Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) chief Dr Allah Nazar Baloch on Wednesday urged Baloch women to join the armed struggle and called for transforming the movement into a conventional, organized national force, in a new thirty-minute audio message released by the group’s media cell, Aashob.
The pro-independence leader opened his address by paying tribute to what he described as the “oppressed Baloch nation” and to those who had “stood by the voice of conscience” in the struggle against Pakistan’s rule.
“I salute the martyrs, the political activists who were forcibly disappeared or imprisoned, the human-rights defenders and our fighters,” he said.
Dr Baloch said his message aimed to make one point clear: that no external power would ever grant freedom to the Baloch people unless it served their own strategic interests. “No power in the world grants a nation freedom,” he said, “unless that freedom aligns with their own interests.”
The BLF chief claimed that hundreds of thousands of Baloch had been “martyred, forcibly disappeared or displaced” in the cause of defending and liberating their land, adding that “millions face exile and millions are internally displaced within Balochistan.”
“Our enemy is deceitful,” he said. “It loves our land, not us.”
The BLF chief compared the treatment of the Baloch to British colonial attitudes in India and Africa, saying imperial powers historically viewed subject peoples as “two-legged animals.” “Today too, for those powers and for our own contractors, the Baloch are not seen as humans… but as tools to exploit the land,” he added.
Dr Allah Nazar accused Pakistan’s political and judicial institutions of hypocrisy, saying those who claim to uphold the constitution “speak not of human rights but of their personal interests.” He cited the detention of leaders from the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), the Baloch National Movement (BNM), and the Baloch Students Organization (BSO) as examples of what he called “the mockery of law and justice.”
‘You Must Take Up Arms’: Call to Baloch Women and the Next Generation
Dr Allah Nazar said men and women were equal “physically and intellectually,” and that women had always played a vital role in the Baloch national movement. “I salute those sisters and daughters who are making great sacrifices for freedom and human rights,” he said.
Addressing the Baloch women directly, he urged them to take up arms, saying the struggle could not succeed without their participation. “What I tell my sisters and daughters is this: you must take up guns… because the enemy understands nothing except the sound of gunfire.”
He said Baloch women made up half the nation and must share equal responsibility in its liberation. “You are fifty percent of the Baloch nation,” he said. “You must also take up arms. If Kurdish women can fight, if Muslim women can become fighter jet pilots, remember that our own Banari, Gul Bibi and others once fought on the battlefield.”
Dr Allah Nazar praised young activists for their growing political awareness, saying this generation had shown courage despite repression. “Our educated and conscious youth are being killed or disappeared,” he said, urging Baloch families to support those engaged in resistance. “When any Baloch fighter, whether sister, brother, elder or youth, comes to you, help them.”
He singled out what he called “Generation Z,” saying educated Baloch women had already taken leadership roles in the non-violent movement. “Whether it is Mahrang or Sammi, who wage a non-violent struggle, they stand firm despite fear,” he said. “I tell my sisters again: take up arms and stand shoulder to shoulder with your brothers for freedom.”
The BLF chief said the struggle of Baloch women reflected both political and cultural continuity. “Five hundred years ago, our women fought on the battlefield,” he said. “Their courage must inspire the new generation to defend our identity and homeland.”
From Guerrilla Resistance to a Standing Army
Dr Allah Nazar called for a major transformation in the Baloch armed struggle, urging fighters to move from traditional guerrilla tactics to a more organized and conventional structure. “War is not won by weapons alone,” he said. “It is won by minds and technology.”
He appealed to all Baloch armed organizations, including the BLF’s own area commands, tactical units and the Baloch Raaji Aajoi Sangar (BRAS) alliance, to “stand as a conventional force” capable of sustained combat and territorial control.
“This is the age of technology,” he said. “Apart from guerrilla warfare, stand up like a regular army.” He said the Baloch people must build their own military and political institutions if they are to achieve freedom.
Dr Baloch said no external power would deliver independence to Balochistan. “Do not expect anything from global powers,” he said. “They only look after their own interests… unless the Baloch nation asserts its rights through its own strength, no one will grant it freedom and no one can stop it.”
The BLF chief also said the future of the struggle depended on organisation and discipline. “Every Baloch is a targeted missile,” he said. “His mind, body and resolve are his true weapons.”
He urged educated Baloch professionals — doctors, engineers and lawyers — to recognize their place in the national struggle. “Our educated class must not remain content as servants of imperial institutions,” he said. “History respects only those who stand for their people.”
Historical Parallels and Final Message to Global Powers
Dr Allah Nazar drew parallels between the Baloch struggle and anti-colonial movements across the world, saying that every nation seeking freedom must rely on its own will and sacrifice. “India’s independence did not come through Gandhi’s non-violence alone,” he said. “The British left after suffering heavy losses in the Second World War.”
He said Pakistan’s military establishment was “ignorant, immoral and rooted in British servitude,” adding that “the same treatment once inflicted by the British is now being imposed on the oppressed Baloch nation.”
He described the Pakistani state as a “fox with no future,” saying it sustained itself through deceit and foreign alliances. “On the one hand, it says to China, ‘I am yours,’ and spends its money,” he said. “But in Balochistan, it could not complete even a single road.”
He said Pakistan’s rulers were “selling the land of our forefathers” to foreign powers, accusing military chief General Asim Munir and so-called local representatives in parliament of “trading Balochistan’s resources for profit.” “They are selling samples of our minerals in the United States,” he said, “while our people live under siege.”
Dr Allah Nazar warned international investors that “no project or investment on this land can remain secure. “Balochistan has become a quagmire. No one’s capital will be safe here whether from America or Britain.”
“Today, the entire Baloch nation has risen.” He said smaller nations like East Timor had achieved independence despite the odds and that “the Baloch, too, cannot be destroyed,” he said.
He also criticized the United Nations, saying it had “lost its credibility” and was “turning into the League of Nations,” and urged the Security Council to act “before history repeats itself”.
The BLF chief paid tribute to slain and detained activists and intellectuals, naming figures such as Banuk Karima, Sajid Hussain, and Wahid Kambar, whom he described as “the founders of our consciousness.” “Their sacrifices will not be wasted,” he said. “With the unity of the Baloch nation, they will return through us.”
He reiterated his appeal to Baloch women and youth. “Half of our population must now stand like a regular army,” he said. “You know military tactics, battle formations, and strategy, use them for your homeland.”
Dr Baloch extended his message beyond Balochistan, calling on other ethnic and regional groups to join what he described as a shared struggle for liberation. “To the Pashtuns, Sindhis, Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, I say, come and join the struggle for freedom,” he said.
In his closing message, he saluted those killed or disappeared in the conflict and pledged that their sacrifices would not be forgotten. “I pay tribute to our martyred sisters and brothers,” he said. “This is a decisive moment. Long live the Baloch nation, long live the struggle for freedom, and may God keep Balochistan forever free and flourishing.”