BRAS Dilemma in Pakistan
Pakistan faced a significant threat from the non-state groups such as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Al-Qaeda, Baloch liberation army, and recently Baloch Raji Ajohi Sangar (BRAS). However, all these movements, many were nationalist, religious, or any other state sponsored groups, as proved by the foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and DG ISPR LT. Babar Iftikhar in a press conference. A dossier was aired by Pakistani law enforcement agencies, the Indian involvement in the terrorist activities in the land of pure, to condemn the state-sponsored terrorism in Pakistan.
BRAS, Baloch Raji Ajohi Sangar, is a ban anti-state movement being operated in Pakistan by the Indian support. This is a separatist movement and an alliance of three banned groups in the Pakistani province, the Balochistan Republic Army (BLA), Balochistan Republic Army (BRA), and Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF). (CSCR, April 18, 2019). According to the center for strategic and contemporary research identified BRAS as a pretext of terror after the April 18, 2019 incident occurred, at least 14 passengers were shot down by 15–20 militants after offloading 16 passengers from the buses on the Makran Coastal Highway in Orama, Pakistan. The buses were stopped in the Buzi pass, where the passengers were disembarked. To add on, the deceased passengers include security personnel too. BRAS and BLF claimed responsibility for this tragic and anti-state act.
In the attack on Zaver Pearl Continent hotel Gwadar, on 11 may 2019, at least 5 killed, and a navy soldier was martyred, while six people, including two army captains, two navy soldiers, and two hotel employees were injured during this attack. The attack’s responsibility was claimed by the banned militant group BLA (Dawn May 12, 2019).
These violent non-state actors still attacking the Pakistani state. On 29 June 2020, a violent attack was carried out n the business hub of Pakistan, Karachi Stock Exchange, by the perpetrators BLA. The terrorists were shot dead and unfortunately, causalities of three security guards and a police sub-inspector were recorded.
Pakistan’s law enforcement agencies are working dawn to dusk to maintain peace. But such state-sponsored terrorism is the barrier to peace in the region. The state government was compelled to show the international media the reality of Indian involvement in the terror activities in Pakistan, in the shape of a dossier that gives overall facts and figures of the attacks and plans of the terrorist in audio, video, and document.
The state-run Oil & Gas Development Company Ltd (OGDCL) convey was attacked in Ormara, seven soldiers of Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan, and seven security guards were martyred in an encounter carried out by a large number of terrorists. The responsibility of the attack was claimed by the banned terrorist and anti-state group BRAS.
To conclude, Pakistan has been suffering from insecurity since its independence. However, the current situations are much better and the law enforcement agencies revamped the peace process. Thus, the individuals had to support the country for the betterment of their own future.