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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 1970 Pakistani President Yahya Khan abolished the "One Unit" policy, [11] [4] [6] [10] [14] which led to the recognition of Balochistan as the fourth province of West Pakistan [4] [5] (present-day Pakistan), including all the Balochistani princely states, the High Commissioners Province, and Gwadar, an 800 km 2 coastal area purchased from ...
Malik Mohammad Arif, a Samaa TV camera operator, was killed by a suicide bomber on 16 April 2010. [9]Faiz Muhammad Sasoli, Aaj Kal, was shot to death 27 June 2010 in Khuzdar while driving and after having survived two previous attempts on his life.
The Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency is an ongoing low-intensity [1] asymmetric conflict [2] in Sistan and Baluchestan Province between Iran and several Baloch Sunni militant organizations [3] designated as terrorist organizations by the Iranian government. [4] It began in 2004 and is part of the wider Balochistan conflict. [5]
The First Balochistan Conflict was a rebellion instigated by Prince Agha Abdul Karim and Prince Muhammad Rahim of Kalat in response to the accession of Kalat and with the aim of establishing Kalat as an independent state from Pakistan. With the arrest of the princes and loss of a lot of manpower, the rebellion ultimately came to an end in 1950 ...
The conflict began in 1973 shortly after then-Pakistani President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto dismissed the elected provincial government of Balochistan on the pretext that arms had been discovered in the Iraqi Embassy, ostensibly for Baloch rebels. The ensuing protest against the dismissal of the duly elected government also led to calls for ...
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 Second Balochistan Conflict refers to a rebellion by Nawab Nauroz Khan who took up arms in resistance to the One Unit policy, which decreased government representation for tribal leaders, from 1958 to 1959.