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Pakistani military behind ISIS(K) narrative in Balochistan: BLF chief

Allah Nazar Baloch, Chief of Baloch Liberation Front (BLF). File Photo

Quetta: The narrative propagated by ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) in Balochistan is the scripted theme of the Pakistani military aimed at manipulating public opinion against the Independence movement of the region, says Dr Allah Nazar, the chief commander of Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF).

He said the use of ISIS-K by the Pakistani military against the Baloch liberation movement is its old tactic of weaponizing religion for its benefits.

The Pakistani State has historically used proxy elements to defame independence movements and erode public trust in genuine resistance, he said.

He said ISIS-K’s current narrative in Balochistan is a continuation of this policy — an ISPR-designed propaganda tool aimed at weaponizing religion to delegitimize nationalist struggles.

Dr. Allah Nazar, whose organisation is militarily fighting for freedom of Balochistan from Pakistan, said the Baloch liberation struggle is deeply rooted in the support of the Baloch people themselves and is not dependent on any foreign powers.

The liberation movement represents genuine national sovereignty and identity, he said in the BLF’s recently published magazine ‘Isper’.

In contrast, the occupying Pakistani State is employing every method to destroy the Baloch nation and erase its identity in order to turn Balochistan into a permanent colonial outpost, he said.

He pointed out that in Balochistan, the control of security policies rests not with the civilian government but directly with the military, which sustains political instability by maintaining ties with terrorist groups. (NVI)

Pakistan Army using ISIS to counter Baloch freedom movement: BNM chief Naseem Baloch

Dr Naseem Baloch, Chairman of Baloch National Movement (BNM) (File Pic)

Quetta: The Pakistani military has become incapable of confronting the “national movement and its core guerrilla resistance” in Balochistan and has started using ISIS in an attempt to suppress the growing campaign for independence, according to Chairman of Baloch National Movement (BNM) Dr Naseem Baloch.

Referring to the recent spike in actions by Baloch freedom fighters against the Pakistani military, Naseem Baloch said armed resistance is not a new phase in the Baloch national movement but rather a continuation of a longstanding historical struggle.

“Whenever the Baloch nation has faced threats to its land, identity, or national existence, it has embraced resistance as a sacred obligation,” he said.

“From defiance against British colonialism to the current battle against Pakistani occupation, Baloch fighters have upheld this movement with sacrifice, dignity, and unyielding national pride,” he underscored.

The chief of BNM, which is a non-violent group, pointed out that the Baloch armed resistance has grown in terms of both intensity and organization, effectively challenging the Pakistani military through popular support, disciplined tactics, and guerrilla operations.

Baloch freedom fighters now frequently establish checkpoints on major highways, target military convoys, and control roads for hours, often without any visible presence of Pakistani forces, he observed.

“After these operations, the (Pakistani) State typically retaliates by inflicting violence on civilians, including elders, women, and children,” he said, adding “it reflects the military’s intellectual, strategic, and moral collapse.”

While failing to face Baloch freedom fighters directly, the Pakistani military has “entrenched a policy of enforced disappearances, collective punishment, extrajudicial killings, and mutilation of bodies,” he said.

“Even more disturbing is the shift from covert “death squads” to openly sanctioned terrorist groups operating under the guise of ‘peace militias’,” Dr Naseem Baloch said.

He said that for years, these so-called ‘death squads’ (which are criminal gangs backed by the military and intelligence agencies) have been embedded into Baloch society to sabotage the national movement.

Their tactics include abductions, targeted killings, intimidation, and the instigation of tribal and social conflict, he said.

“These operations, while destructive, have failed to deliver the strategic goals envisioned by the State,” the BNM chief said.

Now, the same objectives are being pursued more openly through “peace forces” under the cover of the so-called provincial government, he said.

For example, in the Rakhni area, a militia led by Aftab Bugti, brother of Sarfraz Bugti, recently attacked Baloch Sarmachars, resulting in the martyrdom of four.

“This incident is a clear indication that the state is increasingly dependent on mafias, tribal militias, and contract killers,” he said.

