Allah Nazar Baloch

Dr. Allah Nazar Baloch
Dr. Allah Nazar Balochi in left with Aslam Baloch in right side
Native name
اللہ نذر بلوچ
Born2 October 1968[1]
RankLeader
CommandsBaloch Liberation Front (BLF)
Battles / warsInsurgency in Balochistan
Spouse(s)Fazela Baloch[2]

Dr. Allah Nazar Baloch (Urdu: اللہ نذر بلوچ, Balochi: الله نذر بلۏچ), is the current leader of Baloch Liberation Front (BLF), a militant group operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan.[1] Under his leadership, the group has claimed responsibility for attacks on civilians, journalists, government officials and law enforcement agencies.[3][4][5][6] Out of the total of 38 journalists killed in Balochistan since 2007, Baloch Liberation Front and Baloch Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for killing 27 of those journalists.[7] Nazar Baloch has also threatened to conduct attacks against schools in Pakistan. He made those threats while giving reference to the 2014 attack on school which took place in Peshawar.[8]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference thenews was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "BLF leader Allah Nazar's wife released in line with Baloch traditions". Daily Pakistan. 3 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Ten Pakistani soldiers killed in insurgent attack, army says". Reuters. 28 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Security forces kill 'BLF commander involved' in Turbat massacre". The Express Tribune. 17 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Three labourers gunned down in Balochistan". Pakistan Today. 14 May 2019.
  6. ^ "BBC correspondent in Quetta threatened by Baloch Liberation Front". Reporters Without Border (RSF). 1 August 2012.
  7. ^ "In Balochistan, Violence Continues to Target Journalists". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 9 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Sympathizing with terrorists instead of their victims". 2 November 2017. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019.