Mohsin Dawar

Mohsin Javed Dawar (Urdu: محسن جاوید داوڑ‎, Pashto: محسن جاوېد داوړ‎) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018 and a leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement.

Mohsin Dawar
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
FatherJaved lqbal[1]

Political career

Dawar is associated with the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement.[2]


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

Controversy

In April 2020 , Mohsin Dawar tried to downplay the seriousmess of the Corona Virus 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.[5][6]. He has also been criticized for making racist remarks against other ethnic groups of Pakistan . In a tweet he said that the policeman who arrested him was a “…a Punjabi with ugly face.”[7]

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. https://dailytimes.com.pk/590337/war-on-coronavirus-and-ptms-anti-pakistan-agenda/
  6. https://nation.com.pk/26-Mar-2020/ptm-s-dawar-lands-in-another-controversy
  7. https://bolojawan.com/from-mohsin-dawar-to-usman-dar-heres-how-racist-we-pakistanis-are/


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