The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), which has been banned by Pakistan, has claimed responsibility for the attack. However, General Chaudhry did not make any mention of that.
Mirza said in a statement, "More than 200 wooden coffins have been brought at the Quetta Railway Station. This means that the Pakistani army has decided not to do negotiations, thus has decided to get its military personnel killed."
A group of terrorists launched the attack on the Peshawar-Quetta Jaffar Express, leaving the driver severely injured in the Bolan Pass area of Balochistan, while targeting civilians, as per ARY News.
Security officials said security forces have killed 16 "terrorists" and injured many others. According to security officials, "terrorists" suffered heavy losses in this operation and split into small groups.
The Jaffar Express, with some 400 passengers on board in nine bogies, was on its way from Quetta in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when the BLA opened fire on it, injuring the driver and taking the passengers as hostages.
The family of Zulfiqar Ali Marri, a resident of Kohlu district in Balochistan, has urged authorities and human rights organizations to intervene for his safe recovery after he went missing from Quetta, as reported by the Balochistan Post.
She stated that the relatives of victims of enforced disappearances have blocked the Karachi-Quetta highway at three locations by holding sit-ins and urged people of Balochistan to ensure their participation in these sit-ins.
The Balochistan Post reported, "The wave of enforced disappearances continues across Balochistan, with reports that Pakistani forces have forcibly disappeared twelve more individuals in the regions of Quetta, Nushki, Mashkay, and Winder. According to local sources, two brothers -- Adnan and
According to a report by The Balochistan Post (TBP), the incident allegedly took place when police entered the facility and detained educators from Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University (SBK).
Demonstrations and sit-ins are taking place in various cities across Balochistan, with families of those who have been forcibly disappeared as well as residents taking to the streets.