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Changing dynamics of the Baloch nationalist movement in Pakistan: from autonomy toward secession / Wani, Shakoor Ahmad

Wani, Shakoor Ahmad	Journal Article
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In recent years the Baloch national movement has undergone a sea change. The dismantling of rudimentary representative institutions by the military regime of Pakistan’s president, General Pervez Musharraf, set off a process of radicalization of Baloch nationalism. The excessive reliance on a coercive state apparatus has not only alienated the moderate nationalists but also increased the popularity of a separatist creed. This article argues that aggressive resource exploitation and state repression is pushing Balochs toward secession.

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Militarization ; Secession ; Exploitation ; Missing Persons ; Kill and Dump

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Development and Militarization in Balochistan, Pakistan / Wani, Shakoor Ahmad

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This article examines the interplay of development, militarization and culture of impunity in Balochistan. It contends that the State’s pursuit of large-scale infrastructure projects is intensifying the conflict. Balochistan has increasingly been positioned as the potential fulcrum of Pakistan’s economic revival due to its vast, untapped resources and significant Chinese investments. While this vision seems promising, it has heightened Baloch anxieties and resistance. Large development initiatives bring about socio-economic disruptions, fuelling existing anti-State sentiment. The article argues that the imperative to protect expanding economic assets has enabled the region’s further militarization, engendering an environment wherein the security-intelligence apparatus employs force inordinately and arbitrarily with impunity.

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Development ; Militarization ; Accountability ; Impunity ; CPEC ; COIED

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ID: 157390

India in Balochistan: constraints and possibilities / Wani, Shakoor Ahmad

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Not many people in India knew Balochistan, not to mention the festering decade long insurgency or the muzzling of dissenting voices in Pakistan’s largest province. Much of it was to change. Balochistan earned primetime space in commentaries in print and electronic media in India.

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India in Balochistan ; Constraints and Possibilities

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New Baloch Militancy: Drivers and Dynamics / Wani, Shakoor Ahmad

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Since the early 2000, Balochistan is yet again embroiled in a cobweb of violence after a hiatus of more than two decades. The Baloch nationalist militancy began to reinvigorate after the seizure of power by General Pervez Musharraf in 1999. Musharraf marginalised the moderate Baloch nationalists and repressed dissident voices. The differences over power and resource sharing escalated quickly into a full-blown armed struggle once Musharraf used indiscriminate force to subdue opposition against his regime. This article examines the proximate and long-term structural factors that led to the resurgence of armed militancy at the turn of the twenty-first century. It analyses the new drivers and dynamics of the present conflict that make it more virulent and lend it a distinctive character.

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Insurgency ; Demography ; Separatism ; Deprivation ; Gwadar Port ; CPEC

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