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Who is funding PTM and why?

In Pashto, the slogans thundering the grounds in which Manzoor Pashteen sits sounds something like “Fojian ba wajnu. Kalia foj ba watan na basu. Khana jangi pkar da. Lar aw bar yao Afg”. (We will kill soldiers & Remove Kalia army. Civil war is needed. Both sides are Afghanistan’s).

Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), Manzoor Pashteen’s brain child, a movement supposedly fighting for the rights of Pashtun people of Pakistan but so cleverly masked in ethnic woes that it becomes hard to see the reality behind its propaganda. It is easy to contend that PTM demands have legitimacy because of its following, however, the MQM regime under Altaf Hussain had such a following albeit greater in number. However, beyond the superficial number of followers and the smokescreen of “constitutional” demands lie important questions about the real agenda of PTM and the money it has.
The agenda put up by Manzoor Pashteen includes demands that can clearly be seen for their anti-state spirit. Within the course of his sit-ins and protests, certain anti-army slogans were raised, the idea of an independent Pakhtunistan was circulated in hushed tones and the Pakistani flag was barred from being raised.
Those who were capable of making an opinion free from ethnic motivations and bias were quick to point out the treasonous behavior of PTM and its followers and felt agitated at how it was still being allowed to function freely in the country. This gave rise to the Pakistan Zindabad Movement which followed the PTM everywhere it went and called it out over its anti-state agenda. Even the tribal leadership that had previously contacted the government over its grievances resolutely opposed Manzoor Pashteen and his agenda.
Many dubious media and political stalwarts such as Mehmood Achakzai, Hussain Haqqani, Marvi Sarmad and Asfandyar Ali etc, flocked to the support of PTM and basked in the anti-Pakistan glory of its propaganda. Afghanistan’s Senate and President separately lauded Manzoor Pashteen’s efforts, and many international publications such as Voice of America and Al-Jazeera endorsed the movement. It was interesting to see that those who would not raise their voices and exercise their influence over the real issue of Rohingya and Kashmir crisis had all the time for PTM’s malicious propaganda.
Manzoor Pashteen has played his cards diplomatically, refusing to give any clarity on the matter of his movement’s bonhomie with foreign politicians, exiled and disgraced dissents and terrorist sympathizing figures while constantly holding the Army responsible for the Pashtun plight, raising many eyebrows in the course of his PTM activism. Not only is he uncomfortable in stating his views on the FATA-KPK merger, the major hurdle in FATA mainstreaming, he has always evaded anyone attempting to uncover his ambitions.
The learned and informed have rightfully pointed out that PTM has chosen a convenient time to come to the surface and demand whatever rights they feel are not being catered for. For one, the menace of terrorism was the greatest threat to the sovereignty of the Pashtun and their rights in FATA and North Waziristan, a menace bravely eradicated by none other than the Pakistan Armed Forces. If Manzoor Pashteen is the human rights champion as he claims, why was he missing when members of the Pashtun community were being massacred by Taliban? Why surface when peace is finally being restored to the afflicted areas and the Pashtun people are being rehabilitated and their lives normalized?
Pashtun plight and sensational allegations against the state and army may have been enough to attract attention from ethnically biased people, but sentimentalism is not enough to deter people from inquiring about the source of PTM funding that has catalyzed its self-serving parade throughout the country.
It is not unnatural to wonder that how Manzoor Pashteen manages to gather enough money to march throughout the country and bring his followers along. After all, the only other time people see such sit-ins and protests are when political parties mobilize to gain public favor. Parties like PTI, PMLN, PPP etc. have a strong hold in the form of loyalists, both citizens and ex-pats, who can donate generously to their cause without exhausting themselves. Since PTM is neither a political entity nor claims to have any political links, it is absurd to assume that such a movement was able to gather huge sums of money from thin air.
Manzoor Pashteen stated during an interview that he was raising money by gathering “Chanda” (Donations) from the tribal area residents he claims to represent. Even if one is to believe that this is the case, how can it be justified that a territory which barely recovered from the period of war and terrorism it underwent has enough to unselfishly give away?
FATA and North Waziristan are no metropolitans, they are poverty ridden war affected areas that are only just being rehabilitated by the humanitarian and developmental efforts of the army. Pakistan’s official report on multidimensional poverty launched by the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform documented that about 73% of FATA’s population suffers from multi-dimensional poverty, making it one of the poorest regions in the country. During the Taliban regime, money was extorted from residents, land unrightfully snatched and for those who were able to flee, the uncertainty of the years of war drained their financial resources. During the course of TTP rule, 4.5 million people were displaced and lived in refugee camps becoming subsequently penniless and dependent on government support for the very basic of needs.
Plainly stating, facts do not corroborate the heartfelt story of sacrifice by the Pashtun tribesmen that Manzoor Pashteen narrates to his audience. The same facts indicate that people of FATA and North Waziristan simply do not have the sort of money to throw at the feet of a young man who has risen out of the blue to demand “constitutional rights” on their behalf, regardless of how appealing it sounds. They do not have the financial ability or stability to continuously sustain PTM long marches, rallies and sit-ins that PTM social media accounts relate are attended by thousands. Even if one refrains from out rightly alleging that PTM is indeed being sponsored by foreign entities, interested in achieving their anti-Pakistan agendas through spreading discord and employing proxy war tactics, PTM has failed to provide sustainable argument and evidence that could strengthen its case, leaving behind a sense of doubt, inhibitions and suspicions.
SO WHO IS FUNDING PTM, AND WHY?


