Balochistan: One More Step Towards National Integration

Byline: Col Dr Muhammad Khan 'Divide and rule' has been the policy, unequivocally exercised by our colonial masters throughout their absolute rule in the Sub-continent. Upon decolonization, and independence, the microbes of this disease transferred over to a limited group of the feudal who "segregated the Pakistani society on ethnic, linguistic, and sectarian issues and kept them in the abeyance of poverty and illiteracy." Sudden death of the father of nation, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah provided a chance to this feudal class along with a selected political families to exercise control over the national assets, thus propping up an uneven distribution of resources, causing social discrimination.