Pashtun struggle
Ali Wazir arrested Pakistan 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

Ali Wazir PTM Pakistan 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

Pashtun activist Ali Wazir granted bail by court in Pakistan

Wazir who has been behind bars since December 31, 2020 on charges of hate speech and sedition is set to be released after a court in Karachi granted him bail on the fourth and final case against him.

PTM leader bail Pakistan 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

Teenagers killed S Waziristan Pakistan Killing of teenagers triggers protests in South Waziristan, Pakistan

The paramilitary Frontier Core admitted that its personnel were responsible for ‘accidentally’ killing two tribal youths near a shop front in Bibi Zai Raghzai

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

PTM arrests Pakistan 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 Pakistan 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

Manzoor Pashteen Pakistan Prominent Pashtun activist Manzoor Pashteen arrested in Pakistan

Pashteen is associated with the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) and had led massive public gathering in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on January 12 to demand justice for the persecuted Pashtun community in Pakistan

PTM gathering Pakistan Calling for justice for Pashtuns, thousands gather in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) has called for unity among the Pashtun leadership, and has declared that another such public gathering will be held in Balochistan on the death anniversary of PTM leader Arman Loni on February 6

Protests in Brazil, Paksistan and Turkey calling for Ali Wazir's release. Activists across the world demand release of Pakistan’s Pashtun movement leaders

Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar were arrested shortly after a protest they led was fired on by the Pakistani army in North Waziristan. Three activists were killed in the firing on the protest against atrocities by the army.