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In Eid message, TTP chief greets Muslims, slams Pakistani establishment

TTP leader Noor Wali Mehsud (File Pic)

Peshawar, March 28 (NVI) In a rare statement, the Amir of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Abu Mansoor Asim Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud has slammed the Pakistani military establishment, saying it is responsible for all the problems, including security, political and economic, that the country is facing.

The TTP chief, whose outfit is engaged in a ‘war’ against the Pakistani establishment with the aim of establishing Sharia laws in the country, asked “all classes and strata” of the nation to “seriously make a plan and find a way to get rid of this military calamity”.

In the statement issued on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul Fitr, the TTP chief conveyed his greetings to the Muslims and blasted the Pakistani establishment, saying the officials did not stop oppression against the Muslims even during the Holy month of Ramadan.

“In the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims generally try to implement the orders of the Allah, save themselves from disobedience of the Allah, generally show sympathy among themselves, and remember our Muslim brothers and sisters in their food and drink and prosperity. We should continue these practices in other months as well,” he said.

“I must also remind you that in the blessed month of Ramadan, the series of oppression by the government officials did not stop in our dear country (Pakistan),” he said, adding there was widespread desecration, corpses were thrown at various places and torture and merciless bombing continued unabated.

“It is a pity that the calls for action against this oppression were not heeded to, and the voices that were raised against this oppression were not heard. Instead, messages of sympathy with the oppressive institutions were published in the media by certain classes and individuals for the sake of achieving their own goals,” he said.

The TTP chief said the 78-year history of Pakistan bears testimony to the fact that these oppressive forces (Pakistani military) flourish when there is a state of “confusion”.

“All the problems — security, political, economic, etc — being faced by Pakistan are big projects and plans by the military establishment and not without any reason,” he said.

“In order to solve these self-made problems, all classes and strata of Pakistan should seriously make a plan and find a way to get rid of this military calamity, so that the oppressed people can be given their rights according to the Islamic system,” he said.

“Although this is a difficult phase, it also involves sacrifice. But there is no other choice. If it does not happen today, then tomorrow, the entire population will be affected by it,” he said.

The TTP leader also slammed the “rulers of Pakistani” for developing animostic relations with “the Muslim neighbour”, Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, “to achieve their own personal interests and to make the Western masters happy” and said “They (Pakistani rulers) have clearly betrayed the country… it is treason.” (NVI)

 

Balochistan: Occupation Day observed as ‘Black Day’ with attacks at multiple places

BLA
Representative Pic of Baloch fighters

Quetta, Mar 27 (NVI) : Highlighting their presence on the Balochistan ‘Occupation Anniversary’, hundreds of Baloch fighters swooped upon several places across the region last night and carried out attacks on the occupying Pakistani forces, besides laying siege of major highways and setting ablaze tractors and pipelines transporting mineral resources out of the occupied region.

In the coordinated and sensational operation that went on till this morning, the heavily-armed freedom fighters conducted bomb explosions and resorted to firing at the Pakistani forces in districts like Quetta, Gwadar, Kech, Turbat, Mastung and Bolan district.

Through these attacks, which continued though the day today, the Baloch freedom fighters marked the ‘Occupation Day’ anniversary today, which is being observed as a ‘Black Day’. It was on this day in 1948 that Pakistan annexed Balochistan by using force.

This afternoon, a police vehicle was targeted with a bomb explosion in a major market in Quetta, resulting in the killing of 2 personnel and injuries to 17 others, including security men.

The fighters also seized control of other main highways, including Quetta-Karachi highway, and conducted snap checks of the vehicles coming in.

The Baloch fighters killed at least 6 soldiers, who were travelling in a bus from Punjab province of Pakistan into Balochistan, dressed in civilian clothes. They were killed after proper identification.

They targeted several trucks on the CPEC highway near Haptari Kor in the Tajaban area of Kech, setting four of the on fire.

In Turbat city, fighters were seen patrolling the streets at night.

