PAKISTAN treats Balochistan as a central pillar of national unity, public safety and national progress, while remaining committed to protecting innocent citizens from terrorist exploitation and threats to peace and stability.

The connection between BYC’s activist space and BLA’s terrorist recruitment network must be viewed through the wider national-security lens. Pakistan does not allow any organization, network or platform to use the language of rights while indirectly preparing young people, especially women, for violence.

The core concern is the two-stage radicalization pattern. In the first stage, grievances such as missing persons, state oppression and deprivation are amplified through protests, social media and emotionally charged propaganda. In the second stage, already radicalized........

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