Noor Islam Dawar

Noor Islam Dawar
نور اسلام داوړ
Born
Mulagan, Mirali, North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan[1]
Died(2021-08-27)August 27, 2021
Mirali, North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan[2]
Cause of deathGunshot wounds
OccupationHuman rights activist
OrganizationYouth of Waziristan[1]
MovementPashtun Tahafuz Movement
Children5[3]

Noor Islam Dawar (Pashto: نور اسلام داوړ; Urdu: نور اسلام داوڑ; died in 2021) was a Pashtun human rights activist from North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He was an activist in the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), as well as the chairman of a civil society organization, Youth of Waziristan (YOW).[2][4]

On 27 August 2021, when Noor Islam was on his way home from Mirali Bazaar, he was assassinated in a targeted killing.[1] Soon after, several other YOW activists were also murdered in North Waziristan, including Mussawer Dawar on 22 March 2022,[5] and Waqar Ahmad Dawar, Hemad Durrani, Asadullah Shah, and Sunaid Ahmad Dawar on 19 June 2022.[6][7] The police registered first information reports (FIRs) against "unknown" assailants.

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  3. ^ Dawar, Nasir (October 19, 2021). "نوراسلام داوڑ ایک سوچ کا نام بن گیا تھا، جو امن کے قیام کیلئے ملک کے آئین کو بالائے طاق رک کر لڑتے لڑتے شہید ہوگیا". The Khyber Times (in Urdu).
  4. ^ Khan, Ghulam Qadir (January 29, 2019). "Unrest in Khaisor". DAWN.COM.
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