Is the situation in Balochistan similar to East Pakistan?

[Savak]

I have met several people who have gone to Balochistan in the last few years, while they admit that the entire region is mostly a desert and that it is not as well developed as other Pakistani cities but the people over there were mostly very happy, spoke Urdu and clearly identified themselves as Pakistanis.

On the other hand you hear about things like Balochi's being very disillusioned with Pakistan, wanting cessation/independence and the Balochistan Liberation Front which is receiving funding from RAW via Afghanistan to destabliize Pakistan.

Some people claim that Balochistan is neglected compared to the rest of the country, but others claim that it is the fuedals in Balochistan who are the real problem and who are the biggest impediments to development in that region. Pakistan has built the Gwadar port in Balochistan which will pave way for trade and economic development in that region.

I don't personally believe that the situation in Balochistan is similar to East Pakistan at all by any stretch of the imagination any claims to this effect is just propanganda.

 

[Sean143]

I was a Punjabi settler in Baluchistan(and my family lived there).When I first came to Islamabad in 2007 I lived in Baluchistan House and a lot of baluchi people there were against Pakistan and specially punjabis but in the last five years or so I have observed that they have changed for the better.
The situation of Baluchistan has improved a lot recently and people there are again starting to be patriotic towards their country

 

[Varun]

Nope. For starters, East Pakistan had a gigantic population - even higher than West Pakistan as of 1971. Balochistan on the other hand has a scant number of people who are by now adulterated with people from other parts of the country.

India is trying hard to cause a ripple there, but in vain.

 

[Savak]

Nope. For starters, East Pakistan had a gigantic population - even higher than West Pakistan as of 1971. Balochistan on the other hand has a scant number of people who are by now adulterated with people from other parts of the country.

India is trying hard to cause a ripple there, but in vain.

Glad to see an Indian this honest. On a serious note, apparently the Balochi people make 4% of the Pakistani population. But they share a lot with the rest of Pakistan i.e. the national language Urdu, love for the Pakistani Cricket team. Apparently what i have heard that there are a lot more Pathans than Balochis in Balochistan.

The region of Balochistan is very rich in natural resources, minerals and the Pakistani govt claims it is pressed for funds to do proper development projects over there

 

[Sean143]

The region of Balochistan is very rich in natural resources, minerals and the Pakistani govt claims it is pressed for funds to do proper development projects over there

my father was a bureaucrat and he says that whatever funds Baluchistan government is provided are consumed by practice like corruption.So no point in increasing their funding but if we can improve education system in Balochistan a lot can change.After Bugti's death baloch people were brainwashed by their sardars and waderas and thus became rebellious against Pakistan but in the past few years the situation has changed and I think this is the time for us to plant the seed of education which can decide balochistan's fate in the years to come