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TopicPashtun Tahafuz Movement

Topic: Pashtun Tahafuz Movement

Pashtun fear is rapidly turning into anger. It could break the very fabric of Pakistan

Question for Pakistani military: Will they finally recognise that the suppression of civic movements like the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement is a path to national disintegration?

Pashtuns in KP are becoming less tolerant of Pakistan Army & state. It brings a heavy cost

Even though over 20% of Pakistan's military is Pashtun and they are well represented in the bureaucracy, the gap between the Punjab-dominated state and the Pashtun people is widening.

‘Taliban rule’: Pakistanis fume after police violently disrupt Pashtun singer’s concert

Singer, poet and scholar, Karan Khan’s music is derived from his experiences and lived identity as a Pashtun. A police 'attack' on his concert didn't go well with Pakistanis.

Battered economy, brewing uprising in Pakistan means India can’t rule out adventurism in 2021

CPEC is slowing down and China is hesitant to finance Pakistan Railways. That doesn’t mean Beijing will back off.

Pakistan’s Bhutto-Zardari siblings can show India’s dynasts how to fight the good fight

Like Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, the Bhutto-Zardari siblings have been ghettoised by their parents’ politics. But unlike the Gandhis, they are also a symbol of hope for their people.

Killing of 4 dissidents in a week shows Covid has not slowed down Pakistani ‘deep state’

Activists living abroad allege that Pakistani 'deep state' is using the cover of Covid-19 pandemic to act on dissidents.

Imran Khan’s Naya Pakistan arrests PTM rights activists & signs peace treaty with Taliban

PTM's cause is Pakistan's cause. It is only asking for what’s in the Constitution, but the establishment has nothing to gain by implementing the Constitution.

At Lahore ThinkFest, Pakistan science minister Fawad Chaudhry justifies slapping TV anchor

Controversy-ridden minister Fawad Chaudhry advocates stronger defamation laws in Pakistan after TV anchor suggested he was part of a porn video.

Why Manzoor Pashteen, a young Pashtun leader, is a thorn in Pakistani army’s side

Pakistan government sees Manzoor Pashteen's Pashtun Tahafuz Movement as contentious and a threat to the nation's national unity.

From Jinnah’s family to Nawaz Sharif: Pakistan thinks everyone is a foreign agent

Those who differ with the state in Pakistan aren’t people with opposing viewpoints but foreign agents.

On Camera

Bodoland poll loss a wake-up call for Assam BJP. Zubeen’s death puts CM Sarma in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Aerial warfare analyst Tom Cooper faults India’s military PR, says Pakistan does it better

In post on social media, Cooper narrated experience of MiG-21 researcher from Germany who wanted to attend aircraft’s farewell ceremony in India, and the roadblocks he faced. 

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.