A dramatic escalation in the tactics by a Baloch separatist group came with the hijacking of a passenger train on Tuesday.

Pakistan army reveals details of Balochistan Liberation Army attack on Jaffar Express, resulting in 26 hostages killed and 33 ...

The Baloch National Movement's human rights department, Paank, reported serious human rights abuses in Balochistan during ...

Paank, the human rights department of the Baloch National Movement, has reported alarming human rights violations in ...

On March 11, the Jaffar Express—a nine-bogie passenger train with a capacity of 700—was hijacked in the remote Mushkaf area ...

The banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has intensified its insurgency, emerging as a major terrorist threat in the ...

With the Balochistan issue dominating discussions in the National Assembly, the lower house on Friday saw fiery exchanges as ...

Awami National Party (ANP) Central President Aimal Wali Khan has said that preparations are being made for a new world war ...

A seven-plus-decade insurgency based on the rights of self-determination, as well as discrimination by Islamabad, has ...

Train hijackers in Pakistan’s Balochistan province killed a total of 31 security personnel and civilians before they were ...

This article is Soumya Awasthi, fellow, Centre for Security Strategy and Technology, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi.

The hijacking of the Jaffar Express signals that the conflict in Balochistan is reaching a dangerous new phase.