Security forces arrest university lecturer planning suicide attack in Balochistan; suspected ties to outlawed Majeed Brigade.
Security forces in southwestern Pakistan arrested a university lecturer accused of planning a foiled suicide attack that would have targeted last week's Independence Day celebrations in insurgency-hit Balochistan province, officials said Monday (August 18, 2025).
The suspect, Usman Qazi, is claimed to have links with the outlawed Majeed Brigade, the suicide squad of the Balochistan Liberation Army, according to the province's Chief Minister, Sarfraz Bugti.
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Authorities have described the attack as a "foiled terrorist plot", noting that the attackers were gunned down at the gate.
