Baloch nationalism ( Balochi : بلۏچی راجدۏستی , romanized: Balòci ràjdòsti ) is an ideology that asserts that the Baloch people , an Iranic ethnic group native to Iran , Pakistan and Afghanistan , form a distinct nation . The origins of modern Baloch nationalism coupled with the insurgency in Balochistan involving various militant organizations, go back to the period of the partition of British India and subsequent independence of Pakistan , when Kalat , the largest Baloch princely state , acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan .
11-683: The Balochistan Liberation United Front ( BLUF ) is a Baloch nationalist militant organization in Pakistan . It first became known for claiming the kidnapping of American UNHCR worker John Solecki from Quetta on February 2, 2009. The BLUF demanded the release of thousands of Baloch nationalist prisoners it claimed were being held by the Pakistani government in Baloch insurgency . The group eventually released Solecki on April 4, 2009, on humanitarian grounds without any of its demands being met. BLUF also claimed
22-526: A survey for the United Kingdom's Department for International Development that revealed that only 37 percent of Baloch were in favour of independence . Amongst Balochistan's Pashtun population support for independence was even lower at 12 percent. 67 percent of Balochistan's population favoured greater provincial autonomy . Pew Research Center This is an accepted version of this page The Pew Research Center (also simply known as Pew )
33-576: Is a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It provides information on social issues , public opinion , and demographic trends shaping the United States and the world. It also conducts public opinion polling , demographic research, random sample survey research, and panel based surveys , media content analysis , and other empirical social science research. The Pew Research Center states it does not take policy positions. It
44-736: Is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts and a Charter Member of the American Association of Public Opinion Research's Transparency Initiative. In 1990, the Times Mirror Company founded the Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press as a research project, tasked with conducting polls on politics and policy. Andrew Kohut became its director in 1993, and The Pew Charitable Trusts became its primary sponsor in 1996, when it
55-815: The Baloch nationalist militants. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Republic of Afghanistan provided sanctuary to Baloch militants. The Republic of Afghanistan had established training camps in Kandahar to train Baloch militants and also to provide arms and ammunition. Baloch nationalism in its modern form began in the form of the Anjuman-e-Ittehad-e-Balochan-wa-Balochistan based in Mastung in 1929, led by Yousaf Aziz Magsi , Abdul Aziz Kurd and others. In November 1929, Yousaf Aziz Magsi published an article stating
66-923: The Baloch people". These were initially allowed but later denied permission by Transport for London . The World Baloch Organisation claimed that this was a result of pressure from the Pakistani Government after the British High Commissioner in Islamabad was summoned to appear before the Pakistani Foreign Secretary. A survey in 2009 by the Pew Research Center found that 58% of respondents in Balochistan chose "Pakistani" as their primary mode of identification, 32% chose their ethnicity and 10% chose both equally. In 2012, Gallup conducted
77-652: The aims of the group, namely: Simultaneously with the formation of the Anjuman, Baloch intellectuals in Karachi formed a nationalist organisation, called the Baloch League. In February 1937, the Anjuman reorganised and became the Kalat State National Party , carrying on the Anjuman's political agenda of an independent united state of Balochistan. They demanded the independence of the ancient Khanate of Kalat , which
88-601: The creation of an independent state of Balochistan. The movement is secular and was originally inspired by Marxist-Leninist liberation movements. The movement claims to receive considerable support from the Baloch diaspora in Oman , the UAE , Sweden , Norway , and other countries. Pakistan has repeatedly made claims that the Baloch nationalists have received funding from India , although these have been denied by India . Similarly, Afghanistan has acknowledged providing covert support to
99-679: The responsibility for a targeted attack on October 25, 2009 that killed Shafiq Ahmed Khan , the education minister of the Balochistan province . This article about an organization in Pakistan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Baloch nationalism Baloch people are an Iranic ethnic group native to southeastern Iran , southwestern Pakistan and southern Afghanistan . The Baloch nationalist movement's demands have ranged from greater cultural, economic and political rights, to political autonomy, to outright secession and
110-677: Was later incorporated into Pakistan in 1955. The party was dominated by more secular-minded, anti-imperialist and populist elements, such as Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo , Mir Gul Khan Naseer and Abdul Aziz Kurd. When parliamentary elections were held in the State of Kalat, the party was the largest winner with a considerable majority. In 2017, the World Baloch Organisation placed advertisements on taxis in London to say #FreeBalochistan along with slogans such as "Stop enforced disappearances" and "Save
121-518: Was renamed the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. In 2004, the trust established the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. In 2013, Kohut stepped down as president and became founding director, and Alan Murray became the second president. In October 2014, Michael Dimock, a 14-year veteran of the Center at the time of his selection, was named president. The Pew Research Center
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