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PTM's rise to prominence, 2018
A human-rights movement founded to address landmines grew into a nationwide Pashtun rights movement following a police killing.
What happened
The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement was founded in May 2014 by students at Gomal University, initially focused on removing landmines from Waziristan.[1]
In January 2018, the movement rose to national prominence following the extrajudicial killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud, and was renamed to reflect its broadened Pashtun-wide focus, with Manzoor Pashteen as its most prominent figure.[2]
Sources for this page
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Claim: The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (initially the "Mahsud Tahafuz Movement") was founded in May 2014 by eight students at Gomal University in Dera Ismail Khan, initially focused on removing landmines from Waziristan and other former Federally Administered Tribal Areas affected by conflict in northwestern Pakistan.
- Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (Wikipedia) link, Founding section. Source record
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Claim: In January 2018, the movement rose to national prominence after launching a justice campaign for Naqeebullah Mehsud, who was extrajudicially killed by Karachi police officer Rao Anwar in a staged encounter; as the movement gained wider Pashtun support that month, it was renamed from the Mahsud-focused name to the "Pashtun Tahafuz Movement," reflecting its broadened focus, with activist Manzoor Pashteen as its most prominent public figure.
- Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (Wikipedia) link, 2018 prominence and renaming section. Source record