Pakistani Parliamentarian member Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman expressed that five to seven districts of Balochistan province are ready to annouce liberation now. He warned of 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, which resulted in the liberation of Bangladesh, and cautioned that a parallel situation could arise again because of the standpoint of Pakistan's governing authorities.

He made these comments in Pakistan's National Assembly (NA), the parliament of Pakistan. Rehman stressed that the United Nations could recognise the declaration of liberation from some regions of the province. "If districts in Balochistan announce liberation, the UN will accept their independence, and Pakistan will fall," Fazl-ur-Rehman expressed.

His remarks come as violence rises in Pakistan's Kurram region, which has been troubled by Sunni-Shiite clashes for decades. Since November, around 150 people have died in the continued fighting. Tribes have been battling with machine guns and heavy weapons, causing the remote, mountainous area near Afghanistan to be mostly isolated. Pakistan's largest province by area is Balochistan, which accounts for only 2% of the country’s population.

The state has been caught in a long-running insurgency, with ethnic Baloch separatists demanding more autonomy and control over the region’s valuable natural resources. This conflict has resulted in substantial violence and raised serious human rights issues, including the disappearance of thousands of people.

Al Jazeera reports that there have been several cases of forcible disappearance or detention without trial of Baloch activists and civilians. These actions by Pakistani authorities deepen local frustrations and contribute to growing unrest.

In August of last year, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) carried out a series of attacks across the province, leading to more than 70 deaths, including 23 civilians.

The launch of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in 2015, especially the development of Gwadar port, has intensified the crisis. Many of the benefits from CPEC have gone to people from other provinces.

Local communities have claimed that Balochistan's resources are being used for development projects in the Pakistani regions of Punjab and Sindh.