PTM member bashes Pakistani military for its attempts to stifle their freedom of expression

Dec 11, 2023

Geneva (Switzerland), December 11 (ANI): Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) member Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi lambasted the Pakistani military establishment for trying to stifle their freedom of expression. He asserted that they cannot stifle their freedom around the world. He said that PTM will continue its struggle until the release of PTM chief Manzoor Ahmed Pashteen, who he stressed was arrested arbitrarily and presented before the "kangaroo courts" of Pakistan. Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi said PTM activists around the world have organised protests after the arrest of Manzoor Ahmed Pashteen. He said that PTM does not believe in Pakistan's courts, which he stressed, "are compromised under the boot of the Pakistani military establishment." “You know, the Pakistani military establishment is, you know, forcefully trying to stifle our freedom of expression and our right to peaceful assembly. But they cannot stop us around the world. They can stifle our freedom of expression in Pakistan, but they cannot stifle our freedom around the world because we are living in free world,” he said.