Ali Haider Baloch is always walking with another child, Jiand Baloch, who he has befriended during his long journey. Jiand, 12, a student of grade 6, joined the march in Karachi as protest against his missing cousin.

“I developed blisters in my soles and had to change shoes twice,” said Jiand Baloch. Both the kids did not realise the political importance of their march and the response they were getting in the capital of Punjab but they did know their objective very well.