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Pakistan: Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement appeals to UN for immediate release of
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In a letter penned to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the PTM has "strongly condemned the abortive assassination attempt by the Pakistan Army and subsequent illegal arrest of PTM Leader, well-known human rights activist Manzoor Pashteen, by joint ISI-Police operation in Chaman dis
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Activist critical of Pakistan army goes 'missing', allegedly picked up by
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The founder of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (Pashtun Protection Movement or PTM) rights group was arrested by police on Monday for allegedly firing on police vehicles, Chaman Deputy Commissioner Raja Athar Abbas was quoted as saying as per per Pakistan-based Dawn newspaper.
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Pak: Over 1,700 Afghan immigrants held in ongoing crackdown
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The caretaker Home Minister retired Brigadier Haris Nawaz, disclosed this information while also announcing plans for the deportation of all undocumented immigrants living in Sindh.
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Pashtun activists stage protests across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against Rao Anw
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Deeply angered over the acquittal of former Senior Superintendent Rao Anwar in the Naqeebullah Mehsud's murder case, the members of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) staged protests across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dawn reported on Thursday.
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Pashtun community fights for equal rights and dignity in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
So-called "encounter killings" are common in Pakistan. Rights groups say when police lack enough evidence for a court conviction, they extrajudicially kill suspects.
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Pakistan: Protest erupts across KP over murder of school van driver
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], October 12 (ANI): Protest across various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa erupted on Tuesday van driver was shot dead and two schoolchildren injured in a targeted attack on Monday morning in the Gulibagh area of Charbagh tehsil.
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Pashtuns hold anti-Pakistan protest outside UN in Geneva
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 26 (ANI): A large number of Pashtuns participated in a protest outside the United Nations to raise the human rights violations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Pak Army "aggressively" targeting Pashtuns, risks social divisions
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 13 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has abused its power and used the legal system and its control over the administrative levers to aggressively target the Pashtuns risking inflammation of social divisions in the country.
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Pakistan: Pashtun leader Ali Wazir gets bail in 'incitement against state
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 16 (ANI): A Pakistan court has granted bail to prominent Pashtun leader Ali Wazir in a third case pertaining to defaming and inciting the public against state institutions.
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Amid political disorder in Pashtun belt, Pakistan army count on proscribed
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 3 (ANI): Amid the ebb and flow of political order in the Pashtun belt, the Pakistani army is counting on Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) to carry the dirty work of muffling secular and nationalist struggles, primarily spearheaded by National Democratic Movement (NDM) and Pashtun
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Pak court grants bail to Pashtun leader Ali Wazir in hate speech case
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 11 (ANI): A provincial court in Pakistan on Wednesday granted bail to prominent Pashtun leader Ali Wazir in connection with a hate speech case.
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PTM's Manzoor Pashteen joins protest for release of Baloch student
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], March 24 (ANI): Manzoor Pashteen, the chairman of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) has reportedly joined the ongoing protest for the release of Hafeez Baloch, a student of Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad.
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