Why fuss over Balochistan?

The post-Cold War period, together with the devastating events related to 9/11, have dragged resource-rich Balochistan province of Pakistan into the new ‘Great Game’, which is all about control of, and access to, the energy resources of Central Asia.

Besides its crucial importance for Pakistan, because of its vast reservoirs of natural gas and oil, Balochistan has become equally important to the United States, China, India, Central Asian Republics and Iran for multiple reasons. To begin with, the Central Asian states, despite being rich in oil and gas resources, are landlocked and are in dire need of a corridor to export their energy resources, and a transit route for trade and commerce. Only Balochistan can provide that route.
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