BALOCHISTAN’S Rs1.028tr budget, featuring a public development investment of Rs245bn and provincial surplus of Rs36.5bn, ostensibly aims to address the massive socioeconomic infrastructure gaps in this most neglected, strife-ridden province. But the challenges facing the country’s largest province — despite its having the smallest population — are too big for a few hundred billion rupees to tackle successfully. Rich in natural resources, and with a 750km coastline, the province is strategically located and has the potential to become a regional and global trading hub. Yet it is Pakistan’s least developed province with around........

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