Fourteen police personnel in Gwadar lost their jobs on Monday, June 29, 2026, three weeks after armed men cleaned out the weapons store of the town’s main police station and walked away without a shot being fired at them.
The raid happened on June 7, at around 8pm, according to police sources quoted by Pakistan Today. Unidentified gunmen overpowered the men on duty, loaded up official weapons, ammunition and other government equipment, and left. Nobody was hurt. A large quantity of arms and official property went with them.
What the inquiry found
District Police Gwadar set up an inquiry committee after the attack. Superintendent of Police (Security) Abdul Waheed led it. He told reporters the officials had shown gross negligence, corruption, violation of security protocols and irresponsible conduct on duty, and he described the gunmen as having fled “without facing any resistance”, as India Today reported.
Pakistan Today published the names of those removed. They are Sub-Inspector Niaz Ahmed and Head Constable Majid Hussain, along with Waris Ali, Bilal Ahmed, Muhammad Yousaf, Zahid Ali, Murtaza, Samir, Akbar Ali, Noor Bakhsh, Muhammad Ishaq, Abdul Hakim, Khalid and Amjad Ali. India Today said the group included more than one sub-inspector. The two papers differ on that detail, and the published list names only one.
The committee found the personnel guilty of carelessness, dereliction of duty and breaching security procedures. Dismissal followed.
A port city under pressure
Gwadar sits at the center of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, and that makes it a target. India Today noted that separatist militants have carried out suicide bombings and coordinated assaults there against Chinese nationals, security personnel and government buildings.
The wider province is no calmer. Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest but least developed province, has lived through a decades-long insurgency led by groups such as the Balochistan Liberation Army and the Baloch Liberation Front. Both accuse Islamabad of exploiting the province’s natural resources while denying locals a fair share.
The days before the dismissals brought more of the same. On the Saturday, a prominent trader and hotel owner was shot dead in daylight near the Kuchlak Bypass in Quetta. The same day, a roadside bomb injured four policemen in Mastung district as a vehicle carrying prisoners from Dasht court to Mastung jail passed Pir Wali on the Mian Ghandi Link Road.
India Today also recalled the bigger attacks of recent years. In May, at least 24 people died and 50 were injured when an explosion tore through a shuttle train in Quetta, and the Balochistan Liberation Army claimed it. In November 2024, a suicide bomber killed at least 32 people at the Quetta Cantt Railway Station. On March 11, 2025, the Jaffar Express was hijacked in the Bolan area, with over 30 passengers and security personnel killed and over 350 passengers held hostage.
Neither report says whether any of the weapons taken from the Gwadar station have been recovered.
Sources
- 14 police personnel dismissed in Gwadar – Pakistan Today
- Gwadar police station attack: 14 Balochistan policemen dismissed after militants loot arms – India Today
