FIR registered against 12 PTM members including MNA Ali Wazir

FIR filed for 'chanting slogans against state and security forces'

A first information report (FIR) was registered on Monday against members of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement's (PTM) central committee including MNA Ali Wazir in North Waziristan.

The FIR was registered against Wazir and 11 other individuals for "enticing people to revolt against the state and for protesting and chanting slogans against state and security forces".


District Police Officer (DPO) South Waziristan Kifayatullah registered the FIR based on an intelligence report.



Last week, the army signalled taking legal action against the leadership of PTM, stating that “those who are playing in others’ hands, their time is up”.

Speaking at a news conference in Rawalpindi, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor accused PTM of getting funds from Afghanistan’s secret agency, National Directorate of Security (NDS) and India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).

“Those who playing in others hands, their time is up,” said Ghafoor.