MPA Kalam Wazir Says Not Free To Move In His Own Country

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa member of provincial assembly (MPA) Mir Kalam Wazir has said that being an elected member of the parliament, he was not free to move in his own country.

On Wednesday, MPA Mir Kalam Wazir, along with some Pashtun activists, was on his way to condole with the family of one Khatir Khan Shinwari in Landi Kotal, Khyber.

According to a report in Dawn, local residents had claimed that Shinwari had allegedly died in the custody of security forces. They also demanded a judicial inquiry into the incident.

MPA Mir Kalam Wazir, in a Twitter post, said that while the rest of Pakistan was celebrating Jinnah Day, he was stopped from freely moving.

While the rest of Pakistan is celebrating #JinnahDay, being an elected MPA, I am stopped to move freely in #جناح_کاپاکستان. What kind of freedom is this?#PashtunsRejectBanOnManzoor

— Mir Kalam Wazir (@KalamWazir) December 25, 2019

Activist Alamzeb Mehsud stated that there was no freedom to speak (for Pashtuns), no freedom to move, nor freedom of association.

What kind of freedom did you give us, which is a prison for the Pashtuns & rightful ppl? There is no freedom to speak, no freedom to go anywhere, nor freedom of association. today we were stopd 2 go khyber to make condolence with #KhatirShinwari family#PashtunsRejectBanOnManzoor

— AlamZaib Khan Mahsud (@AlamZaibPK) December 25, 2019