Between Nation and State: The Baloch Question in an Unfinished Modernity

Author(s)	Mr. Abhishek Dadhich
Country	India
Abstract	This essay places Balochistan’s nationalist aspirations within the wider debate on postcolonial belonging and state formation. It seeks not to rehearse the familiar frames of insurgency, underdevelopment, or counter-terrorism — but to listen more closely to what the Baloch themselves have been saying for decades: that the idea of Pakistan, as it evolved, never included them in spirit, even if it claimed them in law. Here, the state is not a neutral custodian of order but a deeply contested symbol one that, in the Baloch experience, stands for occupation rather than representation. The main argument of this paper is that because ethnic identity trumps religious identity, Muslim Pakistan is therefore not a nation in the classical Modern sense.
Keywords	Baochistan, Modernity, De-tribalisation, Nationalism, Military State, Colonial
Field	Sociology > Politics
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2025
Published On	2025-07-27
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i04.52315
Short DOI	https://doi.org/g9vpqz

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