Thousands of protesters joined the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) rally on Sunday in Miramshah region of North Waziristan. Pashtuns from the various parts of KP and Balochistan attended the rally. The rally was also joined by many women having placards in their hands inscribed with different slogans demanding the recovery of their missing ones, asking […]
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FIR against (ASP) Attaur Rehman filed on Tuesday following Arman Loni’s death.
Abdul Qayyum had registered a First Information Report (FIR) at the Loralai police station. The FIR was listed under the Section 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code. The case was registered on Tuesday against Loralai’s superintendent of police (ASP) Attaur Rehman. The FIR was confirmed by a police officer that did not wish […]
KPK government will frame ToRs for negotiations with PTM
Peshawar: KPK Government will frame TOR’s for negotiations with Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) to talk about its complaints and other issues. The spokesman of KPK Ajmal Khan Wazir said the Advisory Committee for Redressal and Development for the merged tribal districts would start talks with the key leaders of Pashtun Tahafuz Movment. The meeting was […]
Country’s law and order situation improved in last few years: DG-ISPR
RAWALPINDI: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) General Asif Ghafoor on Thursday warned the Pakistan Tahafuz Movement (PTM) no to cross the lines. Speaking on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Major Asif Ghafoor said, “Pakistan’s war on terror had been fought mostly in areas of this province.” Showing a graph of terrorist incidents in the country, DG ISPR explained, […]
Protesters booked in Islamabad for raising ‘anti-state slogans’
ISLAMABAD: The police on Tuesday booked around 30 persons here for holding a demonstration and sloganeering against state institutions, sources said. According to the available police report, a group of people belonging to different political parties including Awami Workers Party (AWP) and Pashtoon Tahafuz Movement (PTM) gathered outside press club to stage thier protest and […]
We have enough evidence to prove PTM is being ‘used’ to create trouble: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General (DG) Major General Asif Ghafoor on Monday said that the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) is being “used” to create trouble and that the army has evidences against it. “Why is the foreign media broadcasting PTM rallies live? We know they are being used and we have enough evidence to […]
‘PTM will soon propose names for the grand jirga’: Mohsin Dawar
LANDI KOTAL: Members of disgruntled Pashtun outfit and government committee announced to issue fresh notification stating the names of members of the grand jirga. Member of the government committee announced on Wednesday that a grand jirga will be held within two days as PTM’s talks with the government were ongoing. PTM’s representatives included Dr Syed […]
Pakistani media, and the plight of Pashtuns
has been a stream of articles appearing in the newspapers as well as the social media in Pakistan to protest against the alleged murder of Naqeebullah Mehsud and other hardships suffered by Pashtuns. If this is indeed true which on the surface it appears to be, it is tragic, totally unacceptable and needs stopping at […]
Lahore police arrest activists protesting against abductions
LAHORE: Police on Thursday arrested as many as 35 activists who had gathered outside the Lahore Press Club to hold a protest against forced disappearances in Karachi. The participants of the protest included university students especially Pashtuns, members of student organisations, including the Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA) and the Red Workers’ Front. The demonstration was held […]
Living in interesting times – Part 2
The Pakhtun Tahafuz Movement is bringing to head a series of uncomfortable truths powerfully, publicly, and non-violently. Pakistan is 220 million souls, of which 70% are under the age of 30. PTM represents that demographic. Currently, our political-economic power interests and voices do not. More importantly, discrimination and disenfranchisement on the basis of power has […]