The Shi'ite Islamic revolution perceived the predominantly Sunni Baloch as a "threat". [106] The militants also seized weapons that were present in the check post. KPT Interchange flyover traffic intersection taken from drone, Karachi, Pakistan QUETTA: The Balochistan government has decided to remove all check posts on highways across the province with . 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Though the exact strength of Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) is not known, analyst believe that BLA now only has several hundred fighters based out of Afghanistan Balochistan borderland. Mountains and desert make up much of the region's terrain. Balochistan (Pakistan) - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hindus, Shias (including Hazaras) and Zikris have been targeted, resulting in the migration of over 300,000 of them from Baluchistan. Nawab Akbar Shahbaz Khan Bugti ( Balochi, Urdu: ; 12 July 1927 - 26 August 2006) was a Pakistani politician and the Tumandar (head) of the Bugti tribe of Baloch people who served as the Minister of State for Interior and Governor of Balochistan Province in Pakistan. Almost 40 people of non-Balochi ethnic groups were killed in 2009. [162], Avinash Paliwal claims that in the 1970s, Junior level Indian intelligence officers were actively involved in operations in Balochistan. The Khanate of Kalat occupied central portions of territory in present day Balochistan, and was one of the four princely states of the modern day province under British rule, namely Makran, Las Bela, Kharan and Kalat. 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Balochistan ( Urdu: ) is a province in Pakistan. Tension continued to grow amid consistent political disorder and instability at the federal level. The PM urged police to trace the missing people and help them to return to their homes. Five days later, on 8 April, their bullet-riddled bodies were found in a commercial area. [109], On 2 February 2022, 9 militants and 12 soldiers were killed at Panjgur and Nushki districts of Pakistan's Balochistan province after forces responded to their attack. Mountbatten insisted that Kalat and Pakistan sign a standstill agreement, which both countries did. After the Soviet invasion, around 4 million refugees from Afghanistan arrived and settled in the region which has resulted in substantial demographic imbalance. [91], As of 2018, the Pakistani state was using Islamist militants to defeat Balochi separatists. This was announced by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during a visit to the region. Five of his family members, sons and nephews, were subsequently hanged on charges of treason and aiding in the murder of Pakistani troops. [155] While speaking to The Guardian, Bugti admitted that he was leading the fight against Pakistan's army. [172], Brahamdagh Bugti stated in a 2008 interview that he would accept aid from India, Afghanistan, and Iran in defending Balochistan. Mountbatten, however, suggested that Jinnah not be brought into the discussions.[67]. During British rule Balochistan was under the rule of a Chief Commissioner and did not have the same status as other provinces of British India. Nawab Nauroz Khan later died in captivity. [148] The camps in Kabul were under the supervision and control of Republican guards. The insurgency fell into decline after a return to the four-province structure and the abolishment of the Sardari system. A report by the Pakistan Security Research Unit notes, "Islamabad's militarized approach has led to violence, widespread human rights abuses, mass internal displacement and the deaths of hundreds of civilians and armed personnel. Updates? [224] No one has been held responsible for the crimes. Justice Iqbal advised families not to lose hope. "[199] In February 2010 a Jundullah leader captured by Iran, Abdulmalek Rigi, alleged on Iranian TV "that the US had promised to provide" Jundullah "with military equipment and a base in Afghanistan, near the Iranian border" for its fight against Iran. The military said it had built colleges in Balochistan, such as Balochistan Institute of Technical Education (BITE) and the Gwadar Institute of Technical Education (GITE) with approximately 1,673 graduates. 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Geography, History and Ethnography (cont. He did not consider Pakistan's accusations against India credible. "[178] Baloch National Front secretary Karima Baloch claims that the allegations against India are an "excuse to label [the] ingrown Balochistan freedom movement as a proxy war to cover up the war crimes [the] Pakistani state has committed in Balochistan". [243], On 29 June 2019, around 200 missing Baloch people were recovered according to Balochistan Home Minister Mir Ziaullah Langove. He said the government has approved three university campuses, three medical colleges and hospitals for Turbat, Mastung, Naseerabad and Loralai districts but there was shortage of teachers in the area". Pakistan responded by expelling and declaring persona non grata the Iraqi Ambassador Hikmat Sulaiman and other consular staff. [167] Baloch militants' visits to India were often under assumed identities. [38][39] In Pakistan, the ethnic separatist insurgency is low-scale but ongoing mainly in southern Balochistan, as well as sectarian and religiously motivated militancy concentrated mainly in northern and central Balochistan. [40], In Pakistan's Balochistan province, insurgencies by Baloch nationalists have been fought in 1948, 195859, 196263 and 19731977, with an ongoing low-level insurgency beginning in 2003. [17][160] Moreover, the Afghan news channel TOLOnews reported that Aslam Baloch had been residing in Afghanistan since 2005. [192], On 10 February 1973, Pakistani police and paramilitary raided the Iraqi embassy in Islamabad, seizing a large cache of small arms, ammunition, grenades and other supplies, which were found in crates marked 'Foreign Ministry, Baghdad'. as well as parts of the Balochistan region. Pop. Quetta is a centre of the railway network, and its airport offers domestic service. [44] Pakistan has repeatedly accused India of supporting Baloch rebels, starting with an attack in Gwadar in 2004 in which three Chinese engineers were killed. [92] Academics and journalists in the United States have been approached by Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence spies, who threatened them not to speak about the insurgency in Balochistan, as well as human rights abuses by the Pakistani Army or else their family would be harmed. In a scathing speech in the National Assembly on Wednesday . Atul Khare, who observed these events on a regular basis, confirmed that India had contacts with Baloch militants. [90] US-based exiled Baloch journalist and newspaper editor Malik Siraj Akbar writes that the ongoing Baloch resistance has created "serious challenges" for the Pakistan government, "unlike the past resistance movements", because it has lasted longer than previous insurgencies, has greater breadthincluding the entire province "from rural mountainous regions to the city centers", involves Baloch women and children at "regular protest rallies", and has drawn more international attentionincluding a 2012 hearing by the US Congress.