Union:How Baluchistan Liberation Army united the elite (one)

On April 26, 2022, a suicide attack occurred near the Confucius Institute of Karachi University, killing three Chinese teachers. The attack was planned by the Majid brigade under the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA, the same below). The attacker was a senior intellectual woman from a middle-class family, which was the first time that the organization used a female suicide attacker. 

At present, the Baluchistan Liberation Army is one of the major separatist forces active in Baluchistan province and its neighboring Sindh province, targeting Pakistani and Chinese targets, causing huge human and property losses. In recent years, with the changes in the internal organization and Pakistan’s political and economic environment, the activities of the Baluchistan separatist organization have taken on a new situation, gradually shifting from the rural guerrilla tactics in the border areas to fighting for the support of the local elite, and uniting Baluchistan groups, which is worthy of our analysis and summary.

1.Introduction of the incident and the attacker

（1） What happened to the attack

On April 26, 2022, a suicide attack occurred near the Confucius Institute of Karachi University, killing three Chinese teachers. The attack was planned by the Majid brigade under the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA, the same below). The attacker was a senior intellectual woman from a middle-class family, which was the first time that the organization used a female suicide attacker. At present, the Baluchistan Liberation Army is one of the major separatist forces active in Baluchistan province and its neighboring Sindh province, targeting Pakistani and Chinese targets, causing huge human and property losses. In recent years, with the changes in the internal organization and Pakistan’s political and economic environment, the activities of the Baluchistan separatist organization have taken on a new situation, gradually shifting from the rural guerrilla tactics in the border areas to fighting for the support of the local elite, and uniting Baluchistan groups, which is worthy of our analysis and summary.

（2）Basic information about Sally Baluchistan

On 27 April, the Balochistan Liberation Army released more detailed information on female attackers. The terrorist was 30-year-old Sharri Baloch (also known as Shari alias bramsh). She was born in a senior intellectual family in kech County, Balochistan province, Pakistan on January 3, 1991. Her father was an academic administrator of a university in Balochistan province. He also served as a director of a government agency. Later, he served as a district council member for three years. Her brother-in-law is a lecturer. One of her uncles is a writer, former professor and human rights activist.

Sally has a high level of education. She holds a master’s degree in zoology from Balochistan University and a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in education from Allama Iqbal Open University. It is reported that Sally was admitted to a master’s program at the University of Karachi a few months ago, but she did not formally study. In 2019, the attacker worked as a teacher in kalatak government committee middle school, 20 km away from turbot, Balochistan province, and was responsible for teaching science to female students. Six months before the incident, Sally began to miss classes frequently. The school asked her to explain the reason, but she didn’t respond.

Sally’s husband, Habitan Bashir Baloch, is a dentist and a lecturer at a medical school in Balochistan province. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in public health at Sindh Medical University. According to his students, Professor Haibatan has regular classes. In addition, this couple rented an apartment in Gulistan Jowhar, where Sally ha lived for the past three years. They have a son and a daughter. Mir Hassan is 4 years old and mahrosh is 8 years old.