Dated events associated with this case. Each event is a shared record: the same event appears identically wherever it is relevant.
· Other
A colonial-era border divided Pashtun-populated territory, later rejected by Afghanistan and cited by Pashtunistan advocates.
Significance here: The territorial dividing line whose rejection underlies the entire Pashtunistan political project.
· Declaration
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan demanded a Pashtunistan option in the 1947 referendum on the North-West Frontier Province's future, then boycotted the vote when it was denied.
Significance here: The founding political demand of the modern Pashtunistan movement, made at the moment of Partition itself.
· Other
A human-rights movement founded to address landmines grew into a nationwide Pashtun rights movement following a police killing.
Significance here: The most significant contemporary Pashtun political mobilization in Pakistan, though distinct from the historical Pashtunistan independence demand.
· Legislation
Pakistan designated the PTM a proscribed organization under anti-terrorism law, drawing international human-rights criticism.
Significance here: The most severe state action against Pashtun rights activism in Pakistan to date, despite human-rights organizations' assessment that the movement had not used violence.
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