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Nine Killed, Two Abducted in Spate of Balochistan Attacks

Quetta’s commissioner moved to update the Fourth Schedule to bolster the security response.

Overview

  • Authorities reported shootings and abductions across Kalat, Nasirabad, Jhal Magsi, Panjgur, Kachhi, and Chagai, with the perpetrators still unidentified.
  • In Kalat’s Khaliqabad and Sarbund areas, tribal leader Shakir Saadullah Langove, his brother Shakir Khairullah Langove, Muhammad Karim, and Muhammad Zahir were killed.
  • Motorcycle-borne attackers killed Muhammad Zafar and Muhammad Naeem in Panjgur, while separate incidents left Abdul Qadir Kurd dead in Kachhi, Muhammad Bachal Magsi dead in Jhal Magsi, and Sardar Hussain dead near Dalbandin in Chagai.
  • Two excavator drivers, Aashiq Ali Mohammad Hasni and Shakeel Ahmed Korai, were abducted near Rabi Canal Sufi Wah in Dera Murad Jamali, and search operations are underway.
  • Police opened investigations across the affected districts as the Divisional Monitoring Committee ordered Fourth Schedule updates, completion of terrorist profiling, and a crackdown on illegal weapons.