Naela is the daughter of Syed Ahmed Quadri, a well known lawyer and activist for Baloch Qaum Parasts Rights.
Her mother, Bibi Gul Zarina, was a feminist, and founder of the first indigenous NGO in Balochistan.
One, Mazdak Dilshad Baloch, lives in exile in Canada,[1] though subsequently he has received Indian visas.
She is a founding member of the Hind-Baloch Forum in India, which has organised its first seminar in Agra.
[2] Recently, she signed in a joint human rights statement demanding the release of the student activist Rinshad Reera in Kerala, India.