QUETTA: Chief of Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) Dr. Allah Nazar Baloch delivered a forceful message condemning what he described as enduring colonial and state abuses against the Baloch people, decrying enforced disappearances and resource exploitation, and calling for resistance, self-reliance, and political unity.
In a message to the Baloch nation, the BLF chief paid tribute to Baloch fallen martyrs, political activists who have been forcibly disappeared, and human-rights defenders currently detained. He said the Baloch struggle has been met with systemic violence and indifference from both domestic authorities and international powers.
“No power in the world grants a nation freedom unless that freedom serves its own interests,” Dr. Baloch said, arguing that global actors and local collaborators treat Baloch lives as expendable while pursuing access to the region’s resources. He compared contemporary treatment of Baloch communities to historical colonial attitudes, saying that outside powers have always privileged their strategic and economic aims over local lives.
Dr. Baloch, who also founded Baloch Student Organization (BSO-Azad) during his student life, criticized what he called the complicity of some political leaders and institutions in Balochistan, and accused senior officials of offering up the region’s resources to foreign partners. He named Pakistan’s military leadership in particular as responsible for facilitating resource deals, and said ordinary Baloch have seen little benefit.
Highlighting the human cost, he asserted that the number of forcibly disappeared and imprisoned Baloch approaches fifty thousand and said the community was compiling figures for those killed. He framed these losses as evidence that legal and institutional remedies have failed many families and communities.
The message also emphasized the role of women and the younger generation. Dr. Baloch praised the sacrifices of Baloch women and urged greater participation from the nation’s youth in the struggle for rights and recognition, while urging non-military forms of organization and the strategic use of technology: “War is not won by weapons alone; it is won by mind and technology,” he said.
He drew parallels with other historical struggles for independence, pointing to East Timor as an example of a small population achieving statehood and urged international bodies, including the United Nations, to take stronger, more consistent action to protect human rights.
The BLF chief accused the Pakistani state of using job offers, arrests, and other measures to suppress dissent, and urged solidarity across Pakistan’s provinces, including Pashtun, Sindhi, and Kashmiri communities, in confronting what he described as systemic injustice in Balochistan.
The message reflected long-standing grievances in Balochistan over human rights, resource control, and political representation, and underscores continuing tensions between local activists and the Pakistani state. Observers say the challenge for the Baloch movement is to translate these grievances into credible political and legal claims that attract broad-based support and international attention.
