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The recent tragic demise of Balaach Mola Bakhsh, a young Baloch from Turbat, in an armed encounter, staged by the Counter Terrorism Department, has sparked widespread outrage, with unified outcry across the country. The victim\u2019s family, alongside numerous others, has commenced a peaceful sit-in, escalating to a prominent long march towards Islamabad, in staunch protest. This heart-wrenching incident is not an isolated case. Instead, it is a grim manifestation of deeper systemic issues, within the current nation-state model, implemented by the federal government.\n\nThe system which intended to bind varied racial, lingual, and territorial identities, has failed miserably. Nationalistic identities bind people together on racial, regional, linguistic or tribal identities. This creates multiple identities within the boundaries of a single country. It makes the society divided along multiple fault lines. The national government, and the federal system, tries to unify these varied identity groups under a unitary federal authority. In origin, it is charged with ensuring rights, access to resources, provincial independence, and protection of local or regional identity.\n\nHowever, practically, such a system continuously struggles with the distribution of resources, provincial independence, securing rights, and identity protection. This continuous struggle then leads to harboring ill-feeling across multiple groups, within the federal unit, which is currently happening in Baluchistan. The tragic death of Balaach Mola Bakhsh, and the forced disappearance of a many young Baluch men, in reality is the use of an iron fist to retain the writ of the state, and to manage the problems caused by the unjust federal system itself.\n\nThe Pakistani state is trying to create national unity through brute force to hide its failure. It is responsible for the loss of innocent Muslim lives and the rising conflict between the state and the Baloch tribes. This results in loss of precious Muslim blood on both sides. This is weakening the strength and power of the Muslims, providing an opportunity for the enemies to plot against us.\n\nMoreover, the democratic framework, whilst striving to represent the majority, has marginalized the voices, and needs, of minority communities. This discrimination further exacerbates the divide. It pushes minority groups towards separatist tendencies, seeking self-rule, where they too can hold a numerical advantage. The separatist movement in Baluchistan is a direct result of the democratic system of government.\n\nIt is imperative to acknowledge that true societal cohesion cannot be coerced through oppression. Whilst it may yield temporary compliance and submission, it is devoid of acceptance and stable continuity. The unity of the society is through the consensus of the society over the viewpoint on life. It is also through the implementation of the system arising from this viewpoint on the society. It gives rise to a single identity for the whole society which transcends color, language, race and tribe. In order to maintain unity in any state, it is necessary to have a unified society. The state must not generate different societies based on different identities. It will then try unsuccessfully to keep these societies together, like the current federal system of government.\n\nThe solution to the issue of Baluchistan lies in the Khilafah State\u2019s structure. It provides a paradigm shift from the pitfalls of the current system. In the Khilafah, the concepts of majority and minority lose relevance in state affairs. The whole Ummah participates in the election of the Khaleefah. Legislation in the Khilafah is derived from the Noble Quran and Prophetic Sunnah. Legislation in the Khilafah is neither dictated by numerical superiority, nor an electoral majority. This method of Islam protects the people of other races, languages or regions from undue influence of any other race, language or region.