US EditionPakistani university lecturer arrested for planning foiled Balochistan attack, officials say
Professor Dr Usman Qazi, linked to the banned Balochistan Liberation Army, was arrested for planning suicide attacks on Independence Day, marking the first capture of a Majeed Brigade official.
- On Monday, security forces in southwestern Pakistan arrested Professor Dr Usman Qazi for planning a foiled attack targeting August 14’s Independence Day celebrations, officials said.
- Amid a longstanding separatist insurgency, officials said the suspect’s links to the Majeed Brigade, the BLA’s suicide squad, follow the U.S. State Department’s recent designation of both groups as terrorists.
- Video footage showed Qazi admitting to planning the thwarted attack and confessing involvement in the Quetta railway station bombing that killed 32 people, officials said.
- According to Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti, security forces of Pakistan, acting on intelligence, arrested Professor Dr Usman Qazi of the Balochistan Liberation Army , praising authorities for disrupting a major conspiracy.
- Despite government claims of quelling the insurgency, violence persists as separatists demand independence and attacks on Chinese nationals and security forces continue, officials said.
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Professor implicated in foiled BLA terror plot
BALOCHISTAN: Security forces successfully foiled a major terrorist attack planned by the proscribed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) for August 14, with a university professor identified as a facilitator. Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti stated that the attack was part of a larger plan to destabilize Pakistan and Balochistan, emphasizing that security agencies acted swiftly to thwart the conspiracy. The accused, Professor Usman Qazi, a…
University Lecturer Arrested in Foiled Balochistan Terror Plot
A university lecturer, Usman Qazi, was arrested in southwestern Pakistan for planning a foiled Independence Day suicide attack in Balochistan. Linked to the banned Majeed Brigade of the Balochistan Liberation Army, Qazi confessed to past attacks, including a deadly railway station bombing in Quetta. The region continues to face separatist violence.
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