The Government of Balochistan has undertaken an extensive set of security, governance and institutional reforms during 2024–2025, aimed at restoring stability, strengthening the writ of the state and improving public trust.
Led through the Home Department under the chief minister’s direction, the initiative combines intelligence-led operations, legal reforms, digitization and prevention-focused policies to address terrorism, misinformation and administrative gaps across the province.
Officials say the reforms reflect a shift from fragmented responses to an integrated security and governance model, designed to deliver measurable outcomes and long-term stability.
Intelligence led operations and stronger legal framework
A central pillar of the initiative has been province-wide intelligence-based operations. Between January and December 2025, security agencies conducted over 90,000 intelligence-based operations targeting terrorists, facilitators, weapons, logistics and financing networks leading to the neutralization of hundreds of militants.
To support this effort, the Provincial Intelligence Fusion and Threat Assessment Centre was operationalized, bringing together police, CTD, Special Branch, Levies transition structures, Frontier Corps and civil administration for unified threat analysis and coordinated action.
Daily situation reports were institutionalized among civilian and military intelligence bodies to ensure faster decision-making and a shared operational picture. District Coordination Committees were also digitally connected through live dashboards and designated focal persons.
On the legal front, the province enacted key legislation including the Counter Violence and Extremism Act 2024 and the Security of Vulnerable Establishments Act 2024.
Further amendments strengthened anti-terror laws, witness protection, faceless courts, and detention frameworks, with safeguards such as medical evaluations, family access, and bans on physical abuse.
Prosecution sanctions, joint investigation teams and litigation management were scaled up resulting in high success ratios and faster case disposal.
Governance digitization and preventive reforms
Alongside kinetic operations, the government prioritized governance and preventive reforms. KPI-based governance was introduced across departments, supported by routine data sharing and digital monitoring systems.
The Home Department moved to E-Office, digital record management, HRMIS, and biometric or geo-fenced attendance to improve transparency and efficiency.
Security governance was strengthened through digitized crime dashboards, Fourth Schedule monitoring, complaint systems, and field monitoring applications with geo-tagging and time-stamped reporting.
A structured counter-misinformation strategy was launched, supported by a dedicated monitoring mechanism to track hostile propaganda and enable timely, fact-based responses.
Preventive measures included the establishment of a Centre of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism to support research, training, youth engagement, and policy development.
Anti-narcotics operations were expanded across 17 districts, while illegal foreigner repatriation was implemented at scale, with over one million Afghan nationals returned in an orderly and humanitarian manner.
Several refugee camps were retrieved, reducing long-standing security and administrative risks.
The government also invested heavily in infrastructure, allocating billions of rupees for fortification of police stations, logistics, digitization, and development schemes across police, Levies, prisons, and probation departments.
Officials say the combined focus on security action, legal sustainability, digitization and prevention marks a decisive move toward durable peace and stronger governance in Balochistan.
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