others injured when a bomb planted alongside a railway track on the outskirts of Quetta went off.

A bullet-riddled dead body of a teacher, identified as master Saleem, was found in Guna area of Turbat District. According to the Turbat Police, victim received two bullets in his head and chest which had resulted in his instant death. He was whisked away along with his friend from the same locality of Turbat some ten days ago, sources added.

Two suspected militants were killed in a clash with SFs near Sanjavi area of Loralai District. SFs arrested a third militant who was injured in the shootout and seized arms and ammunition. The clash ensued when the militants who were coming from Zhob District fired on the SF personnel.

A minor girl, identified as Bakht Bibi, was killed and one Tareen Ahmed was injured in a landmine explosion in Killi King area of Kohlu District.

An explosive device planted in the house of Haji Ajmal Khan Bugti, a former MPA at Dera Allah Yar in Jaffarabad District destroyed the building completely.

The provincial Government sought more time from the Balochistan High Court to contact the centre for former President General Pervez Musharraf's extradition and others accused of being involved in the August 26, 2006 murder of former Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Akbar Bugti. Additional Advocate General Balochistan Nasrullah Khan said the Balochistan Government will write a letter in this regard to the Federal Government before August 2. Deputy Attorney General Malik Sikandar Khan informed the court that the Federal Government is even ready to contact Interpol for issuing red [international] warrants for Musharraf but so far the provincial Government has not bothered to make any formal request. Others accused in the case include former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, former Governor Balochistan Owais Ahmed Ghani and former Chief Minister Jam Yousaf.

Arrest warrants were issued against former DCO Dera Bugti, Samad Lasi in the Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case.

A prayer leader of Jamia Albadar mosque, identified as Abdul Karim Mengal, was shot dead by unidentified militants in Pishin area of Quetta.

Unidentified militants blew up a 16-inch diameter gas pipeline in Goth Noor Khan area of Dera Allah Yar city of Jaffarabad District.

An oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan was on its way from Karachi in Sindh to Kandahar in Afghanistan when unknown armed militants opened fire on it near Takri Post area of Mach District.

LeJ militants killed at least seven people, including four Shias, waiting to travel to Mashhad in Iran, at Taftan bus terminal on Saryab Road. Claiming responsibility for the attack LeJ said it was done to avenge July 28 death of cleric Karim Mengal in Quetta. Reports state that it was a sectarian attack.

Two people, including one of the nephews of Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani, were killed while 39 others, among them eight officials of the Anti-Terrorism Force (ATF) and four Policemen, were wounded in a hand grenade attack in a football stadium in Mastung District. According to details, Akmal Raisani had come to the event with his father Nawabzada Siraj Raisani, the Chief Minister's younger brother, and was fatally hurt in the attack and later succumbed to his injuries. The other dead could not be identified. "Siraj Raisani was the target of the attack," said an official on the condition of anonymity.

A Quetta-bound passenger train, Bolan Mail, was on its way to Quetta from Karachi in Sindh when it came under attack near Marri Farm Tentaged village area in Dera Allah Yar town of Jaffarabad District. The bomb explosion derailed the locomotive and four carriages. However, no one was hurt in the attack. BRA claimed responsibility for the attack. "Such attacks will continue in future," the spokesperson of BRA said over the telephone.

The Pakistan Government should immediately end widespread disappearances of suspected militants and activists by the military, Intelligence Agencies, and the paramilitary Frontier Corps in Balochistan, HRW said in a report released. Several of those "disappeared" were among the dozens of people extra-judicially executed in recent months in the resource-rich and violence-wracked province. The report states that there is increasing evidence to suggest that many of the "disappeared" have been extra-judicially executed while in Government custody. Human Rights Watch has recently reported on the killing of at least 150 people across Balochistan since January in acts widely referred to as "kill and dump" operations for which Pakistani Security Forces may be responsible.

Unidentified militants opened fire on people at a bus stop on Spiny road in Quetta killing 11 people and injuring several others.

Two bullet-riddled bodies were found from Liari area of Uthal city of Lasbela District. The identities of the bodies were established through pieces of paper recovered from each body, identifying them as Sahrbat, son of Ahmed Khan Marri and Zaman, son of Bangal Marri, both residents of Vindar, a town in Lasbela. Sources at the hospital confirmed that the victims had been tortured and then shot to death.

A man, identified as Naeem, was killed and nine others were injured in a hand grenade attack in a hotel on main RCD Highway in Hub area of Quetta. "Unidentified assailants came on a motorcycle and lobbed a hand grenade on the people who were taking their lunch at a roadside restaurant," a senior Police official Muhammad Amin Khosa said. BLA claimed responsibility for the attack. The spokesperson of BLA, Azad Baloch, said that his organisation carried the blast in Hub and such attacks would continue in the future.

At least two persons were killed while another was injured in a bomb blast that took place in Sariab area Quetta.

A driver of a NATO oil tanker, identified as Sher Gul, was killed by unidentified militants in Dasht area of Mastung District while the tanker was on its way from Karachi in Sindh to Kandahar in Afghanistan.

Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani advised the Baloch militants to hold talks with the political leaders, preferably with the Provincial Government, for settling the political and other issues. Kayani categorically denied the involvement of Pakistan Army and its Intelligence Agencies in killing and dumping of mutilated bodies, which are being recovered from different parts of Balochistan.

LEAs arrested about 50 suspects during a search operation in Killi Kamalo and Killi Qambrani areas of Saryab in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

A NATO oil tanker was set on fire by unidentified assailants in Tera Mill of Dasht in Mastung District while it was on its way from Karachi in Sindh to Kandahar in Afghanistan.

One man, identified as Zaheeruddin, was killed by a bullet fired from unknown location in Airport area in Quetta.

Law Enforcement personnel arrested a suspected person, identified as Ghulam Rasool, from Killi Baro of Sariab area and recovered a Kalashnikov from his possession.

Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani denied the media reports about the existence of Quetta Shura or presence of Mullah Omar or Ayman Al Zawahiri in Balochistan. Talking to the US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter at the Chief Minister's Secretariat in Quetta, he said that Pakistan's role was inevitable in maintenance of peace and stability in the region. The chief minister dispelled the impression that Mullah Omar or Al Zawahiri was hiding somewhere in Balochistan, or that Quetta Shura operating in the province.

Border officials arrested a suspected Indian citizen who crossed into Pakistan from Afghanistan without legal documents. Sources said the man entered Pakistan from Bab-i-Dosti border entrance and wanted to go to Chaman town in Qilla Abdullah District of Balochistan Province. The man belongs to Amritsar District of the state of Punjab in India and is suspected to be an Indian spy who had entered Pakistan for espionage.

The SHO of New Saryab Police Station, a constable and driver were shot dead in Killi Shahnawaz area of Saryab in Quetta. According to the Police, SHO Manzoor Tareen was returning home from Police Station for Iftari in a Police van when unidentified assailants on a motorcycle opened fire at him in Killi Shahnawaz. The constable was identified as Usman and the driver as Altaf.

Two persons of Punjabi ethnicity were shot dead in a suspected incident of ethnic killing in Bullo Road area of Mand, a township bordering Iran, Kech District. One of the victims was identified as Zahir Iqbal, a resident of Mandi Bahauddin.

Four people, including to two Bugti tribesmen, were killed in a gun battle between two groups in the Eastern Bypass area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. The victims were identified as Haji Nehal Khan Bugti and his son Sadullah Bugti, Abdul Hameed Jatoi and Abid Khan Gajani.

A passenger van was intercepted near Chaman town in Qilla Abdullah District and 15 people belonging to the Suleman tribe were abducted by armed militants.

