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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Abid Hussain

Why protest by ethnic Baloch has put Pakistan’s key port of Gwadar on edge

Thousands of people travelled from various parts of Balochistan province to reach the protest venue in Gwadar but were stopped by authorities [Courtesy of Baloch Yakjehti Committee]

Islamabad, Pakistan — Tensions are high in Pakistan’s port city of Gwadar in the southwestern Balochistan province where an ethnic Baloch group has been protesting for days, following the arrests of some of their members and deadly clashes with security forces.

Gwadar is Pakistan’s only deep-sea port on the Arabian Sea, and is a key route of the $60bn China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

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