- Friday, January 10, 2025
The militants attacked the residence of Balochistan minister Mir Shoaib Nosherwani with a hand grenade late on Thursday night
By: India Weekly
ARMED militants attacked the residences of a senior minister and a deputy commissioner and stormed a police checkpost in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, police said.
A senior police official said militants attacked the residence of Balochistan minister for finance and mineral resources Mir Shoaib Nosherwani with a hand grenade in Kharan late on Thursday night.
“The armed men came on motorcycles and drove away after hurling the hand grenade,” he said.
No casualty has been reported in the incident, he said.
In a similar incident, the militants attacked the residence of the Kalat deputy commissioner with a hand grenade on Thursday night, injuring one police constable on duty at the gate.
In the third incident, the armed militants attacked the police checkpost in Mastung town on Thursday night and set fire to machinery and equipment of a cement factory in the vicinity before escaping the scene, authorities said.
A police official confirmed the attack took place at a time when the security personnel were changing at the checkpost.
The official said the militants snatched guns, ammunition, wireless sets and motorcycles before putting equipment in the cement factory on fire.
The official said the militants escaped well before security personnel reached the scene.
However, there were no casualties in the attack, the official said.
Balochistan, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, is home to a long-running violent insurgency.
Baloch insurgents accuse China and Islamabad of exploitation of the resource-rich province, a charge rejected by the authorities. (PTI)