Police launched a search operation in Killi Bangulzai, Killi Shanawaz and Killi Qambrani areas of Quetta in response to the August 7 killing of the three Police personnel including SHO Manzoor Tareen and arrested 159 suspects. The Sayedna Khalid-bin-Waleed group (SKW) claimed responsibility for the August 7 attack. Its spokesman, Umer Abdullah said that Manzoor Tareen was killed for raiding houses and providing security to NATO oil tankers. He said that anybody involved in these activities would die like the SHO.

A bullet-riddled dead body of Amir Khan Marri who was abducted from Lasbela District was found in the industrial town of Hub in Quetta.

Two FC personnel were injured in a remote-controlled blast in Turbat District. "The Frontier Crops vehicle was going to the FC Camp when they came under attack," Turbat Station House Officer Imam Bakhsh said, adding that the explosive device was planted on the roadside on the main road near the Post Office.

Two bullet-riddled dead bodies of construction workers were found in Dashti Bazaar area of Turbat District. The victims were identified as Ghulam Yasin and Abdul Razzaq.

Two Police constables, identified as Sher Ali and Murad Ali were shot dead and another Shahid Nadeem sustained serious bullet injuries in firing incident on Smungali Road of the provincial capital Quetta.

A schoolteacher identified as Abdul Karim was shot dead by unidentified armed militants in Kechi Baig area of Saryab Road in Quetta.

FC personnel escaped a remote controlled bomb explosion in Thaleemi Chowk area in Turbat District. According to the Police, a remote control device was planted on a roadside. When FC's vehicle passed through the area, the device exploded. However, no casualties were reported.

Police arrested three suspects who shot injured two persons in Zhob District. The Police recovered two hand grenade and arms from their possession.

An army man was killed and three others were injured when five rockets fired from nearby mountains landed in Quetta Cantonment in the Nawan Killi area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. Mirak Baloch, the spokesman for the BLA, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Unidentified assailants abducted a Para Medical Association (PMA) official, Finance Secretary Khuda Bakhsh Lehri, from Kalat of Balochistan.

Police and Frontier Corps (FC) raided the houses of Nawabzada Jamil Bugti, eldest son of Nawab Bugti, and Humayun Marri in Bugti Bolak, a suburb of Quetta, claiming to have recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition. The Police, backed by FC, carried out the raid early in the morning at the residence of Jamil Bugti and the adjoining house of Humayun Marri. According to Police sources, 133 remote control devices, 100 rifles of 12 bore, two LMGs, one SMG, three hand grenades and 4000 rounds were recovered during the search at the residence of Humayun Marri, the son in-law of the late Nawab Akbar Bugti.

A blast at a hotel on the National Highway close to Dera Allah Yar town in Jaffarabad District of Balochistan killed 15 persons and injured 23 others. A bomb that was attached to a timer ripped through a two-story hotel, reducing the building to rubble, said Jaffarabad District Police Officer Javed Gharsheen. A little-known organisation, Baloch Liberation Tiger (BLT), claimed the responsibility for the blast. A BLT spokesman, who introduced himself as Miran Baloch, phoned local office of a news agency and said it was a remote-controlled blast and members of his organisation had planted the bomb inside the hotel. He said his organisation will target those people who participate in the celebrations of Independence Day of Pakistan.

Unidentified assailants shot dead two labourers in Sakran area, some 10 kilometres off Hub town, of Lasbela District.

A senior journalist and member of the Khuzdar Press Club, Munir Ahmed Shakir, was shot dead by unidentified assailants on the Hospital Road in Khuzdar town of Khuzdar District.

Two children were injured in an explosion at a bus-terminal in Mastung town. Unidentified assailants placed an explosive material at bus-terminal which exploded, Police said, adding that as a result two children were injured.

Two dead bodies were recovered from Zarrgau area in the outskirts of Quetta. The dead were identified as Abdul Hameed, and Athar Gul. According to Police officials, both of them were killed by the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF). However, no group has claimed responsibility for the killings so far.

Unidentified armed militants attacked a Police check post on Pat Feeder Canal and injured a Police constable, identified as Muhammad Rafiq, in Dera Murad Jamali town of Naseerabad District.

The power shortfall in Balochistan reached 1000 megawatts after unidentified armed militants blew up two power pylons of the 220KV Uch-Sibi double circuit transmission line. The culprits attached explosive devices to the power pylons, which exploded, destroying both power pillions near Sibi District.

The trend of violence against Punjabis and other non-Baloch people in Balochistan has forced many of them to flee the region, a Pakistani media report said. The disturbing trend of ethnic and sectarian violence in Balochistan also shows that the separatists and criminal outfits are also taking advantage of the unrest to mint money. Although the state media and private television channels have mostly ignored the serious situation in Balochistan where separatists have even threatened schools from having the national anthem sung in their assemblies reports say the province is in a crisis situation. While the government has been focusing on violence in Pakistan's biggest city of Karachi, the trend of violence against "Punjabis" and other non-Baloch people in the province has forced many of them to flee the province.

A Pakistani newspaper accused India of covertly helping Baloch nationalists and urged the Government to carry out a diplomatic campaign against New Delhi. "Not content with misusing its consulates in Afghanistan against Pakistan, India is bankrolling Baloch nationalists abroad, keeping alive a movement which needs government action to stop it from spreading," The Nation said in an editorial. It added that Baloch nationalists had shifted to London, operating there out of a flat where a prominent Baloch leader lived in self-imposed exile.

A Police officer and four other people were killed in different incidents of firing in Quetta and Mastung Districts. One ASI Abdul Majeed was shot dead by unidentified militants in the Ghousabad area of Quetta.

A man, identified as Zahoor Ahmed, was shot dead on the Arbab Ghulam Ali road.

Elsewhere in the District, a Government employee, Karim Bakhsh, was killed in the Sariab road area.

One Abdul Nabi was killed when some unidentified assailants opened fire on a van in Mastung District.

SFs defused explosives found planted on a railway track in Dera Murad Jamali town of Naseerabad District. "Police found and defused explosives planted by unidentified militants on a railway track," a Police official said.

Former Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Humayun Marri said that the SFs, backed by the Police, had planted arms and ammunition at his farmhouse as a part of bigger plot to kill him. "Security personnel raided my residence twice on August 13 and 15 to find a pretext to kill me in a fake encounter if I was present at my Mian Ghundi residence," Humayun Marri, the son-in-law of Nawab Akbar Bugti and nephew of Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri said.

A Policeman, identified as Arz Khan, was injured in a firing incident in the Cattle Farm area of Jaffarabad District. According to Police, unidentified armed militants opened fire at a Police check post, situated in Cattle Farm, injuring a Policeman.

Unidentified armed militants set ablaze a NATO container in Mian Ghundi area of Quetta, while it was returning from Kandahar in Afghanistan to Karachi in Sindh. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.

Four bullet-riddled dead bodies were found in Ganji Dohri area in Mastung District. The victims were identified as Tariq, Mehmood, Hamid Nasir and Abdul Latif, belonging to the Bangulzai tribe.

Hamid Nasir and Abdul Latif were abducted on August 8, 2011 and their bodies were found from Kush Cut area. Mehmood and Tariq were abducted on August 16, 2011, and their dead bodies were found in Ganji Dohri area. Sources said that Tariq was the worker of the BSO-Azad. Meanwhile, Voice for Baloch Missing Persons Chairman Nasrullah Baloch said that more than 190 bullet-riddled dead bodies were found during the last 11 months.

Three people belonging to Pakistan's Punjab province were killed in Splinji area of Mastung District. According to the Balochistan Levies, the people were travelling by a pickup from Sargodha to Quetta when some unidentified armed militants intercepted the van near Splinji area on and shot them dead. The victims were identified as driver Muhammad Sarwar, cleaner Muhammad Ashraf and another Kamran. They were residents of Panwan village of Nankana Sahib District in Punjab.

