Even the resources which are present in the province, have never benefited the citizens of Balochistan. Balochistan is suffering the risk of malnutrition which is causing deaths among children and women belonging to socially marginalized groups in the province have acquired ominous proportions. Earlier in 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an emergency in Balochistan in view of the indicators of Global Acute Malnutrition.

According to United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF), 16 percent of the children in Balochistan are acute malnourished, 52 percent up to five years of age are stunted and 39.6 percent underweight. Apart from this, five million children and around 70 percent of the women in the province are suffering from malnutrition, and half of them are endemic and Vitamin A deficient as suggested by the National Nutrition data. Balochistan has recorded the highest infant and mother mortality as compared to other provinces just due to malnutrition. The Nutrition Cell with the accompaniment of WHO and UNICEF has been working in nine districts of Balochistan totaling 32 districts which are totally suffering from malnutrition. But the other districts are left where malnutrition is also growing rapidly. It only covers 43 percent of the population, leaving 57 percent helpless and at the mercy of diseases.
It is estimated that the population of these districts are 170,000, but only 35,000 of the population is protected from malnutrition. Mostly the affected people are staying in remote areas as more than 90 percent people reside in remote parts of the districts. The main reason is that the people do not have healthcare facilities, so they are continuously being affected from malnutrition and dying day by day. Even the children at the age of three years are suffering. Their family members do not have any facility to provide them good nutrition to protect their children’s precious lives.
After Sindh, Balochistan has the highest level of food insecurity in the country. It is estimated that nearly 63 percent of households in the province are food insecure with 18 percent of them classified as food “insecure with hunger” and 11.5 percent as food “insecure with severe hunger “. And none of the districts are qualified to be food secure. Although the health authorities have been working to remedy these problems, the security situation, geography, location of the province, and scattered population complex the issue of malnutrition manifold.
With the accompaniment of WFP the provincial government has been supporting the malnourished children, pregnant women and lactating women to prevent stunting and micronutrient deficiencies in the nine districts. Still only 28 percent of the households are reached by LHWs in the province as compared to a national coverage of 83 percent. It is estimated that Balochistan will not improve overnight, it needs billions of multi-sectors of malnutrition. Yet the provincial government with the help of WHO and other organizations need to cover the other districts means 57 percent of the population should be covered. Malnutrition is killing the innocent children and women, and causing such deadly diseases that they suffer till their death.
Undoubtedly, Balochistan is full of natural resources, so why is the government silent, and not using the money to protect the citizens of Balochistan. Billions of rupees are required to deal with malnutrition to save the small children, but nothing is being done for them.

For rich Balochistan, this money is nothing. Now Balochistan is called the richest province of Pakistan, but the people of Balochistan are called the poorest people as compared to other people of the province. The government is becoming too irresponsible, and not providing facilities to Balochistan. In rural areas the people are poor, so they need support to have a secure life. The government should help the whole citizens of Balochistan, and protect the children and women from malnutrition.