Mahvish Ahmad: But the demand goes back all the way to 1948, when many Baloch believed that Muhammad Ali Jinnah deployed soldiers to forcibly annex their province, pushing it into Pakistan against their will. In the subsequent 67 years, there have been a total of five uprisings, and each of them has been accompanied by brutal army operations aimed at shutting them down. Most Pakistanis know little, if anything, about the political history of Balochistan. Our job is not only to help recover people, many of whom speak truth against power, knowingly risking their lives, but also to ensure that their voices are not silenced forever if they turn up as corpses tortured beyond recognition. On an even more concrete level, this more expansive engagement with the question of Balochistan means taking seriously the perspective and bodily experiences of the Baloch. How does Pakistan look from the perspective of a Baloch in Khuzdar? If we ask a 21-year old boy who has been tortured and released, does he think that Asma Jahangir is going far enough? What does Muhammad Ali Jinnah look like from the perspective of those who live in contemporary Kalat State? How do Baloch students feel when they prepare for Pakistan Studies exams, or history papers, that they need to take for the board? More here.