Seven security personnel were martyred and 15 injured in an attack on the Shah Mardan checkpost in Kalat, Balochistan. The bodies and injured were shifted to Quetta, officials confirmed. The Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack. The martyred included Naik Bakht Zameen, Lance Naik Ghulam Ishaq, Lance Naik Abdul Qadeer, and sepoys Rizwan, Waqas, Ali Abbas, and Saqib Rehman.