My two cents as I have been to Balochistan and have family & relatives from there. As others have mentioned that there have been previous waves of Baloch separatism. I personally think the latest movement has actually had a positive effect, as it has made many average Pakistanis realize the concerns of the people and how the region has historically been neglected. Balochistan from ancient times has largely been an arid and sparsely populated area (except for makran coast). Historically referred to as Gedrosia the area has sort of been sandwiched between south asian and middle-eastern empires. This reflects in the current diversity of the baloch people. Due to it's dryness the area hasn't been very livable and many baloch settled east of the Indus river (ex: Talpur Dynasty). Currently about 40% of Pakistani Baloch live outside of Balochistan. The geographic climate and the low-levels of urbanization don't really make it an attractive location for foreign investment or focus of government programs. However inspite of being the smallest major ethnic group Balochis are quite prominent in many sectors of the country. From singers and actors. Even the last President of Pakistan; Zardari (Benazir Bhutto's husband) was Balochi and the 15th prime minister of Pakistan was Balochi as well. The Chief of the Pakistani Armed Forces in the 1965 war was from Balochistan (although from the minority Hazara community)

Balochistan has also unfortunately been cursed with some of the most feudal and corrupt politicians (even by Pakistani standards). Just recently hundreds of millions of rupees were discovered from the former finance secretary of Balochistan. The tribal/fedual leaders have also previously sabotaged government social programs as a more skilled/educated population would be more difficult for them to control/manipulate (the same is true for Sindh and Southern Punjab).

I personally think the Pakistani media, despite some restrictions, has finally brought the limelight to the issue of excessive force used in the area. Thankfully due to public pressure and a more mature policy by the government/military the insurgency has really died down with thousands of fighters surrendering, such that now there are only about a 1000 or so active fighter without major grassroots support(primary support is from certain fedual lords/tribes)

Now as for Indian