Pakistani security forces continued large-scale operations across Balochistan on Sunday after a wave of coordinated militant attacks left more than 190 people dead in just two days, including civilians,

By Muhammad Amin Afridi and Saad Sayeed BARA/KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people have fled a remote mountainous region in northwestern Pakistan in recent weeks, residents said,

The Baloch Liberation Army carried out major attacks while the Pakistani military was conducting operations against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

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The BLA has claimed it launched coordinated assaults across Balochistan on January 31, 2026, under “Operation Herof Phase II,” alleging heavy casualties and hostage-taking claims that remain independently unverified. Pakistan, however, has rejected these assertions, stating its forces neutralised 145 militants during retaliatory operations.

Shehbaz Sharif's remarks amounted to a rare, unvarnished confession that Pakistan’s democracy has been reduced to a facade, with generals steering both the economy and national decision-making.

Pakistan Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir recently travelled to Bahawalpur in Punjab, where he addressed the troops of the Bahawalpur Garrison and witnessed a military exercise.

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