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The '''Baloch tribes''' (]: '''بلوچ''') live in historical ], a region encompassing southeastern ], southern ], and southwestern ]. There are 130 tribes dividing 9 million ].<ref name=a>{{cite web|author=Muhammad Tahir|title=Tribes and Rebels: The Players in the Balochistan Insurgency|publisher=Jamestown|date=April 3, 2008|url=http://www.jamestown.org/programs/tm/single/?tx_ttnews=4830&no_cache=1#.VnssNfFRZ2I}}</ref> Some estimates put the figure at over 150 tribes, though estimations vary depending on how subtribes are counted.<ref>{{cite book|author=Muhammad Amin Baloch|title=Inside Ormara|publisher=Muhammad Amin Baloch|year=1999|page=83}}</ref> Violent inter-tribal competition has prevented any credible attempt at ]. A myriad of militant secessionist movements, each loyal to their own tribal leader, threatens regional security and political stability.

==Pakistan==
There are 180,000 ] based in ]. They are divided between the Rahija Bugti, Masori Bugti, Kalpar Bugti, and Daiga sub-tribes.<ref name=a/><ref>{{cite book|title=Pakistan Horizon, Volume 59, Issues 3-4|publisher=Pakistan Institute of International Affairs|year=2006}}</ref> ] led the Bugti as ] until his death in 2006. ] serves as both Bugti tribal chief and head of the ].

There are 98,000 ] based in ] district,<ref name=a/> who further divide themselves into ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name=a/><ref>{{cite book|title=Administration Report of the Balochistan Agency for 1914-1915|publisher=New Quetta Book Stall|year=1989|page=49}}</ref> ] has led the ] since his brother's death in 2007. Another brother, ], leads the ]. Both groups are designated terrorist organisations in Pakistan.

The ] are based in ], ] where they are the largest tribe.<ref>{{cite book|author=Mary Anne Weaver|title=Pakistan: In the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan|publisher=Macmillan|year=2010|page=104}}</ref> ], the Chief Minister of Balochistan, is the Zehri's tribal chief. The Zehri have ] and ] sub-tribes.

The ] tribe is led by ], the last Chief Minister of Baloch.

The ] tribe has the Shahizai, Zagar and Samalani sub-tribes. ] leads the Mengal tribe.

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