Mohsin Dawar
Mohsin Dawar | |
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محسن داوړ | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
Assumed office 13 August 2018 | |
Constituency | NA-48 (Tribal Area-IX) |
Personal details | |
Born | Miramshah, North Waziristan[1] |
Political party | National Democratic Movement |
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Mohsin Javed Dawar (Pashto: محسن جاوېد داوړ) is a Pashtun nationalist politician who is the chairman of the National Democratic Movement (NDM). He has been a member of the National Assembly since August 2018, and a leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM).
He has formerly served as the president of the Pashtun Students Federation (PSF) and National Youth Organisation (NYO), the youth wings of the Awami National Party (ANP).[2]
Political career[]
Dawar was formerly a student leader associated with the Awami National Party. He became a leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement in February 2018.[3] On 20 March 2018, his membership was suspended from the Awami National Party by the party's president, Asfandyar Wali Khan.[2]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from NA-48 (Tribal Area-IX) in the 2018 general election.[4] He received 16,526 votes and defeated Mufti Misbahudin of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).[5]
On 1 September 2021, Dawar founded a political party, National Democratic Movement.[6] Some analysts claimed that the National Democratic Movement (NDM) would cause a set back for the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), a non-parliamentary political movement, and curtail its influence. However, according to Mohsin Dawar, the NDM would support the PTM. "The PTM is a joint movement and we remained part of it. I don’t think that the NDM will weaken the PTM," he stated.[7] Several other leaders who joined the NDM, including Jamila Gilani and Abdullah Nangyal, were also prominent activists in the PTM.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Mr. Mohsin Dawar". National Assembly of Pakistan. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ a b "ANP dissolves NYO's organising committee". www.thenews.com.pk.
- ^ "PTM denies expelling Mohsin Dawar, Ali Wazir for contesting elections". The Express Tribune. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "'Pawns of establishment' suffer election rout, army critics win polls". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "NA-10, NA-48 to have re-election over low turnout of women". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "MNA Mohsin Dawar Launches National Democratic Movement In Peshawar". The Friday Times. September 1, 2021.
- ^ "Waziristan MNA, nationalists form political party". Dawn. 2 September 2021.
- ^ Krishnankutty, Pia (September 2, 2021). "Pashtun leaders launch National Democratic Movement, party to counter Pakistan 'militarisation'". ThePrint.
- Living people
- Pashtun people
- People from North Waziristan
- People from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Politicians from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Pashtun Tahafuz Movement politicians