November 17, 2016: Terrorists have slaughtered more than 30 citizens of the Khuzdar district of Balochistan which has already been struck by violence over linguistic and sectarian differences for over 200 times within the last 15 years in Pakistan. These attacks were probably in retaliation for the murder of Saqib alias Arif, a Tehrik-e-Taliban terrorist by the Sindh Rangers in Hub. This incident occurred the day after the assassination of Arif and hours before the inauguration of the Gwadar port by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief General Raheel Sharif and some eminent Chinese guests.
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This attack was probably in retaliation for the murder of Saqib alias Arif, a Tehrik-e-Taliban terrorist by the Sindh Rangers in Hub. It was after the assassination of Arif and hours before the inauguration of the Gwadar port by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief General Raheel Sharif and some eminent Chinese guests.
Saqib alias Arif was accused of many terror attacks, such as the trap set up for former Karachi corps commander, Gen Ahsan Saleem's conveyance , suicide and murder attacks on Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman and Bilal Sheikh respectively.
Terrorism in this southwestern region of Pakistan is prevalent and has robbed families and individuals of their lives. People from various sects have given up their lives since a long time. These victims do not include the civilians but also many government officials, minorities, judges, police.
The following lists the occurrences of major terrorist incidents in Balochistan, this year:
At least five supposed terrorists were killed by armed security forces around Quetta on June 14, 2016.
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Sarfraz Bugti, Balochistan's Home Minister declared the arrest of an Indian navy officer serving his country's intelligence organization, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) on 24 March 2016.
While making this statement, Bugti revealed that the RAW officer, Kalbhushan Yadav was captured three days prior and was in touch with Baloch separatists and other religious bodies.
The following is a chronology of some heinous incidents since 2003 up to 2015 that hit Balochistan.
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Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed in a crossfire between the tribal militants and the government forces in Balochistan. At least 5 soldiers and 30 militants lost their lives too.
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