Balach Marri Edit Profile
politician
Balach Marri was the leader of the Balochistan Liberation Army, a separatist organization fighting for autonomy of Balochistan province from the state of Pakistan.
Education
Marri was one of six sons of the Balochistan politician Khair Bakhsh Marri. Marri&#;s brothers are Hyrbyair Marri, Ghazan Marri, Hamza Marri, Mehran Marri, and Changez Marri. Marri qualified as an electronic engineer from Moscow.
As was customary during those times, the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Committee for State Security) actively cultivated relationships with Baloch students in Russia.
Marri was one of their success stories.
Career
Because of his intimate connections with India and Russia, it was no surprise that Marri was picked as the new head of the revived BLA. The creation of the Balochistan Liberation Army can be attributed to the broader game that was being played in the region in s and which is currently again in progress in the region. The old players are back but on the opposite sides and hence their instruments of coercion and instability are back in business. BLA is one such tool, used by these g
By Syed Shoaib Hasan |
It is not clear where or how Mir Balaach Marri died |
Mir Balaach Marri, alleged head of the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), was killed in Afghanistan, Pakistani intelligence sources told the BBC.
The BLA and rebel tribesmen have been fighting Pakistani security forces for more provincial autonomy since
Nationalists say the mineral-rich province has been deprived of its rightful share of its own resources.
'Covert operation'
Mr Balaach's brother, Sardar Gazain Marri, said he had learnt of the rebel leader's death on Tuesday evening.
"Some of his comrades informed me he had been martyred," he told the BBC.
"I cannot disclose the location as it would further threaten the lives of those with him."
Sardar Marri says he believes his brother was killed in an army operation in Balochistan.
"I believe there were a clashes in the province on Tuesday in which Mir Balaach was killed."
However, intelligence officials in Pakistan told the BBC the rebel leader had been killed in Afghanis
What you need to know about the BLA gang
In recent years, the BLA has expanded its operations significantly, carrying out over attacks last year alone, culminating in this latest train hijacking.
The BLA emerged in the late s and early s, with analysts tracing its leadership to Balach Marri, the son of veteran Baloch nationalist Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri. The insurgency escalated in following the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti under the government of then-military ruler Pervez Musharraf.
Balach Marri was killed a year later, leading to the government banning the BLA. His father, Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, passed away in December
According to Fahad Nabeel, head of the Islamabad-based research consultancy Geopolitical Insights, the current leader of the BLA is Bashir Zaib Baloch, who is believed to have orchestrated the Jaffar Express hijacking.
The Resilience of Baloch Insurgencies: Understanding the Fifth Period
The geographical expanse of Balochistan as a “brooding and melancholy place” rightly captures the essence of its post history (Weaver , 90). Its history is marred with betrayal and contradictions vis-à-vis the Pakistani state. It is the largest and the most resource-rich of the four provinces of Pakistan but the least populated and developed. Even though the Baloch[1] nationalist movement has continuously faced the state’s brutal repression, it has always revived with more intensity than before and outlasted other resistance movements. While the insurgency started right after the Khan of Kalat was forced to sign the instrument of accession in , it has broadly occurred in five different periods. The current and fifth period started in and is still active, making it the longest and the most violent episode. To this effect, the paper seeks to analyse the fundamental causes that led to the insurgency and continue to sustain it. The paper also examines the reasons that led to the weakening of the insurgency post and its subsequent revival again in
It is pertinent here to note that the reasons behind the current
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