“More alarming is the Pakistan army’s reported collaboration with international terrorist groups such as ISIS,” he said.

“Camps and training facilities for ISIS are being established in various parts of Balochistan, for use not only against the Baloch movement but also to destabilize the broader region,” the BNM leader said, adding “These actions demonstrate that Pakistan is not only supporting terrorism but actively facilitating it. This is not just a local threat but poses a danger to international peace and security.”

In light of these developments, Dr. Naseem Baloch issued the following calls to the international community:

• The training and deployment of death squads, “peace militias,” and religious terrorist groups under state patronage are flagrant violations of international human rights. Immediate international intervention is necessary.

• The establishment and use of ISIS camps in Balochistan are a direct threat to regional stability. The United Nations and regional powers must act decisively and urgently.

• The collective punishment of Baloch civilians—including abductions, the dishonoring of women and children, and extrajudicial killings—are war crimes and must be prosecuted before the International Criminal Court (ICC).

• The Baloch National Movement (BNM) will continue to expand its political and resistance efforts—through writing, public engagement, and diplomacy—on all international forums.

• We appeal to all human rights organizations, democratic institutions, civil society actors, journalists, intellectuals, and the global conscience to recognize the unfolding tragedy in Balochistan, document Pakistan’s crimes, and work to hold the state accountable under international law.

Dr Naseem Baloch underlined that “Balochistan today is a test for the world. This is a moment to choose between standing with the oppressor or standing with the oppressed.”

He said the Baloch nation is fighting for survival — for their land, language, identity, and freedom.

“This is not merely a conflict of arms, but a battle for justice, dignity, and humanity. The Baloch National Movement will continue this struggle on every front.” (NVI)

TTP chief mocks Pakistani military for ‘celebrating fake victory’ in recent conflict with India

TTP leader Noor Wali Mehsud (File Pic)

Peshawar, June 7 (NVI) Mocking the Pakistani military leadership in the context of recent conflict with India, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Noor Wali Mehsud has exposed it for “waging a fake” war and “celebrating a fake victory” to “squander as much budget as possible” and “justify cruel operations going on” against civilians in Pakistan.

In his rare statement issued primarily to greet people on the occasion of Eid-ul Azha, Mehsud said the Pakistani military has also “sown a seed of hostility with the brotherly Islamic country” on the western border, implying Afghanistan, besides making lives of the tribal people within Pakistan “miserable with continuous attacks by drones and quadcopters”.

“The powerful institutions of Pakistan are making every effort to push the region and international powers into a war in order to support the declining reputation of the security institutions and hide the open defeat,” the Emir of TTP said, referring to the Pakistani military leadership.

“Therefore, other powers in the region should be wary of Pakistan’s cunning tricks, and avoid getting involved in this (Pakistani military’s) war,” he said in a clear advice to India and Afghanistan.

Asking the countrymen to “remain alert” to the machinations of the Pakistani military, the TTP chief reached out to “the tribal elders, national leaders and political leaders”, highlighting that “the mercenary” Pakistan Army, “under the pretext of operations in the name of terrorism, has implemented the plans of the colonial powers and made the lives of the tribal people miserable with continuous attacks by drones and quadcopters.”

At the same time, “under the pretext of tension on the western border, it (Pakistan Army) has sown a seed of hostility with the brotherly Islamic country,” he said.

“On the other hand, the remnants of the British army (meaning Pakistan Army), after waging a fake and conventional war on the eastern border (with India), have once again made a sinister attempt to squander as much budget as possible and justify the illegal and cruel operations going on in the country by celebrating a fake victory, patting themselves on the back and adorning their own chests with medals,” he said.

He was referring to the military confrontation with India, triggered by the Pahalgam terror attack of April 22. During the 4-day episode, India destroyed 9 major terror camps deep inside Pakistan and caused huge damage to the Pakistani military installations, including Air bases, while foiling all attacks from Pakistan effectively.

