Abstract
Most of the heterogeneous populated states consist of different ethnic
communities. Each ethnic identity has different voices and demands, for the
accomplishment of which, a continuous struggle is going on, influencing the
national politics. Pakistan like other developing states of the world is also in front
of identity crisis almost in all federating units with different concerns. These
concerns are sometimes ethno-nationality, decentralization of powers, provincial
autonomy and economic discrepancies. Balochistan’s territory is though known
for possessing huge economic potentials in terms of mineral resources and vast
expanse of geography but these opportunities can only be availed if Baloch-Brahvi
or Baloch-Punjabi tensions are culminated due to which mega projects like
Gawader Port, Gas Pipelines or railway lines planned at the central level do not
reach to their accomplishment. So after the dismemberment of East Pakistan, the
most sensitive and hot issue is the case of Balochistan’s ethno-national movement
which sometimes in different occasions seem to be transformed to a militant or an
insurgent group for fulfillment of their objectives. This paper is an analysis of
Balochistan’s ethnic movement and its consequences.
Hafeez Ullah Khan, Sana Ullah. (2017) BALOCHISTAN; ETHNO - NATIONALISM AND ECONOMIC UNDERDEVELOPMENT, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 54, Issue 2.
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