Analysis
Insider Brief sources report that the three murdered nationalist leaders — including Baloch — had actually had a hand in the kidnapping of John Solecki alongside several government “bigwigs” and Baloch sardars (local tribal chiefs).  Large sums of money totaling several million dollars were handed over to the kidnappers to secure Solecki’s release.  Infighting ensued between the involved parties over the distribution of the release funds resulting in the deaths of Baloch, Munir and Bugti.

This explanation has a strong degree of credibility (kidnapping for money being a time honored tradition in that part of Pakistan) and helps counter an otherwise inconsistent allegation that Pakistani intelligence was behind the kidnapping and subsequent murder.  State intelligence agencies would most certainly have anticipated that the deaths of these leaders would have resulted in the destabilization we’re witnessing in Balochistan, an already volatile province.  They would not have intentionally mutilated the bodies and left them to be found only to play into the hands of local insurgents.

If true, it would appear that localized greed, not intelligence agencies, can be blamed for the deaths of the three leaders.