Unknown event in Balochistan, Sariab, Quetta area, Pakistan on Sun 10th November 2024

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) cadres on November 10 shot dead a state back “death squads” member and agent for Pakistan’s Military Intelligence (MI), Dashti Khan, son of Amanullah, in Sariab area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, reports The Balochistan Post. BLA on November 11 claimed responsibility for the killing. In a media statement, BLA ‘spokesperson’ Jeeyand Baloch said, “Our fighters shot and neutralized Dashti Khan, an agent and operative of the Pakistani army’s secret agency, Military Intelligence (MI), in Quetta last night.” The BLA accused Dashti Khan of “direct involvement in the forced disappearance of Baloch youth and their killing in staged encounters.” The BLA also claimed that Khan was involved in extortion and blackmail. “Dashti Khan was sentenced to death by the ‘Baloch National Court,’” the Jeeyand Baloch added, stating that the BLA had “executed” this sentence.