The fighters attacked the main camp of Pakistani military in Sami area of Turbat district, after which loud noise of gunfire and explosions was heard for hours.

A similar attack was reported from Mand area of Turbat where another major military camp was targeted.

In Bolan’s Kolpur area, fighters reportedly destroyed a section of the road with a tractor, halting traffic in both directions.

In Kharan, the fighters set up check posts on the main highway leading into the city.

In Washuk district, armed groups attacked a Levies station, seizing a police motorcycle and a vehicle.

A gas pipeline between Sibi and Punjab was also blasted, resulting in a massive blaze and disruption of fuel supply.

Balochistan: BLA says 5 Pakistani soldiers killed, 3 injured in attack

Special Tactical Operations Squad (STOQ) of Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).

Quetta, Mar 26 (NVI) Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed to have killed 5 Pakistani soldiers and seriously injured 3, including a Major-rank officer, in an attack in Kalat district of Balochistan.

The BLA freedom fighters targeted a vehicle that was part of the occupying Pakistani army convoy using a remote-controlled IED in the Harboi area of Kalat, its spokesman Jeeyand Baloch said in a statement.

“As a result of the explosion, 5 enemy personnel were eliminated on the spot and 3 personnel, including a Major-rank officer, were seriously wounded,” he said about the attack that took place yesterday.

He said the army vehicle was completely destroyed due to the explosion.

Jeeyand Baloch said the BLA fighters have also been foiling repeated attempts by the occupying Pakistan Army to advance in Harboi and surrounding areas where the military wants to carry out oppression against the civilians. (NVI)

Pakistan Army kills 2 innocent youth in Khyber; Pashtun group angry

Pashtun National Jirga

Peshawar, Mar 25 (NVI) A day after the Pakistani Army shot dead two innocent youth in an unprovoked manner near the Bannu Cantonment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, a prominent Pashtun organisation today slammed the military and said Pashtuns are not safe in their own homeland.

The Pashtun National Jirga went to the extent of saying that Pashtuns are killed on a daily basis, leaving their kin to take their bodies in every district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

“Pashtun National Jirga stands with the families of those martyred and injured in direct firing by the army in Bannu,” its spokesman Barkat Afridi said in a statement.

He was referring to the incident near the Bannu Cantonment where the Army personnel shot dead, in direct firing, two youth passing by on a motorcycle.

“In this painful incident, after shooting the two, they (Army) kept them (the injured youth) with themselves, and did not give them to the families until they died. They they (army) gave the body,” Afridi said.

“We express deep sorrow and concern over the brutal massacre of Pashtuns and the lifting of bodies in every district of Pakhtunkhwa every day,” he said.

Wondering what was the crime of the victims, he asked, “Can no one now pass near the cantonment? Will we now become stateless in our own homeland?”

He noted that for the last four decades, “we (Pashtuns) have been lifting bodies.”

He said while education, healthcare and employment are distant dreams in Khyber Pakthunkhwa, even “life is not guaranteed in the Pashtun homeland.”

“The State of Pakistan has been watering the Dollar wars with Pashtun blood for the last four decades, but the provincial and federal governments are silent,” the spokesman said, adding “We warn the provincial and federal governments to fulfill the responsibility of law and order seriously.”

He added that “if they are just rubber stamps, then they should leave the chair.” (NVI)

Balochistan: BLA says it killed 4 Pakistani soldiers, injured 6 in attack to foil their aggression

Fighters of Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) at some undisclosed location. File Pic

Quetta, Mar 25 (NVI) Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed to have killed 4 personnel of the occupying Pakistan Army and injured 6 in an attack carried out to thwart aggressive actions by the military personnel against common civilians in an area of Kalat district of Balochistan yesterday.

BLA spokesman Jeeyand Baloch said the freedom fighters ambushed a convoy of motorcycles of the occupying Pakistani army in the Harbooi area of ​​Kalat, said BLA spokesman Jeeyand Baloch.

He said the ambush was carried out by the freedom fighters when the occupying military was engaged in aggression in Harbooi and surrounding areas.

