While territorial contiguity was a fundamental structural flaw that contributed to the eventual separation of Bangladesh, the lack of communication, language barriers, limited interest of Pakistan’s mainstream political parties in Balochistan, as it does not provide them a vote bank, along with the absence of good universities, industries, and cultural and social exchanges, which could attract people of Punjab to Balochistan, has created deep mistrust and a lack of understanding of Balochistan’s crisis in rest of Pakistan.