Baloch leaders declare independence from Pakistan, urge India and UN for recognition

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1. Submission Statement: Baloch Community leaders have declared independence from Pakistan. This comes after the Balochistan Liberation Army has claimed 71 attacks on Pakistani government facilities in recent days. The leaders are not elected officials or official representatives in any way. They are appealing to India and the UN for recognition.

2. IMO: This is an unofficial declaration made via social media. It needs to be discussed, especially due to the play it’s been getting on indian news. But it is not an official declaration by a government or liberation movement.

3. What aspects differentiate between baloch and Pakistani identity?

4. India would be wise to ignore it (diplomatically speaking) – glass houses, throwing stones kind of thing. And I don’t see the UN taking this up given that these things need the UNSC approval to begin with and the UN just generally doesn’t support internal secession without the parties broadly agreeing to a process.

5. Do you all see Chinese investors in the region pulling out or bringing in hired guns? It was my understanding that Baloch attacks spooked them and, at the investors’ requests/insistence, compelled Pakistani forces to crack down. But if this starts a domino effect, however gradual, one has to wonder if China would suspend investing in the region until it is either sufficiently pacified or securely independent as unlikely as they may seem for now.

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