QUETTA: Unidentified militants had shot three Hazara Shias dead and injured as many in the Hazara town on Sunday (12 April 2026).
According to details armed motorcyclists opened fire at the vehicle harbouring members of Hazara community were going back to Hazara Town from Hazarganji vegetable market. Police is treating the incident as a case of target killing. No militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Members of Hazara community converged at the Western Bypass and halted the traffic. Concerned authorities are attempting to persuade them to disperse promising swift arrest of killers.
While Shias of Hazara community live in constant fear, members of LEAs and general citoyens too face terror attacks regularly. For instance, twelve militants were neutralised on 5th March, 2026 during an IBO carried out in Harnai area by security forces.
In a separate IBO conducted in Basima district, three militants were shot down during an exchange of fire. Weapons, ammunition and explosives were recovered from the slain militants who were involved in the terrorist activities.
Militants in Balochistan and KP keep on attacking military as well as civil targets incessantly. The security forces too retaliate constantly. For instance, a car-bomb explosion, carried out by unidentified militants, on 6th of March killed one and injured 19 others (four critically) near Chashma Sarbandki check post on the Bannu–Miranshah Road.
The security forces too retaliate constantly. For instance, a car-bomb explosion, carried out by unidentified militants, on 6th of March killed one and injured 19 others (four critically) near Chashma Sarbandki check post on the Bannu–Miranshah Road.
5 TTP militants were neutralised after an intensive exchange of fire during an IBO carried out by security forces on 21st Feb, 2026. According to ISPR: “A vehicle-borne suicide bomber was intercepted by the leading group, foiling his nefarious design to target innocent civilians/law enforcement personnel in Bannu City, averting major catastrophe.”
The suicide bomber desperately rammed the explosive-laden vehicle into one of the vehicles of the leading group. As a result 43-year-old Lt Col Shahzada Gul Faraz (r/o Mansehra), and 28-year-old Sepoy Karamat Shah (r/o Peshawar) paid ultimate price for Pakistan.
ISPR maintained that TTP militants, who violated the sanctity of Ramazan, had no link with Islam. Military’s Media Wing reiterating that the attackers were operating from Afghanistan’s sanctuary, pointed out that Afghan Taliban Regime has yet again failed to contain their anti-state activities.
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Sania Jamali is based in Dubai and writes on National Politics of the region.
