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Pakistan bans prominent Pashtun rights group citing security concerns

Supporters and activists of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement take part in a protest against the military in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province [File: Banaras Khan/AFP]

Pakistan has banned the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), or Pashtun Protection Movement, a prominent rights group, listing it as a “proscribed organisation”.

A notification issued by the federal government on Sunday said the PTM was “engaged in certain activities which are prejudicial to the peace and security of the country”.

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