source: http://biafakhar.blogspot.com/2018/05/who-is-funding-ptm-and-why.html
 
“Fojian ba wajnu. Kalia foj ba watan na basu. Khana jangi pkar da. Lar aw bar yao Afg”. (We will kill soldiers & Remove Kalia army. Civil war is needed. Both sides are Afghanistan’s).
I'm sorry, but your statement above contradicts the very next statement (below)

a movement supposedly fighting for the rights of Pashtun people of Pakistan but so cleverly masked in ethnic woes that it becomes hard to see the reality behind its propaganda..

, it is damn clear... I remember a joke but I won't narrate it here...but anyways....my question is, Is iodised salt available to our political and military leaderships ?
 
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Lol...
The read started with a question and has ended with a question. Who and Why? Pakistan became independent in 1947 we are almost near a 70 years old nation and we still ask these questions of Who and Why is a shame. These answers should in the text books of Pakistani schools by now.

The answer is very simple to these things. The world is at war and will always remain at war. There was no first world war or second world war and there will be no third world war. The war is a continuous it is a single war which has continued from the very start of civilization and has not ended till now. It is a war of one religion against the other and one ideology against the other the names of war are just there to remember them specifically on time frame.

Pakistan is just a place on the battle field a corner of the battle field that matters and that is why this all happens to us. We are too important to be defeated and too dangerous to win it so there is a certain established dynamics for us.

Why do they fund is very simple. USA and EU want to dominate the world and rule it under what they think is a comfortable life for them and on the other hand Russia and China want to win it.

Now why are such people funded is very simple. They want to contain China and who will do it for them. They need some one like Zia who helped USA to contain Russia. So they will fund not just PTM but any one who will destabilize you and make you weak so that you come to terms with them in fighting their war. If tomorrow Pakistan agrees to wage a hybrid war on China and opens a front all such PTM MQM and XYZ will vanish and there will praises for you and if you don't fight for them then they will keep on working to find new ways to destabilize you. So it is very simple just play with the flow because who ever they fund in simple terms they are sending foreign exchange to your country and just covertly contain such elements and keep on developing your self.
 
Controversial guy appears out of nowhere with the intent to rapidly gain attention (blaming army for APS Peshawar etc, saying it created the TTP and so on), gets instant media coverage from the usual suspects but also, curiously, from a more distant enemy in whose discussions Pakistan hasn't featured for a very long time (I'm referring to the Jerusalem Post having posted about PTM) and seeks to have the army take counter-productive measures like removing checkposts. It's blatantly obvious.
 
I'm sorry, but your statement above contradicts the very next statement (below)



, it is damn clear... I remember a joke but I won't narrate it here...but anyways....my question is, Is iodised salt available to our political and military leaderships ?
I believe your processing capability is in need of help. Clearly you failed to understand not only what a quote is but you also fail to understand plain English. Unless you have a better argument to give, I suggest you retake English lessons.
P.S: There is no contradiction. :-)

Lol...
The read started with a question and has ended with a question. Who and Why? Pakistan became independent in 1947 we are almost near a 70 years old nation and we still ask these questions of Who and Why is a shame. These answers should in the text books of Pakistani schools by now.

