A shadowy separatist group has thrown down the gauntlet in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan, admitting to a precision rocket attack that crippled a key road construction project. The Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) confirmed their role in the April 29 incident near Dera Murad Jamali’s Pat Feeder Peropul zone, where construction equipment was reduced to scrap metal.
Eyewitnesses and police described a sudden onslaught by unknown attackers firing rockets that ignited fires and demolished machinery on the spot. Work came to a screeching halt, but mercifully, no lives were lost. Security forces have launched a manhunt, probing the depths of this brazen sabotage.
In their proclamation, BRG’s voice Dostain Baloch portrayed the target as a ‘military-linked firm’ executing state contracts. The outfit boasted of total destruction and warned contractors against collaborating with Islamabad. ‘Stay away from government schemes, or bear the full brunt of losses and peril,’ the statement read, pledging relentless campaigns for Baloch freedom.
This fits a disturbing pattern. Recent weeks saw BRG and allies like the BLF hit security outposts in multiple districts including Awaran and Sibi. Earlier, in March, they ruptured a vital Sui-Karachi gas pipeline, crippling supply lines. Their rhetoric centers on halting resource plundering in Balochistan.
As attacks proliferate—targeting troops, cops, and now civilian projects—the province bleeds from economic sabotage and human tolls. Pakistan faces mounting challenges in stabilizing this mineral-rich but insurgency-plagued territory, where calls for autonomy echo louder amid the rubble.
