...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
's Winder and Pasni areas on Tuesday.
"Four of the hard boyz were killed in Winder and two in Pasni," a security official said, adding that illegal arms and ammunition were found in the places where the festivities had taken place.
According to official sources, Frontier Corps
...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and anti-smuggling operations....
(FC) personnel cordoned off the Winder area of Lasbela district and in cooperation with an intelligence agency carried out a search for Lion of Islams.
"They opened fire on FC troops who fired back," they said. "A heavy exchange of fire ensued which lasted for several hours and culminated in the death of four Lion of Islams."
An FC front man said a large number of weapons, including sub-machine guns and grenades, were seized.
He accused the slain hard boyz of belonging to a banned
...the word
bannedseems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all...
organization and being involved in attacks on security forces and heinous crimes, including extortion and kidnapping for ransom.
"The search operation is continuing in the area," the sources said.
Also on Tuesday, two suspected hard boyz were reported to have been killed in another "encounter" in the coastal town of Pasni in Gwadar district.
The exchange of fire took place in Ward No-7 area of the town, according to police. The dead were identified as Mohammad Younus Kolanchi and Mohammad Hanif Kolanchi.
"Their accomplices managed to escape," a police official said.
But relatives claimed that Mohammad Younus and Mohammad Hanif had been "missing" for a long time.