“In the attack, four occupying army personnel were eliminated on the spot and their weapons and other military equipment were seized by the fighters,” he said in a statement to NVI.

Six occupying Pakistani army personnel were shot and wounded while they were fleeing, he said.

“The cowardly army personnel fled, leaving behind the bodies of their dead personnel,” the spokesman said.

“Baloch Liberation Army is always ready to protect the people and every act of aggression by the enemy will be met with fierce retaliation,” he said. (NVI)

 

 

BNM leader for ‘decisive joint struggle’ for freedom by Pashtun, Sindhis & Baloch

Dr Naseem Baloch, Chairman of Baloch National Movement (BNM), speaking at World Sindhi Conference in Geneva

Geneva, Mar 24 (NVI) Chairman of the Baloch National Movement (BNM) Dr Naseem Baloch has pushed for unity of Pashtuns, Sindhis and Baloch for a “decisive joint struggle” for complete independence from Pakistan.

“For centuries, our ancestors fought invaders and tyrants — from the British to previous empires, to those who sought to rule us against our will. Today, we continue that struggle. And just as those empires crumbled, so too will Pakistan,” he said at the Sindh Conference 2025, organized by the World Sindhi Congress in Geneva.

“Let there be no mistake—the oppression of Balochistan and Sindh is not accidental. It is a well-crafted, calculated strategy,” he said.

He stressed the importance of bringing their voices together on every international platform, exposing Pakistan’s crimes at global institutions, and standing in solidarity.

“Our struggle is not just about land or resources. It is about dignity, about justice, and about the right to exist as free nations,” he declared.

Dr. Baloch reminded the audience that Pakistan was imposed upon them in 1947, but their ancestors had been there for thousands of years before it and would endure long after it is gone.

While acknowledging the immense suffering of Sindh, including the suppression of the Sindhi language and culture, forced disappearances of activists, and economic strangulation, Dr. Baloch emphasized that the oppression faced by Balochistan and Sindh was not accidental, but part of a calculated strategy.

The BNM leader called for a decisive joint struggle, urging Baloch, Sindhi, and Pashtun nations to unite as one resistance, demanding complete freedom from Pakistan’s colonial rule.

He also called on the international community to take immediate action, including conducting an investigation into Pakistan’s war crimes, pursuing legal cases at the UN and the International Court of Justice, and halting all military and economic aid to Pakistan until it ends its human rights violations.

He demanded sanctions on Pakistani military and government officials responsible for these crimes.

“These are not just demands—they are a test of whether the international community truly stands for the principles it claims to uphold,” Dr. Baloch concluded. “And to Sindhis, Baloch, and Pashtuns, I say: our time has come.” (NVI)

Baloch diaspora protest in Germany, UK and Netherlands against latest Pakistani brutality

Baloch diaspora hold protest in The Netherlands against Pakistani atrocities in Balochistan

Berlin, Mar 24 (NVI) The latest episode of Pakistani State brutality on peaceful protesters in Balochistan has found a strong echo in Germany, United Kingdom and The Netherlands where the Baloch diaspora staged demonstrations to highlight the issue.

Protesters, under the banner of Baloch National Movement (BNM), carried placards and banners with images of the victims of the oppression by the Pakistani government forces, including some top Baloch activists like Dr Mahrang Baloch who have been detained illegally at some undisclosed place by the State authorities since last three days.

Mahrang Baloch, along with Bebagr Baloch and other activists, was whisked away on the early morning of March 22 by the Pakistani government forces when they were protesting in Quetta against the killing of three innocent protesters, including a 12-year-old boy, in police firing a day earlier in Shaal.

The protest in Shaal was organised to demand early release of leaders of Baloch Students Organisation (BSO-Azad) Zahid Baloch and Asad Baloch, who were illegally picked up by the State forces 11 years ago and whose whereabouts remain unknown.

Speakers at the protests in Germany, UK and The Netherlands condemned the Pakistani Army’s daily killings of innocent Baloch civilians and stated that enforced disappearances have engulfed the entire region.

