Tag: PTM

Army backs democratic setup: ISPR chief

--Says peace committee attacked PTM activists for raising slogans against army --Army to continue border fencing along Afghan border despite attacks --Asif Ghafoor says Durrani did...

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...

Three PTM members reported dead as Ali Wazir comes under attack...

--10 PTM activists, including Wazir’s cousin, injured in the attack PESHAWAR: Dozens of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) supporters were injured and at least three were killed as...

‘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...

PPP’s Farhatullah Babar to be part of jirga holding negotiations between...

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday forwarded the name of former Senator Farhatullah Babar to be made a part of a...

A war of nerves between military and Sharif: report

Pakistan’s oldest and most prestigious newspaper, Dawn, is feeling the squeeze, weeks before a general election. Its distribution remains suspended across large parts of urban...

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...

PTM demands broader jirga for talks with govt

PESHAWAR: The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) demanded constitution of a jirga comprising Pashtun elders from all over the country for talks with the high-ups...

PTM demands genuine, says Asfandyar Wali Khan

PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan said on Tuesday that the demands made by Pushtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) are valid and...

Manzoor Pashteen addresses thousands-strong crowd in Karachi

KARACHI: A movement demanding rights for Pakistan's ethnic Pashtun minority has staged its first rally in the southern seaport city of Karachi. The Pashtun Tahafuz...

Activist-professor Dr Riaz is ‘free and back home’

Karachi University's professor and a political activist, Dr Riaz Ahmed, who had gone missing from Karachi on Friday night has returned home. In a post...

Dr Riaz Ahmed among ‘dozens of PTM sympathisers’ reported missing

 Dozens of PTM sympathisers, including Hashim Khan Mandokhel, ‘disappeared’ ahead of Karachi rally  LAHORE: Dr Riaz Ahmed, head of Karachi University’s chemistry department has gone...

AWP requests govt to unblock CNICs

ISLAMABAD: President Awami Workers Party (AWP) President Fanoos Gujjar on Friday pointed out that none of the mainstream party had a programme to transform Pakistan’s...

Govt jirga concerned after Karachi police register FIRs against PTM

--Govt-sponsored jirga confident of yielding 'positive outcome' in PTM talks --Jirga members in favour of allowing PTM to hold Karachi rally on March 13 PESHAWAR/KARACHI: The government-backed...

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...