Prayer leader and son of former Provincial Minister of JUI-F Hafiz Hussain Ahmed Sharudi was shot dead on Abdul Sattar Road in Quetta, while he was on his way to the Al Habib mosque.

BNP-M leader Abdul Nabi Mengal, who was allegedly abducted on Aug 11, 2011 from Hub town of Lasbela District was killed. BNP-M Information Secretary Agha Hassan Baloch claimed that the Intelligence Agency officials had abducted Abdul Nabi Mengal, along with Din Mohammad and Abdul Ghafoor Mengal.

Two more bullet-riddled dead bodies of Baloch missing persons, including an activist of the BNM, were found on the Coastal Highway near Chakli area in the costal township of Pansi in Gwadar District. The victims were identified as BNM activist Sajid Baloch and Khalid Baloch. According to sources Khalid was abducted by armed militants when he was travelling in a passenger coach in June 21, 2011. Khalid's relatives blamed the SFs for his abducting and subsequently killing him. Sajid was allegedly abducted by SF personnel from Jewani area on March 6, 2011.

At least five NATO oil tankers were set ablaze by unidentified armed militants in Tera Mill area of Dasht tehsil in Mastung District while on their way for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan. However, no casualty was reported in the attack.

Unidentified militants blew up an 18-inch diameter gas pipeline near Malgzar area in Jaffarabad District, disrupting the gas supply to nearby townships and interior Sindh.

Four persons were injured in a roadside landmine blast in Kohlu in Balochistan. According to sources, unidentified persons had planted the landmine on a roadside. The victims were identified as Fazil Khan, Nubat Khan, Farooq and Ghulam Rasool.

The dead bodies of two missing persons, identified as Asif Baloch and Abubakar Baloch, were found near the Sohrab area of Kech District. Asif Baloch was the nephew of the slain BNF leader Ghulam Mohammad Baloch and was abducted on May 28, 2011, from Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. Abubakar Baloch was abducted from Gwadar District on August 3, 2011.

Unidentified militants opened fire on 19 NATO oil tankers near the Dasht area of Mastung District. Around 40 NATO oil tankers were parked near a fuel station close to a Police check post on the National Highway, when a group of armed militants on motorbikes opened indiscriminate fire on the tankers. However, no casualties were reported.

Police recovered a dead body in Jamali Bypass area of Dera Allah Yar city in Jaffarabad District. The identity of the body was established from a slip which was found in the pocket. The body was identified as that of Bahgia Khan Bugti.

At least three people were killed and three others sustained injuries in an incident of firing in Kangri area of Musakhel District. According to the Balochistan Levies, the three persons came from adjoining area for hunting purpose when the unidentified armed militants opened fire on them, killing them on the spot. The victims were identified as Sajad Khosa, Nadeem Khosa and Saeed Khosa and belonged to the Dera Ghazi Khan District in Punjab Province.

Two people were shot dead and four others injured when unknown armed militants opened fire on a bakery in Quetta. The assailants barged into a bakery near Chaman Housing Scheme and opened fire on bakers inside killing two people. The dead were identified as Saleem from Punjab and Sajjid from Sindh while injured were identified as Mansoor Ali, Asif, Shahid and Sajjad.

Balochistan FC IG Major General Ubaidullah Khan categorically rejected the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report regarding the enforced disappearances in Balochistan and said it was an attempt to encourage terrorists and at the same time discourage law enforcement agencies. Khan said that that HRW report was partial, portraying one side of the picture. He regretted that there were a lot of loopholes in the Law of Evidence that in fact benefited the culprits. Apart from that, he pointed out, that the militant organisations like the BLA or the BLF had been recognising the services of all those, whose decomposed bodies were found with them. In addition, he claimed that the law and order situation had improved in majority of the areas of the province, particularly in the restive area of Kohlu. The IG said that 80 incidents of attacks on gas installations had been reported in February 2010 only, while in June the attacks had come down to just eight. He said that around 900 civilians had been killed, while over 200 personnel of SFs were martyred in terrorist attacks and bomb blasts in the province in the past years. The HRW in its recent report accused SFs, including the intelligence agencies, of their involvement in the enforced disappearances and killings of Balochis before throwing their dead bodies in the streets and deserted places.

A man was killed and 13 people were injured, when a bomb placed by unidentified militants at the Seerat chowk went off in the industrial town of Hub in Quetta.

A bullet-riddled dead body of a Baloch missing person, identified as Rahim Buleidaai, was found at Gockdan area near Mirani Dam of Turbat city in Turbat District. Rahim Buleidai was abducted by armed militants from Turbat on August 14, 2011.

Three people were killed and eight others injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on two buses in different parts of Balochistan. Two passengers died and six others, including two women and two children, suffered injuries in the attack on a bus in Dera Allahyar town of Jaffarabad District. The bus was going to Sukkur from Quetta. In the other attack that took place in Dera Murad Jamali town of Nasirabad District, a man was killed and two other people, including the bus driver, were injured. The Quetta-bound bus was coming from Sadiqabad in Punjab.

Two NATO oil tankers were set on fire by unidentified armed persons in Mithri area of Bolan District in Balochistan. According to the officials, the two oil tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan were on their way from Karachi to Kandahar when unidentified armed men on motorcycles intercepted the tankers and opened fire at them on the National Highway near Mithri. As a result, the tankers caught fire and were completely destroyed. The assailants managed to escape from the scene after committing the crime. No one had claimed responsibility for the attack until the filing of this report.

Three persons were killed and 19 others were injured in firing and rocket attacks on a passenger train in Mach area of Kachhi District in Balochistan. Quetta Express, a passenger train, was heading to Peshawar from Quetta and had just crossed Irak Station near Mach in Kachhi District, popularly known as Bolan, when it came under attack, an official of the local administration said. BLA, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Two trucks laden with explosives and headed towards Harnai in Sibi District of Balochistan, were recovered by Border Military Police after the drivers failed to produce a licence to transport the material. The drivers, identified as Muhammad Sadiq, a resident of Chakwal, and Atta Rasool, a resident Khushab, were arrested under Explosives Act. They were assigned to carry the explosives to Harnai in Balochistan.

The Balochistan Levies Force recovered a bullet-riddled body from the Zehri are of Khuzdar District.

A suicide car bomb blast killed at least 11 Shia persons and injured 22 others celebrating Eidul Fitr in Quetta. The bomber was apparently targeting a Shiite mosque but could not get close enough because the road was blocked, said Quetta Police Chief Ahsan Mahboob.

Two persons, including a woman, were shot dead in separate incidents in Shah Nurani area of Khuzdar District of Balochistan. Wadh Assistant Commissioner Mir Nasir Merwani said that a woman was shot dead and her body was thrown in Shah Nurani area. The victims belonged to interior Sindh.

A man was shot dead on Saryab Road. According to details, unidentified armed men opened fire on Maula Bakhsh, killing him instantly.

A senior al Qaeda leader, Younis al-Mauritani, believed to have been responsible for planning attacks on the US, Europe and Australia was arrested on an unspecified date in Quetta of Balochistan. Younis al-Mauritani was picked up in the suburbs of Quetta along with two other high-ranking operatives of al Qaeda, said ISPR. Cooperation between the CIA and ISI led to the arrests by the paramilitary, ISPR said. "In an intelligence-driven operation by Inter-Services Intelligence in coordination with Frontier Corps Balochistan, a senior al Qaeda leader, Younis al-Mauritani, mainly responsible for planning and conduct of international operations, was nabbed," ISPR statement said. "Al-Mauritani was tasked personally by Osama bin Laden to focus on hitting targets of economical importance in United States of America, Europe and Australia," the ISPR added.

