Pak Soldiers Cry in Baloch Fighters’ Custody, Plead for Help

BLA Releases Video Showing Soldiers Pleading as Islamabad Denies Their Existence

A chilling video released by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) shows seven Pakistani soldiers crying and pleading for help, exposing a glaring denial by Islamabad. The soldiers, holding their official ID cards, accuse the army of abandoning them despite their service, directly contradicting the Pakistan Army’s claims that none of its personnel are missing.

 Captured on February 14, the men are now hostages as the BLA demands the release of Baloch fighters, giving the government until February 22 to comply—or face execution. The footage, released via the BLA’s Haqqaal Media, lays bare the failures of Pakistan’s military bureaucracy and highlights the growing unrest in resource-rich yet impoverished Balochistan, where insurgency has surged alongside neglect.

Analysts say the BLA, a revival of decades-old separatist movements, continues guerrilla attacks and now openly challenges the state’s authority, while Pakistan ranks second globally in terrorism, with militant attacks, including those by the BLA, rising sharply. This video is not just a hostage plea—it is a damning indictment of a government that claims control while leaving its soldiers stranded in the crossfire of its own neglect.