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

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 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.[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. "War on coronavirus and PTM's anti-Pakistan agenda". Daily Times. 2020-04-06. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  6. "PTM's Dawar lands in another controversy". The Nation. 2020-03-26. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  7. "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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