Alamzaib Mahsud
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Alamzaib Khan Mahsud | |
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Born | 1992 (age 31–32) human rights |
Movement | Pashtun Tahafuz Movement |
Alamzaib Khan Mahsud (
Personal life and education
Alamzaib graduated in chemistry,[2] and completed his master's degree in political science.[4] His maternal grandfather was a member of the Pakistan Army Special Service Group.[2]
Political activism
During his graduation studies, Alamzaib became a political activist. Formerly serving as the president of the Waziristan Chapter of Insaf Student Federation, he became one of the founders of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (formerly known as the "Mahsud Tahafuz Movement" after the Mahsud tribe).[2] Regarding why the movement was started, he said: "We have grown up watching all of this violence happen around us. In the end, we thought that someone should raise their voice, someone should ask the harsh questions. And we saw that there was no one. Not our political leadership, not our tribal leaders, no one is willing to ask these questions."[5] During a protest camp of landmine victims in Tank, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Alamzaib said: "In my area, these landmine explosives are scattered all over the place. I have taken pictures myself of unexploded artillery shells." According to him, he approached the Pakistani military three times to clear the shells from his village but was rejected each time. "Three months later, soldiers did arrive, but they were not there to remove the mines. Instead, they threatened my family and warned me to stop complaining about the dangers of living in our village on social media. So for three months they weren't able to send a unit, but then [on my Facebook post] they took such rapid action," he added.[1]
On 26 January 2018, Alamzaib,
Detention in Karachi
On 20 January 2019, Alamzaib was an organizer of a PTM public gathering in
After about eight months in prison, he was granted bail against a surety bond of Rs500,000 by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 16 September 2019, a few days after which he was released.[11]
See also
- Manzoor Pashteen
- Killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud
- Tahir Dawar
- Arman Loni
- Abdullah Nangyal
- Gulalai Ismail
References
- ^ a b "Landmines killing people in Pakistan's South Waziristan". Al Jazeera. 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ a b c d "Alamzaib Mahsud: A messiah for missing persons". Daily Times. 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ a b "Pashtun rights activist Alamzeb Mehsud arrested in Pakistan". Al Jazeera. 2019-01-22. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ "Pakistan Investigating Activist Over Alleged Rioting". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. January 24, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ^ "Pakistan's youth seek justice for Naqeebullah Mehsud". Al Jazeera. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ "Pashtun Tribes Stage Unprecedented Protest in Pakistan". The Diplomat. 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ "Unrest in Khaisor". Dawn. 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ a b "Sindh police book scores of PTM workers, leaders under terrorism charges". Dawn. 2019-01-21. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ "PTM protests against arrest of Alamzeb Mehsud". Khyber News. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ "Detention Of Ethnic Pashtun Activists Fuels Pakistan-Afghanistan Tensions". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. February 7, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ^ "SC grants bail to PTM's Alamzeb Mehsud". Pakistan Today. 2019-09-16. Retrieved 2019-10-09.