The answer is very simple to these things. The world is at war and will always remain at war. There was no first world war or second world war and there will be no third world war. The war is a continuous it is a single war which has continued from the very start of civilization and has not ended till now. It is a war of one religion against the other and one ideology against the other the names of war are just there to remember them specifically on time frame.

Pakistan is just a place on the battle field a corner of the battle field that matters and that is why this all happens to us. We are too important to be defeated and too dangerous to win it so there is a certain established dynamics for us.

Why do they fund is very simple. USA and EU want to dominate the world and rule it under what they think is a comfortable life for them and on the other hand Russia and China want to win it.

Now why are such people funded is very simple. They want to contain China and who will do it for them. They need some one like Zia who helped USA to contain Russia. So they will fund not just PTM but any one who will destabilize you and make you weak so that you come to terms with them in fighting their war. If tomorrow Pakistan agrees to wage a hybrid war on China and opens a front all such PTM MQM and XYZ will vanish and there will praises for you and if you don't fight for them then they will keep on working to find new ways to destabilize you. So it is very simple just play with the flow because who ever they fund in simple terms they are sending foreign exchange to your country and just covertly contain such elements and keep on developing your self.
After establishing simple facts, it is left to the understanding of the reader to make an opinion about the "who" and "why", hence the question at the end. I believe there is enough substance in the article (please read figures given) for anyone to make a clear judgement. As far as your analysis of why PTM is being funded goes, I agree. Pakistan has become a defacto warland for those who aspire for political gain in the region. The recent change in geopolitical environment was bound to create such a disturbance such as the PTM as a pressure tactic. There is enough proof available for a person to vehemently agree that PTM is foreign sponsored propaganda to destabilize Pakistan.
 
Controversial guy appears out of nowhere with the intent to rapidly gain attention (blaming army for APS Peshawar etc, saying it created the TTP and so on), gets instant media coverage from the usual suspects but also, curiously, from a more distant enemy in whose discussions Pakistan hasn't featured for a very long time (I'm referring to the Jerusalem Post having posted about PTM) and seeks to have the army take counter-productive measures like removing checkposts. It's blatantly obvious.

"Gets instant media coverage"

Wow, do you have some special sort of TV at home ? As far as I am aware the boys haven't allowed an inch of the movement to be covered.
 
Gets instant media coverage abroad in hostile countries. Was I unclear?
 
Wow, very snarky. Now go apply the black paint to your face and become the PTM's kaaliya supporter #1.
 
After establishing simple facts, it is left to the understanding of the reader to make an opinion about the "who" and "why", hence the question at the end. I believe there is enough substance in the article (please read figures given) for anyone to make a clear judgement. As far as your analysis of why PTM is being funded goes, I agree. Pakistan has become a defacto warland for those who aspire for political gain in the region. The recent change in geopolitical environment was bound to create such a disturbance such as the PTM as a pressure tactic. There is enough proof available for a person to vehemently agree that PTM is foreign sponsored propaganda to destabilize Pakistan.

It has to do a lot with world political flow. If you look at the events happening around the world the story is same every where. Far right vs Far left and politicians target any thing they can find to get a certain pocket attracted. PTM is striving for nothing new. The injustice in Pakistan has made a certain group of people that get attracted to a voice that speaks against it and PTM is only doing that. Now the direction PTM is taking this blame shows their foreign agenda. PTM is blaming Army instead of Police and here it clearly shows that they have foreign institutional support and their entire narrative is wrong. It is the Job of Police to provide with in the border but PTM is blaming Army for it so they have an alien agenda on table.
 
"Braindead libtard burgers"
Awwww, you didn't even all caps it.
Now answer the question please , why didnt any news channel cover the story ?

They want ratings. Nawaz sharif Imran khan will catch people's attention, not PTM which isn't accepted by the very most in Pakistan. Also they're probably not trying to give make this something bigger than it has to be, they didn't cover the recent video statement made by TTP which they said they support PTM either.

This strategy of not publicizing unnecessary things and working with them behind the scenes is the way to go. They're (army) talking to them and with FATA merger and development projects things should go smoothly.

The problem in Pakistan is that media always used to give attention to things that weren't as big as they seem. They smartened up.
 
Aw. Don't have the courage to answer boot boy ?

Were you dropped on the head as a child? If you lack the agency to properly read the random comments you respond to better give it a rest. I was talking about foreign media covering PTM you moron.
 

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