Srinagar, April 5 -- Balochistan, with its rugged landscape of mountains, deserts and coastline, has been home to the Baloch people, who have faced centuries of external pressures. However, the most severe assault on their identity and autonomy came not from foreign empires but from Pakistan, the nation that was supposed to be their ally. The tragedy of Balochistan highlights the dangers of unchecked state power, ethnic suppression and the hypocrisy of a nation that condemns alleged injustices elsewhere while committing similar acts at home. Pakistan's invasion and forced annexation of Balochistan in 1948 remains a dark chapter, with Islamabad continuing to subject the region to military rule, enforced disappearances, economic exploitatio...