Sardar Akhtar Mengal, chief of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), resigned from the National Assembly on Tuesday.

In the backdrop of cowardly terrorist activities, targeting innocent civilians in Balochistan on 26 August, the security forces are conducting extensive intelligence-based operations (IBOs) to hunt down the perpetrators of these heinous acts.

Newly-appointed IG Balochistan Moazzam Jah Ansari called on President Asif Ali Zardari in Islamabad today.

As many as 14 security personnel were martyred in clearance operations against terrorists in Balochistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Monday.