MEERUT: When Babur invaded India in 1526, he is said to have been accompanied by artillerymen from what is northern Balochistan, who later settled around Delhi and in the western parts of UP. On Thursday, Mazdak Dilshad Baloch, a prominent voice in the expatriate Baloch community in its struggle to liberate the province from Pakistan, met some of these Baloch from villages in Baghpat and Meerut.
“This is the start of a movement to secure support for our freedom struggle against illegal occupation of Balochistan by Pakistan. By meeting these people, who share our ethnicity, we are starting to mobilise all Baloch to highlight atrocities on our community by Pakistani forces,” he told TOI.