Why BalochISTAN Matters,,, 1. Resources .................? 2. Region .................?? 3. Others ..............??? Occupied Balochistan crisis and fundamentalism pakistan BalochISTAN which straddles three countries(pakistan,iran, and afghanistan) and borders the Arabian sea is a vast and sparsely populated province (6,511,000 people occupying 43 percent of pakistan,s territory) that contains within its borders all the contradiction that affect the region. According for 36 percent of its total gas production.it also holds large quantities of coal,gold,copper Silver,platinum,aluminum and above all uranium and is a potential transit zone for a pipeline transporting natural gas from iran and Turkmenistan to India. The BalochISTAN coast is particularly important(minerals spread over approximately 180,000 square kilometres while giving BalochISTAN considerable strategic importance. Two of pakistan,s three naval Bases Ormara and Gwadar are situated on the BalochISTAN coast.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 02:35:11 +0000
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