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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Today, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher's (R-CA) amendment tying the Defense Department's ability to give monetary aid to Pakistan's military to its treatment of ethnic and religious minority groups was included in final passage of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 by the House of Representatives.
House Passes Rohrabacher Amendment Tying Human Rights in Pakistan to U.S. Military Aid -
The Baloch Human Rights Council (Canada) condemned the killing and abduction of Mir Suleiman Daud's relatives by the Frontier Corps (FC) during a search operation on Sariab Road in Quetta.
BHRC Condemns Paramilitary Attack on Khan of Kalat's Relatives in Quetta -
Baloch nationalists are convinced that Israeli and Western opposition to Iran's nuclear program can help win them support. The CIA estimates that Shiite non-Persian Azeris make up 16 percent of Iran's population, with the Sunni Kurds another 10 percent, and the Baloch 2 percent.
Baloch Nationalists Take on Iran and Pakistan, Vow Close Ties with Israel -
Prince Abdul Karim led an armed rebellion against Pakistan after his elder brother Ahmed Khan agreed to cede the Kalat state. He surrendered to Pakistani authorities after he failed to enlist official support in Afghanistan. Subsequently, he was imprisoned in Haripur jail where he spent 10 years.
Wishful thinking: 'Balochistan conundrum: Khan of Kalat's return is a distant possibility' - More from News
ANALYSIS / HISTORY
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The Ziarat Residency attack is perhaps a watershed event in the Baloch nationalist-Pakistan relations but it is not exactly a 9/11 equivalent as claimed by some
Balochistan: two attacks, two problems -
The city of Quetta observed a day of mourning on Sunday against the killing of more than 24 people in Saturday's coordinated attacks on a university bus and the Bolan Medical College Hospital. When a political party within the ruling coalition, such as the Pashtunkhawa Milli Awami Party, calls for a strike, it implicitly shows the government's helplessness to grapple with hard challenges.
Baloch Hal Editorial: Why Pakistan Should Divorce Lashkar-e-Jhangvi -
In a recent interview with the B.B.C. Urdu, veteran Baloch nationalist leader Senator Hasil Khan Bizenjo rightly compared Pakistan's "˜kill and dump' operations in Balochistan with America's drone-strikes taking place in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). He told a Pakistani audience that if drones, as argued by the government authorities, were "counterproductive" in the war on terror and causing more militants then the bullet-riddled dead bodies of the missing Baloch political activists were doing exactly the same job in Balochistan.
Baloch Hal Editorial: Pakistan's "Drone Operations" in Balochistan -
KARACHI: Haji Abdul Razzaq Baloch, 42, made sure he attended every protest held for the people who went missing in Balochistan. "These are our brothers who have gone missing. Some day when I would be gone, you would have to do the same," the tall man with a bushy moustache would say.
Gone missing: Two months on, family still struggles to find Baloch journalist - More from Analysis/History
HUMAN RIGHTS
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27th Meeting 23rd Regular Session of Human Rights Council, 7 June 2013 - Item 4: General Debate - Human Rights situations that require the Council's attention. Intervention by Mehran Baluch
Mehran Baloch addresses UN Human Rights Council regarding human rights violations in Balochistan -
During the first four months of the year 2013 no restraint was observed on the part of the military in their actions. Abductions by unknown persons, disappearances and extrajudicial killings continue unabated in the war torn zone of Balochistan province. During the months from January to April, according to the Voice of Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP), an organisation that compiles records of missing persons and extrajudicial killings, 244 persons were abducted, 11 recovered, 34 extrajudicially killed and 26 died during military operations in different parts of the province.
Disappearances and extrajudicial killings continue unabated in Balochistan -- the civilian governments remain callously indifferent -
Panjgur: Pakistan military and intelligence agencies have accelerated the kill and dump policy after the failed elections in Balochistan. Tortured and mutilated bodies of two Baloch youth found dumped in Karachi in past two days.
State intensifies under-custody killings in Balochistan -
In a pre-dawn raid on Friday, Frontier Corps personnel killed a cousin of self-exiled Baloch leader Khan of Kalat and whisked away another cousin.
Khan of Kalat's cousin killed in FC search operation - More from Human Rights
DEVELOPMENT / GLOBAL ISSUES
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Certain western capitals that tow US foreign policy understand this great game well and extend hospitality to Baloch nationalist politicians, as do the US senators who sponsor resolutions in their senate, sidestepping the legally vexing question of how Nasir Khan I could, in the first place, "˜grant' Gwadar to Al Bu Sai'd of Muscat who was a "˜refugee' in the territory of the Khan of Kalat in the 18th century - an act for which Pakistan had to pay $3 million nearly a century later.
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The Pakistani government has finally decided to take away the control of the Gwadar Port from the Port of Singapore Authority (P.S.A.) and hand it over to China. On Monday, President Asif Ali Zardari formally presided over a signing ceremony of handing over the Gwadar port to China Overseas Ports Holding Company Limited.Gwadar Port: China's Midday Robbery -
The Community Welfare Development Society is a self-directed not-for-profit organization initiating in the rural as well as urban areas of Balochistan. On October 2002 CWDS was registered under the Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies (Registration & Control) Ordinance 1961 (XL VI of 1961) as a non-profit organization dedicated to rural development in the province of Balochistan.
Community Welfare Development Society Balochistan -
Due to great interest from various organisations and individuals abroad, The Constitutional Society in Iceland has obtained and published an independent English translation of The Constitutional Bill delivered by The Constitutional Council 29 July 2011.
Crowd-sourced Icelandic Constitution - More from Development/Global Issues
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