Afghan President Opposes Manzoor Pashteen Arrest.

Ashraf Ghani, Afghan President shows concerns over the arrest of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen. He took it to twitter saying that such ‘Peaceful Civilian Movements’ should be supported. However, Pakistan does not endorse Afghan President’s views and strongly condemned the president’s statements saying Pakistan is an independent state and Afghanistan should not […] The post Afghan President Opposes Manzoor Pashteen Arrest. appeared first on Nation Bytes.

Jul 22, 2020 - 16:51 Updated: Jul 22, 2020 - 16:51
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Afghan President Opposes Manzoor Pashteen Arrest.

Ashraf Ghani, Afghan President shows concerns over the arrest of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen. He took it to twitter saying that such ‘Peaceful Civilian Movements’ should be supported.

However, Pakistan does not endorse Afghan President’s views and strongly condemned the president’s statements saying Pakistan is an independent state and Afghanistan should not interfere in its internal affairs. PM’s special advisor Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan also took it to twitter

The Foreign Office of Pakistan slammed the Afghan president’s statement and labelled it as ‘unwarranted’. The press release from FO states:  

“We have noted with serious concern the recent tweets by President Ashraf Ghani, which are a clear interference in Pakistan’s internal affairs and hence, unwarranted. We believe that such statements are not helpful to the promotion of good neighborly relations between the two countries.”

Furthermore, the FO reminded Kabul that Islamabad seeks to “maintain close and cordial relations with Afghanistan” which are based “non-intervention and non-interference”.

Highlights of Manzoor Pashteen Arrest

Manzoor Pashteen was arrested by police in Peshawar on Sunday night for allegedly giving ‘anti-state’ speeches at public gatherings. In response, PTM announced countrywide protests against the arrest of its founding leader.

Magistrate Saleemur Rehman heard a case registered against Mr Pashteen in Dera Ismail Khan who sent him to the Peshawar central prison on judicial remand for 14 days on Monday.

It was stated in the FIR that through his speech Mr Pashteen tried to create hatred among different nationalities of Pakistan and also used derogatory language against the state.

The FIR was registered under Section 123A (condemnation of creation of Pakistan), 124-A (sedition), 120-A (criminal conspiracy), 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the PPC and Section 16 of MPO.

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