At this time, the Baloch insurgents
are at their weakest. They
have been beaten back. All they can do is carry out isolated suicide attacks on soft targets. Which is something no state can completely stop. If the state were able to put a complete stop to insurgent violence, then there would be nothing to talk about anyway.
In the past few years, there have been a number of developments:
- Pakistan has almost completed the fencing on the Afghan side, and will complete the fencing on the Iranian border soon
- Developments in Afghanistan, and the closure of Indian "consulates" on the Afghan border means that the insurgents are cut off from their handlers
- Pakistan's relations and coordination with Iran has improved. More importantly, Iran's relations with China have improved, at the expense of India. So the insurgents do not have a safe haven in Iran either.
- CPEC and non-CPEC related development projects in Balochistan have increased. As a result, there is a greater military and paramilitary presence in the province.
All of this to say that the insurgents are running out of options, and should the Pakistani state decide to talk to them, they would be doing so from a position of strength.