SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE BLA RECKONING

In August 1974, one Abdul Majeed Baloch hid himself in a tree with a grenade in hand. The tree was located just outside a venue in Quetta where the then prime minister of Pakistan, Z.A. Bhutto, was holding a public rally. At the time, Balochistan was in the grip of an insurgency. Majeed, a young Baloch insurgent, wanted to assassinate Bhutto, but failed. On being discovered by the security forces, Majeed’s grenade accidentally exploded in his hand, killing him on the spot.

Thirty-six years later...