OVERVIEW
II.
A.
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B.
DISAPPEARANCES
17
13
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26
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C.
40
34
CONFLICT-INDUCED DISPLACEMENT
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45
53
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62
68
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75
B.
1.
Humanitarian neglect
82
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2.
C.
MEGA-PROJECTS OR MEGA-PROBLEMS?
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102
96
V.
A.
109
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113
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B.
121
126
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VI. CONCLUSION
The insurgency is unlikely to subside as long as the
military relies on repression, killings, imprisonment,
disappearances and torture to bend the Baloch to its will.
Why is the government pushing the Baloch to the wall?,
asked HRCP Secretary General Haider, warning that
repression of the Baloch might push them so hard
the federation might collapse.142 Unless the federal
government also cedes meaningful political and economic
autonomy, Baloch alienation is bound to grow,
undermining the provinces stability and heightening
centre-provincial tensions.
Islamabad, however, is unlikely to abandon coercion
for cooperation so long as the government remains
undemocratic. The 1973 constitution, a former Balochistan
Chief Secretary (senior-most bureaucrat) said, sets the
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APPENDIX
MAP OF BALOCHISTAN
Islamabad
FED.
ADMIN.
TRIB AL
AREAS
NW
FR ONTIER
P R O V.
Kandahar
Chaman
Quetta
Kohlu
Indus
AFGHANISTAN
PUNJAB
Taftan
Dera Bugti
PAKISTAN
IRAN
Indus
B A LO C H I S TA N
SINDH
Gwadar
Karachi
Arabian Sea
INDIA
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