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Balochistan: 8 Pakistani soldiers killed in IED blast, BLA owns responsibility

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

Quetta, Sep 15 (NVI) Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) tonight claimed responsibility for blowing up a Pakistan Army vehicle in Kech district of Balochistan, killing 8 personnel, including a Captain.

BLA freedom fighters detonated a remote-controlled IED targeting a vehicle belonging to the 125 Wing of Pakistan Army in Shind area of Mand in Kech during the day, its spokesman Jeeyand Baloch said in a statement.

Eight personnel, including Captain Waqar Kakar, Naik Junaid, Naik Asmat, Lance Naik Khan Muhammad and Sepoy Zahoor Ahmed were eliminated in the blast, he said.

In a separate operation, BLA freedom fighters ambushed an on-foot patrol party of Pakistan army in the Marao area of Mastung on Saturday while the enemy personnel were advancing towards Kahr, the  spokesman said.

This attack resulted in casualties, while other personnel fled abandoning their fellow personnel, he added.

In another operation, Baloch Liberation Army freedom fighters targeted and destroyed spy cameras installed by enemy army around the DC office in Noshki city on Friday night, Jeeyand Baloch said.

During this engagement, enemy deployed a quadcopter, which was also shot down by BLA warriors, he said.

Levies Force attempted to obstruct the fighters, prompting the freedom fighters to retaliate and target them as well, he said.

“Baloch Liberation Army has already made it clear that concessions have been granted to the Levies and Police Force due to their Baloch-majority composition. However, if these forces obstruct the freedom fighters’ path, these concessions will be withdrawn,” the spokesman warned.  (NVI)

Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz leader welcomes SC verdict on Waqf as ‘balanced’

SC quashes plea seeking waiver of exam fees for CBSE Class 10, 12 students
File Photo of Supreme Court

New Delhi, Sep 15 (NVI) National Working President of All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz Shariq Adeeb Ansari today welcomed the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Waqf issue, saying it reflects a “balanced approach, safeguarding both the Constitutional values and the rights of citizens while upholding the spirit of justice and fair governance.”

“As a law-abiding citizen of India and as a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Waqf, I wholeheartedly welcome today’s verdict of the Hon’ble Supreme Court on key provisions of the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025,” he said in a statement.

In the Waqf Amendment Act, the top court has stayed the operation of the Clause which requires a person to be a practitioner of Islam for at least five years before creating a Waqf.

This provision will remain suspended until State Governments frame detailed rules for its application.

“In my view, this is a welcome and progressive step, as it ensures that genuine Waqf creators are not discouraged or unfairly discriminated against. It also provides much-needed clarity for the Muslim community, particularly for Pasmanda Muslims, who are often marginalized in institutional processes,” Ansari said.

The highest court of the land also stayed the provision that gave designated government officers the authority to decide whether a Waqf property has encroached upon government land.

“The Hon’ble Court rightly observed that such adjudication cannot be entrusted to executive officers, as it violates the principle of separation of powers. Instead, such disputes will be resolved by the Waqf Tribunal. Until such adjudication is complete, no third-party rights can be created against any property,” Ansari said.

“I welcome this ruling, as it reinforces the protection of citizens’ rights and ensures due process under law,” he added.

The Supreme Court did not stay the provision allowing nomination of non-Muslims to Waqf Boards. However, it made an important observation that, as far as possible, ex-officio members should be Muslims.

It also set clear limits: the Central Waqf Council shall not include more than four non-Muslim members, while State Waqf Boards shall not have more than three.

“This, in my understanding, is a fair balance between inclusivity and preserving the religious character of Waqf institutions,” the Mahaz leader said.

The Supreme Court has upheld the requirement of registration of Waqf properties, clarifying that it is not a new provision, as it already existed under the 1995 and 2013 enactments.

At the same time, it extended the timelines for compliance, taking into account the practical challenges faced by Waqf Boards and mutawallis.

“This is a positive measure that ensures both transparency and accountability while giving stakeholders sufficient time to complete the process,” Ansari said.

Summing up his view, the Mahaz leader said, “In my view, the Hon’ble Supreme Court has delivered a nuanced judgment that protects constitutional principles, secures justice, and maintains the sanctity of Waqf institutions while upholding the rule of law.”

He expressed confidence that “this verdict will benefit India’s Muslims—especially the Pasmanda sections—by safeguarding their rights within the constitutional framework.”

