Pakistan, March 21 -- It was like a dream come true-the coming into being of PTM (Pashtun Tahafuz Movement) about a year ago. Long and painful suffering in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, especially in its western districts (formally known as FATA) got a collective, articulate voice in PTM. The circle of fear-that had forced people to silently suffer atrocities- was broken and they could openly speak about their sufferings at hands of the Taliban and in the army operations since the post 9/11 war on terror in the region.
At a personal level, the PTM emergence is my moment of vindication. Few believed when in 2007 I started writing on gross human rights violations in the western districts of Khyber-Pakhtukhwa. Due to fear of the Taliban and the securit...