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- proper noun A province of
Pakistan which hasQuetta as its capital.
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In an article in The New York Review of Books last October, "The Afghanistan Impasse," Ahmed Rashid wrote that the province (which he calls Balochistan), bordering both Afghanistan and Iran, is only slightly more under the control of Pakistan's central government than the country's tribal areas:
The Lede By ROBERT MACKEY 2010
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Pakistan has four major ethnic groups – Punjabis, Sindhis, Baloch, and Pathans – and now that they are running out of Hindus, Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians to kill (Pakistan is 99% Muslim), they have turned on each other, and there are major secessionist movements in Balochistan and Sind.
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December 11th, 2009 at 6: 09 pm mercurino, I think it is reasonable to assume that India helps fund/arm the insurgent elements in Balochistan to some degree.
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Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan and the Panjab, Including a Residence in Those Countries from 1826 to 1838. 3 vols.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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It said that the ongoing turmoil in Balochistan was part of a strategy to finally separate the province as ‘Greater Balochistan’.
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It said that the ongoing turmoil in Balochistan was part of a strategy to finally separate the province as ‘Greater Balochistan’.
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Baloch had few years ago tried to collect funds under the name Balochistan Legal Fund from wealthy Baloch expatriates in the Gulf nations on a pretext that a case would be filed at the International Court of Justice.
The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public Ahmar Mustikhan 2010
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Baloch had few years ago tried to collect funds under the name Balochistan Legal Fund from wealthy Baloch expatriates in the Gulf nations on a pretext that a case would be filed at the International Court of Justice.
The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public Ahmar Mustikhan 2010
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Baloch had few years ago tried to collect funds under the name Balochistan Legal Fund from wealthy Baloch expatriates in the Gulf nations on a pretext that a case would be filed at the International Court of Justice.
The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public Ahmar Mustikhan 2010
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Baloch had few years ago tried to collect funds under the name Balochistan Legal Fund from wealthy Baloch expatriates in the Gulf nations on a pretext that a case would be filed at the International Court of Justice.
The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public Ahmar Mustikhan 2010
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