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Balochistan province, Pakistan: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Balochistan provincePopulation about 13,162,222 (Wikidata)

UCDP recorded 78 eventsP of organized violence in Balochistan province, Pakistan in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 365P. The low estimate is 340 and the high estimate is 422P. The count for August 2026 was 63 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 641 eventsP in Balochistan province, Pakistan. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 2,017P. The low estimate is 1,782 and the high estimate is 3,603P. UCDP counts 173P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 5 regions of Pakistan with a page, Balochistan province has the 2nd highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Balochistan province holds 47 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Pakistan in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 450 events in Balochistan province. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 641P, which is up 42 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Pakistan as a whole went from 1,035 to 1,356P, which is up 31 percent. For the events in Balochistan province, the three types of violence have shares within 5 points of the shares for Pakistan.

Table 1. Balochistan province, Pakistan: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events7863641
Estimated deaths, best estimate3652492,017
Low estimate of deaths3402451,782
High estimate of deaths4222953,603
Deaths of civilians1211173

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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  • UCDP recorded 78 events in Balochistan province, Pakistan, in September 2026 (preliminary). The count for August 2026 was 63 (preliminary).

All changes recorded on 28 Oct 2026

24 months

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Figure 1. Events in Balochistan province by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in Balochistan province, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 641 events with 2,017 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Balochistan province: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP2P24P
BRAS557P1,572P
Government of Afghanistan2P16P
Government of Pakistan566P1,875P
IS8P16P
TTP40P376P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Second-level areas

The areas in Balochistan province that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Balochistan province in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Awaran district36P14P
Kachhi district41P74P
Kalat district32P117P
Kech district112P92P
Kharan district26P68P
Khuzdar district50P159P
Mastung district56P154P
Nushki district28P69P
Panjgur district44P139P
Quetta district25P201P

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Balochistan province: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict536P84%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians105P16%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of Balochistan province, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202678P365PCandidate Events
August 202663P249PCandidate Events
July 202694P402PCandidate Events
June 202652P155PCandidate Events
May 202654P136PCandidate Events
April 202631P43PCandidate Events
March 202647P61PCandidate Events
February 202625P80PCandidate Events
January 202645P310PCandidate Events
December 20256253GED
November 20254266GED
October 20254897GED
September 20255092GED
August 20253393GED
July 20254154GED
June 20253550GED
May 20256196GED
April 20253948GED
March 202535122GED
February 20254648GED
January 202532109GED
December 20242744GED
November 20243072GED
October 20242132GED
September 20241931GED
August 202431100GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Balochistan province, Pakistan: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/pakistan/balochistan-province/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Balochistan province, Pakistan in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 78 eventsP of organized violence in Balochistan province, Pakistan in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 63 eventsP.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For Balochistan province, Pakistan in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 2,017P. The low estimate is 1,782 and the high estimate is 3,603P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.