Despite the huge damage incurred, Pakistan government and its military held celebratory events as if it had won and Army Chief Gen Asim Munir was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal. This is what was mocked by the TTP chief.

He said the citizens of Pakistan “should never forget the atrocities of this General and capitalist political class due to some sensational news of the media.”

He underlined that “the goal of this showy war (of Pakistan) was neither to save the country, nor to protect the lives and property of the Pakistani people. Otherwise, Kashmir would not have been traded, nor would the leadership of the Kashmiri Mujahideen and the Mujahideen wanted by India have been killed in broad daylight in the squares and intersections of Karachi and the cities of Punjab.”

Holding that “Pakistan has always sacrificed religion and religious and religious classes for its foreign policy”, he said, “the nation should be satisfied that the dirty hand of the (Pakistani) military group will be removed from the precious reserves here soon.”

He noted that “the self-confident Mujahideen of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan have made the Western-funded army determined not to digest these objectives, and have blown them into their noses.”

Making it “clear to the countries of the region and international powers that we have no external agenda”, the TTP chief said, “Our war against the Pakistani occupation army is for the sake of achieving our religious values and the Islamic system.”

He said, “By taking away the religious and national autonomy and freedom of the tribal belt through the mediation of some traitors, the occupying army has looted valuable minerals and reserves.”

Slamming the Pakistani military leadership, he said, “To restore their declining reputation, they are busy in a nefarious attempt to continuously target the innocent people through quadcopters and drones at various public places.”

At the same time, the Pakistani military is “busy blaming the TTP for all these crimes through the paid journalists. But the truth cannot be hidden because the Pakistani people have witnessed the oppression by the State thugs for 24 years and the entire nation is now aware of the State’s tricks,” he said.

“Therefore, the people should be more careful not to fall into the secret plans and anti-Dajjal tricks of these traitors of religion and nation.

While extending Eid greetings, Mehsud said, “May Allah Almighty grant the Muslim Ummah the ability to understand the spirit of sacrifice and its reality and act on it, and make this apparent sacrifice of ours a prelude to the real sacrifice, and grant us the ability to be ready to sacrifice our lives, property, and children in the true sense for the defense of the pure religion.” (NVI)

Balochistan: BLA says it killed 12 Pakistani soldiers, injured 7

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

Quetta, June 7 (NVI): Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed to have killed 12 personnel of the occupying Pakistan Army and left 7 injured in 3 separate attacks in Balochistan over the last two days.

These attacks in Quetta, Noshki, Kalat and Mastung districts included IEDs and armed assaults, BLA spokesman Jeeyand Baloch said.

He said BLA freedom fighters targeted an occupying Pakistani Army vehicle by detonating a remote-controlled IED near the main RCD highway in the ‘Do aye’ area of ​​Noshki district on June 5 when the enemy personnel were moving in two vehicles.

As a result of the attack, one of the occupying army vehicles was completely destroyed and all 9 personnel on board were eliminated on the spot, the spokesman said.

Yesterday, the BLA freedom fighters carried out an armed attack on an occupying army post situated in a college in the Mangochar area of ​​Kalat district when a number of soldiers had assembled there, he said.

The freedom fighters fired several rounds using automatic weapons as well as grenade launchers, killing 3 occupying Pakistani Army personnel on the spot and injuring at least 4 others, he said.

In another incident last night, BLA freedom fighters carried out a grenade attack at a checkpoint of the occupying Pakistani Army at CCM Cross in Mastung, leaving 3 soldiers injured, Jeeyand Baloch said.

Suggesting that it was a revenge attack, the BLA spokesman said, “The occupying army, at the same location, has been humiliating the Baloch people in the name of blockade, with even women and elders detained for hours and their self-respect violated.

Earlier on June 3, BLA freedom fighters neutralized Gulzar, a key agent of occupying Pakistani Army, near Tariq Hospital on Sariab Road, Quetta, the spokesman said.

Gulzar Naseer, along with informants for the occupying army, used to recruit people for the enemy by luring and threatening them, he said.

