Islamabad – Pakistan’s Balochistan problem is no longer a slow burn. The flames of the Baloch movement are leaping high and far. There have been spectacular attacks one after another. The hijacking of the Jaffar Express by Baloch militants came immediately after a suicide attack on an army convoy in Balochistan’s Kalat district. The suicide bomber was a woman and reveals a rare pattern emerging in Pakistan’s mineral-rich, restive Balochistan province. Women from the Baloch ethnic minority are increasingly turning into suicide bombers and shaking Pakistan’s security interests and apparatus. The attack by a Baloch female suicide bomber first came to light in the 2022 Karachi University bombing. As the attacks escalate, Pakistan’s military seems to be running around like a headless chicken.
1. This is the second time that Pakistan has faced such a large-scale insurgency in one of its provinces. This was previously seen in the tribal areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2009-10, when the ‘Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan’ (TTP) took control of many areas.
2. 10,000 women took to the streets in Balochistan to protest the arrest of human rights activist Mehrang Baloch.
3. In Quetta, three people, including two Policemen, were killed and 21 others were injured in an attack by Baloch freedom fighters.
4. In the wake of the growing threat of attacks by Baloch freedom fighters, China has deployed private security forces for the first time in Balochistan to protect its workers.
5. The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has supported this movement. Along with this, the BLA is now also getting support from the public.
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