The release of a video by the Balochistan Liberation Army following a coordinated assault in Pakistan’s Balochistan province has drawn renewed attention to the role of women within the region’s long-running separatist insurgency. The footage, circulated on social media platforms and attributed to the BLA, shows a young woman identified as Hawa Baloch during what the group described as the final…

Among the projects in Gwadar that have been met with local distaste is a donkey slaughtering factory – not yet operational – where up to a million donkeys imported from Africa are to be killed to harvest products, including an ingredient used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Access to the sea has also become restricted around Gwadar’s deepwater port, which sends 90% of its profits to its Chinese operator. Local fishers say they can barely survive because they are no longer allowed to freely sail, and have had their boats raided by security forces while out fishing.