ISLAMABAD – Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Mohsin Dawar hasresponded in a utter surprise over Afghanistan President tweet againstPakistan.
He has thanked Afghan President Ashraf Ghani for a statement which has beenunanimously condemned by Pakistani politicians and media as “grossinterference” in Pakistan’s internal matters.
A tweet by Mohsin Dawar, a young MNA from Waziristan region, thankingPresident Ghani might only damage the PTM’s cause by providing grist to therumour mill that someone else is pulling the strings of the movement.
The Afghan leader on Thursday took to Twitter to unleash unprecedentedcriticism of the Pakistani government for its alleged rights abuses inKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
Ghani’s tweet came days after a group of PTM activists were detained duringa protest against the killing of a fellow activist Professor Ibrahim, aliasArman Loni, allegedly by police in Loralai district of Balochistan.
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Surprisingly while Pakistani government, politicians, and media personscondemned with one voice President Ghani’s “gross interference inPakistan’s internal matters”, MNA Mohsin Dawar thanked the Afghan leaderfor his support.
Pakistani officials have long suspected that the Afghan intelligenceagencies support the PTM in an attempt to destabilise Pakistan by cashingin on the grievances of the Pashtun people.
Kabul and PTM both deny this allegation, but MNA Dawar’s tweet, which is instark contrast to the state stance, could only lend credence to suspicion.
