Balochistan Conflict: In Balochistan, Pakistan, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has hostage about 450 passengers by hijacking the Jafar Express. Those held hostage by the BLA include employees of the Pakistani Army, Police, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Anti-Terrorism Force (ATF). Balochistan is the largest province in Pakistan, where the most natural resources exist. However, this region of Pakistan is the least developed.
Where is Balochistan spread from where
The largest part of Balochistan falls in Southwest Pakistan. About 44 percent of the land of the entire Pakistan is part here. This area extends to Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. The part of Balochistan has been full of extremism and violations of manual rights. People here have their own culture and tribal traditions as well as specific languages ​​(Balochi). Their identity is different from other ethnic groups like Punjabi, Sindhi and Pashtun.
Accused of misuse of natural wealth
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) wants independence of Balochistan. This is the largest of many ethnic rebel groups, which has fought the government of Pakistan for decades. This organization says that the government is improperly exploiting Balochistan’s rich gas and mineral resources. The BLA has been declared a terrorist organization by Pakistan, Iran, China, United Kingdom (UK), United States, United Nations, European Union.
History of rebellion in Balochistan
Since the independence of Pakistan from the British government, the people of Balochistan started the extremist rebellion from 1948 to create a separate country. According to the BBC report, there was a revolt in several stages here between 1950 and 1970. Since 2003, during the tenure of former Pakistan Army Chief General Pervez Musharraf, rebel activities had increased considerably here. He launched several campaigns against extremism in Balochistan. According to the report, thousands of people of this region went missing in the action taken by Pakistani Army and Intelligence Agencies.
Bla’s violent struggle against Pakistan
Many extremist groups are active in Balochistan province, of which BLF and BLA are two major groups. The Balochistan Liberation Army was established in the year 2000. The BLA has so far carried out many attacks in Pakistan. Currently 6000 Baloch fighters are connected in this. The BLA has tremendous support in Balochistan. In 2004, the BLA announced a violent struggle against Pakistan. Its purpose is to separate Balochistan from Pakistan.
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BLF’s role in Balochistan rebellion
Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) is Iran’s separatist group. This organization is accused of running activities against Pakistan. In 1964, BLF was created by Jumma Khan in the Syrian capital Dam Brach. It played an important role in the rebellion of Sistan and Balochistan (1968–1973). BLF played an important role in the 1973–1977 Balochistan rebellion of Pakistan. In the year 2003, the group was led by Allah Nazar Baloch. It is said that BLF became very strong under his leadership.
Pakistan claims that these two organizations make their hideouts in Iran and sometimes Afghanistan. For a long time, Pakistan has been accusing the Iran government of giving shelter to the leaders and extremists of these groups. At the same time, Pakistan has also been accusing India of financially helping some groups in Balochistan. However, both India and Iran have denied the allegations of Pakistan. In the last few days, these organizations have intensified attacks on Pakistan.
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