In 1948 the independent state of Kalat, under duress, acceded to the newly created country of Pakistan. Since then the Baluch have fought five insurgencies in an effort to secure the rights promised them in various treaties with both the British government and Pakistan.
NEWS
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A front for Lashkar-e-TAiba, Jamaatud Dawa (JuD), has planned to focus on developmental and welfare projects in Balochistan as grievances of Balochistan can “only be resolved by JuD”, claimed Hafiz Abdur Rauf, the chairman of JuD’s charity, Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation Pakistan (FIFP).
JuD (front for Lashkar-e-Taiba) plans development, welfare projects in Balochistan -
There has been quite a stir since I introduced a resolution this year calling for recognition of the right to self-determination by the people of Baluchistan. I drafted the measure after a Feb. 8 hearing by the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on oversight and investigations that exposed horrific violations of human rights by Pakistan security forces in Baluchistan.
Why I support Baluchistan -
Mir Suleman Daud Khan of Kalat, Harbiyar Marri Baloch Nationalist and Muhammad Ejaz Analyst in fresh episode of Agar on Ary News and talk with Aamir Ghauri.
Dialogue only on freedom of Balochistan, 1948 occupation is Pakistani foreign aggression: Hyrbyair Marri & Mir Suleiman Daud -
U.S. Reps. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and Louie Gohmert (R-TX) will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference at 12:00 p.m. (noon), Tuesday, March 27, in the Zenger Room of the National Press Building, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, DC.
March 27: National Press Club to Host "NEWSMAKER" Briefing on Baluchistan - More from News
ANALYSIS / HISTORY
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Basically, we want a country whose leaders are elected democratically, where religion is a private issue which doesn't play a role in the state affairs and where women, every creed and ethnicity share equal rights.'The Taliban are Pakistani military without uniforms' -
...the Baloch people of Lyari and the next-door province of Balochistan are probably the only segment of the population that has stood up to the Islamofascist agenda of Pakistan’s establishment, including its often corrupt military.
Pakistan’s siege of Lyari ignored -
THE attention the Supreme Court (SC) has focused on the Balochistan conflict and the human rights abuses being committed there raised the expectations of the affected population.For a credible inquiry -
The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs convened an extraordinary congressional hearing on February 8, 2012, to discuss the alarming human rights situation in Balochistan. Comprised of Republican and Democratic members, the committee expressed grave concerns over the appalling human rights violations in Balochistan, asserted the need to not overlook, but rather respect Baloch human rights and to endorse the Baloch national right to self-determination currently violated and usurped by Pakistan and Iran.
US move and its impact on the Baloch national struggle - More from Analysis/History
HUMAN RIGHTS
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If the global human-rights movement were to create its own unified representative body, it would look something like this.
Oslo Freedom Forum brings together the global human rights movement -
UNPO's General Secretary Marino Busdachin speaks out in the following statement against new arrests of up to sixty Baloch people in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
UNPO Speaks Out Against New Arrests of Baloch People -
Not a single attacker has been arrested through investigations by police and the Frontier Corps in the nearly 2,000 terrorist attacks across Balochistan since 2011.
Enforced disappearances: Chief Justice says 95% of cases involve the FC -
The largest and most active Baloch student Organisation, BSO-Azad, in Balochistan has released the report of on-going Human Rights Violation of first four months of the 2012.
BSO-Azad releases the Human rights report of the first Quarter of 2012 in Balochistan - More from Human Rights
DEVELOPMENT / GLOBAL ISSUES
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It’s official: nearly 80 per cent of all minerals produced in Pakistan come from Balochistan, according to the latest data compiled by the Geological Survey of Pakistan. What is less known is that the province’s mineral potential is much bigger than the current production statistics suggest.
Everything around here is mine -
Pakistan's Reko Diq, an untapped copper and gold mine of fabulous potential, was meant to be the biggest foreign investment in the country's mining sector, but it's beginning to look more like fool's gold to the companies involved.
Pakistan's Reko Diq Looking Less Prospective -
Though we weren’t going too far from the Sindh border, it would still be my first real look at a province that, these days at least, isn’t exactly the easiest place to casually visit. I was doubly excited about the stargazing, not to mention very eager to meet the folks at KaAS (I didn’t even know we had any astronomers much less a whole society of them).
How the stars shine above Balochistan -
Guatemala: "Development" And Death - Military State Of Siege In Santa Cruz De Barrillas - 5,000 Villagers Take Control Of Military Base After Hydroelectric Dam Opponent Was Shot DeadIt is a tragic paradox of our time that poor nations with abundant resources should suffer unimaginably while their political leaders appropriate riches that might otherwise mitigate poverty and foster economic growth. This brutal phenomenon is known as the "resource curse."
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