In 2015, Baloch went into self-imposed exile after terrorism charges were filed against her by the Pakistani state, with her younger sister Mahganj Baloch stating that, "She didn't go abroad because she wanted to, but because... open activism in Pakistan had become impossible." A year later, in 2016, she was granted asylum in Canada, where she lived until her disappearance and death in December 2020. In 2016, following Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public speech on India's Independence Day in which he mentioned the situation in Pakistani Balochistan, Baloch addressed him in a video, where she thanked him for mentioning the issue, adding "We will fight our own war, you just be our voice" .