Pakistani Che risks all to take on the armyEvery morning Ahmed Shah puts on his circular, red-and-black cap, decorated with spades, and feels ready to take on the world. The government has responded with a crackdown, banning rallies and harassing PTM supporters. Even the “Pashteen hat” has been subjected to local, unofficial bans. Pashteen tells his audience that he has come to Lahore, a city populated by relatively few Pashtuns, to “expose what the army are doing against us”. From the back seat of a car whisking him away from a horde of supporters, Pashteen tells the Guardian that he is unconcerned by a possible threat to his life.

Source: The Guardian May 02, 2018 03:56 UTC