He went on to add, “On behalf of the All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz, I reaffirm my commitment to respecting the law of the land and to working tirelessly for the empowerment and upliftment of all communities, with a special focus on Pasmanda Muslims. I am confident that this verdict will strengthen justice as well as social harmony in India.” (NVI)

Big attack on Pakistan Army in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa claims 12 soldiers, injures 4

Peshawar, Sep 13 (NVI) Pakistan Army today suffered a major hit, with its 12 personnel being killed and 4 injured in an ambush by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) which eliminated 15 soldiers earlier in other multiple attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province over the last 2 days.

In today’s attack, which is the deadliest in South Waziristan since December last year, a military convoy was ambushed in Badar Valley.

In the assault, a vehicle was blown up, leaving at least 12 soldiers dead and 4 critically wounded.

TTP has claimed responsibility for the attack and said its fighters also seized weapons during the assault.

The last deadliest attack on the Pakistani military by TTP in South Waziristan was in December last year when 16 soldiers were killed and prompted Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan.

Prior to this attack, the TTP killed at least 15 soldiers and wounded several others in multiple attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as part of its special ‘Operation Al Khandaq’.

In South Waziristan district, TTP cadres clashed with a contingent of Pakistan Army which was trying to advance towards the militant hideouts in the Dana and Tora Gula areas of Azam Warsak yesterday, TTP spokesman Muhammad Khorasani said in a statement today.

Three Army personnel were killed in the clash in Dana, he said.

While in the Tora Gula area, the Mujahideen attacked a convoy of tanks, resulting in the death of six personnel, he added.

A military Datsun included in the military convoy caught fire and was reduced to ashes, while a number of tanks were also partially destroyed, the spokesman said.

“The Pakistan Army then resorted to heavy shelling from helicopters, but all the Mujahideen were safe,” Khorasani said.

This morning, TTP attacked the Khand check post in Zarmilna district, in which 2 soldiers were killed and a security camera was destroyed, the  spokesman said.

In Bajaur, a TTP sniper killed a soldier at a post in Damangi area of Loi Mamond, he said.

This morning, two soldiers were killed in a TTP sniper attack on the Gabri Sur Khawari post in Loi Mamond district, he added.

The Pakistan Army attempted to raid the TTP in Targao but in a prompt reaction, one vehicle was destroyed and casualties were caused, he said.

In Dera Ismail Khan, the TTP cadres ambushed a Pakistan Army convoy in Mangal village of Parwa, causing significant casualties and property damage, he said.

The TTP lost a fighter Zeeshan alias Ali Taqbalullah in the clash while chasing the fleeing military personnel, the spokesman said.

The TTP lost one more member Rafiulalh Sherani in Kawad area of Daraz Nanda in an ambush by the Pakistan Army, which triggered a fierce gunfight.

During the fierce gunbattle lasting about half an hour, the Army also suffered casualties whose number was not known.

In North Waziristan, TTP cadres attacked the soldiers in front of fort in Shewah Tehsil using snipers and other weapons, as a result of which one army personnel was killed and two were injured, Khorasani said. (NVI)

Balochistan: BLA increasingly targeting supplies of Pakistani military

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

Quetta, Sep 13 (NVI) Resorting to a critical war tactic, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) is increasingly targeting the supplies meant for the Pakistani military in addition to the attacks on the personnel and assets of the occupying forces in Balochistan.

In such an operation, BLA fighters seized a vehicle carrying rations for the Pakistan Army along with other supplies in Mand area of Kech district on Thursday.

BLA spokesman Jeeyand Baloch said the driver of the vehicle has been arrested and is undergoing interrogation.

Targeting supply lines of the enemy is a crucial tactic of a war of the like BLA is engaged with against the Pakistani military which is illegally occupying Balochistan.

Prior to that, BLA freedom fighters conducted a blockade of the main highway in the Bibi Nani area of Bolan district the previous night.

During the blockade which lasted for more than two hours, the fighters carried out snap checking of vehicles to look for Pakistani forces’ personnel and agents.

In another operation, BLA fighters ambushed a patrol party of Pakistan Army, killing one soldier on the spot and injuring two others in Sekhri area of Kalat district.

The patrol party was moving towards their vehicle which had been destroyed in an attack by the  BLA fighters a day earlier, the spokesman said.

