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Pakistan bans Pashtun group as government cracks down on dissent

Pakistan bans Pashtun group as government cracks down on dissent



Protests have been broken up with violence and opposition politicians from Imran Khan’s party arrestedPakistani authorities have unleashed a draconian crackdown on dissent, breaking up opposition protests with violence and mass arrests and banning a movement to promote the rights of the ethnic Pashtun community under terrorism laws.Hundreds of riot police fired teargas and charged with batons as supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party of the incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan, gathered to protest over the weekend in the cities of Islamabad and Lahore. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/07/pakistan-bans-pashtun-group-ptm-crackdown-dissent

Author : Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent

Publish date : 2024-10-07 12:03:52

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