“Their Future is at Stake”

Attacks on Teachers and Schools in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province

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I. Summary

II. Recommendations

To Armed Groups in Balochistan

To the Provincial Government of Balochistan

To the Federal Government of Pakistan

To the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

III. Methodology

IV. Background

Context

Balochistan’s Educational System

V. Killing of Teachers and Other Education Personnel

Motives for Killings

Education Personnel Killed January 2008 to July 2010

VI. Harm to Education

Consequences when Teachers Transfer

Consequences When Teachers Do Not Transfer

Loss of School Days

VII. Attacks and Threats on Schools

Attacks on Schools

Other Threats from Nationalist Groups

Threats against Schools from Islamist Militants

Acknowledgments