Likewise, BLA fighters also targeted on-foot enemy personnel by detonating a remote-controlled IED in the Makai area of Kalat district, resulting in killing of one enemy personnel elimination and injury to another. (NVI)

Killed 11 Pakistani soldiers, injured 5 in 5 attacks in Balochistan: BLA

Representative image of Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).

Quetta, Sep 10 (NVI) Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) tonight said it has killed 11 Pakistani soldiers and wounded 5 in 5 separate attacks in Kalat and Khuzdar districts of Balochistan.

At least 4 personnel of the occupying forces were killed and 3 injured when the freedom fighters blew up their vehicle with a remote-controlled IED in Shekhari area of Kalat yesterday, BLA spokesman Jeeyand Baloch said in a statement.

The vehicle was destroyed in the explosion, he said.

In another operation, BLA freedom fighters ambushed a foot patrol of the Pakistan army in  Morgand area of Kalat yesterday, eliminating two personnel, he said.

In yet another operation in the same area, freedom fighters eliminated a Pakistani soldier in a sniper attack, the spokesman said.

The killed soldier was stationed in a Pakistani Army post, he said.

Earlier, on September 5, freedom fighters targeted a foot patrol of the Pakistan army by detonating a remote-controlled IED in Morgand, eliminating two personnel and injuring two more, he said.

In Khuzdar’s Zehri, Anjira area, freedom fighters carried out another remote-controlled IED attack, targeting enemy bomb disposal personnel, resulting in the elimination of two personnel, Jeeyand Baloch said.

“Baloch Liberation Army claims responsibility for all these operations and reiterates that its armed struggle is solely against the Pakistani Army and its expansionist agenda. Enemy convoys, installations and support structures remain legitimate military targets,” the spokesman said.

“Until the Pakistani Army ends its illegal occupation of Baloch land, BLA’s resistance operations will continue with full force,” he declared. (NVI)

Balochistan: BLA claims killing 7 Pakistani soldiers

Quetta, Sep 9 (NVI) Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) tonight claimed killing of 7 Pakistani soldiers in an attack in Kech district of Balochistan.

The BLA freedom fighters targeted a convoy of Pakistan Army in Tump area of Kech district today, its spokesman Jeeyand Baloch said in a statement.

The fighters detonated an IED using a remote control, he said.

The explosion completely destroyed the enemy vehicle and eliminated 7 personnel on board, the spokesman said.

Similarly, Baloch Liberation Army freedom fighters attacked and damaged a mineral-carrying vehicle in the Khadkocha area of Mastung, he said. (NVI)

Balochistan: BLA claims killing of 10 Pakistani soldiers in 2 attacks

Quetta, Sep 7 (NVI) Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) tonight claimed to have killed 10 Pakistani Army personnel and injured 2 in 2 attacks in Balochistan.

The major one of the two attacks was in Zamuran area of Kech district, where the BLA fighters blew  up a vehicle of  the Pakistan Army using a remote-controlled IED.

At least 9 soldiers were killed and the vehicle was completely destroyed in this attack at Nawano, BLA spokesman Jeeyand Baloch said in a statement.

Earlier, BLA fighters targeted an enemy outpost at Morgand in Kalat in an armed attack yesterday, killing one enemy personnel and injuring two others, he said. (NVI)

Pakistani military moves Tanks into civilian areas of Balochistan, uses helicopter gunships

Quetta, Sep 7 (NVI) The Pakistani military has mobilised tanks and thousands of additional troops across various parts of occupied Balochistan, indicating preparations for a massive crackdown like an invasion.

Internet services have also been suspended across Balochistan, thus denying the local people even this essential right.

Dozens of military tanks have been moved in to densely-populated areas of Balochistan besides being stationed at some vantage locations, according to eye witness reports.

Thousands of additional ground troops have also been brought in hundreds of military trucks, supplementing lakhs of military personnel already present in Balochistan and committing atrocities routinely.

In addition, military helicopters have been making sorties across Balochistan.

According to some sources, Pakistani military has already carried out brutal airstrikes using the helicopter gunships, engineered abductions, and imposed a mass clampdown on Baloch civilians.

“The situation is very grim and gives impression of an invasion,” said a local Baloch.

The massive mobilisation comes against the backdrop of severe setbacks suffered by the Pakistani military in Balochistan due to intensified attacks by the armed Baloch freedom-seeking outfits.

These outfits like Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) and Baloch Raaji Ajoi Sangar (BRAS) have terrified the Pakistani forces by their attacks, which have resulted in heavy casualties.

