BLA Train Hijack / Not only 180 soldiers, this senior officer of Pakistan Army was also captured by BLA

BLA Train Hijack: The recent train hijack case in Pakistan has raised a big question on the credibility of the army. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) attacked the Zafar Express and took 180 soldiers hostage. The list released by the BLA also includes the name of a Major rank officer, due to which the Pakistan Army is being criticized a lot.

BLA released the list of hostages

According to the information released by the BLA, most of the soldiers were traveling in the economy berth in the Zafar Express. Meanwhile, a Major rank officer, M Ahsan Javid, was traveling with his wife in the third AC bogie of the train. He has also been taken hostage by Baloch fighters.

According to the BLA, the Major rank officer was in the AC sleeper berth, while six other officers were traveling in the AC standard bogie. The remaining soldiers were in the economy berth. The BLA has released the details of these soldiers as well as their phone numbers. Also, they have put their demands before the Pakistan Army.

Pak Army on backfoot due to name of Major

Pakistan Army was already being criticized after the train hijack incident. Now when the name of the Major rank officer has come to light, the army has completely come on the backfoot. The question is arising that how was the movement of the army on such a large scale happening through the train, and why was the intelligence completely unsuccessful?

It is worth noting that Zafar Express is a passenger train running from Quetta to Peshawar, which covers most parts of Balochistan. There has been a conflict between the Pakistan Army and Baloch fighters in this area for a long time.

27 Baloch fighters killed, 30 Pak soldiers killed

According to the Pakistan Army, so far 155 passengers have been rescued from the hijack situation. The army claims that 27 Baloch fighters have been killed during this time. On the other hand, BLA says that they had already released all the civilian passengers and they only have Pakistani soldiers in their custody.

BLA claims that so far 30 Pakistani soldiers have been killed. This time BLA has opened a very big front against the army in Pakistan. At the same time, the Pakistan government alleges that this entire incident has been carried out at the behest of Afghanistan.

Pakistan's allegations and BLA's strategy

Pakistan says that BLA fighters have hijacked this train at the behest of Afghanistan. Pakistani officials claim that Baloch fighters are doing this to disrupt China's development work.

However, BLA has denied these allegations of Pakistan and said that their struggle is for the independence of Balochistan and it is not happening at the behest of any external force. BLA also says that they will continue their action until their demands are met.

Conclusion

This incident of train hijacking has exposed the big failure of Pakistan Army and Intelligence Agencies. Carrying out such a large movement of the army without any security plan shows a serious negligence. At the same time, after this incident of the Baloch Liberation Army, questions have started being raised on the security system in Pakistan.

Now it will be interesting to see how the Pakistan government and army handle this situation and whether there is any dialogue regarding the demands of BLA or this conflict intensifies.