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  2. Balochistan, Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Balochistan is located on the south-eastern part of the Iranian plateau. It borders the geopolitical regions of the Middle East and Southwest Asia, Central Asia and South Asia. Balochistan lies at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz and provides the shortest route from seaports to Central Asia. Its geographical location has placed the otherwise ...

  3. Governor of Balochistan, Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    governorbalochistan .gov .pk. The Governor of Balochistan is the head of the province of Balochistan, Pakistan. The post was established on 1 July 1970, after the dissolution of West Pakistan province and the end of One Unit. Under Pakistan's current parliamentary system, the governorship is a ceremonial position, as a symbol of the federation.

  4. Human rights abuses in Balochistan - Wikipedia

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    Human rights abuses in the province of Balochistan refers to the human rights violations that are occurring in the ongoing insurgency in Balochistan.The situation has drawn concern from the international community, The human rights situation in Balochistan is credited to the long-running conflict between Baloch nationalists (as well as Baloch militant organisations such as the Balochistan ...

  5. Balochistan - Wikipedia

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    Balochistan (/ b ə ˈ l oʊ tʃ ɪ s t ɑː n, b ə ˌ l oʊ tʃ ɪ ˈ s t ɑː n,-s t æ n / bə-LOHTCH-ist-a(h)n, -⁠ A(H)N; Balochi: بلۏچستان, romanized: Balòcestàn, IPA: [baˈloːt͡ʃest̪ɑːn]), also spelled Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the ...

  6. Insurgency in Balochistan - Wikipedia

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    The Insurgency in Balochistan is an insurgency [40] [14] or revolt [41] by Baloch separatist insurgents and various Islamist militant groups against the governments of Pakistan and Iran in the Balochistan region, which covers the Pakistani province of Balochistan, Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, and Balochistan of southern Afghanistan.

  7. History of Balochistan - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The history of Balochistan refers to the history of the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. Vague allusions to the region were found in Greek historical records of around 650 BCE. Prehistoric Balochistan dates to the Paleolithic .

  8. Balochistan Liberation Army - Wikipedia

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    Baluch Liberation Front (founded 1964) [12] The Balochistan Liberation Army ( Balochi: بلۏچستان آجوییء لشکر; abbreviated BLA, also known as the Baloch Liberation Army ), is a Baloch ethnonationalist militant separatist organization based in Afghanistan. [21] [22] [23] [27] BLA's first recorded activity was during the summer of ...

  9. Baluch Liberation Front - Wikipedia

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    Pakistan. The Balochistan Liberation Front ( Urdu: بلوچستان لبریشن فرنٹ ;, Balochi: بلۏچستان آجوییءِ سنگر; BLF) is a militant group operating in the Balochistan region of southwestern Asia. The group was founded by Jumma Khan in 1964 in Damascus, and played an important role in the 1968–1973 insurgency in ...