April 20: The Washington Post report by Pamela Constable and Haq Nawaz Kjan states that the rally on April 8 was a pivotal moment for the Pashtun Protection Movement, known by its Urdu initials PTM. Once a tiny group that denounced abuses in the northwest tribal area, it burst onto the national scene in January after Naquibullah Mehsud, a young Pashtun man in distant Karachi, was shot dead in a police anti-terrorism operation. A surge of anger swept Pashtun communities across the country. For the first time, this scattered and struggling populace found common cause, especially via social media, raising the specter of a nationalist uprising in the minority of 40 million.
The Washington Post: In Pakistan, a young Pashtun man was killed by police. Another has risen to lead a movement.
