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- noun A native or inhabitant of
Balochistan , a region of west-central Asia. - proper noun A language spoken mainly in SW Pakistan (80% of speakers), SE Iran and S Afghanistan. SIL standard divides Balochi into three related languages,
Eastern Balochi ,Southern Balochi andWestern Balochi .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf
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Examples
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Such efforts could include setting up new Baloch programs at Western and Indian think tanks, adding Baloch courses offered by South Asian Studies departments, starting private Balochi language media outlets, reaching out to U.S. and foreign media, and promoting Baloch cultural programs and exchanges.
Eddie Walsh: Baloch Could Divide Administration and Congress on Pakistan Policy Eddie Walsh 2012
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Ahmar Mustikhan, a vocal Baloch activist, is an advocate of a number of the most prominent policy alternatives: "Despite the budgetary crunch, the minimum the U.S. can do in its own long-term interests is to launch the Voice of America Balochi Service, re-start the USAID program, open its consulate in Quetta, talk with Baloch leaders when it comes to Balochistan, and help the Baloch escaping persecution in both Western (Iranian) and Eastern (Pakistani) Balochistan."
Eddie Walsh: Baloch Could Divide Administration and Congress on Pakistan Policy Eddie Walsh 2012
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Which in turn improves the willingness and ability of Pakistan's government to crack down on non-Balochi extremist groups, and so on.
Howard Schweber: Pakistan in Ten Years: The Optimistic View 2010
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On the bill is the Balochi folk singer Akhtar Chanal Zehri, whose handlebar moustache and curling beard identify him as soon as he walks onto the stage with his guitar-like five-stringed instrument, the dhamboora.
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Tie 2010-2011 national government allocates twice as much money for Balochi development as was in this year's budget, with emphases on roads and schools.
Howard Schweber: Pakistan in Ten Years: The Optimistic View 2010
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One can also turn to the equally non-specific October 2009 allegations by Major General Salim Nawaz, inspector general of the Frontier Corps paramilitary force in Balochistan, or this statement in March 2010 by Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik claiming "solid evidence" in the form of the discovery that Balochi separatists were found to have weapons manufactured in India.
Howard Schweber: Pakistan in Ten Years: The Optimistic View 2010
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They include Sindhi and Balochi nationalists, those suspected of involvement with militant groups, journalists, others who seem to fit no definite category but may have, in one way or the other, evoked the ire of influential people.
The issue of 10,000 disappeared persons haunts Pakistan government 2010
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It is thought that a Balochi nationalist group was responsible for the murder, having previously accused Sasoli of being linked to a pro-government militia.
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They include Sindhi and Balochi nationalists, those suspected of involvement with militant groups, journalists, others who seem to fit no definite category but may have, in one way or the other, evoked the ire of influential people.
Printing: The issue of 10,000 disappeared persons haunts Pakistan government 2010
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There was also a statement by a leader of the Balochi movement in exile (in the United States) explicitly calling on India to assist the cause.
Howard Schweber: Pakistan in Ten Years: The Optimistic View 2010
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