Pakistan Security Situation Report 2026

A fatal accident in Nok Kundi (~55km from Reko Diq) resulted in three deaths and several injuries along the primary logistics corridor (2026-04-16). The Balochistan Liberation Front claimed coordinated attacks and highway blockades in Noshki (~319km from Reko Diq) and Chagai (2026-04-12). The NIRC court in Quetta (~319km from Reko Diq) reinstated two local Baloch employees previously terminated by the Reko Diq Mining Company (2026-04-16). The N-25 supply route is assessed as NO_GO due to transporter strikes, a 22-hour paralysis from protests in Wadh (~319km from Reko Diq), and heavy clashes between security forces and insurgents in Khuzdar (~319km from Reko Diq) (2026-04-15). The M-8 alternate route is CONDITIONAL_GO following the Balochistan Liberation Army's first-ever maritime attack, which killed three Coast Guard personnel near Gwadar (~319km from Reko Diq) (2026-04-12). A police constable guarding a polio vaccination team was killed in Dera Murad Jamali (~319km from Reko Diq) (2026-04-15). The Middle East conflict has reportedly forced Barrick Gold to halt Reko Diq mine development and recast its growth plans (2026-04-15). The US military initiated a naval blockade of Iranian ports and the Strait of Hormuz after ceasefire negotiations collapsed in Islamabad (2026-04-13). Saudi Arabia deposited $2 billion into the State Bank of Pakistan to bolster foreign exchange reserves (2026-04-16). Gold: Rs 500,000/tola. Copper: No current data available.

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