Among the disappeared are prominent intellectuals, students, scientists, professors, and human rights activists who played a crucial role in Balochistan’s political and academic progress, they highlighted.

“BNM calls on the international community and global institutions to intervene and support the Baloch nations’ right to freedom, ensuring the liberation of Balochistan,” said the spokesman of the organisation. (NVI)

Balochistan: BLA says it killed 10 Pakistani soldiers, injured over a dozen in multiple attacks

Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) fighters at some undisclosed location. File Pic.

Quetta, Mar 24 (NVI): Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed to have killed at least 10 Pakistani soldiers and injured over a dozen more in multiple attacks across occupied Balochistan over the last four days.

In one of the attacks, BLA freedom fighters targeted the main camp of the occupying Pakistani army in the Saradok area of ​​Panjgur district from two directions.

The fighters fired 20 rounds from rocket launchers at the enemy positions and used other heavy and automatic weapons, BLA spokesman Jeeyand Baloch said in a statement.

In the attack, which lasted more than 30 minutes during the intervening night of March 22 and 23, three occupying Pakistani army personnel were eliminated and at least four were wounded, he said.

The enemy also suffered heavy property losses, the spokesman said.

In another operation during the same night, BLA freedom fighters set up a blockade on the main highway in the Washbud area of ​​Panjgur and maintained it for two hours during which snap checking was carried out, he said.

BLA fighters also targeted occupying Pakistani army personnel on Airport Road in Turbat city during the same night while they were engaged in the blockade, the spokesman said, adding as a result of the attack, an enemy personnel was eliminated on the spot and two others were wounded.

BLA freedom fighters also targeted an occupying Pakistani army post at Taleemi Chowk in Turbat city with a hand grenade and as a result of the explosion, enemy army suffered casualties, he said.

BLA fighters carried out another attack on the occupying Pakistani army’s post in the Gehbun area of ​​Turbat.

Freedom fighters fired several rounds using grenade launcher at the enemy army and as a result, at least four enemy army personnel were wounded, the spokesman said.

BLA freedom fighters also fired several rounds using grenade launcher at an occupying Pakistani army post in the Heerabad area of ​​Tump, which successfully hit their targets.

As a result of the explosion, enemy army suffered casualties and property losses, the spokesman said.

BLA freedom fighters targeted another post of the occupying Pakistani army in the Meerabad area of ​​Tump, firing several rounds using grenade launcher at enemy positions, he said.

As a result of the attack, an enemy soldier was eliminated and at least three others were wounded, he said.

BLA fighters also targeted two on-foot security personnel in front of an occupying Pakistani army camp in the Khadkocha area of ​​Mastung on March 22, leaving one of them dead and the other seriously injured, the spokesman said.

The fighters seized the weapons of the enemy personnel, he said.

Another attack was carried out at a post of the occupying Pakistani army at Archanan Kulki in the Zamuran area of ​​Kech with automatic and heavy weapons, Jeeyand Baloch said.

At least 3 enemy personnel were wounded in the attack while the enemy army used a surveillance drone which was shot down by the BLA fighters, he said.

The enemy army’s communication tower and cameras were damaged in the attack, the spokesman said.

Prior to that, BLA fighters targeted a vehicle that was part of a 23-vehicle convoy of the occupying Pakistani army in Nazarabad in the Tump area of ​​Kech in a remote-controlled IED attack during the intervening night of March 21 and 22.

As a result of the explosion, an enemy army vehicle was completely destroyed while four of the nine personnel on board were killed on the spot and five were seriously wounded, the BLA spokesman said.

In another operation during the same night, BLA fighters targeted the Manjhu Shori police station of Naseerabad with a hand grenade attack, causing property losses to the enemy. (NVI)

Balochistan: Pakistani forces’ brutality on display, top leader Mahrang Baloch & several others detained

Scene of protest shutdown in Turbat in Balochistan today

Quetta, Mar 22 (NVI) Pakistani forces used brutality to end a peaceful sit-in early this morning in Quetta, seizing bodies of three protesters killed in police action yesterday and detaining several protesters, including Balochistan’s top human rights activist Mahrang Baloch.

