Truth and reconciliation commission to investigate extrajudicial killings[2]
Presenting missing persons before courts[3]
Removal of landmines from the Pashtun tribal areas[4]
Chairman
Manzoor Pashteen
Website
Pashtun Tahafuz Movement on Facebook
Formerly called
Mahsud Tahafuz Movement (From May 2014 until January 2018)[1]
The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM; Pashto: پښتون ژغورنې غورځنګ, Paṣtūn Zhghōrənē Ghōrźang; Urdu: پشتون تحفظ تحریک, Pashtūn Tahaffuz Tehreek lit.'Pashtun Protection Movement') is a social movement for Pashtun human rights based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan. It was founded in May 2014 by eight students in Dera Ismail Khan. On 1 February 2018, the name of the movement was changed from "Mahsud Tahafuz Movement" ('Mahsud Protection Movement') to "Pashtun Tahafuz Movement."
During PTM's public demonstrations and sit-ins since February 2018, several demands were presented to the Pakistani government and military, including punishment to the retired police officer Rao Anwar, a truth and reconciliation commission on extrajudicial killings in the country,[2] presenting missing persons before courts,[3] and removal of landmines from the Pashtun tribal areas.[4] The movement is led by Manzoor Pashteen, a human rights activist from South Waziristan.[5][6] Other prominent activists in it include Ali Wazir, Mohsin Dawar,[7] Mir Kalam, Alamzaib Mahsud, Abdullah Nangyal, Fazal Khan, Gulalai Ismail, Sanna Ejaz, Wranga Loni,[8] and the late Arman Loni, Arif Wazir, Usman Kakar, and Noor Islam Dawar. PTM claims to be an unarmed and peaceful resistance movement working within the lawful boundaries of the Constitution of Pakistan.[9] The Pakistan Army and several journalists have claimed that the movement is trying to create discord in the country along ethnic lines, as well as following a foreign agenda.[10] The movement has seen strong support from neighboring Afghanistan, which traditionally has an uneasy relationship with the government of Pakistan.[11]
^ ab"Anatomy of a political moment". Himal Southasian. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
^ abPTM seeks formation of commission on extrajudicial killings. Dawn. 23 April 2018.
^ abProduce missing persons in courts, says PTM. Dawn. 30 April 2018.
^ abPakistan's Manzoor Pashteen: 'Pashtuns are fed up with war', dw.com, 2018-04-11.
^"Manzoor Pashteen: The voice of Pashtuns for many in Pakistan". www.aljazeera.com. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
^"د پښتنو د پاڅون مشر منظور پښتون څوک دی؟". VOA Deewa (in Pashto). 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^"Two PTM leaders make it to NA". The News International. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
^"Why female Pashtun activists matter for PTM". Asia Times. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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^"Angry, Bitter, and Ignored in Afghanistan". Daily Pakistan. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
^"Afghan Leader Roils Pakistan With Pashtun Comments". Voice of America. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
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