Overview
- Authorities reported coordinated suicide and gun attacks at more than a dozen locations, including the provincial capital Quetta.
- An unnamed security official said 37 assailants were killed, while at least ten members of the security forces died, figures that were not independently verified.
- The Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility, saying it targeted military and police installations and blocked highways to slow the response.
- Rail services were suspended and mobile and road networks were disrupted in the affected areas as operations continued.
- The attacks came a day after the army said it killed 41 separatists and occurred within a decades-long insurgency tied to poverty and resource grievances, with 2024 cited as particularly deadly.