Allah Nazar Baloch (, ) (born 2 October 1968) is the current leader of the

Balochistan Liberation Front The Balochistan Liberation Front (; BLF) is a Afghanistan-based Baloch ethnonationalist separatist group actively engaged in the Balochistan region of Southwestern Asia. The separatist group was founded by Jumma Khan Marri in 1964 in Damascu ...

(BLF), a militant group operating in

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. Under his leadership, the group has claimed responsibility for attacks on civilians, journalists, government officials and law enforcement agencies. Out of the total of 38 journalists killed in

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since 2007, Baloch Liberation Front and

Baloch Liberation Army The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) is a Baloch ethnonationalist militant organization based in the Balochistan region. Operating primarily from safe havens scattered across southern Afghanistan, BLA perpetrates attacks in neighboring Pakis ...

has claimed responsibility for killing 27 of those journalists. Nazar Baloch has also threatened to conduct attacks against schools in Pakistan. He made those threats while giving reference to the 2014 attack on school which took place in Peshawar.

Background

Nazar Baloch was born on 2 October 1968 in remote area in Awaran, called Mehi, Mashkay.

Militant activities

In February 2002, Dr. Allah Nazar Baloch founded Baloch Student Organisation-Azad (BSO-Azad) which openly advocated armed struggle against Pakistan. In 2003, he went underground to join separatist militants who were involved in armed conflict with Pakistan. He was arrested by law enforcement agencies on 25 March 2005 in Karachi city where he had arrived to meet his old friends. Later on, he was released in 2008 after he had struck an agreement with Pakistani security officials that he will stay away from separatist militants. However, after his release, Nazar Baloch violated his agreement and re-joined the separatist militants. Currently, Nazar Baloch is the head of

Baloch Liberation Front The Balochistan Liberation Front (; BLF) is a Afghanistan-based Baloch people, Baloch ethnonationalist separatist group actively engaged in the Balochistan region of Southwestern Asia. The separatist group was founded by Jumma Khan Marri in 19 ...

(BLF). Nazar Baloch's brother and nephew were also part of the Baloch Liberation Front. They were killed in 2015. Nazar Baloch's cousin Eid Mohammad alias Sana was also a part of separatist militants until he voluntarily surrendered to law enforcement agencies of Pakistan in 2016. Eid Mohammad claimed that both

and

have committed atrocities against the Baloch people for their own personal gains. On 30 July 2017, Nazar Baloch threatened to conduct attacks against school children in Pakistan. On 31 October 2017, Pakistani security forces detained some people who were illegally trying to enter into Afghanistan. Later on, it was found that Nazar Baloch's wife, Fazela Baloch was also among them. During her detention, she was treated with respect and honour in accordance with Baloch tradition. She was released on 2 November 2017.

References

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