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Manzoor Pashteen : The Pashtun Altaf Hussain, only worse!
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Federal government imposes ban on Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
The federal government has imposed a ban on the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), citing threats to national peace and security.
The interior ministry has issued a notification declaring the movement "unlawful" under Section 11B of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997, Express News reported.
The announcement from the Interior Ministry stated that the PTM poses a "significant danger" to public order and safety in the country.
Manzoor Pashteen, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), was invited by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur to the upcoming Pashtun Qaumi Jirga, set to take place on October 11.
The invitation was issued during a meeting between the two leaders, where Pashteen emphasized the importance of unity among Pashtuns.
According to Pashteen, Gandapur expressed his support for the Pashtun cause and assured that the provincial government would collaborate with the jirga.
The chief minister confirmed that the government would have representatives present at the gathering.
Preparations are underway for the Pashtun Qaumi Jirga in the Khyber tribal district, with Pashteen stating that arrangements at the venue have been finalized.
He noted that various communities and organizations will participate, with separate tents set up for each group.
Federal government imposes ban on Pashtun Tahafuz Movement | The Express Tribune
Notification of interior ministry declared PTM 'unlawful' under Section 11B of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997.
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Security czar Mohsin Naqvi warns PTM ahead of Khyber jirga
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Wednesday criticised the recently proscribed Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) for its rhetoric amid reports of violence ahead of the three-day Pashtoon Qaumi Jirga in Khyber district.
He said that the government was ready to talk on rights-related issues with anyone if done in a “proper manner”.
On Sunday, the federal government imposed a ban on the PTM, citing threats to national peace and security. A day ago, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government prohibited its officials and employees from engaging with the three-day Pashtoon Qaumi Jirga, also called the Pashtun Qaumi Adalat, organised by the PTM and issued a public warning against any association. Khyber Deputy Commissioner retired Captain Sanaullah Khan also imposed Section 144 in the district for 30 days.
The move came in the lead-up to the grand jirga, scheduled for October 11 in Khyber district. Diehard activists assembled at the venue of their three-day jirga in Jamrud on Sunday evening in clear defiance of the federal government’s order and vowed to hold the gathering.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad on the matter, Naqvi recounted the ban on the group by the federal government and said no one had an issue if people wanted to organise a jirga.
“Jirgas have been held before and will continue being held and no one has an issue with it. A jirga comprises a gathering of tribal elders, bringing people in the thousands is not called a jirga but something else.”
On the one hand, he said that the gathering was being referred to as a jirga and on the other hand, it was being referred to as a court.
The security czar said the government decided to not allow a “parallel judicial system” at any cost, adding that the ban was based on the alleged rhetoric by the PTM against state institutions and the police.
“You are talking about division in the nation by promoting ethnic divide. You can definitely [talk] about political topics and rights but … it cannot be permitted that you try to turn the nation against the institution.”
He said he was aware that leaders from a few major political parties had met PTM leaders and expressed solidarity on the issue of rights, but they had made it clear that talking about rights while advocating taking up weapons was not possible.
Naqvi said there was no further contact between the two groups after that meeting.
“People tried to make them (PTM) understand and said if it was a matter of rights then let us all speak as one,” he said, adding that the federal government was also ready to sit down and have talks about human rights with those “who only talk about rights in a proper manner”.
Source: Dawn News
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Wednesday criticised the recently proscribed Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) for its rhetoric amid reports of violence ahead of the three-day Pashtoon Qaumi Jirga in Khyber district.
He said that the government was ready to talk on rights-related issues with anyone if done in a “proper manner”.
On Sunday, the federal government imposed a ban on the PTM, citing threats to national peace and security. A day ago, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government prohibited its officials and employees from engaging with the three-day Pashtoon Qaumi Jirga, also called the Pashtun Qaumi Adalat, organised by the PTM and issued a public warning against any association. Khyber Deputy Commissioner retired Captain Sanaullah Khan also imposed Section 144 in the district for 30 days.
The move came in the lead-up to the grand jirga, scheduled for October 11 in Khyber district. Diehard activists assembled at the venue of their three-day jirga in Jamrud on Sunday evening in clear defiance of the federal government’s order and vowed to hold the gathering.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad on the matter, Naqvi recounted the ban on the group by the federal government and said no one had an issue if people wanted to organise a jirga.
“Jirgas have been held before and will continue being held and no one has an issue with it. A jirga comprises a gathering of tribal elders, bringing people in the thousands is not called a jirga but something else.”
On the one hand, he said that the gathering was being referred to as a jirga and on the other hand, it was being referred to as a court.
The security czar said the government decided to not allow a “parallel judicial system” at any cost, adding that the ban was based on the alleged rhetoric by the PTM against state institutions and the police.
“You are talking about division in the nation by promoting ethnic divide. You can definitely [talk] about political topics and rights but … it cannot be permitted that you try to turn the nation against the institution.”
