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Human Rights groups urge for immediate release of detained Pashtun leader
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
A group of human rights organisations and global leaders issued an urgent appeal for the immediate release of Ali Wazir, a leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), who was detained by Pakistani authorities in August 2024.
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Imprisonment of Pashtun leader Ali Wazir increased by 15 days
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Pakistan's former Member of the National Assembly and Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Ali Wazir's detention was extended by 15 days on Sunday. He was forcefully arrested by the police last month after an alleged road accident and currently faces terrorism charges.
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Pashtun Tahafuz Movement leader Ali Wazir arrested from Islamabad amid cra
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Wazir was detained by the police from outside the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) at Islamabad
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Pakistan: FIR filed against activists for welcoming Baloch Long March in D
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
An FIR was registered against several Pashtun political activists including nationalist leader Ali Wazir for welcoming the Baloch Genocide, Balochistan Post reported on Sunday.
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Pakistan: Shortly after release, Islamabad police rearrests human rights l
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir was arrested in a case lodged in Barakahu police station in Islamabad. In a statement, Mazari’s lawyer said the police did not inform them about the case in which Mazari had been arrested.
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Islamabad Police confirms arrest of former Pakistan minister Shireen Mazar
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad Police informed about the development on ‘X’ and said, “Islamabad Capital Police has arrested Ali Wazir and Iman Mazari. Both the accused were wanted by the Islamabad Police for investigation. All action will be taken in accordance with law. The news issued by the Public Relations
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Pakistan: PTM chief says demanding restoration of peace not treachery but
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The remarks by Pashteen came while he was addressing a gathering in Kabal tehsil in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Swat district on Monday. The gathering was organised to welcome Member of National Assembly (MNA) Ali Wazir, a PTM leader, after his release from prison.
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Pak: Pashtun activists arrested for demanding release of Ali Wazir
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Karachi Police on Sunday booked several leaders and workers of the Pashtun Tahfuzz Movement (PTM) in an abetting mutiny case after they held a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club demanding the release of MNA Ali Wazir, the Dawn reported.
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Ali Wazir: Face of Pakistan's non-violent movement in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Wazir has been consistently targeted for his unequivocal criticism of the Pakistani Army and the human rights abuses that the Pashtun ethnic minority face in Waziristan and neighbouring border areas in the former Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), now a part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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PTM leader Ali Wazir: The face of dissent in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Pushtoon Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Muhammad Ali Wazir is lately becoming an icon of the non-violent movement in Pakistan, one who speaks for people of the tribal areas and fights for their rights, the Voice of Vienna reported.
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Pashtoonkhwah Milli Awami Party chief urges release of Ali Wazir
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Pashtoonkhwah Milli Awami Party Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai warned the government of Pakistan of nationwide protests if MNA Ali Wazir is not released.
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Charsadda police interrogates South Waziristan MNA Ali Wazir
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Charsadda police arrested Wazir after obtaining permission from the judges of Karachi's two antiterrorism courts (X and XII) on an application moved by Parang police station inspector Ghulam Ali.
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