“The said agent was found to be directly involved in the enforced disappearances of Baloch youth by the occupying forces,” Jeeyand Baloch said. (NVI)

Surab operation was to show resolve to destroy every symbol of Pakistan in Balochistan: BLA

Scene in Surab city when it was under control of BLA

Quetta, June 2 (NVI) Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has said its operation, under which the Surab city was seized for several hours three days back, was the demonstration of the “resolve to destroy every institution, every symbol and every force of the occupying Pakistani State in Balochistan.

“We once again make it clear that our struggle will continue until Baloch national liberation is achieved,” the BLA said, in a clear warning to Pakistan which is illegally occupying Balochistan.

Shattering the authority of occupying Pakistani State, a large number of BLA fighters seized control of the strategically-crucial city of Surab in Balochistan on May 30, leaving an Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) dead.

The BLA freedom fighters carried out a coordinated operation evening, targeting key administrative and public institutions.

“Baloch Liberation Army freedom fighters took complete control of Surab city … and paralyzed all the military, administrative and financial structures of the enemy state,” said a statement issued by its spokesman Jeeyand Baloch.

“The operation continued for more than three hours, during which freedom fighters took up positions at all the important locations and highways in the city,” he said.

The fighters took control of the Levies station, police station, DC office, guest house and bank and damaged enemy infrastructure, the spokesman said.

“During the operation, Freedom fighters arrested Levies and police personnel and seized 30 Kalashnikovs, along with other weapons and war equipment from the security posts at the police stations and DC office,” he said.

These personnel were later released on conditional concessions based on their Baloch identity, he said.

Freedom fighters set fire to 3 vehicles of the enemy forces, state warehouses, a guest house and 3 banks, while 2 vehicles were taken into custody, Jeeyand Baloch said.

“During the takeover of the DC office, Assistant Deputy Commissioner Hidayatullah Buledi attempted an attack on the fighters, upon which the fighters subdued him without causing any casualties and locked him in a room,” he said.

“Unfortunately, he died due to suffocation in the room, which was a completely accidental incident,” the BLA spokesman said.

Furthermore, BLA set up checkpoints on the Quetta-Karachi and Surab-Gidar main highways, further tightening restrictions on state movement through snap checking. (NVI)

Balochistan: BLA seizes control of Surab city, Addl DC among killed

Representative image of Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).

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Quetta, May 31 (NVI) Shattering the authority of occupying Pakistani State, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has seized control of the crucial city of Surab in Balochistan, leaving dead several government personnel, including an Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC).

Hundreds of BLA freedom fighters launched a coordinated operation on Friday evening, targeting key administrative and public institutions.

BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said the organization’s fighters took over key government installations including a bank, the Levies station, and the police station.

Checkpoints and patrols were also being carried out on the main Quetta-Karachi highway and the Surab-Gidar road, he said in a brief statement to NVI.

A number of government vehicles were set ablaze.

Balochistan Government spokesman Shahid Rind confirmed that BLA cadres had taken control of Surab.

He said BLA cadres looted the National Bank located in the heart of Surab market and set fire to several houses of senior government officers, including the residence of the Assistant Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Hidayat Balodi.

The attack also targeted the DC House, Police and Levies stations, with BLA fighters seizing weapons and vehicles, Rind said.

Over the last one year, there have been a number of such operations carried out by Baloch freedom fighters wherein they seize control of key areas or highways for some time to send out a message to the Pakistani State.

The increase in such operations reflects a weakening grip of the Pakistani State which is illegally occupying Balochistan. (NVI)

Balochistan: BLA seizes control of key city

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

Quetta, May 30 (NVI) Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) tonight claimed to have taken full control of the strategically important city of Surab in Balochistan.

BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch said the organization’s fighters have taken over key government installations including a bank, the Levies station, and the police station.

Checkpoints and patrols are also being carried out on the main Quetta-Karachi highway and the Surab-Gidar road, he said in a brief statement to NVI.

According to local reports, a large number of armed fighters this evening launched a coordinated attack on various government buildings in the city, including security installations and several military personnel were detained.

