After the conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan intensified, unknown gunmen attacked Pakistan’s Gwadar port. In this attack, both the gunmen were reported killed in retaliation by Pakistan. Let us tell you that Gwadar is a strategic and important port for Pakistan. Unidentified gunmen opened fire at the Gwadar Port Authority complex in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, Geo News reported on Wednesday. After this, two attackers were killed in retaliatory firing by security personnel.
According to local media reports, Balochistan Liberation Army has taken responsibility for this attack. According to reports, the attackers first carried out bomb blasts at Gwadar Port and then their encounter with security officials started. Let us tell you that Gwadar Port is an ambitious part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Despite decades of separatist insurgency in the region, China has invested heavily in Balochistan under the Belt and Road Initiative, including the development of Gwadar. It is considered to be a mineral rich area of Balochistan.
Balochistan is rich in natural gas and minerals.
Balochistan province is rich in natural resources ranging from natural gas to coal and minerals. But despite having low population density, water scarcity and very poor basic education along with human resources, it remains the most deprived area of Pakistan. The local people here see the development of Gwadar as exploitation of their resources. That is why he opposes China. Balochistanis have always said that Pakistan has handed over their mineral wealth to China.
In such a situation, they fear marginalization and displacement without equitable benefits. This sentiment has fueled the growth of various ethnic-separatist, Balochistan Liberation Front and fundamentalist religious terrorist organisations, including the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Daesh, Have given.
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