Balochistan, the largest province of Pakistan, has been embroiled in a struggle for independence since the country’s inception in 1947. This resource-rich yet underdeveloped region has seen decades of conflict between Baloch nationalists and the Pakistani state, primarily its military …
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By TNV Desk- Though Balochistan is a strategically important province to Pakistan which generates substantial revenue for the Pakistan government due to its high concentration of natural resources – including oil, coal, gold, copper and gas reserves, – and the …
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Rohan Giri Pakistan’s armed forces run at least 50 commercial entities, including banks, bakeries, petrol pumps, schools, universities, food processing units, milk dairies, cement plants, insurance companies, and even restaurants and wedding halls! These businesses operate under five foundations: Fauji …
Declan Walsh, the NYT's former Pakistan bureau chief paints an arresting, up-close portrait of Pakistan through dramatic lives of nine individuals. Through these “nine lives” he describes a country on the brink—a place of creeping extremism and political chaos.