Balochistan Liberation Army Threatening China And Pakistan Recently? The Video Is Old.

Recently a video went viral on social media with the claim that the Baloch Liberation Army had issued an ultimatum to China and Pakistan on 3 May 2025. The video shows a masked man threatening President Xi Jinping to quit Balochistan or witness retaliation. It is worth mentioning that according to reports, “The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has captured Manguchor town in Balochistan, Pakistan. The BLA’s Death Squad has taken control of government premises and made hostages of some military and government officials. This follows recent attacks by the BLA, including an IED attack that killed 10 Pakistani army personnel. The conflict has intensified in recent months, with the BLA becoming more aggressive in its operations against Pakistani forces”. 

Sharing the video on Facebook, a user wrote, “A direct threat to China and Pakistan—The Baloch Liberation Army has issued a chilling ultimatum: Withdraw from Balochistan or face death.”

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However, as we investigated, we came to know that the claim was misleading. The viral video is old and not related to the ongoing situation in Pakistan. Here’s the fact check.

Fact Check 

We started our investigation by taking some screenshots from the viral video and conducting a reverse image search. This led us to a report published in ETV Bharat on 20 May 2019 that contained an image similar to the screenshots from the viral video. According to the report, “Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) threatened China and Pakistan to withdraw their projects from Balochistan or else they will face retaliation”.

The report read, “Majeed Brigade, an elite unit of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) on Sunday in a video threatened Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistan to withdraw their projects immediately from Balochistan.

“President Xi Jinping, you still have time to quit Balochistan or you will witness a retaliation from Baloch sons and daughters that you will never forget,” a BLA commander said in the video.

“China you came here without our consent supported our enemies, helped Pakistani military in wiping our villages. But now it’s our turn,” he added.

The video was released only eight days after four members of Baloch Liberation Army’s Majeed Brigade stormed a five-star hotel in Gwadar and battled Pakistani commandos for 26 hours.

The deadly attack on May 11 at the luxury hotel in Gwadar has intensified security concerns around Beijing’s major development drive in Pakistan, including a strategic deep-sea port.

In the video, the BLA commander was seen surrounded by heavily armed persons wearing the same camouflage uniform as members of Majeed Brigade, also known as self-sacrificing squad of the BLA, guarded him.

He said, “BLA is telling you that your China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will fail miserably on the Baloch land.”

The commander claimed that a special unit has been formed in Majeed Brigade to particularly “attack Chinese officials and installations in Balochistan”…

Another report published in The Balochistan Post on 19 May 2019 can be read here.

Other similar reports can be read here and here. 

Moreover, the same video went viral earlier this year after the Jaffar Express train hijack incident. Our team debunked the claim which can be seen here.

This makes it clear that the viral video is old.

Conclusion 

From our investigation, we can say that the claim is misleading. The viral video of the BLA leader threatening China and Pakistan is not related to the ongoing situation in Pakistan.