After U.S. President Donald Trump declared a joint venture with Pakistan to bring its vast oil reserves on board, senior Baloch human rights activist Mir Yar Baloch made a sarcastic appeal, warning that Pakistan's military establishment has already deceived the American administration regarding the actual location and ownership of such natural resources.
In a letter that spoke directly to President Trump, Mir Yar Baloch pointed out that the oil reserves involved are not located in Punjab — the political power center of Pakistan — but in Balochistan, an area he referred to as a historically sovereign nation and presently under illegal Pakistani occupation.
Trump's tweet on his own social media site had affirmed that the U.S. and Pakistan had agreed to collaborate on the development of the South Asian nation's oil resources. Mir Yar Baloch retorted that although the President's recognition of the region's resource potential was "indeed accurate," the narrative of ownership presented by Islamabad was inherently misleading.
The oil, natural gas, copper, lithium, uranium, and rare earth reserves are not found in Punjab, which is the actual Pakistan," he wrote. "They are the resources of the Republic of Balochistan, a country with its own separate history and identity, forcibly annexed by Pakistan.
He characterized Pakistan's presentation of these resources as belonging to itself as not only untrue but a "deliberate attempt to misappropriate Balochistan's wealth for political and financial purposes."
Mir Yar Baloch also cautioned that providing Islamabad access to Balochistan's rich reserves would have perilous geopolitical implications. "Enabling Pakistan's radicalized military, and out-of-control ISI infamous for sponsoring Al-Qaeda and other proxy forces that have killed thousands of US troops in Afghanistan, to tap the trillion-dollar reserves of rare earth minerals in Balochistan would be a terrible strategic error," he said. He warned that such a step would embolden the ISI to spread its global terror footprint, recruit militants more actively, and even launch disastrous attacks like 9/11.
He also underlined how the revenues derived from the resources of Balochistan will never go to the locals. Rather, he said, such profits would shore up extremist proxies attacking India and Israel, destabilizing South Asia and threatening global stability overall.
Phrasing the question as one of justice as well as global security, Mir Yar Baloch stated, "Preventing Pakistan's exploitation of Balochistan is not merely a question of justice for Baloch people; it is also an issue of global security."
He emphatically stated that the Baloch people would not let their natural resources be used without their permission. "There is no doubt: Balochistan is not for sale. We will not allow Pakistan, China, or any other foreign power to use our land or its resources without the explicit permission of the Baloch people. Our sovereignty is non-negotiable, and our struggle for rightful ownership and independence continues with dignity and resilience," he asserted.
In conclusion, the activist appealed to the global community — and the United States in particular — to stand together with the Baloch people and back their desire for freedom, dignity, and rightful ownership of their ancestral homeland and natural resources.
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