The train hijacking in south-western Pakistan represents a major escalation in the region’s long-running insurgency.

Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho condemned the use of women and children as human shields during the hijacking of the Jaffar Express, calling it a reprehensible act. She also denounced the spread of ...

Advisor to Chief Minister on the Department of Women Development, Dr. Rubaba Khan Buledi on Sunday said that the Balochistan ...

The decades-old Baloch insurgency, driven by demands for independence, autonomy, and control over resources, has intensified ...

Balochistan, Pakistan's largest province, witnesses increased attacks by the separatist group BLA, including a recent train ...

Per sources, there were 450 passengers onboard in the nine coaches, along with several army personnel. On March 12, 2025, the ...

Baloch separatists have used women to carry out attacks in recent months. Earlier this year, a Frontier Corps (FC) personnel was martyred in a suicide attack by a woman bomber in Balochistan’s Kalat ...

The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the regional unrest that birthed the ...

The Baloch Liberation Army, or BLA, which has waged a long insurgency in the restive southwest province of Balochistan, claimed responsibility for the ambush. Security officials said the military ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani forces freed the remaining passengers from a train that was hijacked by separatist militants in explosive-filled vests who took hundreds of hostages and killed 21 ...

"Civilian passengers, particularly women, children, the elderly, and Baloch citizens, have been released safely and given a secure route," the BLA said in a statement emailed to journalists and ...