It prompted a total shutdown of businesses and suspension of traffic across Balochistan during the day even as condemnations of the action by the Pakistani forces poured in from various parts of the world.

During the shutdown, protest marches and demonstrations were held at various places in Balochistan.

At least 3 persons, including a minor boy, were killed and dozens injured in firing and teargas shelling by the Pakistani forces yesterday on a peaceful protest held by the kin of those abducted by the government forces and secret agencies.

Towards the evening yesterday, the protesters, under the flag of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), headed by Mahrang Baloch, assembled again for a sit-in at Quetta’s Sariab area, with the bodies of the three slain youth being on display.

They were demanding action against those personnel of the forces who killed the three youth yesterday.

The Pakistani forces, in a pre-dawn attack, raided the protesters, forcibly seizing the bodies of three slain protesters and detaining Mahrang Baloch along with several others.

Their whereabouts remained unknown till tonight.

Eyewitnesses said Pakistani forces used excessive force against peaceful protesters.

The BYC, in a statement, said the police and Pakistani agencies carried out a violent raid on the sit-in at around 5:30 AM Saturday.

“Quetta police and the administration have arrested Dr. Mahrang Baloch, along with her companions, and forcibly taken possession of the bodies of our martyred youth,”
the BYC said.

“Women and children present at the protest site were also subjected to violence,” it said.

Condemning the action by the State as an “act of terrorism,” the BYC demanded the immediate release of all detained activists and the return of the seized bodies.

The actions by the Pakistani government agencies were condemned across the world.

Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur HRDs, in a social media post, said she was “very concerned” by reports that Dr Mahrang Baloch and a number of others had been arrested in Balochistan following a crackdown on Baloch Yakjehti Committee protesters in Quetta.

PEN Norway, a prominent international human rights organisation based in Norway, also expressed deep concern “for the wellbeing” of Mahrang Baloch after her arrest.

Noting that she had been “kept incommunicado since” her detention, it asked the Government of Pakistan to “immediately provide her with access to legal counsel & unconditionally release her.”

Michael Arizanti, a Journalist and Human Rights defender, said he was “deeply alarmed and outraged by the detention” of Mahrang Baloch. (NVI)

TTP continues to hurt Pakistani military every day under ‘Op Al Khandaq’

Cadres of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). (File Pic)

Peshawar, Mar 22 (NVI) Under its ‘Operation Al-Khandaq’, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has been targeting the Pakistani military and police in an extensive and sustained manner, killing and injuring several security personnel besides destroying their assets and installations on a daily basis.

In its latest statement, it gave details of the operations it carried out over the last two days in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab Provinces of Pakistan.

A police officer Hashim was killed in a targetted attack by the TTP in Nasr Khel village of  Laki Marwat district yesterday, it said, adding his gun was also taken by it.

Prior to that, the TTP cadres attacked Lakhani check post in Dera Ghazi Khan district of South Punjab Province during the intervening night of March 20 and 21, it said.

The operation continued for one and a half hours and there is a strong possibility that two officials were killed, said the TTP statement issued by its spokesman Muhammad Khorasani.

The Taliban also attacked a post of Pakistan Army in Banshahi area of Jindol district of Dir Lower on the evening of March 20, in which one officer was injured, he said.

Before that, the Taliban attacked the Hasukhel bridge post in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province using a sniper in which a number of security cameras and a booster were destroyed, he said.

The Taliban also carried out a sniper attack at the Epiground military post in the same area in which a number of security cameras were destroyed.

The TTP also killed one Nasrullah, who was wanted by the Taliban, in the Kaki area of the Bannu district, he said.

The spokesman also said that the Pakistani military and secret agencies, using artillery, targeted common innocent people, destroying their homes and mosques in the Sada area of Karam district. (NVI)

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