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Balochistan imposes night travel ban on national highways amid rising security concerns

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QUETTA: According to official notifications issued by several Deputy Commissioners (DCs), the Balochistan government has imposed a ban on night travel on national highways within the province.

According to notifications from the DCs of Kachhi, Zhob, Gwadar, Noshki and Musakhel, vehicular movement is prohibited on national highways from 6 pm to 6 am.

The ban applies to several important routes, including Sibi Road, Zhob-DI Khan Road, Coastal Highway, Quetta-Taftan Highway, and Loralai-DG Khan Highway.

The decision comes in the wake of the deteriorating security situation in Balochistan, which has witnessed several terrorist incidents in recent weeks.

Just a day earlier, a suicide bomber targeted a Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) rally near Lak Pass in Mastung.

Additionally, armed militants killed eight people, including four laborers and four policemen, in Kalat and Noshki districts last week. Two days ago, five passengers were forcibly removed from a Karachi-bound bus in the Kalamat area of ​​Gwadar and hanged.

In another attack, a roadside bomb targeted a paramilitary convoy on the Noshki-Dalbandin highway, killing five people, including three Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers, and injuring 35 others.

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