The train hijacking in south-western Pakistan represents a major escalation in the region’s long-running insurgency.

The BLA is one of the largest militant outfits demanding independence for Balochistan. It is designated as a terrorist group by Pakistan as well as the US.

The BLA hit the headlines in 2004 when it launched a violent struggle against Pakistan for self-determination for the Baloch people and the separation of Balochistan from Pakistan.

A major security crisis unfolded in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province on Tuesday when separatist militants attacked the Jaffar Express, a

The Balochistan Liberation Army or BLA is a Baloch ethnonationalist militant group operating from the southern regions of Pakistan, perpetrating its attack in neighbouring Pakistan's Balochistan province.

The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) group hijacked a train with over 500 passengers onboard it in Pakistan in its fresh attack in the region. The BLA has threatened to execute the hostages as well if the Pakistan military intervenes in any manner.

Pakistan’s prime minister has commended the country’s armed forces for successfully rescuing 339 passengers after a deadly train hijacking by insurgents in the southwest

Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) insurgents hijacked the Jaffar Express in Pakistan, blowing up the railway track en route from Quetta to Peshawar and killing military personnel (here, here, here, and here).

Pakistan on Wednesday completed the rescue operations in the Jaffar Express hijack incident and said that all hostages had been freed. The army claimed that 33 Baluch Liberation Army (BLA) militants,