Pashtun leader Ali Wazir arrested again by security agencies in Pakistan
The FIA Cyber Crime Circle Peshawar has started an enquiry against Wazir and another PTM leader, Manzoor Pashteen, for allegedly using defamatory language against state institutions. The agency had summoned the two leaders to appear in its Peshawar office before June 23
Thousands of Pashtuns gather in Pakistan demanding an end to police harassment and militarization
Pashtun Tahafuz Movement leaders have warned the authorities against carrying out military operations in tribal areas, saying that the Pashtuns have suffered tremendously and will not tolerate it any longer
Ali Wazir is free but his struggle continues
After 26 months of incarceration, Ali Wazir, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, was finally released after getting bail. Wazir has been charged in a number of cases since December 2020 where he made a speech criticizing the Pakistani Army and establishment
PTM launches protests across Pakistan after acquittal of key suspect in Naqeebullah Mehsud’s murder
23-year-old Naqbeeullah Mehsud. a Pashtun factory worker and aspiring model in Karachi, and three others were extrajudicially killed on January 13 , 2018. His murder saw a huge wave of protests led by the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
Massive protest march in Waziristan against rising terrorism
On Sunday, markets were shut as thousands of people marched with black flags and raised slogans against rising militancy in Waziristan and other parts of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province
Pashtun leader Manzoor Pashteen faces terrorism and treason charges for speech
On Monday, October 24, the Lahore police booked Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader and activist Manzoor Pashteen on terrorism charges for a speech he made at a civil society conference
Ali Wazir: Pakistan’s prisoner of conscience
Even after a court in Karachi granted him bail, it remains a question when will Ali Wazir, the Pashtun rights activist targeted for his activism and criticism of the Pakistani army, walk free
PTM leader Ali Wazir granted bail in hate speech case
The Sindh High Court finally granted bail to prominent leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement from South Waziristan, Ali Wazir, who was accused of insulting state institutions in a speech in December 2020
Pakistani parliament member and Pashtun leader Ali Wazir gets bail but to remain behind bars
On November 30, Ali Wazir was granted bail by the Supreme Court but remains in jail as a case is pending against him. He was accused of insulting a state institution in a speech in December 2020 and has been incarcerated for close to a year
Pashtun leader Arif Wazir succumbs to gunshot injuries in Pakistan
Arif Wazir, a leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), was shot by unidentified gunmen in Wana in South Waziristan on Friday and died on Saturday. He is the cousin of PTM leader Ali Wazir
Hate speech case filed against leaders of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement in Pakistan
A prominent figure of the PTM and a member of the national assembly, Ali Wazir was arrested last year after being accused of participating in an attack on an army check post in North Waziristan. Authorities in Pakistan have been accused of cracking down on the workers and leaders of the movement fighting for Pashtun rights
PTM activists arrested in Karachi ahead of mass public meeting
The activists were arrested while making arrangements for an upcoming mass public meeting on the death anniversary of PTM leader Arman Loni on February 6