He said he was aware that leaders from a few major political parties had met PTM leaders and expressed solidarity on the issue of rights, but they had made it clear that talking about rights while advocating taking up weapons was not possible.
Naqvi said there was no further contact between the two groups after that meeting.
“People tried to make them (PTM) understand and said if it was a matter of rights then let us all speak as one,” he said, adding that the federal government was also ready to sit down and have talks about human rights with those “who only talk about rights in a proper manner”.
Source: Dawn News
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Mohsin Dawar happily voted in the VONC in April 2022 and took that selfie. You reap what you sow. No sympathies
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Mohsin Naqvi dominating both sides of the forum , such a weird position to be in.
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And soon he will back in favour. The ideocracy that runs PK has the temperament of a snake
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KP CM calls for peaceful resolution to Khyber tensions following violence ahead of PTM jirga
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has directed officials to resolve tensions in Khyber after Wednesday’s violence ahead of the Pashtoon Qaumi Jirga, said provincial government spokesperson Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif.
On Sunday, the federal government imposed a ban on the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), citing threats to national peace and security. A day ago, the KP government prohibited its officials and employees from engaging with the three-day Pashtoon Qaumi Jirga, also called the Pashtun Qaumi Adalat, organised by the PTM and issued a public warning against any association.
Khyber Deputy Commissioner retired Captain Sanaullah Khan also imposed Section 144 in the district for 30 days.
The move came in the lead-up to the grand jirga, scheduled for October 11 in Khyber district. Diehard activists assembled at the venue of their three-day jirga in Jamrud on Sunday evening in clear defiance of the federal government’s order and vowed to hold the gathering.
Earlier today, the PTM alleged that three of its supporters were killed due to the “straight firing” of law enforcement agencies ahead of the jirga. Awami National Party (ANP) MPA Nisar Baaz, during today’s KP Assembly session, said people had gathered for the jirga and “on the orders of the KP government, the police took action, killing three people and injuring over 10”.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan also said it was “deeply concerned by reports of violence being received from Khyber”. It added: “We oppose any use of unwarranted and unlawful force against those protesters who are unarmed.”
Source: Dawn News
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has directed officials to resolve tensions in Khyber after Wednesday’s violence ahead of the Pashtoon Qaumi Jirga, said provincial government spokesperson Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif.
On Sunday, the federal government imposed a ban on the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), citing threats to national peace and security. A day ago, the KP government prohibited its officials and employees from engaging with the three-day Pashtoon Qaumi Jirga, also called the Pashtun Qaumi Adalat, organised by the PTM and issued a public warning against any association.
Khyber Deputy Commissioner retired Captain Sanaullah Khan also imposed Section 144 in the district for 30 days.
The move came in the lead-up to the grand jirga, scheduled for October 11 in Khyber district. Diehard activists assembled at the venue of their three-day jirga in Jamrud on Sunday evening in clear defiance of the federal government’s order and vowed to hold the gathering.
Earlier today, the PTM alleged that three of its supporters were killed due to the “straight firing” of law enforcement agencies ahead of the jirga. Awami National Party (ANP) MPA Nisar Baaz, during today’s KP Assembly session, said people had gathered for the jirga and “on the orders of the KP government, the police took action, killing three people and injuring over 10”.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan also said it was “deeply concerned by reports of violence being received from Khyber”. It added: “We oppose any use of unwarranted and unlawful force against those protesters who are unarmed.”
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Thousands turn up as PTM jirga begins in Jamrud
The first day of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement’s Pashtun Qaumi Jirga passed off peacefully here on Friday, with organisers anticipating a larger turnout for the second day of the three-day event.
Thousands of people attended the jirga in the daytime but the number dropped in the evening.
Amid confusion about the jirga due to the previous police actions and the federal government’s ban on the rights movement, the event began on Friday in Jamrud tehsil here following an “agreement” between the provincial government and PTM late on Thursday.
A government statement revealed that the jirga would be hosted by it under the supervision of Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, but neither foreign flags would be allowed to be hoisted at the jirga’s venue nor would PTM members shout any slogans against the state and its institutions, especially the Army and the Constitution.
The agreement came after a lengthymeeting between the CM-headed government team and Manzoor Pashteen-led PTM leadership in Jamrud on Thursday night at the residence of local PTI leader Ameer Mohammad.
The statement added that Ali Amin Gandapur assured the PTM delegation that he would lay all demands of the jirga before the federal government as it was his top priority to restore peace in the province.
As the jirga began at its designated venue on Friday, participants complained about poor arrangements by the PTM volunteers.
While Manzoor Pashteen was not seen all through the day, delegates from across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and parts of Balochistan struggled to find a suitable place for themselves at the event and remained unaware of the first day’s agenda due to the “clueless” PTM activists.
The PTM had announced that separate enclosures would be established for delegates coming in from far-off areas. However, the crackdown on event organisers made it difficult for organisers to arrange tents and other goods for the event.