The cadres of all these outfits are resolute and brave and have vowed to push out Pakistan from homeland Balochistan. (NVI)

Balochistan: BLA claims attack in Mand, says 2 soldiers killed

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

Quetta, Sep 5 (NVI) Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) tonight claimed responsibility for an attack on occupying Pakistani Army personnel in Mand in Balochistan and said 2 military personnel were killed in the assault.

BLA freedom fighters carried out an armed attack  on two military personnel when they were patrolling on a motorcycle in Koh Pusht Gayab area of Mand today, its spokesman Jeeyand Baloch said in a statement.

Both enemy army personnel, Sepoy Jamil Ahmed and Azizullah were eliminated and their weapons were seized, he added.

He said BLA freedom fighters also carried out a hand grenade attack on new Saryab Police Station last night, resulting in casualties among police personnel and significant property damage.

Freedom fighters also engaged occupying army and a transport company involved in facilitating enemy logistics, in three separate operations in Quetta, Kalat and Mastung, he said. (NVI)

China’s alleged plan to shift Uyghur Muslims to Turkiye condemned

Uighur genocide
Uyghur Muslims protesting against atrocities by China. (File Pic)

Canada, Sep 4 (NVI) The Government-in-Exile of East Turkistan, a region under China’s control, has condemned the alleged plan of China to transfer Uyghur Muslims to Türkiye under a ‘Labour agreement’.

“The East Turkistan Government-in-Exile issues its strongest and most unequivocal condemnation of the alleged plan, revealed by journalist @turankislakci, that the Government of Türkiye may transfer 3 million Uyghurs from East Turkistan to Türkiye under a so-called “labor agreement” with the People’s Republic of China,” said a statement issued by Salih Hudayar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Security of the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile.

These allegations surfaced following Turkish President Erdogan’s participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Tianjin and his discussions with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, the statement said.

“Such a plan, even as an allegation, does not constitute ‘humanitarian relief’. It represents direct participation in genocide and ethnic cleansing,” the statement said.

“By uprooting millions of Uyghurs from their homeland, Türkiye would be aiding Beijing in its campaign to erase East Turkistan and the Uyghur people, continue and complete its 75-year-long colonial project, flood the land with Chinese colonists, and permanently secure China’s illegal occupation, in violation of international law and the UN Genocide Convention,” it said.

“Since the invasion of East Turkistan on October 12, 1949, Beijing has systematically pursued a campaign of occupation, colonization, ethnic cleansing, and demographic transformation aimed at extinguishing East Turkistan and its people.

“The alleged plan with Türkiye would serve as the final stage of this project, enabling China to remove Uyghurs in mass numbers while entrenching Chinese colonialism,” the Government-in-Exile said.

“Türkiye already bears responsibility through its silence, economic ties, and political partnership with Beijing. To even entertain such an arrangement moves Türkiye from passive complicity to active collaboration in crimes against humanity.

“If Türkiye truly requires labor, it must recall its more than five million citizens living abroad in over 152 countries, rather than assisting China in the ongoing colonization of East Turkistan and the genocide and ethnic cleansing of its people,” Hudayar said.

It said if the Government of Türkiye led by Erdoğan is sincere about providing humanitarian relief to the Uyghur people, they must end their silence and complicity by raising the East Turkistan national question at the upcoming 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, condemning China’s colonization, genocide, and occupation, urging the international community to support the East Turkistani people’s struggle to recover their independence, and demanding accountability and justice for the crimes committed against East Turkistan and its people,” he said.

“If Türkiye proceeds with any plan to assist China in ethnically cleansing East Turkistan, the consequences of such a betrayal will extend far beyond East Turkistan itself.

“By helping to depopulate East Turkistan of its Uyghur population, Türkiye would open the way for deeper Chinese expansion into Central Asia and beyond, threatening the sovereignty of all Turkic nations and endangering the security of the entire Eurasian region,” the statement said.

“The East Turkistan Government in Exile calls upon the international community to categorically oppose any plans that would contribute to the ethnic cleansing, genocide, and colonization of East Turkistan and facilitate China’s imperialist ambitions. Governments, parliaments, international organizations, and civil society must act decisively. Silence is complicity. Inaction is consent,” it said.

“East Turkistan and its people will never submit. Our struggle to restore our national freedom, dignity, and independence will endure until justice prevails,”

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