North Waziristan police on Monday registered an FIR [First Information Report] against 12 members of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement’s (PTM) central committee, including Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Ali Wazir, for allegedly provoking people against the State.
According to the FIR lodged by South Waziristan District Police Officer (DPO) Kifayatullah, the case was registered on the basis of an “intelligence report”.
The FIR accuses Wazir and 11 others for “enticing people to revolt against the state and for protesting and chanting slogans against the state and security forces” during a public rally in North Waziristan on May 1.
Last week, the army signalled taking legal action against the PTM leadership, stating that “those who are playing in others’ hands, their time is up”.
Speaking at a press conference in Rawalpindi, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor accused PTM of getting funds from Afghanistan’s secret agency, National Directorate of Security (NDS) and India’s spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
“Those who playing in others hands, their time is up,” said Ghafoor.