What did eyewitnesses who survived the attacks see

 The child kept saying, 'My father didn't come': what the eyewitnesses who survived the extremist attacks in Balochistan saw.

I am not in any danger there. Everyone knows that I carry essentials for them from Punjab and take their fruits and vegetables to Punjab.

Sajjad Hussain, cousin of Mehboob Hussain from Leya district of Punjab, says that when his brother-in-law was asked to be careful while traveling in Balochistan, he used to utter such phrases.

Father of six, Mehboob Hussain was a driver by profession and had recently taken a Shahzoor truck on installments. He was among the unfortunate people who were killed by militants in Balochistan's Musakhel district on the night of August 25.

Says Sajjad Hussain, 'He used to work very hard to meet the installments, often not even getting proper rest. He had spent his entire life in a one-room house, and when it rained, this room would also get filled with water.

A fruit trader from Punjab, on condition of anonymity, told BBC Urdu that he used to buy apples from Balochistan this season and this time he hired Mehboob Hussain's truck for the job. .

He says that "Ustad Hussain and I were running and they (extremists) were firing from behind." Ustad Mehboob Hussain fell down in front of me, I turned to see him, a person saw his pulse and said that he is dead.

It should be noted that the outlawed separatist organization Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) in Balochistan had announced Operation 'Heroof' across the province. According to Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti, 38 civilians were killed in these attacks.

On the other hand, the Pakistani army says that 21 militants were killed in their retaliatory action while 14 military personnel were also killed during this operation.

Among these attacks, the biggest attack took place in Musakhel district of Balochistan, where the extremists, after checking the identity of 22 people, took them off buses and trucks and killed them.

According to the local administration of Musa Khel, 17 of these people belonged to different districts of Punjab province. Among the dead were four drivers from Leyah district.

2. Run for your life 

Shopkeepers of Leh district say that Mehboob Hussain Shahzoor was driving, it was the same truck that he was often worried about for paying installments.

He says that while driving, Mahbub Hussain was gossiping that suddenly we saw that some vehicles were stopped. I told my colleagues that if you want to save your life, run away.

Mehboob Hussain said what will happen to my truck. I told them that if they stay alive, the truck will be found and almost pushed Mehboob Hussain out of the car.

According to Beupari, 'We must have run for two or three minutes when there was a sudden firing and Ustad Mehboob Hussain and other people fell on the ground behind me.'

They said that they remained hidden for hours after the incident and came out when they heard the sound of security forces vehicles 

3. My Child kept saying that my papa has not come yet

In one of the buses that were stopped in Musakhel district, a woman from Pakpattan area of ​​Punjab was traveling with her two children and her husband.

He told Duran Baloch, a journalist from Kohlu district, in an interview that when the bus stopped, everyone's identity cards were taken and then they were told that 'Punjabis should get off.'

The woman said, "When the Punjabi's car left, I invoked Allah and said that five people did not return." You people should stop and call them but the car did not stop and the car was also fired from the front.

The woman said that they got off the bus and went to a nearby mosque and spent the whole night there.

She says that the army came there at four in the morning and took us out. Both my children had fever, no one supported us at that time.

"My child kept saying that mom, my dad hasn't come yet, my dad hasn't come yet."

Abdul Shakoor Nasir, a citizen of Duki district of Balochistan, was also present in the same bus, who was going to Punjab for some work.

He says that his bus was stopped by armed men at around 10:30 in the night and said that the conductor in the bus got down without making any noise, taking the identity cards of all the people.

After that, the armed men said that the people from Punjab should get off and then five, six people got off the bus.

He said that there were around five women and children who were sent to the mosque while the men fled to the nearby hills and bushes.

Duran Baloch, a journalist from Kohlu, told the BBC that when he arrived to cover the incident, there was blood on the road and smoke rising from several burnt vehicles.

According to him, the dead bodies and passengers were taken to the nearby Rada Hashim Police Station while 12 trucks of coal, apples and grapes were set on fire.

He said that the area where these vehicles were stopped was the Hassanabad area and there was also a board with the same name.

He said that it was not a very deserted area, but not only was there a population near it, but it was also not too far from Rada Hashim city and its police station.

4. Where are you coming from and where are you going ?

Qadir Aslam and Shehbaz Bhatti from Wahari district of Punjab have also been killed in the firing incidents in Balochistan. These two persons were drivers and were returning from Balochistan with fruits.

He was accompanied by his assistant (helper) Muhammad Naseer who luckily survived the attack.

He told BBC Urdu that Qadir Aslam was the owner of the Mazda truck while Shahbaz Bhatti was his friend and used to drive with him.

He says that 'when I was about an hour and a half away from Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, some people in uniform stopped us and asked where are you coming from and where are you going?'

He said that the uniformed men asked for license and identity card and asked to come down.

"I was watching them see the ID card and the license and suddenly a person opened fire on my two teachers, after which they both fell on the ground."

They say they managed to hide under a truck parked behind and stayed there for a long time.

Armed men would stop trucks, check licenses and ID cards. They used to let someone go and shoot at someone.

They say that after some time they ran from the spot and when security forces personnel came there, they were given water and taken to identify Qadeer Aslam and Shahbaz Bhatti.

Arshad Jat, uncle of Qadir Aslam, who died in the incident, says that his nephew was 29 years old and has two children.

He said that the truck belonged to Qadeer Aslam and Shabhaz Bhatti, who was also a very close friend of Qadeer Aslam, was working with him as the assistant driver.

Ismail Gill, another fruit trader, is among those who miraculously escaped the attack by the militants.

He says that he was going to Lorelai along with his driver when suddenly he heard the sound of firing.

He said that 'when the car moved a little further, some more shots were fired, the driver Aslam also heard these sounds, he looked at me, so I told him to stop the car and move forward from the road side.'

"At this point, we felt that some people were following us and were also firing, but none of us stopped and went far ahead."

Ismail Gul says that he himself speaks Punjabi but he does business in Balochistan, he takes chickens and eggs from Punjab to Balochistan and brings fruits and vegetables from there, so he knows some Balochi.

I heard these people (armed men) talking loudly in Balochi language. A person was saying that they must be Punjabis or Pathans, they have run away. Set their car on fire and then they set the car on fire.

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