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The Insurgency in Balochistan is an insurgency [41] [16] and revolt [42] by Baloch separatist insurgents and various Islamist militant groups against the governments of Pakistan and Iran in the Balochistan region, which covers the Pakistani province of Balochistan, Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, and Balochistan of southern Afghanistan.
In the 33rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, India raised the issue of human rights abuses in Baluchistan, saying that "the people of Balochistan, amongst other provinces, have been waging for decades a bitter and brave struggle against their daily abuse and torture." [71]
The federal government tasked the Pakistan Army with building several new bases in key areas of Balochistan. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The Basic Democracies during Ayub military regime gave an indirect representation which created democratic problems in Pakistan as the representation of the Baloch was reduced in the non-democratic constitution of 1962 as the ...
Balochistan is the poorest province in Pakistan. [4] The Baloch community alleges neglect and exploitation by the Government of Pakistan. [4]The BYC was founded following the attack in Turbat on the night of May 26, 2020, which resulted in the death of a Baloch woman, Malik Naz, and injuries to her four-year-old daughter, Bramsh.
The issue was later taken up by the Islamabad High Court. The March Against Baloch Genocide was a protest march led by Mahrang Baloch and other Baloch women of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee in December 2023, who were marching towards the Pakistani capital Islamabad to protest human rights violations and enforced disappearances in Balochistan .
Following the alleged discovery of Iraqi arms in Islamabad in February 1973, Bhutto dissolved the Balochistan Provincial Assembly and infuriated Balochistan's political oligarchs. In time, the nationalist insurgency, which had been steadily gathering steam, now exploded into action, with widespread civil disobedience and armed uprisings. Bhutto ...
Balochistan [4] (/ b ə ˈ l oʊ tʃ ɪ s t ɑː n, b ə ˌ l oʊ tʃ ɪ ˈ s t ɑː n,-s t æ n / bə-LOHTCH-ist-a(h)n, - A(H)N; Balochi: بلۏچستان, romanized: Balòcestàn, [baˈloːt͡ʃest̪ɑːn]), also spelled as Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in West and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the ...
29 January – A double-bombing lightly wounded three police officers in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan and Balochistan province. Jaysh al-Adl claimed responsibility. [12] 2 February – An IRGC soldier was killed and five others wounded in an insurgent attack on a Basij base in Nik Shahr city.