Pakistan, April 26 -- The snow-balling insurgency and acts of terrorism in Balochistan are the subject of debate in the media, in political circles and among the intelligentsia. The perturbing aspect of the discussion is that all these circles seem to have bought the narrative of the Nawabs and Sardars of Balochistan that the successive federal governments were responsible for what was happening in the province; a situation created by their indifference to the development of the province that led to the emergence of a sense of deprivation among the Baloch population. This has been the root cause of insurgencies in the province. The solution is invariably suggested in dialogue with all the stakeholders to ease the situation.

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