17 Facts About Manzoor Pashteen

Manzoor Ahmed Pashteen was born on 25 October 1994 and is a Pashtun human rights activist against enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and other human rights abuses against Pashtun population in Pakistan.

Manzoor Pashteen was born in 1994 in Shahur, Mawle Khan Sarai, a small village near the town of Sarwakai in South Waziristan.

The eldest of eight siblings, Manzoor Pashteen belongs to the Shamankhel Mahsud tribe of the Pashtuns.

Manzoor Pashteen's father, Abdul Wadud Mahsud, is a primary school teacher at his village.

Manzoor Pashteen received his early education at his village's school in South Waziristan.

Manzoor Pashteen completed his secondary education at Army Public School in Bannu and higher secondary education in Karak.

Manzoor Pashteen received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 2016 at the Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan.

In May 2014, during his studies at the Gomal University, Manzoor Pashteen founded the "Mahsud Tahafuz Movement", a social movement mainly focused on removing landmines from Waziristan.

In 2019, following the Kharqamar incident, a clash on 26 May between PTM supporters and Pakistani troops that left at least 13 dead, Manzoor Pashteen spoke to Deutsche Welle in an interview.

Manzoor Pashteen accused authorities of firing on demonstrators and suppressing media reports, as well as attempting to rig elections in tribal areas where PTM candidates were likely to win.

Manzoor Pashteen denied anti-state and anti-Pakistan sentiment, saying that the PTM is anti-terrorism, while accusing the army of involvement in such activities.

Manzoor Pashteen was beaten up under the allegation that his human rights campaign damaged military morale.

On 27 January 2020, Manzoor Pashteen was arrested by the police in Peshawar on allegations of sedition.

On December 4,2023, Manzoor Pashteen was arrested under mysterious circumstances.

Manzoor Pashteen was enroute to Turbat, where Baloch activists were protesting state-inflicted injustices when, according to eyewitnesses, Pakistani forces fired at his vehicle, injuring a passerby.

Manzoor Pashteen's lawyer claimed Pashteen was "abducted" from Balochistan and produced in court three days later, citing an alleged car attack.

Manzoor Pashteen has rejected the allegations of being a foreign agent for Research and Analysis Wing of India or the National Directorate of Security of Afghanistan.