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Islamabad: Nadia Baloch, 25, is an advocate and the sister of Mahrang Baloch, a human rights activist from Balochistan, Pakistan, who was arrested during a peaceful protest on March 22, 2025, and remains in custody, facing terrorism and sedition charges.

“We Baloch have dignity. We never wanted to sit on the roads of Islamabad,” Nadia said. “But from mid-July to September last year, I decided to go to Islamabad and stage a sit-in to tell people how their government has treated us – how it detained my sister and silenced the voices of Baloch victims.”

Speaking to The Wire over the phone, her voice heavy with grief, she shared that passersby watched the protest from behind their car windows.

“At that moment, I told myself: enough. Why am I trying to convince people who show no humanity?” she said.

Nadia ended the sit-in, unwilling to remain powerless in the face of what she described as a callous government and a public indifferent to Baloch suffering. Nearly 20 Baloch families, whose loved ones had been abducted by the Pakistani security agencies, joined her in the protest, expressing solidarity for Mahrang.

Nadia recalled the words of Amma Hoor: “I will never return to Balochistan unless Mahrang is released.” Amma Hoor passed away on February 16, 2026. Her son had been missing for 14........

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