Senator Nawabzada Lashkari Raisani, former President of PPP, Balochistan, made a startling disclosure in Quetta that a prominent militant leader had approached him agreeing to end his militancy and join the mainstream politics within the framework of one Pakistan. The senator said that the militant leader had contacted him from a foreign country and expressed his readiness to join the mainstream politics by ending his campaign for greater Balochistan. He did not name the leader, forcing the journalists to guess about him. Lashkari Raisani was talking to newsmen at his Sarawan House, where he made the startling disclosure. When asked to name the leader who approached him, he replied, "The leader is in self-exile and is leading a militant group in Balochistan." "He did not impose any conditions or place any demand but expressed his willingness to join the peaceful political struggle within the framework of law and the constitution and now it is up to the rulers that how they treat this development," Raisani added.

At least 28 people were killed and over 60 injured in two suicide attacks targeting the residence of the DIG of FC Brigadier Farrukh Shehzad in Quetta. Earlier, it was reported that 15 persons were killed in the twin suicide car bomb blast. The attacks targeted and wounded DIG of Frontier Corps Brigadier Farrukh Shehzad whose force was involved in the arrest of Younis al Mauritani and two other al Qaeda operatives in Quetta in an operation announced on September 5. A woman, her three children and at least 11 troops from the FC and BC were among the dead, Police officer Hamid Shakil said. The TTP claimed responsibility for the twin attacks. "Our fidayeen (suicide bombers) have carried out this attack. It is revenge for the arrests of our brothers in Quetta," TTP spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location. "If they make more arrests then the reaction will be much more forceful," he warned.

Decomposed dead body of a BSO-Azad activist, Kaleemullah (19), with 14 bullet injuries was found at Naushki Road near Kushak area of Mastung District in Balochistan. Kaleemullah was an activist of BSO-Azad Mastung Zone, and nephew of Mohammad Aslam Baloch, a National Party leader. Sources said that he was abducted from Satellite Town on August 25.

Unidentified militants attacked a FC checkpost with a hand grenade in Turbat. According to sources, unidentified militants riding a motorcycle hurled a hand grenade at an FC checkpost and managed to escape. However, no casualty was reported in the attack.

National Party leader and former District nazim (mayor) Khair Jan Baloch escaped unhurt in a firing incident in Awaran. According to sources, Baloch was going with his family to Jaho from Awaran when unidentified assailants opened fire on his car. However, no casualty was reported in the attack.

HRCP Balochistan chapter expressed its serious concern over the increasing number of decomposed bodies of missing persons being recovered from different parts of Balochistan. HRCP Quetta chapter Chairman Tahir Hussain and Advocate Zahoor Shahwani, while addressing a news conference, said that situation was going from bad to worse in the province, as security personnel themselves were not secure from attacks. They said that most of the people did not come forward to record their statements out of fear. "The hoardings displayed in Hindu dominated areas of the province demanding security for members of the community reflect the state of lawlessness and prevailing sense of fear," they told the reporters. They said the number of mutilated dead bodies of missing persons was increasing with each passing day. "Around 188 decomposed dead bodies have so far been dumped in desolate places in different parts of Balochistan since June 4, 2010," they said, adding, "Most of the victims were political opponents, students and cream of the society." Quoting a report, they said that those lawyers who appeared before courts in connection with the cases of missing persons were also killed.

A bullet-riddled body of a missing person, identified as Abdul Ghafoor Rodini, was found in Zero Point area of Khuzdar District. Abdul Ghafoor Mengal went missing on August 11 from Industrial town of Hub. "Ghafoor was abducted along with two other people, including BNP activist Abdul Nabi Mengal," an official said, adding that the body of Nabi Mengal was found on August 18 near Hub town.

Three oil tankers were gutted in firing by unidentified militants on Quetta-Taftan National Highway under Sadar Levies Thana in Mastung District.

The LeJ militants shot dead 29 Shia pilgrims travelling to Taftan, a town that shares border with Iran, in two consecutive attacks in Ganjidori area of Mastung District and Quetta city of Balochistan. Militants ordered pilgrims off their bus, lined them up and opened indiscriminate fire on them in Ganjidori area. An hour after the first attack, unidentified gunmen killed another three Shias on the outskirts of Quetta whom Police said were relatives of victims of the first incident en route to collect their bodies. Claiming for the attack, LeJ spokesperson, who introduced himself as Ali Sher Haideri, said his outfit will continue to target people from Shia community.

A Balochistan Constabulary official was shot dead by unidentified militants in Chaman Pattak area of the provincial capital, Quetta. According to Police, Constable Muzafar Hussain Shah, while on routine duty outside the anti-corruption office in Jogezai Street near Chaman Pattak, was shot dead by unidentified militants on a motorcycle.

Three people from the Hazara community were killed and three others, including a child, sustained injuries when a passenger van was attacked by unidentified assailants on Sibi Road in Sayrab area of the provincial capital of Balochistan, Quetta. According to New Saryab Police, a passenger van was on its way to Mach, a coalmine field, from Quetta when it was stopped by assailants armed with Kalashnikovs. They forced the passengers out of the van and shot dead three Shias. The victims were coalmine workers and residents of Hazara Town.

A vehicle of FC survived a bomb blast unscathed in the Mian Gundi localities of Saryab area. According to FC spokesman Murtaza Baig, the remote control device was planted on the roadside, which went off when the FC vehicle passed by.

A 12-year-old Afghan boy was caught red-handed while planting a bomb inside an Imambargah Nichari by people in the Alamdar Road area in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. The boy, who was identified as Abdul Khaliq, told Police during initial interrogation that Aslam, alias Zubir, had handed over the bomb to him for planting it inside the Imambargah. Police arrested Aslam from the Hazar-Gangi area along with 19 other suspects. A huge quantity of explosives, weapons of different calibres and grenades were recovered from the possession of suspects.

At least 11 personnel of FC were injured in an explosion near FC check post in Dera Bugti District.

Unidentified militants blew up a 16-inch diameter gas pipeline near Pir Koh disrupting gas supply from wells to purification plant.

Three NATO oil tankers and a container were set ablaze by unidentified militants in Dhast area of Mastung District.

Two employees of oil and Gas Company, including an official Jameel Hussain and Ijaz Ali, and a trooper were killed as Baloch militants opened indiscriminate fire on the place where employees were engaged in exploring oil and gas at Sharag in Harnai District. Five others sustained bullet wounds in the shooting incident.

Advocate Abdul Salam, former President of the BNP in Khuzdar District was shot dead and his daughter sustained injures near the Government Model High School at Khuzdar.

An official of BDS was killed when a bomb attached to the NATO container exploded in Chaman town of Qilla Abdullah District.

Three persons including two SF personnel were shot dead in Kalat District.

At least six people were injured in an attack by militants on Quetta Express passenger train in Jaffarabad District.

The Balochistan Union of Journalists staged a demonstration outside the Quetta Press Club to protest threats to media persons from militants and other pressure groups.

A schoolteacher, identified as Rehmatullah, was shot dead and a passer-by woman was injured in Khuzdar District.

A militant, identified as Noko, was shot dead and his two accomplices were arrested during an exchange of fire with Levies personnel who were on a routine patrol in Awaran District.

At least 12 people of Hazara community were killed and seven seriously injured after unknown militants fired indiscriminately at a bus in Akhtarabad area of Quetta in Balochistan. The death toll of the sectarian attack on the Hazara community rose to 14.

Unknown armed militants set ablaze an oil tanker near Bolan District.

