Pakistan, July 9 -- The good thing is that Pakistan is no longer keeping quiet about who it believes is behind the violence in Balochistan. In a clear and calculated move, the state has taken the matter straight to the world's highest diplomatic forum, the United Nations.

Addressing the UN General Assembly, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said that terrorist outfits like the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and the Majeed Brigade are not only alive and active but working in coordination from ungoverned spaces in Afghanistan.

This is not just a routine statement. It is a diplomatic push, a strong effort to expose, isolate and hold accountable those who, in Pakistan's view, are fuelling instability in its...