Explosions in Quetta follow reported rocket strikes across key areas, even as protests and rights groups highlight a growing number of missing persons cases in Balochistan.
The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) has completed 6,000 days of continuous protest in Quetta, marking one of Pakistan's longest-running human rights campaigns. Families of the disappeared have gathered outside the Quetta Press Club for nearly sixteen years, holding photographs and documents as they wait for answers that remain elusive.
While the Pakistani army claimed it was targeting "terrorists", witnesses stated that the victims were unarmed civilians who had gathered for a picnic at a national park, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
At least 10 people were killed and 32 injured on Tuesday after a powerful explosion struck a busy street near the Frontier Corps (FC) headquarters in Balochistan's capital Quetta, Dawn reported.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks across several districts of Balochistan, including Zamuran, Kalat, Kharan, Quetta, and Dhadar.
The blast occurred in Quetta's Shahrah-e-Iqbal area and several cars and motorcycles in the vicinity were damaged.
Electricity has still not been fully restored nationwide, which is hindering companies and the daily lives of more than 220 million people.
Earlier in November, Balochistan University students protested the alleged abduction of two of their colleagues and staged sit-ins in Quetta.
Police sources from the city told Xinhua that the FC convoy was assigned to provide security to the minority ethnic group of Hazara community in the city, and it was on its routine patrolling when it came under attack
The Balochistan government had appealed to the PDM leadership to defer their rally in the wake of the security alert.
