Abstract
The era of 70’s was most important for Balochistan because it faced many political changes in
its political structure and political culture. First of all Balochistan became independent province
like other provinces of Pakistan and secondly the first political government in Balochistan came
to power but unfortunately it fell down after nine months. After that Balochistan did not seen
stable political setup for several years. Some tribes of Balochistan considered the dismissal of
Baloch nationalist government against their tribal pride and ego and turned against the Federal
Government and resisted the existing political set up. So in 1973, the third resistance movement
started in Baluchistan due to mishandling of the political situation of Balochistan by some central
and provincial political elites. The people of Baluchistan took up arms and situation became out
of control. Federal government was compelled to take military action against anti-federation
elements. This paper tries to examine the Baloch insurgency in seventies, army action against
insurgents, and involvement of foreign powers in the insurgency and political affairs of
Balochistan. The paper also throws light on the political and economic policies of Federal
Government in Balochistan during seventies. What are the attitude and policies of Federal
government during the insurgency in Balochistan What were the reactions and attitude of political
stakeholders and general public in Balochistan about the actions of Federal Government?
What was the strategy of Federal Governments to deal the insurgency in Balochistan? What were
the interests of some foreign countries in Balochistan and how they react during insurgency in
seventies ? The research is descriptive, qualitative and analytical. The Primary and secondary
sources used in this research and analyzed critically to find the designed questions.
Najeeb ur Rehman, Amaria Atta, Muhammad Azeem, Munawar Sabir. (2022) Political Turmoil and Insurgency in Balochistan during Z.A. Bhutto government; National and International Response, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, volume 59, issue 3.
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