Pakistani separatist groups unite to target China's Belt and Road

Experts say Islamabad and Beijing will be forced to increase project security

20200731 Pakistan paramilitary soldiers

Paramilitary soldiers stand guard at the site of an attack at the Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi on June 29. © Reuters

ADNAN AAMIR, Contributing writer

KARACHI -- Baloch and Sindhi separatist groups in Pakistan have announced they are forming an alliance aimed ostensibly at attacking Chinese interests in a development likely increase security costs for Belt and Road Initiative projects in Pakistan.

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