GWADAR, Jan. 26 -- Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has said that the growing unrest in Balochistan cannot be resolved through military operations alone, stressing that unemployment and lack of education are the key drivers of youth frustration in the province.

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Addressing a Bano Qabil ceremony organised by the Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan on Sunday, Mr Rehman argued that peace cannot be enforced "through the barrel of a gun" and called for a focus on jobs, education, and constitutional rights.

"When unemployment prevails and the Baloch people are denied their rights, anger against the state is a natural outcome," he said. "The problems cannot be solved at gu...