So, the naraz (angry) Baloch led by Mengals and Marris of this world launched coordinated small-scale attacks during the past week across the Baloch belt of the province, targeting civil and military personnel and installations, killing poor Punjabi labourers, without sparing Baloch women and children either. And this was done indiscriminately, with abandon and under the guidance of their foreign patrons who facilitated, guided and planned these attacks.

But if BLA, Majeed Brigade et al and other terrorist brigands think they can bring the indomitable state of Pakistan to its knees, they are dead wrong, like their forefathers were in the 1970s. Then, Pakistan Military had decisively defeated them despite the shadow of its unsuccessful 1971 war with India. This time around, a more confident, experienced and crack military, buoyed by its May 2025 victory against a much larger, and your patron India, will annihilate you. It is only a matter of time. If you feel you can prevail, that is not happening. You may be able to slaughter Punjabi settlers (mostly defenseless labourers) in isolated incidents, stage train-hostage dramas or kill unarmed women and children under 'your self-professed' Baloch traditions, you cannot win. You cannot prevail. Get your reading of relevant history of Malaysia, Sri Lanka and the UK right.

Yes, synchronised attacks give you 'transient media advantage' before your gullible recruits; but remember military operates under the punishing dictates of the 'Law of Diminishing Returns'. And that means, the hardened Pakistan Military, with robust recruitment, training and logistic systems, can and........

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