Dodoma, Feb 16 (IANS) The recent attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan underscore not only security challenges, but also what critics describe as persistent failures of Pakistani authorities to address the grievances across the province, a report said on Monday. It added that documented human rights abuses — particularly enforced disappearances and alleged extrajudicial killings — have fostered an environment in which, according to activists, peaceful dissent is criminalised, leaving some to vie…
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Nairobi, Feb 13 (IANS) Critics have warned that continued militarised governance risks deepening alienation and instability in Pakistan’s Balochistan, a report has stated. Rising attacks in Balochistan are undermining security narrative of Pakistan and threatening international investment commitments, especially those related to the US and China, Kenya-based Capital News reported.Balochistan, which possesses rich minerals and is strategically located along the Arabian Sea, has witnessed coordina…
Kabul, Feb 11 (IANS) The recent attacks in Balochistan highlight not only security challenges but also what critics describe as long standing political failures to address the province’s grievances as the roots of growing violence in the province go back to Pakistan’s independence, a report has highlighted. An article in Afghanistan’s leading news agency Khaama Press mentioned that the recent attacks in Balochistan highlight not only security challenges but also what critics describe as long s…
Washington, Feb 7 (IANS) Balochistan’s recurring violence is not merely a law-and-order issue, but a combination of history, geography, and a persistent deficit of trust between its people and the state, a report has stated. “Balochistan rarely captures sustained international attention unless violence erupts. When it does, the province is often reduced to a narrow set of descriptions: Pakistan’s largest and poorest region, a mineral-rich hinterland plagued by insurgency, a security challe…
Quetta, Feb 5 (IANS) The recent attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan are not only acts of violence but expressions of a deep, unresolved political conflict that has simmered for decades between the province and the Pakistani state. Balochistan has remained Pakistan’s most underdeveloped province in terms of human development despite having massive natural resources like natural gas, copper, gold, coal, fisheries, and a strategically important coastline, a report has highlighted. Balochistan has pow…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest but poorest province, is once again engulfed in deadly violence, with Balochi separatists mounting attacks against one of the most intense counter-operations in years, according to reports from Pakistan. The flare-up is rooted in long-standing grievances of the Baloch people over political marginalisation, resource exploitation, and geopolitical rivalries, say reports.At least 15 security officials and 18 civilians have been killed as arm…
Rome, Feb 2 (IANS) China may be compelled to reassess the scope of its engagement in Pakistan if Chinese officials can no longer travel safely to Islamabad. For now, every crisis confronting Islamabad poses a threat to the progress of China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and undermines Beijing’s high-profile investment in the region, a report said on Monday. According to a report in the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), China’s ambitions to assert primacy over …
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Balochistan, despite its abundant reserves of natural gas, coal, copper and gold — remains one of the poorest provinces in Pakistan, a new report has said, adding that for many in Balochistan, “China-Pakistan Strategic Convergence (CPEC) is perceived less as a development opportunity and more as a dispossession”. According to an article in CESCUBE, the “resource revenues extracted by federal authorities and military linked enterprises rarely reinvest in local deve…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) While US President Donald Trump’s recent warning that any country trading with Iran could face an additional 25 per cent tariff has direct implications for India, any choppy waters ahead may affect future operations at the Chabahar port as well. India is among Iran’s top business partners, as are China, Turkey, the UAE, Pakistan, and Armenia. The proposed addition will compound earlier US duties, which included a 25 per cent reciprocal trade tariff plus an equal amou…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The situation in Iran has turned chaotic, and protests have spread across over 100 cities in the country. India is keeping a close watch on the situation as regime instability is rising in Iran. This poses a risk to India’s strategic investment in Iran’s Chabahar Port.Officials in New Delhi say that these protests are concerning when it comes to the safety and continuity of operations at the critical port, in which India has an investment of nearly $500 million. An o…