A methane gas explosion at the Surrange coal field near Quetta on July 30 killed 34 miners, Pakistan's ARY News and the Manila Times confirmed on July 31 as rescue teams completed recovery; initial reports put the toll at six before rising through the night, with wire services citing 32 by late July 30; Balochistan's coal mines have a chronic safety record, lacking basic ventilation and methane monitoring

Police in Turbat recovered the bullet-riddled bodies of six laborers on July 30 in the Nasirabad area of Kech district, Balochistan; the men, four from Punjab and two from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, had been abducted before they were killed; no group immediately claimed responsibility, though Balochistan separatist factions regularly target non-local laborers

A joint Pakistan Army, Frontier Corps, and police operation codenamed Operation Shaban entered its eighth day on July 13 in Balochistan, with security sources reporting a cumulative death toll of at least 117 militants killed across Operation Shaban and concurrent Balochistan operations since July 5; the operation was launched after a terrorist attack in Ziarat district and combines air and ground strikes across the province

Pakistan's security forces reported killing at least 104 militants in Balochistan province since launching Operation Shaban on July 5, with the toll rising through joint Army, Frontier Corps, and police actions in air and ground operations against the banned Fitna al-Khawarij group; Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti described the wave of attacks as international conspiracies against Pakistan, and the government announced Rs 11 million in compensation for the family of each policeman killed

An Anti-Terrorism Court in Quetta convicted the Baloch Yakjehti Committee's chief organiser inside Quetta jail; a province-wide shutdown followed in seven or more districts