On 29 June 2020, Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) militants attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) building in Karachi with grenades and by firing indiscriminately.
[5] Militants armed with automatic rifles threw a grenade and then began firing at a security post outside the stock exchange.
The stock exchange director, Abid Ali Habib, said the gunmen made their way from the car park and "opened fire on everyone".
[8] DG Rangers Sindh Major General Umar Bukhari said in a press conference that the "attack was not possible without the help of foreign intelligence agency".
[10] According to Raja Umar Khattab of Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), three of the four attackers were identified through their fingerprints as Salman, Tasleem Baloch and Siraj, all of whom were residents of Kech District, Balochistan.
Militants took Lyari Expressway from Gharibabad to Maripur road and then from Tower and Custom House, they reached at PSX building.
[12] A group identifying itself as the "Majeed Brigade" of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a terrorist organisation listed by Pakistan, the UK and the US, claimed responsibility for the attack through a Twitter account.
[17] Meanwhile, the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Security, Moeed Yusuf in a statement said "make no mistake, today’s attack in Karachi is state-sponsored terrorism against Pakistan".
Jafaria Disaster Management Cell (JDC), a welfare organisation, also announced that they will provide Rs 200,000 to the widows of the security guards who were killed in attack.