Militants on a motorbike opened fire at officials of the traffic Police on Joint Road killing two Police officials and two passers-by.

Two unidentified persons were killed and another sustained injuries in a landmine explosion at Pehlawagh area in Dera Bugti District.

Two bullet-riddled dead bodies of Baloch missing persons, identified as Arafat and Abdul Karim, were found in Murghab area of Turbat District.

Unidentified militants fired a rocket targeting Mand town in Turbat District.

A bomb exploded at a CD shop situated in Pir Sabaq area of Quetta damaging the building.

A Government officer was shot dead while his son sustained injuries on Kasi Road in Quetta.

The IG of Balochistan FC, Major General Obaidullah Khattak, stressed the need for clearing the provincial capital of illicit weapons and registering Afghan refugees and unregistered vehicles.

Four bullet-riddled dead bodies of Baloch missing persons, including that of an activist of Baloch Watan Movement (BWM), were found in Bhagbana tehsil of Khuzdar District, and Kulanch area of Pasni.

Unidentified armed militants shot dead two men in different incidents in Quetta.

A landmine placed near the tubewell of a tribal elder, Nawab Khan, exploded when a vehicle ran over it in Kohlu District killing one Juma Khan and injuring four children.

Two security personnel, identified as Qasim Khan and Dildar Ali, were injured seriously when their tractor trolley ran over a landmine in the Barkhan District.

Another security man, identified as Doctor Khan, was injured in a blast which took place in Dera Bugti District.

Unidentified armed militants set ablaze two NATO oil tankers on the National Highway near Bala Nari area of Bolan District.

Two men, identified as, Haji Akram Sajdi and Ali Zehri, have been missing from the province for the past three days.

Two more bullet-riddled dead bodies of Baloch Missing Persons, including that of a BNM official, were found from Arbab Complex area of Khuzdar District. As many as 204 bullet-riddled and mutilated bodies of missing persons have so far been found in different parts of Balochistan during the last 14 months.

Two people were killed when militants torched an oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan in the Dasht area of Mastung District. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but the TTP has in the past said it carried out similar attacks.

A division bench of the BHC sought the issuance of arrest warrants of former President Pervez Musharraf and other co-accused nominated in the August 26, 2006 murder case of the former Balochistan Governor Nawab Akbar Bugti.

Saranan Police arrested two suspects, identified as Pir Muhammad and Abdul Wahab, and recovered a NATO oil tanker from their possession in Qila Abdullah District.

Unknown armed militants abducted a former union council naib nazim, identified as Mehrab Muhammad Ali and his colleague, Muhammad Hassani from Surab Bazaar of Kalat District.

Three people were injured when armed militants attacked a convoy of NATO tankers in Mianghundi area near Quetta.

Pakistan Medical Association Balochistan President Mazar Baloch and his companion were shot and injured by assailants near Masjid Road in Quetta.

Provincial Minister and Chief of Jalawan, Sardar Sanaullah Zehri, managed to escape an explosion near Surab area while he was on his way to Khuzdar District from Kalat District. BLF claimed responsibility for the attack.

Unidentified armed militants set ablaze an oil tanker of a private company at Pringabad area of Mastung District.

SFs foiled an attack by defusing a landmine in Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti District.

An official of LEA, identified as Ansar Abbas, was killed in a landmine explosion in Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti District.

Unidentified armed militants set ablaze a container of a private company near Dasht in Mastung District injuring a driver, identified as Muhammad Irfan.

The advocate general submitted before a bench of the BHC a report of the CID which stated that an important clue had been found in the September 20, 2011 Mastung massacre, but said that details could not be disclosed because that would affect further investigation.

Levies Force recovered an unidentified dead body of a man from Dhadar area of Bolan District.

Four persons belonging to the Peace Force were injured in a remote control bomb attack in Sui area of the Dera Bugti District.

At least 13 commuters of a local factory were injured when their bus came under fire by assailants on Sakran Road in Hub Industrial area of Lasbela District.

Two LEA personnel were wounded in a hand grenade attack in the Margat coal mine in Mach area of Bolan District.

One NATO oil tanker carrying oil for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan was completely destroyed when it caught fire due to two explosions at Bakhtiarabad Oil Terminal in Bakhtiarabad area of Sibi District.

Two SF personnel, identified as Faraz and Muhammad Hussain, were shot dead by BLA militants in Karati Kach area of Chamalang in Loralai District.

A person, identified as Bahadur Khan, was killed and two others, Sher Khan and Hazar Khan sustained injuries in a landmine blast in Behkar area of Dera Bugti District.

Unidentified militants attacked a convoy and a camp of SFs with rockets in coalmine fields of Chamalang area in Loralai District and Margat in Mach area of Bolan District. In the first incident, four rockets were fired at the convoy of Frontier Corps in the Chamalang coalmine field, but these landed and exploded at an open place, causing no casualty. In the second attack, the assailants fired six rockets at a camp of the Frontier Corps personnel in the Margat coalmine field. However, none of the rockets hit the target.

Two bullet-riddled bodies were found in different areas of Balochistan. Sources said that local people informed police about the presence of a body in the industrial town of Hub in Lasbela District. The man was identified as Mohammad Usman Marri. Police said the deceased bore bullet marks on his head and chest. In addition, another body was recovered from Habib Nallah in Quetta city. The name of the deceased could not be ascertained.

A FC soldier was killed in a landmine explosion near Sorang coalmine field near Quetta. According to spokesperson of FC, Mohammad Ishaq, the FC man, was clearing a landmine near Sorang area when it exploded, killing him instantly. The banned outfit BLA has claimed responsibility for the killing. Its spokesman, who introduced himself as Merak Baloch, said his organisation.

A person was killed and four other arrested after an encounter between the personnel of FC and armed men in Mangoli area of Quetta, the provincial summer capital of Balochistan. Sources said that FC personnel raided a house in Mangoli they confronted armed men who started firing at them as a result of which Mohammad Ismael Bugti was killed while Qurban, Pir Jan, Abdul Latif and Nadir Shah were arrested. Weapons were also recovered from the site.

JUI-F Panjgur General Secretary Hafiz Ahtishamul Haq was shot dead in Kori Koran area of Panjgur District. Police sources said that unidentified armed militants opened fire at the JUI-F leader while he was standing outside his house.

Unidentified armed militants abducted the driver and the cleaner of an oil tanker carrying supply for NATO troops in Afghanistan from Karachi to Quetta near Mach area of Bolan District.

At least four persons including a commander of the pro-government Amn Force, identified as Nabi Daid, were killed and five others injured during a clash with the militants of BRA near Sui area of Dera Bugti District. A BRA spokesperson, who introduced himself as Sarbaz Baloch, said his organisation ambushed the vehicle of the force near Sui.

The Balochistan High Court ordered the Government to extradite former President Pervez Musharraf, former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and former Home Minister of Balochistan Shoaib Ahmed Nosherwani in the murder case of Nawab Akbar Bugti. The arrest warrants against them were issued earlier on October 29, 2011. Nawab Bugti was killed along with his 35 comrades in a military action on August 26, 2006 in the mountainous Bhamboor Range near Kohlu District and Dera Bugti District.

At least two personnel of Frontier Corps were killed and six others were injured when a convoy consisting of three vehicles while on its way to Tump area in Turbat District was hit by a remote-controlled device planted by unidentified militants.

Unidentified armed militants attacked a NATO container on its way to Afghanistan from Karachi and injured the driver at Bypass area of Chaman town in Qilla Abdullah District.

An electricity pylon was slightly damaged when an explosive device strapped to it exploded at Samungli Road in Quetta. The device was strapped to the pylon which shouldered a power transformer and was right opposite to the entrance of the Saddar Police Station and about 50 yards off a highly secured security check post manned by paramilitary troops.

