Balochistan is in the grip of terror rooted in geopolitical interventions. The daredevil onslaught on no less than a dozen cities and towns of the restive province this past weekend is a manifestation of desperation on the part of disgruntled elements that are out to destabilise Pakistan at the behest of their foreign masters. The attacks which led to the martyrdom of about 15 security personnel as well as 18 civilians were repulsed with full might, as 177 terrorists were exterminated in two days. The combing operation from the armed forces exhibited the resolve and the courage to take on the faceless and cowardly enemy by the horns, sending down the right signals that no so-called socio-political upheavals that are anti-state in essence will be tolerated.

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) is........

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