𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀.

When Jinnah propounded the concept of two-nation theory in the 1940s on the eve of the winding up of the British rule, the Muslims could elect their own candidate to represent them in the provincial legislative councils and legislative assemblies but little did they know then that they would still face the wrath of the state and had to be the victim of state’s draconian policies. It’s not long ago when we need to swift through the pages of political pandemonium and witness the sheer discrimination between two citizens holding same nationality and belonging to the same democracy. By now, you must be aware that I’m mentioning about the two most-talked about incidents of Pakistan in which one highlighted the power of bureaucracy and the other portrayed the plight of a common citizen, punished for demanding the fundamental rights. The one who stood against the state for his comrades is Ali Wazir. He was pursuing a degree in law at the turn of the century when his hometown, Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan agency, became the epicenter of global terrorism when a host of Taliban-allied groups sought shelter in the http://communities.No
doubt the terrorists had some individual local facilitators, but ultimately it was the state that failed to prevent them from using the territory. When his father, the chief of the Ahmadzai Wazir tribe, and other local leaders complained of their presence, government officials ignored and silenced them. Instead, Islamabad spent years denying the presence of any Afghan, Arab, or Central Asian http://militants.By
2003, the militants had established a foothold in South and North Waziristan tribal agencies and were attempting to build a local emirate. Ali Wazir’s elder brother Farooq Wazir, a local political activist and youth leader, became the first victim of a long campaign in which thousands of Pashtun tribal leaders, activists, politicians, and clerics were killed with near absolute impunity. Their only crime was to question or oppose the presence of dangerous terrorists in their homeland.in is available for purchase
2005, Ali Wazir was in prison when his father, brothers, cousins, and an uncle were killed in a single ambush. He was behind the bars because of the draconian colonial-era Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) law, that holds an entire tribe or region responsible for the crimes of an individual or any alleged crime committed in the territory.Ali Wazir had committed no crime, never got a fair trial, and was not sentenced, yet he was prevented even from participating in the funerals for his family. In the subsequent years, six more members of his extended family were assassinated. The authorities have not even investigated these crimes let alone held anyone responsible.in
2016, the family owned market in Wana was dynamited after a bomb blast that killed an army officer which was an accident. They nevertheless destroyed their livelihoods under the FCR. After the demolition, the government prevented the local community — mostly members of Ahmadzai Wazir tribe — from collecting donations to help them. They were told, it would set an unacceptable precedent because the government cannot let anyone help those it http://punishes.So

all together 16 members of his family, including his father, two brothers were killed by Taliban during these years.He was one of the main leader of Pashtun Tahafaz Movement (PTM), a civic rights movement for the rights of the victims of war on terror.

𝗔𝗹𝗶 𝗪𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗿 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗵. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝘁, 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝗵𝘁𝘂𝗻𝘀. 𝗔𝗹𝗶 𝘄𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝟭𝟴 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗶𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻.

On the other hand, we have the high profile case of Imran Riaz Khan who completed his graduation in Journalism and started his career as an anchor in 90s. Currently he enjoys over 3.1 million subscribers on Youtube. But situation took a turn. It was 30th June late night when the Attock police arrested him from Attock. Khan was heading to Islamabad when he was arrested in connection with a treason case registered against him in Attock.Police told the media outlet that a first information report (FIR) had been lodged against Imran Riaz Khan in Attock. The journalist has been implicated in a slew of cases which he says were motivated by his refusal to “stop speaking the truth”.A number of FIRs were registered against journalist in various cities including Muzzafargarh and Sargodha. According to the allegations, the anchor’s actions were a serious crime and a breach of the Constitution because they offended Pakistani citizens’ feelings.A day before his arrest, Riaz was critical of the Shehbaz Sharif led government and uploaded a video to YouTube, in which The Dawn news outlet describes that he had ‘directly addressed Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and alleged that he was threatened after asking questions from military sources about the country’s current political and economic situation.’ Riaz also indicated that his family is the target of threats.Following the arrest, PTI leaders, including Chairman Imran Khan, Fawad Chaudhry, Asad Umar, Shahbaz Gill, and others, raised voices in support of the journalist and condemned the act.Former prime minister Imran Khan strongly protested the ‘arbitrary arrest’ and called on the public as well as the media to ‘unite and stand up against this fascism’.PTI leader Asad Umar stated PTI party workers will stage protests at press clubs throughout the country for what he said is an “attempt to suppress freedom of expression.The Islamabad High Court disposed off a petition filed by senior journalist Imran Riaz Khan against his detention, ruling that the case did not fall under its jurisdiction.Following his arrest, Khan’s legal team moved IHC to initiate contempt proceedings against police. In late-night action, IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah issued notices to Islamabad police chief and chief commissioner.During 6th July hearing, Imran Riaz Khan’s lawyer contended that his client was arrested from the Islamabad toll plaza. The chief justice remarked that the case did not fall under the jurisdiction of IHC as the arrest was made in Attock and advised the lawyer to approach the Lahore High Court.

𝗧𝗵𝘂𝘀, 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗸𝘄𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 (𝗟𝗛𝗖).𝗔 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗻'𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲.

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘱. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