Balochistan Issue in brief

• Balochistan is Pakistan's largest but most backward province.
• When Pakistan got independence in 1947, the rulers of the Khanate of Kalat (a princely state under British) refused to accede to pakistan.
• Pakistan sent troops and occupied the territory which now forms a part of the Balochistan province.
• Though Yar Khan, the then ruler of Kalat, later signed a treaty of accession, his brothers and followers continued to fight.
• As of now, several separatist groups exist in the province, Balochistan Liberation Army being the strongest
• Pakistan alleges that BLA is backed by India