Jamal Malyar Maseed ( ps, جمال مالیار ماسید; ur, جمال مالیار محسود) is a Pakistani politician and one of the leaders of the
Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM; ps, پښتون ژغورنې غورځنګ ''Paṣtūn Zhghōrənē Ghōrźang''; ur, , lit=Pashtun Protection Movement) is a social movement for Pashtun human rights based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan ...
(PTM). Malyar belongs to the
Mahsud
The Mahsud or Mehsood ( ps, محسود), also spelled Maseed ( ps, ماسيد), is a Karlani Pashtun tribe inhabiting mostly the South Waziristan Agency in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan, now merged within Khyb ...
tribe of
South Waziristan
South Waziristan District ( ps, سويلي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ, ur, ) was a district in Dera Ismail Khan Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa before splitting in to Lower South Waziristan District and Upper South Waziristan District and t ...
, Pakistan. He is a member of the
Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
The Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (; ), abbreviated as PMAP or PKMAP, is a political party in Pakistan's Balochistan province. It was founded by Mahmood Khan Achakzai, who was elected as the chairman, and Sher Ali Bacha, who served as the General ...
(PMAP).
Political career
In the
2018 Pakistani general election
General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...
, Jamal Malyar contested
NA-49 (Tribal Area-X) South Waziristan
South Waziristan District ( ps, سويلي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ, ur, ) was a district in Dera Ismail Khan Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa before splitting in to Lower South Waziristan District and Upper South Waziristan District and t ...
as a candidate from the
Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party
The Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (; ), abbreviated as PMAP or PKMAP, is a political party in Pakistan's Balochistan province. It was founded by Mahmood Khan Achakzai, who was elected as the chairman, and Sher Ali Bacha, who served as the General ...
(PMAP), but lost to the
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
The Muttahida Majlis–e–Amal (MMA; Urdu: , "United Council of Action") is a political alliance consisting of conservative, Islamist, religious, and far-right parties of Pakistan. Naeem Siddiqui (the founder of Tehreek e Islami) proposed suc ...
(MMA) candidate
Maulana Jamal ud Din.
In the
2019 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election
Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's constituencies belonging to areas previously known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on 20 July 2019. After the election, the new members joined the a ...
, Malyar contested PK-113 (South Waziristan-I) as an
independent
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candidate. However, the administration of South Waziristan restricted him to his house because of which he could not run an election campaign.
Hafiz Assamuddin
Hafiz Assamuddin is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from August 2019 to January 2023.
Political career
Assamuddin contested 2019 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election on 20 July 2019 f ...
of
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (Fazl) also Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) or simply as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Urdu: ; ; JUI-F) is a Deobandi Sunni political party in Pakistan. Established as the ''Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam'' in 1945, it is the result o ...
won the election. "The administration gave me no reason for imposing this sort of house arrest," Malyar said.
Detention in South Waziristan
In September 2017, Malyar and a couple of other human rights activists, namely
Manzoor Pashteen
Manzoor Ahmad Pashteen (Pashto: منظور احمد پښتين, Urdu: منظور احمد پشتین) is a Pakistani Pashtun human rights activist from South Waziristan. He is the chairman of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM).
("Pashtun Protection ...
and Shah Faisal Ghazi, were detained by the security forces of Pakistan at Barwand check post in
Tiarza Tehsil
Tiarza Tehsil is a subdivision located in South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The population is 45,210 according to the 2017 census.
Notable people
* Jamal Malyar Maseed
See also
* Kaniguram
* List of tehsils of Khyber Pa ...
, South Waziristan, because of their protest against landmines in
Dera Ismail Khan
Dera Ismail Khan (; bal, , Urdu and skr, , ps, ډېره اسماعيل خان), abbreviated as D.I. Khan, is a city and capital of Dera Ismail Khan District, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 37th largest city of Pakistan ...
a few days earlier. However a day later, they were released by the military because of the social media campaign for them by their supporters.
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References
Living people
Pashtun people
People from South Waziristan
Pashtun Tahafuz Movement politicians
Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party politicians
1992 births
Pakistani prisoners and detainees
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