A number of government vehicles were set ablaze.

Over the last one year, there have been a number of such operations carried out by Baloch freedom fighters wherein they seize control of key areas or highways for some time to send out a message to the Pakistani State.

The increase in such operations reflects a weakening grip of the Pakistani military in occupied Balochistan. (NVI)

TTP slams Pakistani military for ‘misleading’ nation & committing atrocities on unarmed people

TTP leader Noor Wali Mehsud (File Pic)

Peshawar, May 26 (NVI) Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) today denounced the Pakistani military for repeating its “worn-out” and “misleading” claim that the Islamist organisation and Baloch groups are getting support from India and called for a united fight against this “problematic” force.

Referring to a press conference addressed by the Pakistani military spokesman, TTP said he had “openly disrespected the Afghan government, the Afghan nation and their blood by calling them a tool of India” and similarly, used “extremely vulgar language about Baloch freedom fighter women.”

Slamming the Pakistani military, TTP spokesman Muhammad Khorasani said the force has won no war but it commits “mountains of atrocities” against unarmed people and destroys mosques and madrassas all over the country, while calling itself an Islamic force.

He said it is the Pakistani military which has converted a developing country (Pakistan) into a “beggar”, caused anarchy within the nation and made all neighbouring countries its enemies.

“…The military spokesman, during a long press conference, while quoting verses of the Quran and hadiths of the Prophet and mentioning the names of “India” and “Hindustan” in every line, once again repeated the same worn-out claim in front of the nation, which has been heard in the media every time for the past 20 years to mislead the public,” Khorasani said in a statement.

“The military spokesman raised an unreasonable objection to a jurisprudential issue stated by the Ameer of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan,” he added.

“Similarly, on the one hand, he used the religious card, and on the other hand, he expressed nationalism that ‘the blood of one Pakistani is more precious than a thousand Afghans’ and said that this sentence was from the Army Chief,” the TTP spokesman pointed out.

“The military spokesman openly disrespected the Afghan government, the Afghan nation and their blood and called them a tool of India. Similarly, the military spokesman also used extremely vulgar language about Baloch freedom fighter women,” he said.

“Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has denied such statements before and now once again denies all the allegations that were made in the press conference of the military spokesman two days ago,” he said.

“By repeating those traditional words (that they are getting weapons, money and instructions from India), they (Pakistani military) has tried to deprive them (Pashtuns and Baloch) of their legitimate right to freedom.

“We, as Muslims and Pakistanis, condemn such statements which are based on nationalism, or which disrespect any nation or particular class, or which hurt religion and human sentiments,” Khorasani said.

“And at the same time, we request the people of Pakistan to reject such un-Islamic and irrational statements which destabilize the beloved homeland,” he said.

He said the entire country should keep in mind that the Pakistani military is the same force which “destroyed mosques and madrasas from Islamabad to Bajaur, that committed mountains of atrocities on the Pashtun tribes and the Baloch belt, those who usurp the hard-earned money of people and go to Australia and France, those who have showered bullets on unarmed people in Islamabad etc.”

Khorasani also apparently referred to the losses suffered by the Pakistani military during the military conflict with India earlier this month, in the backdrop of which General Asim Munir was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal.

“Now after a filmy war, they (Pakistani military) are playing with the sentiments of the nation by creating dramas of victory and throwing dust in the eyes of the nation by adorning their chests with medals,” the TTP spokesman mocked.

“As for the statement of the Ameer of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan….it is a failed attempt to mislead the nation, because the words of the Ameer of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan are academic matters addressed to scholars, the importance and status of which are understood only by those who have attained some academic position, what about military spokespersons,” he said.

“But the tragedy of Pakistan is that the Pakistani armed forces have abandoned their work and started doing all the work of which they do not even know the alphabet, so they have their own experts in issuing fatwas, playing in the political arena, promoting agriculture and trade, etc.

“In Pakistan all these works are being done by the military group that does not even know how to do its job properly, which has not won a single war till date, which has lost half of Pakistan’s geography, which has made a developing country a beggar, which has created unrest within the country by making all the neighboring countries enemies and has spread political anarchy internally.

