Manzoor Ahmad Pashteen is a Pakistani Pashtun human rights activist from South Waziristan.
15 Facts About Manzoor Pashteen
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Manzoor Pashteen is the chairman of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement.
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Manzoor Pashteen considers himself an Afghan and wishes to make a separate country named Pashtunistan by breaking off Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Pakistan.
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The eldest of eight siblings, Manzoor Pashteen belongs to the Shamankhel Mahsud tribe of the Pashtuns.
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Manzoor Pashteen's father, Abdul Wadud Mahsud, is a primary school teacher at his village.
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Manzoor Pashteen received his early education at his village's school in South Waziristan.
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Manzoor Pashteen completed his secondary education at Army Public School in Bannu and higher secondary education in Karak.
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Manzoor Pashteen received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 2016 at the Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Manzoor Pashteen was beaten up under the allegation that his human rights campaign damaged military morale.
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On 27 January 2020, Manzoor Pashteen was arrested by the police in Peshawar on allegations of sedition.
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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.