Four bullet-riddled bodies were found in Windar Town of Lasbela District. Two of the dead were identified as Faraz and Umeed Ali. According to the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons, as many as 226 corpses of missing persons have been found from different parts of the province since June 4, 2010.

During the regular patrolling, Police recovered three bodies from Turbat and Khuzdar Districts. The bodies have been identified to be of Abdul Samad from Khuzdar District and Gohram and Ayam from Turbat District.

A man, identified as Naeem Jamali, was shot dead and two others were injured in an armed attack in Mastung District.

A schoolteacher and prayer leader, identified as Qari Yasin Abbasi, was shot at and injured in Kasi area of Quetta. Abbasi, a teacher in Islamia High School, was passing through the Ibrahim Street when gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at him.

CM Nawab Aslam Raisani while talking to a delegation of journalists at the CM Secretariat in Quetta said that an independent Balochistan is not a practical proposition and will lead to bloodbath in the province. "We have to find a way out within the ambit of Pakistan and the 1940 Lahore resolution," he said, Raisani added that the Government is ready to hold talks with Baloch leaders, but they continue to demand independence and refuse to budge. "But independence will come at the cost of bloodbath civil strife," he said, adding, "All rights of the people can be ascertained within the framework of one Pakistan".

Two Levies Force personnel were killed and four others injured in an armed attack on their checkpost in the coalmine area of Margat and Marwar in Bolan District of Balochistan.

A bullet-riddled body of a journalist, identified as Javed Naseer Rind, was found in Khuzdar. Javed Naseer Rind worked as a senior sub-editor in local newspaper in Mastung. According to doctors, the body had bullet wound in head and multiple marks of torture. Rind was abducted on September 10 near his resident in Mehmoodabad area of Hub Town in Lasbela District.

A person died when explosive materials that he was carrying went off near Hazara Town, a suburb of Quetta. According to a local police official, the man wanted to place the explosive material somewhere in Hazara Town, a township dominated by the Hazara community. "It was a failed suicide attack, the bomber was heading to Shia population area in Hazara town," Hamid Shakeel, a Senior Police Officer said.

A convoy of FC troops escaped a remote-controlled blast in Mian Ghundi on Sibbi Road on the outskirts of Quetta. However, no one was hurt in the blast as it took place a few minutes after the convoy had passed by.

The suspected terrorist who was killed while planting explosives near Hazara Town in Quetta on November 5, 2011 was identified as Pervez Ali, son of a local Shia leader Farhan Ali Haideri of the Jaffarabad District. In an attempt to conceal his identity, he had listed the name of his uncle Noor Hassan as his father on his identity card.

Two armed militants killed one Nasrullah in Mastung District. However, the Police reached the site and arrested the accused, identified as Ghulam Murtaza and Abdul Khaliq, after exchange of fire.

SFs foiled an attempt of terror by defusing a bomb planted beside the wall of the Bugti Colony of Sui in Dera Bugti District.

The LEA are trying to trace the militant outfit behind the suicide bomber, Pervez Ali, who tried to attack an Imambargah (Shia place of worship) in Hazara Town of Quetta on November 4, 2011 but blew himself up after failing to reach his target. The suicide bomber was identified by his father Farman Ali Haideri on November 8 in the morgue of Bolan Medical College Hospital "My son was kidnapped four months ago by unknown people," said the father.

A constable of the Levies Force, identified as Lal Mohammad, was shot dead near Goth Bachal in Gandawah area of Jhal Magsi District.

Two persons sustained injuries in a landmine explosion in the Loti area of Dera Bugti District.

A student of Balochistan Residential College Khuzdar and a Government contractor were abducted from Khuzdar District.

A woman and a teenage boy were injured in a remote controlled blast on a Police patrol near the Bakra Mandi area in Dera Murad Jamali city of Naseerabad District in Balochistan. Unknown militants attached an explosive device to a motorbike in the Bakra Mandi area.

Unidentified militants blew up three power-supplying towers with explosive materials in Kohlu District. United Baloch Army (UBA) spokesman Mizar Baloch, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Levis Force recovered three abductees during an encounter with the armed captors in Mach area of Bolan District. Armed militants had abducted them on gun point early on November 12, 2011.

Police found an unidentified tortured dead body in a graveyard of Khuchlak on the outskirt of Quetta.

Unidentified armed militants set ablaze a container carrying military hardware for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan near Dasht area of Mastung District. As result of firing, driver Abdul Majeed suffered bullet injuries.

A Frontier Corps vehicle escaped a remote-controlled blast in Arbab Complex area of Khuzdar District. No casualty was reported.

Two SF personnel were killed and three others were injured in a landmine blast in Janu Berri area of Dera Bugti District. According to the Levies sources, a vehicle of the SF was patrolling the area when it hit the landmine. Resultantly, two SFs were killed on the spot and three others were injured.

Two bullet-riddled dead bodies of missing persons were found from Kalag Kulanch area of Pasni in Gwadar District. The dead bodies were identified as Mula Abdul Khaliq 33, a resident of Palari area Jiwani tehsil (revenue unit) of Gwadar District and Zahid Hussain Dashti, a resident of Zarainn Bug area of Dasht in Mastung District.

Unidentified militants set three NATO containers carrying goods for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan on fire on Sibi Road in Dasht area of Mastung District. As a result, all the containers and cargo were destroyed. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.

At least 14 personnel of the Frontier Corps, including a Major, identified as Muhammad Amir Shahzad, were killed and 16 others got injured when their convoy was attacked by a group of BLA militants near a coalfield in Bahlol Basti and Kingari area of Musakhel District. The BLA claimed the responsibility for the attack and further claimed that BLA attackers also took away the arms of the Frontier Corps soldiers.

A prayer leader, identified as Maulana Fazizullah, was shot dead by unidentified armed militants near Moti Raam Road area in Quetta while returning home after evening prayers in Jamia Masjid.

Workers of a private oil and gas company, BGP, escaped unhurt in a landmine explosion in Pat Feeder area of Dera Bugti District.

Several shops were partially damaged in an explosion near Tariq Hospital area of Sariab Road in Quetta.

The Balochistan Levies recovered two unidentified dead bodies from the Aap Sar area of Turbat District.

Eighty Afghan nationals were arrested from Chaman town in Qilla Abdullah District for illegally entering Pakistan through the Babe Dosti gate of the Chaman border.

The two dead bodies that were recovered on November 23 from Aap Sar area of Turbat District were identified as being those of BRP Central Informational Secretary Jalel Reki, who was abducted on February 13, 2009, by a group of armed militants from Sariab Road in Quetta; and Baloch National Movement (BNM) activist and a resident of Tasp area in Panjgur District Mohammad Younus.

Following the release of a hit list including the names of four journalists, the Khuzdar Press Club announced that the journalists of the Khuzdar District would suspend their professional duties by November 27 for an indefinite period of time. An armed outfit BMDA issued a hit list of four journalists belonging to Khuzdar and said it would soon target these journalists. The journalists are Abdullah Kidrani, Abdullah Shawani, Munir Noor and Abdul Haq. Mir Jang Baloch, the spokesperson of BMDA, said that his organisation would target those journalists who were working as informers of the BLA, BRA and other separatist groups.

Balochistan Levies recovered bullet-riddled body of a person, identified as Khair Bakhsh, from Kashari area on the outskirts of Lasbela District.

Police claimed to have foiled a terror bid by seizing an explosive laden car in the Irrigation Colony at Sayrab Road in Quetta. Police received information about the presence of a suspicious car parked at a roadside in the area and recovered 30 kilograms of explosive from the car.

