PTM chief says demanding peace our constitutional right.

SWAT -- Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement chief Manzoor Pashteen has said that demanding restoration of peace is not treachery against the state but their constitutional right.

He was addressing a gathering in Kabal tehsil here on Monday. The gathering was organised to welcome MNA Ali Wazir, a leader of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), after his release from prison.

Mr Pashteen said that propaganda was made against PTM, but the leaders and followers of the movement were silent as they knew that their demands were not beyond the law.

'We knew that one day all the Pakhtuns will understand our stance. I am happy that the movement is expanding day by day. Demanding peace is not treachery against the state, but our constitutional right. In reality, waging proxy war of external powers on our land is treachery,' he said.

Mr Pashteen said that that restoration of peace on their land was the major objective of PTM. He said that tribal, regional and political divisions among Pakhtuns kept them away from their collective cause. 'We must stand for all Pakhtuns irrespective of personal interests. PTM is not for the sake of PTM, but it is for all the oppressed Pakhtuns,' he said.

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