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Balochistan’s geography has a huge impact in the manner that the insurgency has taken root in the province. With Afghanistan on one side and Iran on the other, the province has been massively impacted by the turmoil in both countries. However, Pakistan’s largest land mass has also suffered from a failure of governance from Islamabad. The ruling elite’s reliance on military might, rather than dialog has taken the province to a point of no return. The effect has been a deadly spike in violence and massive economic losses to the business community. Investors have shifted from the province to the Punjab and Islamabad, making the province poorer and more deprived than before
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Kashmiri youth have clashed with law enforcement on the government’s failure to take back 12 seats that would give representation to over 400,000 Kashmiri refugees who moved to different parts of Pakistan after partition. Locals argue that the purpose is to bring in the ruling party’s supporters, who will ignore the issues that have roiled the territory in the last three years. Foremost have been the bread and butter issues, like rising prices of electricity and food. In 2023, the Awami Action Committee was formed, which also protested against the 12 seats introduced by the government. Growing anger at the government’s failure to negotiate and instead use gun-fire has already antagonized the community in the first phase of general elections that will continue through August 2026.
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Death Knell for Karachi Fish Harbor
Billions of gallons of untreated sewage and chemicals from the Lyari river and Malir river have combined to create `Black Water,’ below Gul Bai bridge and destroyed all prospects of fishing. Apart from the stench it creates, it has aborted future species of mangroves and marine life and caused multiple skin diseases amongst the population. The Lyari river is now a filthy drain that carries contaminated raw sewage, industrial chemicals, solid waste and other pollutants. The consequences are increasingly visible.Toxic and untreated wastewater has poisoned marine ecosystems, threatening fish, shellfish, prawns, crabs and other marine organisms. It has also led to the rotting of mangrove forests that serve as critical breeding grounds and nurseries for marine life. Mangroves also provide a natural defence against coastal erosion and storms, while supporting the livelihoods of thousands of fishing families. From Manora to Baba Bhit Island, ships have also corroded and become unusable. For Karachi, this is slow-moving environmental time bomb that urgently requires functioning treatment plants that can decontaminate billions of gallons of waste-water before they reach the sea.
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