Balochistan a political black hole

[W.11]

Yes got your point a Baloch centric national party can have some ready made vote base (at start) in Sindh and Seraki belt of Punjab with some good marketing.

yes but balochistan can form their own party, but balochistan is neglected because balochs are isolated because of their form of politics is very isolated so they are isolated on a national level, people's party had a baloch support in lyari and it was very much a baloch anticipated party but then PPP totally failed to take baloch interests

if Balochistan strengthen its poltics and generates a powerful political culture, Balochistan can be brought in national circle and from there we can generate ways to address baloch's grievances

the political vacuum is largely responsible for Balochistan isolation and misery in my opinion, and thats why their voice is not heard in Pakistan

there were many baloch leaders who represented balochistan at a national level but they were all related to parties who had no baloch interest in their mind

Pakistan is essentially 4 countries not one, so Balochs will need to generate their own politics to become relevant

 

[ranjeet]

you are right but im talking about a different point here, im talking about being important, balochistan is not only neglected development wise but political wise as well, balochistan is being treated like its some colony, the reason is politics

in order for Balochistan to become relevant it has to make or choose a strong party which is a national party and who's centre of gravity is Balochistan

Baloichstan misery is not only development but first and formost its the political neglect it is suffering, Balochs must realise that when they choose a powerful party who keeps balochistan interest like PPP in Sindh, PMLN in Punjab and PTI in KPK, only then Balochistan may be taken seriously

after 18th amendment, parties who now represent provinces individually have been given a huge independent role to govern in a free way

Democracy is a numbers game man, National Parties in Pakistan are unfortunately ethnic based, i.e. they have a province each to themselves. PTI showed some promises in the beginning but I don't think they have the experience to govern at the center. The political neglect is there because none of the other parties want to please the Balochs at the expense of their own core voters. Why do one hear about govt spending huge sums of money on lavish projects in Punjab whereas a fraction of that amount can do wonders in some other province.

I can see your genuine concern but when it comes to the reality .. 17 seats out of 342 .. that's the naked truth. Such a share would only guarantee you the bare minimum. I am not striking down what you are proposing just trying to add my 2 cents to your argument. In India N-E states were neglected for so long due to this reason alone. whereas as non performing big states like UP and Bihar took prominence in the politics.

 

[Counter-Errorist]

I don't know enough about Balochistan. But hasn't Balochistan always been sparsely populated? The reason for its negligence is likely more geographical rather than political. Can anyone well versed with Balochistan's history educate us?

 

[ranjeet]

yes thats why I think Balochistan should be given more seats according some algorithm factoring its area, geographical importance, resources etc.

That would be ideal but why would politicians in other provinces would want to shoot their own foot?

 

[Progressive1]

yes but balochistan can form their own party, but balochistan is neglected because balochs are isolated because of their form of politics is very isolated so they are isolated on a national level, people's party had a baloch support in lyari and it was very much a baloch anticipated party but then PPP totally failed to take baloch interests

if Balochistan strengthen its poltics and generates a powerful political culture, Balochistan can be brought in national circle and from there we can generate ways to address baloch's grievances

the political vacuum is largely responsible for Balochistan isolation and misery in my opinion, and thats why their voice is not heard in Pakistan

there were many baloch leaders who represented balochistan at a national level but they were all related to parties who had no baloch interest in their mind

Pakistan is essentially 4 countries not one, so Balochs will need to generate their own politics to become relevant

you are right,
btw I will never take any isolation/rift b/w 4 provinces analogous to 4 countries etc, the old natives of Pakistan land(areas around Indus/) Pashtun, Punajbis, Sindhis, Balochis, Dard(GB) etc have historical cultural/genetic integrations/relocations thats why you find Sindhi Baloch(Sindh), Seraiki Baloch(Punjab) , Punjabi-Pashtun(Mianwali, attock etc), Chitral-Gilgit links etc, recently I took interest in genetic studies regarding Pakistani People you will surprised to know the importance of Balochistan in genetic studies of whole Pakistani Populations.