Published on: September 24, 2025 4:05 AM

Is the Nobel Peace Prize being turned into a weapon? This disturbing question arises from the campaign to project Mahrang Baloch as a global peace figure and even as a candidate for the world’s highest honour. What appears at first to be a call for human rights is, on closer scrutiny, a calculated lobbying effort that undermines the credibility of the Nobel tradition and lends legitimacy to those aligned with terrorism.

Mahrang Baloch is introduced abroad as a rights activist, but her record and associations tell another story. She is the daughter of Ghaffar Langove, a militant of the Baloch Liberation Army, whose grave is still draped with the BLA’s flag. Despite her public visibility, she has never condemned the BLA’s campaign of bloodshed. Innocent Pakistanis from other ethnicities have been systematically targeted, yet her statements remain vague, deliberately avoiding naming the perpetrators. This silence is not neutral; it is political.

The BLA is recognised internationally as a terrorist organisation.

The organisation she leads, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee,........

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