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Pakistani rights group attracts 8,000 to rally despite state pressure

Faiz Baluch 23rd April 2018

LAHORE: The leader of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement(PTM), student activist Manzoor Pashteen, delivered an address criticizing the country’s powerful military and its actions in the majority ethnic Pashtun Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). “I urge professional soldiers not to follow the command of the generals and brigadiers. Refuse to obey their orders because they (generals) […]Read More

Tens Of Thousands Rally For Rights Of Ethnic Pashtuns In

Faiz Baluch 9th April 2018

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Tens of thousands of ethnic Pashtuns — led by young the young activist Manzoor Pashteen — gathered in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on April 8 for a mass demonstration to demand the protection of the rights of Pashtuns. RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal correspondents say as many as 60,000 people took part in […]Read More