{"id":5587,"date":"2018-03-22T12:06:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T12:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakpedia.pk\/manzoor-pashteen\/"},"modified":"2020-09-10T10:28:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T10:28:49","slug":"manzoor-pashteen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/manzoor-pashteen\/","title":{"rendered":"Manzoor Pashteen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manzoor Pashteen from South Waziristan is a human rights supporter who spent years campaigning years to draw attention to the Pashtun People&#8217;s plight, particularly those from Waziristan and other parts of\u00a0 Pakistan&#8217;s formal &#8216;Federally Administered Tribal Areas.&#8217;<\/p><!--CusAds0-->\n<p>Moreover, he is the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement&#8217;s chairman. He has blamed Pakistan&#8217;s armed forces of human rights violations and was arrested in January 2020 for the same reason. This article has all the details about him, including Manzoor Pashteen Biography.<\/p>\n<table class=\"table table-striped table-responsive\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Title<\/th>\n<th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Personal<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Name:<\/td>\n<td>Manzoor Pashteen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Full Name:<\/td>\n<td>Manzoor Ahmed Pashteen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>In Urdu:<\/td>\n<td>\u0645\u0646\u0638\u0648\u0631 \u0627\u062d\u0645\u062f \u067e\u069a\u062a\u064a\u0646<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Famous As:<\/td>\n<td>Social Activist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nationality:<\/td>\n<td>Pakistani<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Residence:<\/td>\n<td>Dera Ismail Khan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Education:<\/td>\n<td>Doctor of veterinary medicine degree<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alma Mater:<\/td>\n<td>Gomal University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Religion:<\/td>\n<td>Islam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Profession:<\/td>\n<td>Human Rights Activist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Movement:<\/td>\n<td>Pashtun Tahafuz Movement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Website:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/manzoor.mehsud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/manzoor.mehsud<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Born<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Date:<\/td>\n<td>1992<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Place:<\/td>\n<td>Mawla Khan Sarai, Sarwakai Tehsil, South Waziristan, Pakistan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Family<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Parents:<\/td>\n<td>Abdul Wadud Mahsud<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Siblings :<\/td>\n<td>7 Siblings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/files\/Image\/PASHTEEN.jpg\" alt=\"Manzoor Pashteen Biography\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/files\/Image\/PASHTEEN.jpg 1200w, 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class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/manzoor-pashteen\/#Manzoor_Date_of_Birth\" title=\"Manzoor Date of Birth\">Manzoor Date of Birth<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/manzoor-pashteen\/#Education_of_Manzoor\" title=\"Education of Manzoor\">Education of Manzoor<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/manzoor-pashteen\/#Manzoor_Pashteen_Family\" title=\"Manzoor Pashteen Family\">Manzoor Pashteen Family<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/manzoor-pashteen\/#Hardships_Faced\" title=\"Hardships Faced\">Hardships Faced<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/manzoor-pashteen\/#%E2%80%98Mashud_Tahafuz_Movement\" title=\"&#8216;Mashud Tahafuz Movement\">&#8216;Mashud Tahafuz Movement<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/manzoor-pashteen\/#Detention\" title=\"Detention\">Detention<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/manzoor-pashteen\/#Longest_March\" title=\"Longest March\">Longest March<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/manzoor-pashteen\/#Allegations_on_Manzoor\" title=\"Allegations on Manzoor\">Allegations on Manzoor<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/manzoor-pashteen\/#Pashteen_Cap\" title=\"Pashteen Cap\">Pashteen Cap<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/manzoor-pashteen\/#Social_Media_Handles\" title=\"Social Media Handles\">Social Media Handles<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Manzoor_Pashteen_Biography\"><\/span>Manzoor Pashteen Biography<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>He is a social activist who demanded justice and equal rights for his Pashtun brothers. Despite being arrested and harassed, he continued his struggles and efforts to earn justice for Naqeebullah and other Pashtuns who were killed in encounters.<\/p>\n<p>He and his campaign became the most critical challenge for the Pakistan army. Most people see his movement as making a splash in a country&#8217;s political system where civil wars have disenfranchised huge populations in tribal and northwestern regions and Baluchistan and Pakistan&#8217;s other parts.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Manzoor_Date_of_Birth\"><\/span><strong>Manzoor Date of Birth<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>He was born in Shaheer in 1994, Mawle Khan Sarai, a small town near Sarwakai in South Waziristan.