At the UNHRC session in Geneva, Pashtun activist Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi accused Pakistan of serious human rights violations against Pashtuns, including drone strikes, enforced disappearances, and torture. He urged the UN to act and send an investigative commission to address the abuses.
JSMM leader Shafi Burfat accused Pakistan's military of using Bilawal Bhutto to spread anti-India propaganda and distract from rights abuses against Sindhis, Baloch, and Pashtuns.
In an interview with ANI, the activist claimed that the areas populated by Pashtuns in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are being utilised as a "laboratory" by the Pakistani military to test various weapons, notably drones.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee has condemned recent drone strikes in North Waziristan that allegedly killed civilians, including children. In a strongly worded statement, the group labelled the attacks as part of a "systematic genocide" of Pashtuns and urged solidarity among oppressed comm
Hussain issued a serious warning during his 240th speech, streamed on TikTok, regarding what he referred to as a "revived conspiracy" intended to rekindle ethnic strife between Pashtuns and Mohajirs in Karachi.
The meeting, presided over by a political activist from PoJK, Amjad Ayub Mirza, was marked by a call for military personnel from PoJK and Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan to refuse to participate in Pakistan's military operations against the Baloch independence movement.
Naseem Baloch, Chairman of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), appealed for unity among oppressed nations while addressing the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) event at the Geneva Press Club on Friday.
The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) in Switzerland organised a large protest in front of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, raising their voices against a series of grave human rights violations and the escalating crisis faced by Pashtuns in Pakistan.
Kashmiri highlighted the long history of suffering endured by the Pashtun people, who have faced systemic discrimination, violence, and human rights abuses.
In a detailed statement, BLA spokesperson Azad Baloch termed the claims by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) as fabricated, asserting that no BLA fighter was killed in the attack and that the operation was a strategic success for the BLA.
The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) wing in Austria, in collaboration with the Afghan Cultural Association (AKIS), organized a demonstration outside the United Nations Headquarters in Vienna.
The three-day gathering laid bare the growing discontent within the Pashtun community, reflecting the deepening fractures in Pakistan's internal governance and security policies, Dawn reported.