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Manzoor Ahmad Pashteen منظور احمد پښتين | |
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| File:Manzoor Ahmad Pashteen.jpg Manzoor Pashteen at Islamabad's Pashtun Long March | |
| Born | October 3, 1994 |
| Education | Gomal University |
| Occupation(s) | Activist for human rights, student of veterinary medicine |
Manzoor Ahmad Pashteen (Pashto: منظور احمد پښتين; born 1994) is a human rights activist from South Waziristan, Pakistan. He belongs to the Shamankhel Mahsud tribe of the Pashtuns. He has spent years lobbying to draw attention to the plight of the Pashtuns, especially those from Waziristan and other parts of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan.[1] He is the leader of the Pashtun Protection Movement (Pashtun Tahafuz Ghorzang).
Pashtun Long March 2018
On January 26, 2018, Manzoor led a protest march starting from Dera Ismail Khan, passing through Lakki Marwat, Bannu, Karak, Kohat, and Darra Adam Khel, and reaching Peshawar on January 28.[2] Then after marching through Charsadda, Mardan, Swabi, and Tarnol, the march reached Islamabad, where a sit-in called "All Pashtun National Jirga" was organized from February 1. The jirga condemned the murder of the Pashtun shopkeeper Naqeebullah Mehsud who was shot dead by police force in Karachi during an encounter, and the alleged state oppression against the Pashtuns.[3] It asked the government to set up a judicial inquiry for Naqeebullah Mehsud, as well as for all the other Pashtuns murdered extrajudicially in police encounters. The jirga demanded to stop racial profiling of the Pashtuns in Pakistan, and to bring the Pashtun missing persons before the court of law, so that those who are innocent but held could be freed.[4] The jirga also demanded Pakistan Army to guarantee that they will not abduct or open fire on innocents in the tribal areas, or use violence or collective punishment against entire villages and tribes, and that they will not impose the frequent curfews on the movement of locals even after minor incidents.[5] Another demand was to remove all land mines planted in the tribal areas, which have resulted in many civilian casualties. The protesters said that since 2009, more than 35 people including children had been killed due to land mines in South Waziristan alone.[6] The Afghan President Ashraf Ghani supported the protest, and referred to it as a positive initiation against fundamentalism in the region.[7] Other Pashtun political leaders, including Mahmood Khan Achakzai (Chairman of Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party) and Asfandyar Wali Khan (President of Awami National Party), also endorsed all demands of the jirga.[8] The sit-in in Islamabad ended on February 10, but the organizers announced that they would reconvene the protest if their demands were not fulfilled by the government.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Pashtun Grievances Echo In Islamabad Protest". Gandhara RFE/RL. 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ^ "Long march against Naqeeb killing reaches Peshawar". Daily Times. 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ^ "Pashtun Tribes Stage Unprecedented Protest in Pakistan". The Diplomat. 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
- ^ "Decades of suffering leave the Pashtun youth angry". The Week. 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ^ "3rd day of Pashtun sit-in: Protesters refuse to budge till acceptance of demands". Pakistan Today. 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
- ^ "In Pakistan, Long-Suffering Pashtuns Find Their Voice". The New York Times. 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
- ^ a b "Pashtuns End Protest in Islamabad, Vow to Reconvene if Demands Not Met". Voice of America. 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ^ "Mahmood Khan, Asfandyar Wali support Pashtun long march". Afghanistan Times Daily. 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
