Overview
- Wadera Noor Ali Chakrani of the Baloch Republican Army led the group in laying down arms at Pakistan House in Sui in a ceremony attended by Mir Aftab Ahmed Bugti and local elders.
- Authorities said the men pledged allegiance to Pakistan, with Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti welcoming their return and reiterating that the state will facilitate those who renounce violence.
- CM Bugti said there is no broad military operation in Balochistan and that security forces are conducting intelligence-based raids targeting militants.
- Security forces reported recent IBOs that killed five militants in Dera Bugti and, a day later, 12 in Kalat, with weapons and explosives recovered in the operations.
- Officials described the surrender as a blow to the BRA’s influence in a district pivotal to Pakistan’s gas supply and accused some separatist networks of foreign backing, naming India’s RAW.