Balochistan, Aug. 14 -- Baloch leader Mir Yar Baloch called on the Baloch population globally to observe August 14, Pakistan's Independence Day, as a "Black Day," while issuing a sharp condemnation of recent Pakistani military airstrikes in the Surab region that reportedly left dozens of civilians dead and injured.

Leading the call for mass disassociation from Pakistani state celebrations, Mir Yar Baloch urged six crore Baloch people worldwide to hoist black flags and wear black armbands to signal their rejection of Pakistani rule.

In a post on X, Mir Yar Baloch asserted that Balochistan possesses a distinct 9,000-year history and cultural identity separate from Pakistan, describing the Pakistani state as an artificial creation of Briti...