Balochistan, initially independent, faced annexation when British officials deemed it unfit for self-rule. Despite Jinnah’s ...

A seven-plus-decade insurgency based on the rights of self-determination, as well as discrimination by Islamabad, has ...

Nilantha Ilangamuwa When the Jaffar Express was hijacked by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) this week, my mind immediately ...

Baloch nationalism dates back to 1947 with the Partition of India and the merger of princely states to either India or ...

BLA-led attacks against security forces, settlers from other Pakistani provinces, particularly Punjab, increasing in ...

Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah's betrayal triggered the freedom movement in Balochistan. The forced accession of Kalat ...

Militants attacked a cross-country passenger train Tuesday in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan province, taking ...

Jinnah, who had earlier supported Kalat's independence, later pressured the Khan Mir Ahmed Yar Khan to join Pakistan, in a ...

The president’s praise of the Pakistani government for its role in capturing a “top terrorist” signaled a possible ...

Lord Mountbatten, Mir Ahmadyar Khan, the Khan of Kalat, Jawaharlal Nehru and, Jinnah sat together to decide the future of ...