Mohsin Dawar

Mohsin Javed Dawar (Pashto: محسن جاوېد داوړ‎; Urdu: محسن جاوید داوڑ‎) is a Pakistani politician who is the chairman of the National Democratic Movement (NDM). He is an activist in the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), and has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018.

Mohsin Dawar
محسن داوړ
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Assumed office
13 August 2018
ConstituencyNA-48 (Tribal Area-IX)
Personal details
BornMir Jan Kot Darpakhel, Miramshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan[1]
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPashtun Tahafuz Movement
National Democratic Movement
Parent(s)
  • Engineer Javid Iqbal Khan Dawar (father)

Political career

Dawar was associated with the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement since February 2018.[2] until he resigned from PTM and formed his own political National Democratic movement, He had leadership differences with Manzoor Pashteen over who will run PTM

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from NA-48 (Tribal Area-IX) in the 2018 general election.[3] He received 16,526 votes and defeated Mufti Misbahudin of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).[4]

On 1 September 2021, Dawar founded a political party, National Democratic Movement.[5] He left the PTM and formed his own party to promote rights of pashtoons.

Controversy

In April 2020, Dawar tried to downplay the seriousness of the coronavirus claiming in a village that corona was "nothing" and only a "way of making money" , remarks which have raised serious concerns as those could easily misguide the people living in the tribal region. Dawar also criticized Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for establishing quarantine centres in educational institutions.[6][7][8]

References
  1. "Mr. Mohsin Dawar". National Assembly of Pakistan. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. "PTM denies expelling Mohsin Dawar, Ali Wazir for contesting elections". The Express Tribune. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. "'Pawns of establishment' suffer election rout, army critics win polls". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  4. "NA-10, NA-48 to have re-election over low turnout of women". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  5. "MNA Mohsin Dawar Launches National Democratic Movement In Peshawar". The Friday Times. September 1, 2021.
  6. "War on coronavirus and PTM's anti-Pakistan agenda". Daily Times. 2020-04-06. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  7. "PTM's Dawar lands in another controversy". The Nation. 2020-03-26. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  8. "From Mohsin Dawar To Usman Dar; Here's How Racist We Pakistanis Are". Bolojawan.com. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2020-12-19.


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