Summary FIA said they had stopped Qadir and his companion Farzana Majeed because they are on ECL list.
KARACHI (AFP) - Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) have slapped a travel ban on an activist who campaigns for human rights in troubled Balochistan province, stopping him going to a conference in the United States, sources said Thursday.
Abdul Qadir Baloch, known as Mama (uncle) Qadir, was stopped at Karachi airport as he was about to fly to New York, where he was due to attend a weekend conference on alleged rights violations in Balochistan and Sindh provinces.
Last year Qadir led a group of families with missing relatives on a gruelling 2,000-kilometre march to raise awareness of their cause and demand answers from the government.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) confirmed to AFP its officers had stopped Qadir and his companion Farzana Majeed, whose brother is one of the missing, because they are on the government s "exit control list" (ECL) of people barred from leaving the country.
