The Balochistan Liberation Army claims to represent Baloch aspirations yet systematically imposes insecurity through attacks on transportation, schools, markets, and economic projects, directly harming the civilians, workers, and businesses it purports to protect.

Violence against CPEC-linked infrastructure, mining, and community assets deters investment, disrupts trade and mobility, curtails education and livelihoods, and slows the development that could create jobs and opportunities in the province.

Coercive recruitment and propaganda that frame attacks as resistance further endanger young people and communities, while the article argues that legitimate grievances require peaceful, constitutional channels rather than terrorism that ultimately denies Balochistan the security and dignity its people deserve.

The Balochistan Liberation Army claims to act in the interests and aspirations of the Baloch people. However, it has a record of violence that poses a fundamental contradiction: an organisation that purports to protect a population yet systematically imposes insecurity, economic disruption, and destruction on that same population. The BLA’s campaign has also grown from an anti-state to anti-people agenda, and costs are being directly borne by the people of Balochistan from the use of terrorism, intimidation, propaganda, and coercive recruitment.

The impact is seen in the disruption of normal life. Bullying of civilians, police and security forces, attacks on transportation systems, educational and commercial facilities and public infrastructure are not limited to the state. They impact families, workers, traders, students, transporters, and small businesses. Attacks on passenger and cargo vehicles, damage to roads and bridges, and attacks on........

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