Balochistan – between grievance and foreign exploitation

Balochistan – between grievance and foreign exploitation

Balochistan, Pakistan’s vast and resource-rich province, has long occupied a paradoxical place in the country’s national imagination. On the one hand, it remains central to Pakistan’s strategic and economic future—home to the Gwadar Port and a vital node in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). On the other, it remains plagued by underdevelopment, separatist insurgency, and rising internal polarization. The mainstream discourse, both with…