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    Understanding the insurgency in Balochistan

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    Publication date
    2014
    Author
    Samad, A. Yunas
    Keyword
    Baloch insurgency; Human rights; Tribal systems; External intervention; Energy and mineral resources; Transnationalism and diaspora; Federalism
    Peer-Reviewed
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    The management and incorporation of ethnic identities in Pakistan has historically been far more problematic in Balochistan than other provinces and regions. With the killing in 2006 of Akbar Bugti, a leading political figure who was the head of the Bugti tribe and served as federal minister, chief minister and Governor of Balochistan, the province became politically polarised and has descended into a new cycle of bombings, abductions and murders. The rebellion has resulted in a major security operation pitting the security forces against the Baloch people, attacks against Punjabi settlers and sectarian violence against Hazara Shias that collectively threaten to derail major development projects and increase instability in Pakistan as a whole at a critical juncture. This article examines the insurgency in Balochistan and evaluates various perspectives that have been used to explain the present crisis: external intervention, resistance to social change, resource driven conflict theory, transnationalism and diaspora, and failure to manage difference. After examining the evidence it concludes by arguing that the primary cause for the insurgency in Pakistan is due to poor management of difference.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10454/9877
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    Samad AY (2014) Understanding the insurgency in Balochistan. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. 52(2): 293-320.
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2014.894280
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