China military deployment in Balochistan? Mir Yar Baloch flags ‘unimaginable threat’, writes to EAM Jaishankar on CPEC

China and Pakistan have repeatedly denied allegations of military expansion under CPEC, maintaining that the project is economic in nature (Image for representation)

• Baloch leader warns China may deploy troops in Balochistan within months
• Letter calls China-Pakistan alliance and CPEC project "dangerous" for region
• Baloch leader praises India's Operation Sindoor against terror camps in Pakistan

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Baloch leader Mir Yar Baloch, in an open letter to external affairs minister S Jaishankar, claimed that China could deploy its military forces in Pakistan’s Balochistan region within the next few months.

The letter shared by Baloch on X said Baloch representatives view the growing strategic alliance between Islamabad and Beijing as "dangerous".

He said that Balochistan has faced decades of repression under Pakistan's control, including what he described as state-sponsored violence and human rights abuses.

"The people of Balochistan have endured Pakistan's state occupation, state-sponsored terrorism, and egregious human rights atrocities for the past seventy-nine years. The time has now arrived to eradicate this festering affliction at its roots, ensuring lasting peace and sovereignty for our nation,” he wrote.

In the letter, Baloch also pointed that China and Pakistan are moving rapidly towards the final stages of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship Belt and Road Initiative project of Chinese President Xi Jinping that runs through Balochistan.

"The Republic of Balochistan views the escalating strategic alliance between Pakistan and China as profoundly dangerous. We warn that China, in collaboration with Pakistan, has advanced the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to its final phases," he said.

"Should the capabilities of Balochistan's defense and freedom forces not be further bolstered and if they continue to be overlooked as per longstanding patterns, it is conceivable that China could deploy its military forces in Balochistan within a few months," the letter stated.

The presence of Chinese boots on Balochistani soil without the will of the 60 million Baloch people would pose an unimaginable threat and challenge to the futures of both Bharat and Balochistan, he said.

China and Pakistan have repeatedly denied allegations of military expansion under CPEC, maintaining that the project is economic in nature. India, however, has consistently opposed CPEC, stating that it passes through Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir and raises sovereignty and security concerns.

In his letter to Jaishankar, Mir Yar Baloch also lauded the Indian strikes under Operation Sindoor on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 people.

"We commend the bold and resolute actions undertaken by the Modi Government in the previous year through Operation Sindoor, particularly targeting terrorism hubs facilitated by Pakistan and directed against the Pakistani military in response to Pahalgam terror attack. These measures demonstrate exemplary courage and a steadfast commitment to regional security and justice," he wrote.