“Therefore, the nation should think about how to get rid of this problem (Pakistani military),” the TTP spokesman said. (NVI)

TTP condemns killing of 3 youth in Khyber on spying charges, hints at role of Pakistani agencies

Leaders of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) -- File Pic

Peshawar: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) today condemned the killing of three youth in Khyber Agency on charges of “spying” and reminded the Pashtuns that the Pakistani military is a common “enemy” which should be fought jointly by the Islamist organisation and the ordinary community members.

“Sad news has been received that three youth have been killed in the Bara Tera Maidan district of Khyber province on charges of espionage. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan strongly condemns this incident,” its spokesman Muhammad Khorasani in a statement today.

“We pray for the forgiveness of the deceased, and we pray for patience and compensation for the survivors, and we share this grief with the families of the deceased,” he said.

Hinting at the role of Pakistani secret agencies in the killing of the 3 youth after their abduction, Khorasani said, “Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan wants to make it clear to all the brave people of Khyber that we (TTP) belong to this community (of Pashtuns) and this community is ours. Besides the religion, there are many other commonalities and relations.”

Apparently referring to the Pakistani military, he said, “The enemy is unable to tolerate harmony and closeness between us and is trying various means to create differences between us. So, we must jointly defeat the conspiracies of the enemy.”

At the end, he underlined, “Remember one thing, our real war is against the security institutions.” (NVI)

Sindh: JSFM condemns brutal action by Pakistani forces on protesters

People of Sindh at a protest against Pakistan. (File Pic)

Karachi, May 22 (NVI) The brutal unprovoked force used by Pakistan state forces against the peaceful Sindhi nationalist activists in Moro, which resulted in several casualties, has been strongly condemned by Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM).

The organisation demanded legal action, including FIR, against those responsible for the brutal action.

“The Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM) expresses its deepest condemnation of the brutal and unprovoked attack carried out by Pakistani state intelligence agencies and police on peaceful Sindhi nationalist activists in Moro,” said a statement issued by it.

“The firing resulted in the martyrdom of Zahid Laghari and severe injuries to Irfan Laghari and several others,” it said.

In the joint statement, JSFM Chairman Sohail Abro, along with senior leaders Zubair Sindhi, Amar Azadi, Farhan Sindhi, Hafeez Deshi, Mark Sindhu, and Hosho Sindhi, also declared 10 days of mourning across Sindh in honor of the fallen comrade.

Chairman Sohail Abro further stated: “An FIR must be immediately registered against the officers of Pakistani intelligence and police responsible for the targeted killing of Zahid Laghari. They must face justice and be held accountable under international human rights law.”

The JSFM leadership emphasized that this heinous act is part of a broader systematic campaign by Pakistan’s military, ISI, MI, Rangers, and police to violently suppress the peaceful resistance movement in Sindh.

The ongoing struggle against corporate land grabbing and the construction of illegal canals on the Indus River has been met with escalating state brutality, which includes enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, fabricated criminal cases, and the criminalization of peaceful political activism, they said.

“We alert the world that Pakistan’s establishment is deliberately pushing peaceful Sindhi political activism toward conflict. Their goal is to justify a full-scale operation to crush the national movement of Sindh. We will not allow them to silence our democratic voices,” said JSFM leaders.

“Our peaceful resistance will continue—for the ownership of Sindh’s natural resources, for the right to self-determination, for the freedom of our unjustly detained and forcibly disappeared activists, and for the freedom and dignity of the Sindhi nation.”

The JSFM urged bodies like the UN and its Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights and Enforced Disappearances, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, The United Kingdom Government and Parliamentarians, European Union Institutions and International Human Rights Defenders and Journalists to take immediate notice of the growing state repression in Sindh and the grave human rights violations being committed by Pakistani authorities.

“The international community must intervene to stop the crackdown, ensure accountability, and support the Sindhi people’s right to peaceful political expression, autonomy, and justice,” it said. (NVI)

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