“Majority of participants on the first day of jirga were just onlookers, mostly youth who showed up just to see what was happening there without being aware of the actual purpose of the event,” resident Khiyal Mat Shah told Dawn.
He said thousands of people came to the jirga but necessary arrangements and facilities for them were missing.
“PTM volunteers, too, were confused about how to handle the situation as they’re given permission to properly hold the meeting late on Thursday night,” he said.
Mr Shah said the jirga’s site was not only covered in dust and uneven but it was also “a bit far off” from the main Peshawar-Torkham Highway, with a large number of aspiring participants finding it difficult to locate the venue on their own.
Sajid Ali, another young participant, said that there was no proper sound system, while delegates and political parties’ representatives held their own “corner meetings” to keep themselves busy in the absence of proper seating arrangements and separate enclosures.
He added that though the provincial government had pledged to arrange 5,000 tents for the event along with the sound systemand uninterruptedpower supply, those pledges were unfulfilled until Friday evening.
“I believethat the PTM madewrong estimates about the number of participants on the opening day of the jirga, so there was chaos and confusion, witha sizablenumber of attendees returning to their homes before sunset,” he told Dawn.
The participant said that the first day of the jirga was lost to disorder due to poor arrangements and the absence of the top PTM leadership.
The attendees included relatives of missing persons. Members of displaced families also showed up and complained they had long been awaiting compensationfor damaged properties.
However, the day went well for those who established temporaryfood and drink stalls wearing the typical PTM caps.
Several political leaders, including ANP’s Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Shah Hussain Yousafzai, PTI’s Asad Qaisar and Umar Ayub, National Democratic Movement’s Afrasiab Khattak, and Bushra Gohar also attended the jirga.
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The first day of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement’s Pashtun Qaumi Jirga passed off peacefully here on Friday, with organisers anticipating a larger turnout for the second day of the three-day event.
Thousands of people attended the jirga in the daytime but the number dropped in the evening.
Amid confusion about the jirga due to the previous police actions and the federal government’s ban on the rights movement, the event began on Friday in Jamrud tehsil here following an “agreement” between the provincial government and PTM late on Thursday.
A government statement revealed that the jirga would be hosted by it under the supervision of Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, but neither foreign flags would be allowed to be hoisted at the jirga’s venue nor would PTM members shout any slogans against the state and its institutions, especially the Army and the Constitution.
The agreement came after a lengthymeeting between the CM-headed government team and Manzoor Pashteen-led PTM leadership in Jamrud on Thursday night at the residence of local PTI leader Ameer Mohammad.
The statement added that Ali Amin Gandapur assured the PTM delegation that he would lay all demands of the jirga before the federal government as it was his top priority to restore peace in the province.
As the jirga began at its designated venue on Friday, participants complained about poor arrangements by the PTM volunteers.
While Manzoor Pashteen was not seen all through the day, delegates from across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and parts of Balochistan struggled to find a suitable place for themselves at the event and remained unaware of the first day’s agenda due to the “clueless” PTM activists.
The PTM had announced that separate enclosures would be established for delegates coming in from far-off areas. However, the crackdown on event organisers made it difficult for organisers to arrange tents and other goods for the event.
“Majority of participants on the first day of jirga were just onlookers, mostly youth who showed up just to see what was happening there without being aware of the actual purpose of the event,” resident Khiyal Mat Shah told Dawn.
He said thousands of people came to the jirga but necessary arrangements and facilities for them were missing.
“PTM volunteers, too, were confused about how to handle the situation as they’re given permission to properly hold the meeting late on Thursday night,” he said.
Mr Shah said the jirga’s site was not only covered in dust and uneven but it was also “a bit far off” from the main Peshawar-Torkham Highway, with a large number of aspiring participants finding it difficult to locate the venue on their own.
Sajid Ali, another young participant, said that there was no proper sound system, while delegates and political parties’ representatives held their own “corner meetings” to keep themselves busy in the absence of proper seating arrangements and separate enclosures.
He added that though the provincial government had pledged to arrange 5,000 tents for the event along with the sound systemand uninterruptedpower supply, those pledges were unfulfilled until Friday evening.
“I believethat the PTM madewrong estimates about the number of participants on the opening day of the jirga, so there was chaos and confusion, witha sizablenumber of attendees returning to their homes before sunset,” he told Dawn.
The participant said that the first day of the jirga was lost to disorder due to poor arrangements and the absence of the top PTM leadership.
The attendees included relatives of missing persons. Members of displaced families also showed up and complained they had long been awaiting compensationfor damaged properties.
However, the day went well for those who established temporaryfood and drink stalls wearing the typical PTM caps.
Several political leaders, including ANP’s Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Shah Hussain Yousafzai, PTI’s Asad Qaisar and Umar Ayub, National Democratic Movement’s Afrasiab Khattak, and Bushra Gohar also attended the jirga.
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My guy should become chief selector and finance minister aswell.
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