The basic problem is that Baluchistan is ruled by feudal sardars, and the feudal oligarchy in control of Pakistan does not want to harm their fellow feudals in Baluchistan. These bloodsucking feudals will be the death of Pakistan; the whole lot needs to be strung up by their balls and thrown in jail, and their lands confiscated.
Eminent domain.
This is my biggest complaint towards Pakistan's military. They are the only entity that has the power to rid the country of these feudals but instead they have formed an alliance with them.
With feudals a part of the Pakistan army itself.. It is a difficult prospect...
It is due to feudalism that we have had Merit take a back seat in the higher echelons of the command structure..
47 is a long gone date.. but the "company" raj still has its ghosts haunting us.
As for Balochistan.. Feudals lords or not...they hold respect in the eyes of their people.. and more often than not.. have delivered on their false promises 5% better than the governments have...
that 5% gets the respect..
And the problem has spread from the bugti and marri lands down to the Makran coast..
However.. there can not be a repeat of 71.. since.. there is too much land.. and not enough Baloch.
The Feudals.. and their allies in the army know they cannot rely on force to change this scenario..
hence the new PR drive out there.
a grass roots engagement if you will.
And while this has shown success in the rural areas of Baluchistan.. the population centers have yet to accept this newfound goodwill.
Before Akbar Bugti's murder.. the intellectuals in the baloch society.. were still only tilting towards the right.. and were demanding greater rights and autonomy..
For all his faults... Bugti was still a figure for the Baloch.. with him gone, those that swayed the Baloch "hal"... have thrown in their vote for the succession camp, and like Ayub and Zia.. Musharraf has made another crack in Pakistan.. Ayub's cracked place was torn off.. Zia's fissure is spouting lava and erupting.. and Musharraf's deed has begun making the squeaking noise.. military glue will no longer hold this together.