Pakistan: The Balochistan Conundrum

Author:	Devasher, Tilak
Binding:	Hardcover
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ISBN:	9789353570705
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Language:	English
Page Count:	358
Publication Date:	1/1/2019
Size:	9.50" l x 6.50" w x 1.50"
Series:	N/A

Category	Subject
History & Geography	Asia

Balochistan, Pakistan's largest province, is a complex region fraught with conflict and hostility, ranging from an enduring insurgency and sectarian violence to terror strikes and appalling human rights violations.

In his third book on Pakistan, Tilak Devasher analyses why Balochistan is such a festering sore for Pakistan. With his keen understanding of the region, he traces the roots of the deep-seated Baloch alienation to the princely state of Kalat's forced accession to Pakistan in 1948. This alienation has been further solidified by the state's rampant exploitation of the province, leading to massive socio-economic deprivation.

Is the Baloch insurgency threatening the integrity of Pakistan? What is the likelihood of an independent Balochistan? Has the situation in the province become irretrievable for Pakistan? Is there a meeting ground between the mutually opposing narratives of the Pakistan state and the Baloch nationalists?

Devasher examines these issues with a clear and objective mind backed by meticulous research that goes to the heart of the Baloch conundrum.