Baloch
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Arab Fathers are not fabrications (entirely)
Answering BB’s claim that Pakistanis invent foreign fathers, the author argues South Asian Muslims are not one block: Pashtuns, Baloch, Hazaras and Sayyids carry foreign ancestry the genetic record supports,…
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Why Balochistan Is Not Kashmir
X.T.M argues Balochistan should not be equated with Kashmir, which is an internationally anchored dispute through UN resolutions, treaties and wars, while Balochistan is legally an internal matter, though he…
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Pakistan Is Not About to Break Apart
X.T.M argues predictions of Pakistan’s imminent break-up are confirmation bias, since Pashtuns are integrated into the state and economy and states collapse only when elites defect, borders become porous and…
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Pakistan’s Extraordinary Diplomacy
X.T.M argues that Pakistan, though feudal, fragile and low in human development, has shown near-perfect tactical diplomacy since the Pahalgam conflict. He rejects the US–Mexico analogy for India–Pakistan, doubts a…
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Baloch, Aboriginal, and Beyond: Tracing Forgotten Lineages & Evolving Identities
Prompted by a family-history article by Sabah Rind, the author traces a Baloch-Aboriginal-Malay lineage as a product of Indian Ocean migration and trade. He argues ancestry is more layered than…
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The Brahui, total genetic replacement?
Razib Khan argues from a paper on the Dravidian-speaking Brahui that they are genetically indistinguishable from the Baloch, so either their language is a retention after major population replacement or…
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The Jat Gene!
Razib Khan plots Jat samples on PCA and admixture charts, finding them at the ANI end of the cline and distinct from Pashtuns and especially Baloch, who show more West…
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Brown down under
Two links on Aboriginal women’s land under threat and on Afghan and Baluch cameleers in Australia, with the author’s guess that an Arrernte woman named Mahomet carries a cameleer ancestor’s…
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Baloch terrorism?
After a train bombing in southern Pakistan, the author argues that if Baloch separatists are responsible it is self-defeating, since children are among the dead, and invites informed comment on…
