News Snapshot:
The banned militant Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), which claimed Tuesday's deadly attack on Chinese citizens in Karachi, is a rebel group operating against the Pakistani state in Balochistan. BLA's stated aim is complete independence for Balochistan. The province has seen a decades-long insurgency against what rebels call the unfair exploitation of resources in the mineral-rich region. Balochistan borders Afghanistan to the north, Iran to the west and has a long coastline on the Arabian Sea. It has Pakistan's largest natural gas field and is believed to have many more undiscovered reserves. It is also rich in precious metals including gold,...
