Mohsin Dawar

Mohsin Javed Dawar (Pashto: محسن جاوېد داوړ) is a Pakistani politician who is the chairman of the National Democratic Movement (NDM). He has been a member of the National Assembly since August 2018. He is a founding member of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM).

Mohsin Dawar
محسن داوړ
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
13 August 2018
ConstituencyNA-48 (Tribal Area-IX)
Personal details
BornMiramshah, North Waziristan[1]
Political partyNational Democratic Movement
Parent(s)
  • Javed Iqbal Dawar (father)

He has formerly served as the president of the National Youth Organisation (NYO) and Pashtun Students Federation (PSF), 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, defeating Mufti Misbahudin of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and Aurangzeb Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[5]

On 1 September 2021, Dawar founded a political party, National Democratic Movement (NDM).[6] Some analysts claimed that the 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]

From 11 to 14 March 2022, he was part of the Pashtun National Jirga, which was held in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to discuss the critical issues faced by the Pashtuns in Pakistan and Afghanistan.[9]

References
  1. "Mr. Mohsin Dawar". National Assembly of Pakistan. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. "ANP dissolves NYO's organising committee". www.thenews.com.pk.
  3. "PTM denies expelling Mohsin Dawar, Ali Wazir for contesting elections". The Express Tribune. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  4. "'Pawns of establishment' suffer election rout, army critics win polls". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  5. "NA-10, NA-48 to have re-election over low turnout of women". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  6. "MNA Mohsin Dawar Launches National Democratic Movement In Peshawar". The Friday Times. September 1, 2021.
  7. "Waziristan MNA, nationalists form political party". Dawn. 2 September 2021.
  8. Krishnankutty, Pia (September 2, 2021). "Pashtun leaders launch National Democratic Movement, party to counter Pakistan 'militarisation'". ThePrint.
  9. "Nationalist parties convene jirga on Pakhtun issues". The News International. March 12, 2022.
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