Quetta – July 11, 2025 — Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti has pledged an uncompromising crackdown following the abduction and murder of nine bus passengers on Thursday evening, labeling this act of state-sponsored terrorism and vowing to dismantle all associated terror networks.
Gunmen ambushed two passenger buses traveling from Quetta to Punjab along the N-70 highway near Sardhaka near Zhob-Loralai border and forcibly removed ten individuals after verifying their ID cards – targeting passengers from Punjab. Nine were later discovered shot dead along the highway, with one still unaccounted for; local authorities recovered all ten bodies early Friday and transported them for burial by early evening (GEO +1) Wiki +1 Wikipedia +7, AP News +7 and GTV News +7
Asif Ali Zardari condemned the killings as part of an “evil conspiracy” orchestrated by banned terror outfits who are seeking to destabilize his nation by means of killings (AP News/GTV News/APNEWS, and GTV News for more coverage, respectively). (AP News and GTV News for example both have coverage).
Federal officials condemned what they called the barbaric murder of innocent Pakistanis and promised swift and decisive action against those responsible. For more information about this story please watch Balochistan Post, Dawn TV News or GTV News for coverage of this story.
Chief Minister Bugti condemned the attack as a direct strike against civilians in Pakistan and labeled it an act of open terrorism, promising: “We will crush every terror plan with