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Education_of_Manzoor\"><\/span><strong>Education of Manzoor<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>He attended a school in his village to receive early education. He got enrolled in Bannu&#8217;s Army Public School to receive a secondary education. From Karak, he completed his higher secondary education. His father was eager for his education and borrowed money for this purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, in 2016 he received his degree in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from GU (Gomal University).<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Manzoor_Pashteen_Family\"><\/span><strong>Manzoor Pashteen Family<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>He had eight siblings, and he is the elder one. He belongs to Pashtun&#8217;s clan &#8216;Shamankhel Mahsud.&#8217; His father, Abdul Wadud Mahsud, teaches at a primary school in his village.<\/p><!--CusAds0-->\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/files\/Image\/pashtun-tahaffuz-movement.jpg\" alt=\"Manzoor Pashteen jalsa\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/files\/Image\/pashtun-tahaffuz-movement.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/files\/Image\/pashtun-tahaffuz-movement-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/files\/Image\/pashtun-tahaffuz-movement-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/files\/Image\/pashtun-tahaffuz-movement-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/files\/Image\/pashtun-tahaffuz-movement-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hardships_Faced\"><\/span><strong>Hardships Faced<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In\u00a02005,\u00a0Pashteen\u00a0and\u00a0his\u00a0family\u00a0were\u00a0forced\u00a0to\u00a0leave Waziristan due to military offensives by the Pakistan army and temporarily resided in IDP (Internally Displaced People) camps in Dera Ismail Khan, KPK.<\/p>\n<p>They returned their hometown in 2016 and found the destruction of their books, houses, and landmines thrown across their lands. They were humiliated at checkpoints of the Pakistan Army.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Mashud_Tahafuz_Movement\"><\/span><strong>&#8216;Mashud Tahafuz Movement<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>During his studies at GU (Gomal University) in 2014, he created a social movement with the name &#8216;Mashud Tahafuz Movement&#8217; aimed at landmines removal from Waziristan. Afterward, in 2018 after becoming popular among Pashtuns, the campaign was renamed to &#8216;Pashtun Tahafuz Movement.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Detention\"><\/span><strong>Detention<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>On 5th September 2017, Manzoor, his father and, some other activists were arrested by Pakistan&#8217;s security forces at Tiarza Tehsil&#8217;s check post. He was accused of damaging military morale via his human rights activities. However, the military released them on 6th September due to the social media campaigns by their supporters.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Longest_March\"><\/span><strong>Longest March<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>On 26th January 2018, he began a protest march with his twenty friends from D.I Khan. Many civilians joined this march on its way, and it arrived Peshawar on 28th January. The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement then organized a sit-in named &#8216;All Pashtun National Jirga&#8217;\u00a0 after reaching Islamabad on 1st February.<\/p>\n<p>The jirga denounced the killing of Naqeeb ullah Mehsud, a Pashtun shopkeeper who was shot to death by police during Karachi&#8217;s fabricated encounter. The jirga demanded a judicial investigation for Naqeebullah and other Pashtuns who were extrajudicially murdered by police encounters.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the PTM&#8217;s grand gathering took place in KPK on 8th April 2018.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/files\/Image\/mansoorf-e1581325744120-696x392-1.jpg\" alt=\"manzoor pashteen speech against army\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/files\/Image\/mansoorf-e1581325744120-696x392-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/files\/Image\/mansoorf-e1581325744120-696x392-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/files\/Image\/mansoorf-e1581325744120-696x392-1-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/files\/Image\/mansoorf-e1581325744120-696x392-1-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pakpedia.pk\/files\/Image\/mansoorf-e1581325744120-696x392-1-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Allegations_on_Manzoor\"><\/span><strong>Allegations on Manzoor<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>He denied the accusation that he was a foreign agent and denounced Pashtun protestors&#8217; portrayal as RAW agents or Afghanistan&#8217;s NDS (National Directorate of Security).<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pashteen_Cap\"><\/span><strong>Pashteen Cap<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>He wears the Pashteen cap at rallies and public functions, which transforms the hat into Pashtun Tahafuz Movement&#8217;s symbolic emblem and is commonly nicknamed &#8216;Manzoor Cap&#8217; or &#8216;Pashteen Cap&#8217; after him.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Social_Media_Handles\"><\/span><strong>Social Media Handles<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>His social media accounts include<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManzoorPashteen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManzoorPashteen<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"b00727ef825422fce55dcec575f010f4\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3065899539402540\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3065899539402540\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2822768297\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nManzoor Ahmed Pashteen who is famous for his social services is an activist for human rights and a student of veterinary medicine. 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