A lecturer of Balochistan University, identified as Mohammad Danish Alam, was killed by unknown militants in the Zarghoonabad area of Quetta. A senior Police official said that Alam hailed from Gilgit District of Gilgit-Baltitstan and belonged to the Shia sect. "There is a possibility that the incident was a sectarian target killing," added official.

A suspected suicide bomber was killed near Quetta when the explosive material that he was carrying went off prematurely. According to SP Malik Arshad, the bomber had hired a cab and wanted to go to Chaman town of Qilla Abdullah District with an intention to target someone but explosive that he had fixed to his body exploded prematurely.

A 12-year old boy, identified as Yaseen, was injured in a landmine explosion in Kuki area of Dera Bugti District.

Gawalmandi Police arrested a suspect and recovered unlicensed pistol and 25 rounds from his possession.

Anti-Violent Crime Cell, in collaboration with the CPLC, claimed to have arrested two abductors and rescued two abductees, including a professor of the Hamdard University, identified as Iftikhar Abidi, and a businessman, identified as Nisar Soomro. Abidi was abducted on November 16, 2011 from the Northern Bypass while he was on his way to Baqai University. Soomro, a resident of Sacchal Goth area of Karachi was abducted on November 25, 2011.

Three dead bodies of truck drivers were found in Sharag area of the Harnai District in Balochistan. The victims were among the four truck drivers abducted from the District on an unspecified date. Reportedly, one of them was freed who reached home in an injured condition, the sources added. The deceased were identified as Abdul Rehman, Ghulam Haider and Mohammad Hasan.

A 10-year-old boy, identified as Bahar Khan Bugti, was killed when a landmine exploded in Hafat Wali area of Dera Bugti District.

Loralai Police arrested three suspected militants including an Uzbek from the Loralai bypass in Loralai District and recovered explosives from their possession.

Unidentified militants blew up an 8-inch diameter gas pipeline in the Sui area of Dera Bugti District in Balochistan. No one has claimed responsibility for this attack yet though BRA often claims the responsibility for targeting economic installations in Dera Bugti.

At least seven aircraft landed at the Shamsi air base in Balochistan to airlift personnel and equipment out of Pakistan. "Seven aircraft have landed here since morning," a local confirmed, adding, "They also set several containers on fire today and we saw its thick flames rising." "They are evacuating the base, evacuation is in the process," confirmed an unnamed senior Pakistani Government official in Islamabad.

According to sources in the Washuk District, American officials were likely to vacate the airbase on December 8. The United States is evacuating the Shamsi air base following orders from the Pakistan military incensed by a NATO raid on the border that left 24 soldiers dead, officials said. The deadline for the removal of all US personnel and equipment from the base was set for December 11.

FC detained 54 Afghan nationals who did not have valid travelling document, FC sources said. According to an official, FC men deployed at the Sheela Bagh check-post, during a routine checking, detained 54 Afghans who illegally entered into Pakistan through border at Chaman, and intended to travel to Quetta. They were detained under the Foreigners Act.

A shopkeeper was shot dead by unidentified assailants in main Turbat bazaar in Turbat District of Balochistan.

A Hindu trader, identified as Dr Ashok Kumar, was abducted along with his driver and two labourers in Ferozabad area, some 30 kilometres away from Khuzdar District.

At least 42 NATO oil tankers and containers were torched after unidentified militants fired two rockets at them in the Kharotabad area of Quetta. As many as 32 oil tankers and 10 containers, carrying fuel and military hardware for NATO forces in Afghanistan, were parked in a terminal on the Airport Road when a group of unidentified militants fired two rockets, followed by intense firing.

A FC officer was killed when a landmine had exploded near the Sorange coal mines, in the suburbs of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

Balochistan Government has decided to send back all trucks and tankers carrying oil and goods meant for the NATO troops in Afghanistan back to Karachi for security reasons. A Provincial Government official said that necessary arrangements had been made to send NATO containers and oil tankers under tight security back to Karachi in a couple of days. "Full security will be provided to the convoys of NATO oil tankers and containers from Chaman to Karachi via Khuzdar and Nasirabad districts," he said. "Over 350 oil tankers and containers are parked at different terminals in Quetta and Chaman," Balochistan Home Secretary Nasibullah Khan Bazai said.

A child was killed and three women sustained injuries in a landmine blast in the Sham area of Dera Bugti District in Balochistan. According to official sources, a family was on its way on foot when a child stepped on the landmine.

Unidentified assailants shot dead a watchman, Ilahi Bakhsh, of a local private hospital near Hub Chowki of Lasbela District. The attackers managed to escape from the scene.

A driver was killed and nine NATO oil tankers parked outside a hotel on the outskirts of Dhadar town in the Bolan District of Balochistan were destroyed in the night when unidentified men opened fire and set ablaze the vehicles. One driver, identified as Noman, a resident of Peshawar, was killed in the attack. The oil tankers were returning to Karachi after the Balochistan Government decided to send back all oil tankers and containers carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan for security reasons. At present, over 350 oil tankers and containers are parked in Quetta and the border town of Chaman.

Four NATO oil tankers, along with their drivers, went missing near the Quetta-Chaman highway. These four trucks were on their way to Karachi when they went missing near Meezai Adda.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said that the Government could go to any length to assert the country's sovereignty, saying that "I do not rule out the closure of Pakistan's airspace to US planes". In an interview with the BBC, the Prime Minister also said the closure of routes for NATO convoys could continue for "a few weeks more".

Three bullet-riddled bodies of BNP-M activists were found in the Zero Point area of Khuzdar District. The victims were identified as Bashir Ahmed, his brother Sanaullah Mardoi and Allah Bakhsh Mardoi.

An unidentified bullet-riddled body was found in Killi Sardar area of Quetta.

A vendor, identified as Khuda Bakhsh, was shot dead by unidentified armed militants at Seraib Patik area.

The dead body found in Killi Sardar area of Quetta was identified as that of a Hindu trader Ravi Kumar. Kumar, a local trader of Quetta, had been abducted on October 22, 2011 by armed militants from Satellite Town area. The abductors demanded PKR 20 million from the family, and ultimately reduced their demand to PKR 10 million. When the family did not fulfill their demand, Ravi was executed and his body thrown.

One tribesman, identified as Laakho Bugti, sustained serious injuries in a landmine explosion in Looti area of Dera Bugti District.

Mama Qadir Baloch the Vice President of Voice of Baloch Missing Persons said outside the Quetta Press Club that he had received threats from Secret Agencies.

One person, identified as Ayub, was killed and another injured in a clash that occurred between two armed groups on Fatima Jinnah road in Quetta.

Armed militants abducted six officials of Balochistan Rural Support Programme (BRSP) an NGO, working in the water, health and education sector, from Barshor area of Pishin District.

Frontier Corps Inspector General Major General Ubaidullah Khattak claimed that 90 percent of the Baloch missing persons were involved in criminal activities and had been killed by their own organisations. Addressing a press conference at Frontier Corps Headquarters in Quetta, he said that the Frontier Corps was present in various Districts of Balochistan to maintain law and order.

Two men, identified as Jalil Ahmed and Pukar Khan were killed and a woman identified as Samina was injured when unknown armed militants opened fire at a house in Killi Kamalo area on Sariab road of Quetta.

Two Frontier Corps personnel were killed and five others sustained injuries in a landmine blast during a routine patrol in Mand area of the Kech District near the Pakistan-Iran border.

Six militants were killed in retaliatory fire by Balochistan Frontier Corps in Balgudar area of Turbat District.

Unidentified armed militants shot dead a man, identified as Abdul Hameed, in a PCO shop in Sariab Road area of Quetta. Hameed was the son of a religious scholar Moulvi Abdul Aziz.

