Kalat operation: Business, trade grinds to a halt in protest

BLA spokesperson says his armed men brought down a gunship helicopter in Kalat.


Our Correspondent April 09, 2014
File photo of a security convoy. PHOTO: EXPRESS

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A complete shutter-down strike was observed in parts of Balochistan on Tuesday in response to a strike called by the Baloch National Front (BNF) protesting the military operation in Kalat district.


A BNF spokesperson said that security forces had launched the operation against locals after suffering a defeat ‘at the hands of the BLA in Kalat and Naushki districts’.  Business and trade activities in Kech, Gwadar, Kharan, Kalat, Panjgur, Awaran, Khuzdar and Naushki districts came to a standstill as all shops, markets and restaurants remained closed for the day.


BLA spokesperson Mirak Baloch said his armed men brought down a gunship helicopter in Kalat and killed several security forces personnel in response to the operation. “After facing tough resistance, the security forces carried out shelling on the local population and targeted innocent Baloch people,” Mirak said. He claimed that none of the BLA’s members were killed in the operation. A BRA spokesperson also issued a similar statement.


Published in The Express Tribune, April 9th, 2014.

COMMENTS (7)

Ali Baloch | 10 years ago | Reply

@Balochi Cynic: You don't even now the know the difference between Baloch and Balochi and yet you are posing as one #pathetic.

Salman | 10 years ago | Reply

@Hari Om: India needs to free people of Kashmir first, before it can talk about any intervention in Balochistan. The Balochi people love Pakistan but the agents of RAW and CIA created BLA which sponsor terrorism in the province.

I'm starting to think ET is pro-Indian, it never publishes which talk about freedom for our Kashmiri brothers whom Indians have oppressed for years but publishes all the pro-Indian comments stating propaganda about Balochistan.

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