Atlas / Organisations / Baloch Nationalism
Baloch Nationalism
1948– · Pakistan, Iran · Ethnic Secessionist · Movement · coding confidence low
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
Self-determination for a people divided across three states, over a territory holding gas, minerals and a deep-water port.
Economic model
Claims to provincial control of gas and mineral revenue extracted for national benefit.
Organisation of powers
A mix of parliamentary parties and armed groups; enforced disappearances of activists are widely documented.
Reading note
Coded at low confidence. Included because stateless peoples are systematically absent from party-based datasets.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored −03
Coded −3: claims to provincial control of gas and mineral revenue.
- Documented act or statuteSui gas has been extracted since 1952 with a small royalty share returned to the province.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored +03
Coded +3: a tribal social order with secular nationalist politics.
- ScholarshipThe movement's leadership has been largely secular and tribal rather than religious.
AU · Organisation of power · scored +03
Coded +3: parliamentary parties alongside armed groups and documented disappearances.
- Documented act or statuteEnforced disappearances of activists have been documented for two decades by domestic and international bodies.
SC · Scale of decision · scored −07
Coded −7: provincial autonomy or independence as the demand.
- Documented act or statuteSuccessive insurgencies since 1948 have demanded autonomy or separation.
ID · Rule of membership · scored +07
Coded +7: an ethnic national community divided across three states.
- ScholarshipBaloch populations live in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan under separate jurisdictions.
CH · Method and tempo · scored +06
Coded +6: five insurgencies since 1948.
- Documented act or statuteThe current phase began in 2004 and continues.
Nearest organisations by measured distance
Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
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