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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicManzoor Pashteen

Topic: Manzoor Pashteen

Pakistanis say ‘stay strong comrade’ after police arrest Pashtun leader

Pashtun Tahafuz Movement leader Manzoor Pashteen was arrested on 4 December. He has been criticising the Pakistani military for enforced disappearances & extrajudicial killings of Pashtuns.

Manzoor Pashteen is the ‘rockstar activist’ for Pakistani Pashtuns. He has a friend in Imran

'Bengalis took off your pants, but we are not Bengali. We are Pashtun and Baloch, we will take off your skin,' the activist shouted at the Islamabad rally.

Pashtun activist Manzoor Pashteen, critical of Pak army, denied entry to Balochistan

Here’s what’s happening across the border: PML-N spokesperson says Imran Khan govt stole her party’s projects, and Mahira Khan-Fawad Khan starrer film first in Pakistan to get same-day release in China.

‘Dawn’ succumbs to pressure, changes headline on militants killed in Kashmir

Here's what's happening across the border: Imran Khan vows citizenship to children of Afghan refugees; US envoy claims Pakistan thinking of allowing India to trade with Afghanistan through its land route.

Politicians & journalists in Pakistan condemn image of assaulted scribe soaked in blood

Here's what's happening across the border: Pakistan-origin author wins coveted Women's Prize for Fiction, while military cracks down in north Waziristan.

Pakistan journalist Gul Bukhari who criticised army returns home after she was abducted

Here's what's happening across the border: Stay order issued on Reham Khan's autobiography, while chief justice Nisar takes suo moto notice of convict in Khadija...

‘Hurdles’ this Pashtun leader faced just to travel from Islamabad to Karachi

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Punjab police introduce new measure to prevent honour killing, and a special force deployed in Murree for tourist safety.

Why Pakistan’s Pashtuns are defying the government and marching in Lahore

The tribal community has organised itself to voice its demands after years of resistance against human rights violations. Manzoor Pashteen is leading the way.

When the man with the red cap speaks, thousands of Pashtuns listen

Here's what's happening across the border: Punjab women to flood roads on bikes for empowerment, and the ‘burglary-style’ raid activists have decried. Manzoor Pashteen guides...

On Camera

How the Bagram airbase from the 1950s is geopolitically significant in the 21st century

Days after Trump lay claim to the Bagram base, Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan “firmly opposed the reestablishment of military bases in and around Afghanistan by the countries responsible for the current situation”.

Mumbai’s been driving India’s data centre market, but water shortage, power demand pose risks

According to a report by Macquarie, India’s data centre market is estimated to double by 2027. India currently has 1.4 gigawatts of operational data centre capacity.

Navy Chief calls for collective solutions to maritime challenges in ‘complex & dynamic’ Indo-Pacific

At 11th edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue in New Delhi, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said there are three major currents shaping this maritime 'dynaxity'.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.