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Pashteen reiterates formation of commission in meeting with senators

--Senate Special Committee agreeing with PTM demands calls for prompt solution Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) has urged the lawmakers to play their role in the formation...

Manzoor Pashteen will be embraced if he ‘surrenders’: Afridi

ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Interior Shehryar Khan Afridi on Wednesday said that “anti-state activities” will not be tolerated at any cost, adding that he will...

Sindh withdraws ban on Manzoor Pashteen

The Sindh government on Saturday withdrew notification barring Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) Chairman Manzoor Pashteen from entering the province after it attracted flak on social media over...

IHC orders releasing Hayat Preghal on bail

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered to release Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) activist Hayat Preghal, who was booked under Pakistan Cyber Crime Act for posting...

Govt claims anti-sectarian ad that somehow featured Pashteen, Wazir, and Dawar...

Police spokesperson says targeting any ethnicity wouldn’t make sense LAHORE: Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry late on Saturday night said that a Punjab Government...

Manzoor Pashteen barred from entering Capt Karnal Sher’s mausoleum

Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen was barred from entering the mausoleum of Capt Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed on Saturday in Swabi district's...

PTM announces support for sit-in against target killings in N Waziristan

--Manzoor Pashteen warns of similar protest in Wana, Barwand of South Waziristan PESHAWAR: The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), while announcing its support to sit in protest...

‘Racial profiling’: Four Pashtuns injured as locals attack Township market

--Police refuse to lodge complaint against attackers --PTM announces countrywide protests if FIR not registered   LAHORE: At least eight people including 4 Pasthuns were injured in a...

PTM says TTP video a bid to malign Pashtun movement

--Video circulating on social media shows TTP commander expressing support for PTM The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) has rejected a video circulating on the social media...

Founded to protest Pakistan ‘disappearances’, PTM now sees supporters go missing

KARACHI: As they were about to enter the office of the Commissioner of Karachi for a meeting to discuss a rally planned in Pakistan’s...

Balaclava-clad gunmen harass PTM members in Karachi’s Clifton

After frisking, 'gunmen' leave with an 'apology' to PTM leader Ali Wazir PTM member says 'a member, Aimal Mandokhel, has been missing from...

PTV fires anchor Sanna Ejaz over ‘PTM activism’

--Ejaz claims PTV management maintains 'they are helpless as orders pertaining to her termination have come from above' LAHORE: The Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) has terminated the...

After Gomal, Bannu university shuts door on Pashteen

Admin says USTB does not allow ‘divisive’ activities, 'anti-state' sloganeering on university premises LAHORE: After being barred from entering Gomal University in Dera Ismail...

Social media policies exploited for censorship, says rights activists  

ISLAMABAD: Back in January, when a human rights activist Gul Bukhari tweeted pictures of a dead body, which seemed to have torture marks on...

Govt-constituted jirga holds first round of talks with PTM

Manzoor Pashteen voices concerns over state’s high handedness, says it would affect outcomes of talks Dawar says they will not oppose punishment awarded...

KP govt to engage Pashtun Tahafuz Movement

Apex committee forms Jirga to negotiate with PTM PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government on Tuesday initiated the negotiation process with Pashtun Tahafuz Movement...