Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen has threatened to raise their voice for independence from Pakistan if the rights of Pashtuns are not protected and atrocities against them not stopped. Addressing a big rally in Islamabad, Pakistan’s…
The return of insurgents to Pakistan’s northwestern Swat valley has triggered a fresh protest from residents, civil society members and political activists. Concerned at the resurgence of Pakistani Taliban, a large number of people gathered in the Barikot…
Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader and lawmaker Ali Wazir has been granted bail in a hate speech case. The Sindh High Court’s two-judge bench granted MNA Wazir the post-arrest bail against a solvent surety of Rs500,000. Wazir’s lawyer…
Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen and lawmaker Mohsin Dawar have condemned Pakistani forces’ airstrikes in Afghanistan. Pashteen denounced as a war crime Pakistan’s airstrikes in the Kunar and Khost provinces of Afghanistan. Several people, including children…
Pakistan’s top court has granted bail to Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Ali Wazir in a hate speech case. Pakistan’s Apex Court accepted on Tuesday the bail application of Wazir, who is also a member of the National…
Police have arrested a renowned Pashton Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Syed Alam Mased in Peshawar, the capital of Khayber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province. PTM leader and lawmaker Mohsen Dawar tweeted: “Police raided Syed Alam’s house on Sunday night in…
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) lawmaker Ali Wazir has been remanded in police custody for 10 days. Wazir has been charged with using provocative language against state institutions at a gathering in the port city of Karachi. Police claim…
Spiking violence has put a damper on the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan, says the Pakhtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) chief. Manzoor Pashteen asked major global powers, including the US, not to use Afghanistan for safeguarding their interests. “Please,…
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) activists have staged a protest sit-in in the capital of southwestern Balochistan province. The protest came on Saturday when the authorities stopped PTM lawmaker Mohsin Dawar from leaving the Quetta airport. He was detained…
A case filed against Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leaders and workers after an attack on a military checkpoint in North Waziristan may be withdrawn. The Kharkamar military check-post in Dattakhel sub-division came under attack on May 26, 2019.…
The Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) has promised continued efforts for getting Pakhtuns their rights and ensuring justice for those killed in fake police encounters. Accompanied by lawmaker Ali Wazir, PTM chairman Manzoor Pashteen visited the Bara tehsil of…
The Pashtun government to initiate confidence-building measures and thereby demonstrate its sincerity. Flanked by PTM-backed members of the National Assembly Mohsin Dawar and Ali Wazir, the group chief Manzoor Pasheen announced his readiness for dialogue with the government.…
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement Chairman Manzoor Pashteen has quarantined himself at home after testing positive for the coronavirus. Earlier in the week, PTM lawmaker from South Waziristan Ali Wazir was also diagnosed with the virus. Both have quarantined themselves,…
The Pakistan Tahaffuz Movement (PTM)-backed lawmakers to attend President Ashraf Ghani’s oath-taking ceremony. The government permitted members of National Assembly Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar, both on the Exit Control List (ECL), to visit Afghanistan-bound flight. Special Assistant…
KABUL Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) Leader Manzour Pashteen on bail weeks after he was arrested on charges including sedition, a media report said on Tuesday. Manzoor Pashteen on February 25 left a prison in the city of Dera Ismail Khan in…
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen has been granted bail in two sedition cases, his lawyer says. Bail applications in two other cases, also pertaining to sedition, are yet to be taken up, Pashteen's lawyer confirmed to…
The Committee to Protect Journalist on Wednesday called for immediate and unconditional release of a Pakistani reporter. Gohar Wazir, a reporter with private TV station Khyber News, was detained after covering demonstrations by Pakhtun Protection Movement activists in…
A Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader has welcomed President Ashraf Ghani statement on a crackdown on Pakhtun protestors. On Thursday, Ghani voiced concern at the arrest of PTM members protesting the killing of a senior PTM leader in…
A senior nationalist leader has lent his weight to the demands of a new Pakhtun movement, calling them genuine. Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan said Pakhtun Tahafuz Movement had valid demands. He urged the government to…
The Pashtun spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan and former military dictator Pervez Musharraf to justice. Manzoor Pashteen, the PTM leader, said that bringing police officer Rao Anwar, charged with killing Naqeebullah Mehsud, to justice was the first goal of the…
After the arrest of its workers, the Pashtun’s port city of Karachi. The government asked the PTM to stage its rally in the Sohrab Goth area instead of Bagh-i-Jinnah in Karachi. The permission came soon after PTM alleged…
