Abstract
The events of 9/11 have radically altered the entire discussion of Minorities – especially
Muslim ones – and the issue of terrorism. As real as is the threat of al-Qaida and its
international connections, many regimes of the world have seized on the US Global War
against Terrorism to legitimize their own repression of Muslim and even Non-Muslim
minorities. We have witnessed this in both friendly state, China and Pakistan. Most of the
heterogeneous populated states consist of different ethnic communities. Each ethnic identity
has different voices and demands, for the accomplishment of which, a continuous struggle is
going on, influencing the national politics. Pakistan and China like other developing states of
the world is also in front of identity crisis almost in there important federating units, Pakistan
in Baluchistan and China in Xinjiang, with different concerns. These concerns are sometimes
ethno-nationality, decentralization of powers, provincial autonomy and economic
discrepancies. After the dismemberment of East Pakistan, the most sensitive and hot issue is
the case of Baluchistan's ethno-national movement which sometimes in different occasions
seem to be transformed to a militant or an insurgent group for fulfillment of their objectives.
And same problem in china's Xinjiang in the case of the Uyghur. This sense of ethnic difference
has to a large extent formed the basis of longstanding anti-Han sentiment among the Xinjiang
Uyghur's. The Chinese leadership has also for decades perceived these sentiments as the
presence of a separatist movement in Xinjiang. The Uyghur's' situation is complicated by the
fact that Xinjiang – a vast oil- and gas-rich swath of territory in China's northwest occupying
one-sixth of the country's area – is of great strategic value. The Chinese government has
repeatedly emphasized the importance of interethnic harmony in Xinjiang and rapid
integration of the Uyghur's into the Han-dominated Chinese society. Yet, many Uyghur's see
policies intended to promote these goals as attempts to suppress their culture and religion.
Xinxiang conflict is one of the most danger threats to the relation of both the countries.
Authors
1-Muhammad Imran Ashraf Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan.2-Iqra Jathol PhD Scholar, Department of Political Science, Government College Women University, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Aftab Alam PhD Scholar, College of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences, Punjab University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords
Ethno-Nationalism, Baluchistan, Accomplishment, Xinjiang Militancy, Underdevelopment, Multidimensional, Socio-Economic
DOI Number
10.31703/gpsrr.2018(I-I).01
Page Nos
1-11
Volume & Issue
I - I