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Security personnel have thwarted attacks at multiple locations across Balochistan, provincial government official Shahid Rind said on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
Rind, the special aide to the Chief Minister for political and media affairs, said on X that over 70 terrorists had been killed over the past two days at different locations by security forces across the province.<\/p>\n
\u201cFollowing this, terrorists attempted to carry out attacks at a few places in Balochistan, which the police and the Frontier Corps (FC) thwarted by taking timely action.\u201d<\/p>\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n According to a Dawn<\/em> correspondent, while mobile phone services were working, data services were suspended in Quetta, Sibi and Chaman in the wake of the attacks.<\/p>\n An emergency was imposed in all government hospitals across the province on the directives of Health Minister Bakht Muhammad Kakar and Health Secretary Mujeebur Rehman.<\/p>\n Kakar was supervising the provision of medical treatment to those \u201cinjured in the Quetta firing\u201d, a statement from the provincial health department said.<\/p>\n The health minister directed Quetta Trauma Centre Managing Director Dr Arbab Kamran and Quetta Civil Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Abdul Hadi Kakar to ensure the \u201cimmediate\u201d provision of medical facilities.<\/p>\n According to the statement, the operating theatres of the Quetta Trauma Centre and Civil Hospital have been put on alert, and additional doctors have been deployed.<\/p>\n Separately, police said suspected explosive materials were found on a railway track in Balochistan\u2019s Nasirabad district.<\/p>\n \u201cAn anti-tank mine and explosive material were found on the railway line near Rabi Pul,\u201d said a statement by Nasirabad Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Asadullah Nasir.<\/p>\n \u201cA suspected IED (improvised explosive device) was neutralised as the police, FC and Special Branch took timely action,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n The recovered items included half a kilogramme of explosive material, petrol and an iron rod, according to SSP Nasir. The items were handed over to the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) for further investigation.<\/p>\n Railway tracks are a frequent target of terrorists, with the Jaffar Express coming under attack several times over the past year.<\/p>\n Most recently, on Monday night, a blast on the railway track linking Sindh to Balochistan derailed four bogies<\/a> of the Quetta-bound Jaffar Express train coming from Peshawar and damaged the track.<\/p>\n The Jaffar Express had also escaped attacks in Nasirabad in October <\/a>and November<\/a> last year. Similar attempts also occurred during the two months in Kachhi<\/a> and Sindh\u2019s Shikarpur<\/a> district.<\/p>\n The recent attacks come two days after security forces killed 41 terrorists<\/a> in intelligence-based operations (IBOs) carried out in Balochistan\u2019s Harnai and Panjgur districts.<\/p>\n Earlier this week, CTD said six proclaimed offenders<\/a> affiliated with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed during an operation in Pishin.<\/p>\n On January 5, an IED attack in Panjgur killed one person<\/a> and injured 16 others.<\/p>\n Despite record militant deaths<\/a>, Pakistan saw a sharp escalation in militant violence in 2025, with terrorist attacks rising by 34 per cent<\/a> and terrorism-related fatalities increasing by 21pc year-on-year, according to data released by the Islamabad-based Pak Institute for Peace Studies.<\/p>\n As many as 699 terrorist attacks were recorded countrywide during the year.<\/p>\n In early December, security forces carried out a two-day operation<\/a> against militants who attacked<\/a> the brigade headquarters of Frontier Corps in Chagai district\u2019s Nokundi area.<\/p>\n The same day a suicide bomber detonated himself at the main gate of the FC headquarters, armed terrorists also launched an attack<\/a> on an FC checkpost in Panjgur district\u2019s Gurmakan area.<\/p>\n On November 24, three personnel were martyred<\/a> and 12 sustained injuries in a suicide attack<\/a> on the FC headquarters in Peshawar.<\/p>\n This is a developing story that is being updated as the situation evolves. Initial reports in the media can sometimes be inaccurate. We will strive to ensure timeliness and accuracy by relying on credible sources, such as concerned, qualified authorities and our staff reporters.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/a>\u2018IED, explosives neutralised in Nasirabad\u2019<\/h2>\n
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