A man identified as Yasir Arafat Hazara, was shot dead in Alamdar Road area in Quetta.

Unidentified armed men shot dead a man in Loni area of Loralai District.

Police found an unidentified dead body in Polo Ground area of Quetta.

Balochistan Levies found an unidentified dead body in Murga Kibzai area of Zhob District.

Armed assailants stole oil from a NATO tanker after locking up Security Force personnel in a room of the Levies Force's station in Kosak Top area of Qilla Abdullah District. The tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan was parked at the station when 35 to 40 armed militants entered the place, locked up the Levies personnel in one room, shifted oil to another tanker and fled.

Gwadar District Hospital CMO Doctor Naseem Baloch was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Pasni area of Gwadar District. According to sources, Baloch was sitting in his clinic in Main Pasni bazaar when some armed militants barged into the clinic and sprayed him with bullets killing him on the spot.

Former female councillor of PML-N, Fahmida Qadir Bhaksh, was shot dead by unidentified militants in the Sengani Sar area of Turbat District. According to Police, unidentified armed militants forcefully entered the house of Fahmida Bakhsh and opened fire on her, killing her on the spot.

Two people, identified as Dost Muhammad and Allah Noor, were shot dead and another injured in a firing incident in the border town of Chaman in Qilla Abdullah District. The victims were standing on the road when unidentified armed militants opened fire, killing the two on the spot. A passer-by identified as Mohammad Mushtaq was injured in the attack.

A man, identified as Muhammad Iqbal, was shot dead in Killi Fatima area of Mastung District.

A senior Baloch nationalist leader warned that Balochistan would not "remain with" Pakistan if extra-judicial killings and excesses by SFs in were not stopped immediately in Balochistan.

The bodies of over 200 Baloch activists have been found across the province since 2010. Rights groups have alleged the activists were victims of extra-judicial killings by SFs.

Three people were killed and two others injured when unidentified armed militants opened fire on a van in the Daring-gar area of Mastung District. The deceased were identified as Nuroz Khan, Nasiruddin and Mohammad Umar. The injured passer-by were identified as, Ahmed Khan and Babul.

Two gas pipelines were blown up in Sui and Pirkoh gas fields of Dera Bugti District. The BRA claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Prominent businesswoman Nilofar Abadan who was abducted on March 8, 2011 from Gurdat Singh road area in Quetta returned home. The abductors had contacted the family and demanded a huge amount as ransom for releasing her.

Two unidentified militants were killed and five people of Amn Force sustained injuries during a clash in Loti area of Dera Bugti District in Balochistan. The identities of the dead could not be ascertained.

Two armed militants shot dead two persons, identified as Mohammad Aslam and Shahzad Bashir, in the Manno Jan Road area of Quetta. Aslam and Bashir belonged to Dera Ghazi Khan District of Punjab province and had come to Quetta in search of work.

Two people were killed and two others got injured when armed assailants opened fire on them at a hotel in the Tump area of Turbat District.

A man, identified as Anwar Maseeh, was shot dead in Shahzab Town of Quetta.

A bullet-riddled body of a man, identified as Mohammad Nasim, was found in the Sarah Kadi area of the Loralai District. A letter found was found on the dead body of Nasim. The TTP claimed responsibility for the killing, saying he was involved in spying and warned that anybody found spying on the TTP would meet the same fate.

An engineer, identified as Hafiz Mohammad Ejaz, of a mobile phone company was abducted in Mastung area of Mastung District while he was coming back to Quetta from Mangocher area.

Two persons were killed and another sustained injuries in an incident of firing o in Bakra Mandi area of Eastern Bypass in Quetta. The deceased were identified as Muhammad Jan Marri and Hamza Marri and the injured as Jamshed Marri.

After the safe return of the abducted Parsi businesswoman Nilofar Abadan on December 22, 2011, Rao Amin Hashim, Inspector-General of Balochistan Police said, "Criminal gangs are responsible for these abductions. The police force is not being pressurized and is working up to its capacity". PKR 20 million had been paid in ransom some four months ago.

The bullet riddled body of a missing person, identified as Gulam Qader, was found dumped in Murgap area of Turbat city in Turbat District. Gulam Qader had been abducted from his home in Naseerabad District on an unspecified date.

The bullet-riddled body of a Baloch missing person, identified as Sikandar Ali Bugti, was found in Liari area of Uthal tehsil Lasbela District. Sikandar was abducted from Vindar area some two years ago and he was listed missing since then.

Unidentified armed militants abducted two employees of Health Department from Chathar area of Naseerabad District. The abducted were identified as Gulzar Ahmad and Muhammad Asghar Mengal.

Frontier Corps personnel during checking in Akhtarabad area of Quetta arrested 20 Afghans on traveling without necessary documents. These Afghans were trying to enter Quetta through a Chaman route.

High profile Police surgeon, Doctor Baqar Shah, was shot dead by two unidentified armed militants while returning home from the Bolan Medical College Teaching Hospital on Sabzal Road in Quetta. Baqar Shah was the witness of the May 17, 2011 Kharotabad incident where five Chechens and Russians were killed by the Police and Frontier Corps. According to initial reports, he received five bullets, all in his head and chest, making the incident instantly fatal.

A group of armed men tried to abduct him from a roadside, which he resisted. He identified them as Policemen and he used to deal with them on and off while handling medico-legal cases. Senator Haji Lashkari Raisani said "He was receiving threats after compiling post mortem reports."

At least 14 persons, including women and children, were killed and 35 others got injured in a powerful explosion near the residence of tribal elder Shafiq Mengal, son of former acting Chief Minister and Federal Minister Naseer Mengal on Arbab Karam Khan Road in a suicide attack in Quetta. BLA claimed responsibility for the explosion, saying that it was its first suicide attack. Quetta Police Chief Eshan Mehboob said that Shafiq Mengal and his family were unhurt in the blast.

Five abductors were killed and two Levies personnel got injured during an armed clash in an attempt to rescue four abducted health workers from Malazi and Hailkalzai Basic Health Unit in Pishin District. Those abducted were identified as lady doctor Shenaz, technician Muhammad Asad and workers Noor Shah and Mohabbat Khan.

An Excise Inspector, identified as Fida Ahmed Badini, was shot dead and his relative sustained serious bullet injuries in Essai area of Panjgur District.

Frontier Corps recovered one of the abducted health workers, identified as Gulzar Ahmed, and seized 10-kilogrammes of explosives during a raid at a camp in the Chatter area of Naseerabad District.

JeI leader Asadullah Bhutto, fearing that Balochistan is on the brink of no return, called for "an end to the unannounced military operation and the role of the [Intelligence] Agencies in the province." The party asked for military leaders, including former President General Pervez Musharraf, to be held accountable in a court of law for the human rights violations in Balochistan.

Baloch leader, Sardar Ataullah Mengal spoke about the targeted killings of Punjabi settlers in the province. The "protectors of the country" - the Pakistan Army - has become an army for Punjab only, Mengal added. "If a Punjabi is killed, dozens of Baloch youth are taken away by the agencies illegally. People wait for years to hear about their whereabouts and then receive the bullet-riddled bodies of their loved ones. How can there not be a reaction?"

At least three rockets were fired from a mountainous area on Sabzal Road, Killi Deba and Spini Road in Quetta. However, no casualties were reported.

Levis Force thwarted a terror bid by defusing explosives planted beneath the railway bridge in Sibi District.

Federal Minister for Postal Services Sardar Muhammad Umar while talking to media at the National Press Club said that the Government has fulfilled most of Balochistan's demands according to the aspirations of Akbar Bugti and the people of the province. He said the PPP Government had given more autonomy and financial share to Balochistan under the National Finance Commission Award.