Pakistani Minister: PTM banned due to alleged ties with terrorist organizations

Pakistan’s Information and Broadcasting Minister announced on Tuesday that the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) has been banned due to alleged “close ties” with “terrorist groups.” Attaullah Tarar, the minister, also accused the PTM of engaging in “campaigns against the country.”

The minister did not specify the organizations with which PTM is allegedly connected.

In his remarks to Pakistani media, Tarar accused PTM members of past actions, such as burning Pakistan’s national...