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Balochistan province, Pakistan: events and estimated deaths in January 2026

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UCDP recorded 45 eventsP of organized violence in Balochistan province, Pakistan in January 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 310P. The low estimate is 208 and the high estimate is 770P. UCDP counts 39P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for December 2025 was 62 events.

The count for January 2025 was 32 events. The change from January 2025 to January 2026 is up 41 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Balochistan province, Pakistan, January 2026 has the 12th highest count of events. Balochistan province, Pakistan holds 54 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Pakistan in January 2026. In January 2025, the share was 38 percent.

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

The report of the country for this month: Pakistan, January 2026.

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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Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Pakistan has each event.

Table 1. Balochistan province, January 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (9 of 45 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
15 Jan 2026Kharan district, Balochistan provinceGovernment of Pakistan; BRASState-based121262
26 Jan 2026Panjgur district, Balochistan provinceGovernment of Pakistan; BRASState-based101010
27 Jan 2026Pishin district, Balochistan provinceGovernment of Pakistan; TTPState-based101010
29 Jan 2026Balochistan provinceGovernment of Pakistan; BRASState-based5353215
29 Jan 2026Panjgur district, Balochistan provinceGovernment of Pakistan; BRASState-based111111
29 Jan 2026Harnai district, Balochistan provinceGovernment of Pakistan; BRASState-based303030
31 Jan 2026Balochistan provinceGovernment of Pakistan; BRASState-based11014177
31 Jan 2026Gwadar district, Balochistan provinceGovernment of Pakistan; BRASState-based111111
31 Jan 2026Quetta district, Balochistan provinceGovernment of Pakistan; BRASState-based101010

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

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Balochistan province: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of January 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
BRAS41P300P
Government of Pakistan39P303P
TTP1P10P

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.

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

All months

Table 3. 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 in January 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/pakistan/balochistan-province/month/2026-01/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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