Why don't you come over I will carry you to Quetta and will let you see for yourself .
in the meanwhile there are some developments other than Balochistan as well
TTP, BLA join hands in Karachi attacks
Banned organisations cooperate, exchange weapons, money and terrorists
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KARACHI Police have discovered that the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are collaborating in carrying out terrorist operations in Karachi, police officials said.
Workers repair a damaged sewage line near the Criminal Investigation Department building in Karachi November 16, five days after a suicide bombing flattened the area. Authorities have identified one of the eight gunmen who took part in the attack as a member of the Balochistan Liberation Army. [REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro]
Workers repair a damaged sewage line near the Criminal Investigation Department building in Karachi November 16, five days after a suicide bombing flattened the area. Authorities have identified one of the eight gunmen who took part in the attack as a member of the Balochistan Liberation Army. [REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro]
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BLA member Afzal Baloch has been identified as one of eight terrorists who opened fire on the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) building November 11, said CID Police Chief Chaudhry Aslam. The gunmen attacked the building minutes before a suicide bomber struck.
Police said Baloch and seven other terrorists opened fire on the CID building's gate to clear the way for the suicide bomber's truck, then disappeared before the explosion.
The truck bomb killed 20, including senior policemen.
Aslam said police consulted eyewitnesses and then distributed sketches of two suspected gunmen, enabling them to identify one gunman as Baloch.
Baloch also has allegedly been involved in robberies and kidnapping for ransom in Karachi, he said.
ATM trail
Investigators concluded Baloch and the BLA were involved in the CID attack after investigating the use of stolen credit and ATM cards. While reviewing security videos from ATM kiosks, police identified Baloch as the man portrayed in one of the post-bombing sketches.
The BLA has Karachi strongholds in Liyari, Malir, Bhains Colony and Manghopir.
We are investigating the nexus between the activists of the BLA and the TTP. In the next few days police could arrest BLA men involved in terrorism in Karachi, Aslam said.
Police have learned that the BLA and TTP often exchange weapons, money and terrorists to carry out terrorist activities, he said.
It was also no secret that BLA members committed heinous crimes like murders, kidnappings for ransom, dacoities (gang robberies) and robberies in Karachi and Quetta, he said.
BLA background
The BLA is the product of dissident groups that split from the Balochistan Republic Liberation Army, analysts say.
Initially, the BLA was a political organisation, but in 1973 the organisation became involved in anti-state activities, said Shahzada Zulfiqar, a Quetta-based senior journalist. Different Baloch nationalist leaders headed the organisation.
During Pervez Musharrafs regime, the BLA started targeting the army, security personnel and strategic government installations, especially gas pipelines in Balochistan, he said.
As a result, the Musharraf government banned all militant organisations, including the BLA, in 2007, and the BLA has continued clandestinely since then, he added.
Heir Biar, the self-exiled leader of BLA, runs the organisation from London, said Muhammad Naeem, a senior professor at Karachi University and an analyst of ethnicity and sectarianism in Pakistan. Biar is the son of Nawab Khair Bukhsh Marri, a nationalist Balochistan politician who has served many years in prison for anti-Pakistani views, he said.
In Balochistan, the BLA is known as a militant organisation engaged in kidnapping for ransom, bombings and ethnically based killings, Naeem said.
TTP, BLA join hands in Karachi attacks - Central Asia Online
Why don't you come over I will carry you to Quetta and will let you see for yourself .
in the meanwhile there are some developments other than Balochistan as well
TTP, BLA join hands in Karachi attacks
Banned organisations cooperate, exchange weapons, money and terrorists
Email this Article
increase text size decrease text size
KARACHI Police have discovered that the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are collaborating in carrying out terrorist operations in Karachi, police officials said.
Workers repair a damaged sewage line near the Criminal Investigation Department building in Karachi November 16, five days after a suicide bombing flattened the area. Authorities have identified one of the eight gunmen who took part in the attack as a member of the Balochistan Liberation Army. [REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro]
Workers repair a damaged sewage line near the Criminal Investigation Department building in Karachi November 16, five days after a suicide bombing flattened the area. Authorities have identified one of the eight gunmen who took part in the attack as a member of the Balochistan Liberation Army. [REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro]
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BLA member Afzal Baloch has been identified as one of eight terrorists who opened fire on the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) building November 11, said CID Police Chief Chaudhry Aslam. The gunmen attacked the building minutes before a suicide bomber struck.
Police said Baloch and seven other terrorists opened fire on the CID building's gate to clear the way for the suicide bomber's truck, then disappeared before the explosion.
The truck bomb killed 20, including senior policemen.
Aslam said police consulted eyewitnesses and then distributed sketches of two suspected gunmen, enabling them to identify one gunman as Baloch.
Baloch also has allegedly been involved in robberies and kidnapping for ransom in Karachi, he said.
ATM trail
Investigators concluded Baloch and the BLA were involved in the CID attack after investigating the use of stolen credit and ATM cards. While reviewing security videos from ATM kiosks, police identified Baloch as the man portrayed in one of the post-bombing sketches.
The BLA has Karachi strongholds in Liyari, Malir, Bhains Colony and Manghopir.
We are investigating the nexus between the activists of the BLA and the TTP. In the next few days police could arrest BLA men involved in terrorism in Karachi, Aslam said.
Police have learned that the BLA and TTP often exchange weapons, money and terrorists to carry out terrorist activities, he said.
It was also no secret that BLA members committed heinous crimes like murders, kidnappings for ransom, dacoities (gang robberies) and robberies in Karachi and Quetta, he said.
BLA background
The BLA is the product of dissident groups that split from the Balochistan Republic Liberation Army, analysts say.
Initially, the BLA was a political organisation, but in 1973 the organisation became involved in anti-state activities, said Shahzada Zulfiqar, a Quetta-based senior journalist. Different Baloch nationalist leaders headed the organisation.
During Pervez Musharrafs regime, the BLA started targeting the army, security personnel and strategic government installations, especially gas pipelines in Balochistan, he said.
As a result, the Musharraf government banned all militant organisations, including the BLA, in 2007, and the BLA has continued clandestinely since then, he added.
Heir Biar, the self-exiled leader of BLA, runs the organisation from London, said Muhammad Naeem, a senior professor at Karachi University and an analyst of ethnicity and sectarianism in Pakistan. Biar is the son of Nawab Khair Bukhsh Marri, a nationalist Balochistan politician who has served many years in prison for anti-Pakistani views, he said.
In Balochistan, the BLA is known as a militant organisation engaged in kidnapping for ransom, bombings and ethnically based killings, Naeem said.
TTP, BLA join hands in Karachi attacks - Central Asia Online
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