ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s security forces killed two militants in an intelligence-based operation in the country’s southwestern Balochistan province, said the army’s media wing, ISPR, in a statement issued on Saturday.
The operation was carried out in the Kech district on the night of October 6 and led to a heavy exchange of fire that resulted in the death of the two militants.
Balochistan shares a porous border with Iran and Afghanistan and has long been a battleground for a low-level insurgency. Baloch nationalists argue they are fighting against the unfair extraction of the province’s resources by the federal government, an accusation Islamabad denies.
“The killed terrorists had been actively involved in multiple terrorist activities against the law enforcement agencies,” the ISPR informed.
It added that a large quantity of equipment and explosives had been recovered from them in the wake of the operation.
The ISPR did not name the group of the militants, though there are a number of armed factions operating in the province where Pakistan and China are jointly undertaking infrastructure development and regional connectivity projects.
Pakistan has witnessed a surge in militant violence in recent days.
Balochistan also experienced a major suicide attack targeting a religious congregation in Mastung last month that killed nearly 60 people.
Pakistan’s security forces kill two militants in southwestern Balochistan
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Pakistan’s security forces kill two militants in southwestern Balochistan
- The ISPR says a large quantity of equipment and explosives were recovered from the dead militants
- The security forces carried out intelligence-based operation in Kech that led to a heavy exchange of fire
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Sunday said it had arrested a key suspect involved in smuggling humans who had arrived from Cambodia, alleging he was also part of an international fraud network.
The suspect, identified as Zainullah, was arrested by FIA officials when he arrived in the southern port city of Karachi from Cambodia.
Zainullah had traveled from Pakistan to Cambodia in September 2024, a press release issued by the agency said.
“He worked at an online fraud company in Cambodia and later became involved as an agent in recruiting individuals from Pakistan,” the FIA said.
The FIA said it recovered images of multiple individuals’ passports, payment receipts and bank transaction records after extracting data from Zainullah’s phone.
It said the suspect received money through personal bank accounts and a cryptocurrency account.
“The suspect has been handed over to the FIA Anti-Human Trafficking Circle, Karachi, for further legal proceedings,” the FIA said.
“Further investigation is underway.”
Pakistan intensified action against illegal migration in 2023 after hundreds of migrants, including 262 Pakistanis, drowned when an overcrowded vessel sank off the Greek town of Pylos, one of the deadliest boat disasters in the Mediterranean.
Authorities say they continue to target networks sending citizens abroad through dangerous routes, following heightened scrutiny at airports and a series of arrests involving forged documents.
Pakistan’s interior ministry said this week illegal migration to Europe has declined by 47 percent this year after its nationwide crackdown, saying that more than 1,700 human smugglers have been arrested in 2025.
