Published on, Aug. 19 -- August 19, 2025 6:25 AM

The Chief Minister of Balochistan, Mir Sarfraz Bugti, has revealed that a significant terrorist plot for Independence Day celebrations on August 14 was successfully thwarted by security agencies.

At a press conference on Monday, Chief Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti announced the arrest of Dr Muhammad Usman Qazi, a Grade-18 lecturer at BUITEMS University, accused of being a key facilitator for the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).

"If a professor becomes a terrorist, you cannot garland him," Bugti declared in a press conference held here, flanked by senior officials including Additional Chief Secretary Home Hamza Shafqaat, Acting IG Police Saeed Wazir, and Provincial Government Spokespers...