Fire in Surab City of Balochistan.
Islamabad: The Balochistan Army killed 1 Pakistani officer along with the Balochistan Army on Surab City of Turbulent Balochistan province of Pakistan. PM Shahbaz Sharif has also been shocked by this. Shahbaz has strongly condemned this attack. Please tell that a senior government official was killed in an attack by Baloch extremists.
According to officials, extremists of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) attacked the city of Sorab in Khujdar district late on Friday night. He captured the city for some time, set several government properties on fire and looted a bank.
Captured with looting in banks
Balochistan government spokesperson Shahid Rind said that the attackers vandalized government offices, looted cash from the bank and also burnt the houses of several government officials. Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Hidayat Buladi Baloch died in this attack. He stayed during the attack and was seriously injured. Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif paid tribute to Hidayat Buladi and said that he introduced “extraordinary courage and duty” while “competing with extremists”.
What is the quarrel between Balochistan and Pakistan?
Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan (according to the area), which is located in the south-west. It is bordering Afghanistan, Iran and the Arabian Sea. Balochistan is rich in natural resources. Especially there is a store of gas, copper, gold, coal and uranium. Balochistan was a semi-independent state (Khan of Kalat) at the time of partition India-Pakistan partition in 1947. According to Baloch leaders, Pakistan forcibly merged Balochistan in 1948. Since then, protest and rebellion against Pakistan started in Balochistan. (Language)
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