Abstract
The land of Baluchistan is further divided into 3 parts at present, western, northern, & eastern Baluchistan,
& all these parts are expanded between Iran, Afghanistan & Pakistan by the borderline making
differentiation that is known as Goldsmith line. British general Goldsmith drew this line from 1870 to 1872.
The land of Baluchistan was included in the territory of Pakistan 14th August 1947 & declared as the
province in the year 1972. The geographical position of Baluchistan provides itself huge importance
regarding geography because it joins central Asian states to their costal line on Arabian sea & plateau of
Iran to South East Asia. It is Pakistan’s largest province when considering its size & the smallest one with
respect to its population. It has an area of about 34.7 million hectares, which makes around forty-four % of
the total area of the country. In accordance with the survey, the population is around 6511 thousand. It is
bounded geographically by 70 17’ east longitudes to 32 6’ north latitude & 60 52' east longitudes to 24 54'
north latitude. (Census Report Baluchistan, 2001) Despite all its human and natural resources, the
province is unhappy with the centre government. There are genuine grievances which have made the
Baloch ethnic group angry but the superpowers are also provoking anti-Pakistan elements. This study tries
to understand the level of interest of the major powers in Balochistan and dimensions of their liaison with
angry elements which causing trouble to Baloch nation, province and Pakistan.
Fatima Riffat, Najib Ahmad, Muhammad Azeem. (2022) Unhappy Balochistan: Role of Major Powers, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, volume 59, issue 1.
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