Manzoor Pashteen

Manzoor Pashteen
منظور پښتين
Pashteen at a PTM rally
Born (1994-10-25) October 25, 1994 (age 29)[1]
Shahur, Serwekai Tehsil, South Waziristan, Pakistan
Alma materGomal University
OccupationHuman rights activist
MovementPashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM)
Children2
FatherAbdul Wadud Mahsud
RelativesAli Khan Masood (great-uncle)[2]

Manzoor Ahmad Pashteen (Pashto: منظور احمد پښتين; Urdu: منظور احمد پشتین) is a Pashtun human rights activist against enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and other human rights abuses in Pakistan. Pashteen leads the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement ("Pashtun Protection Movement", PTM),[3] a social movement based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.[4][5] From 11 to 14 March 2022, he was part of the Pashtun National Jirga, held in Bannu to discuss the critical issues faced by the Pashtuns in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

  1. ^ "Interview with Manzoor Pashteen (see at 16:35)" (in Urdu). Voice of America Urdu. 2018-06-06. Archived from the original on 2020-11-21. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  2. ^ "علي خان مسود: له زندانه تر المانه". مشال راډيو (in Pashto). 25 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  3. ^ Pirzada, Moeed (2018-05-24). "Manzoor Pashteen's PTM: A 'Rights Movement' or a new 'Regional Agenda'? -". Global Village Space. Archived from the original on 2021-03-07. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  4. ^ "Call for Ending Discrimination against Pashtoons". 11 March 2018. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018.
  5. ^ "PTM Leaders Reject Servitude Role for Pashtuns". 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018.