Home Minister Langov says 'certain' officials, politicians, NGOs financing terrorists in Balochistan

Langov, however, did not name any government official, politician or NGO involved. He further revealed that intelligence agencies had gathered evidence of financial ties between the banned outfits and the individuals, as well as the organisations assisting them.

Read:Security forces kill seven terrorists in two Balochistan operations: state media. The home minister said that the groups were not fighting for the rights of the people of Balochistan but were pursuing a foreign-sponsored agenda aimed at creating unrest in the province and the country., the terrorist organisations were also relying on organised criminal activities to finance their operations.

He said they were extorting traders, farmers and commercial transporters, besides carrying out highway robberies and looting passengers travelling on major routes. The minister cited the recent abduction of two members of the Hazara community as an example of what he described as terror financing through ransom.

He said the two hostages were released after a ransom payment of Rs7 million. He added that security agencies had launched intelligence-based operations to trace the financial networks and identify government officials and other entities suspected of facilitating these banned terrorist organisations.