Pakistan, May 16 -- They call themselves fighters for freedom, voices of the oppressed, defenders of rights. But when Pakistan was under direct military aggression from India-when bombs fell, civilians died, and our sovereignty was tested-not a word came from them. Their silence was louder than any statement, and when they finally did speak, it wasn't in defense of Pakistan, but in support of the very nation attacking it.

The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), Baloch Youth Council (BYC), and their affiliates, for years, have tried to cloak themselves in the language of justice and autonomy. They've weaponized identity, amplified ethnic divisions, and waged war not on foreign forces, but on the Pakistani people. They bomb public spaces, k...