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- حادثة خركمر (بالبشتوية: د خړکمر خونړۍ پېښه)؛ (بالأردوية: واقعہ خڑکمر)؛ أو مذبحة خركمر، هي حادثة وقعت في 26 مايو 2019 خلال لقاء بين جنود الجيش الباكستاني ونشطاء حركة بشتون تحفظ بالقرب من نقطة تفتيش خركمر في داتا خيل في شمال وزيرستان في باكستان. (ar)
- The Kharqamar incident (Pashto: د خړکمر خونړۍ پېښه; Urdu: واقعہ خڑکمر; also Kharkamar or Khar Qamar massacre) took place on 26 May 2019 during a clash between the Pakistan Army and activists of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), who were holding a protest gathering near Kharqamar check post in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. To stop the demonstration, the security forces killed at least 13 PTM supporters and injured over 25 others. The military said PTM members attacked security forces before any shooting began and injured several soldiers, but the army showed no evidence to contradict the witness accounts and videos, that largely pointed to the contrary. Several PTM activists, including two members of the National Assembly of Pakistan, Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar, were arrested by the security forces after the incident and curfew was imposed in the area. Dawar, representative of North Waziristan in the National Assembly, said the gathering had been organized by peaceful and unarmed activists to protest against the alleged beating up of a woman by the military on May 25 and other human rights abuses in the area. The military alleged that the PTM leaders wanted to exert pressure for release of suspected terrorists’ facilitators, but PTM leaders denied this charge. Latif Afridi, the Peshawar High Court Bar President and former parliamentarian who was leading the panel of lawyers representing Wazir and Dawar in the court, argued that several videos showed that Wazir, Dawar, and other protesters were unarmed but the security personnel started unprovoked firing, resulting into deaths of peaceful protesters. According to ARY News and other Pakistani media, however, some videos showed that Wazir was inciting the crowd to attack the military check post. The media also said the security guards of Dawar were armed. A day after this incident, the opposition walked out of the National Assembly of Pakistan to protest against this violent incident. The opposition parties, including the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (PMLN), questioned the silence of prime minister Imran Khan on the incident and called for resolving the issue by the civilians through the parliament. However, Iftikhar Chaudhry, the deputy secretary of information for the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said "PTM constitutes terrorists who do not respect the constitution." Asad Qaiser, the Speaker of the National Assembly, was asked by the opposition to produce Wazir and Dawar before the parliament so that they could explain their viewpoint about the incident at the parliament sessions. The speaker issued similar production orders for the parliamentarians Asif Ali Zardari and Khawaja Saad Rafique, both arrested in corruption cases, but refused to issue production orders for Wazir and Dawar. On June 12, when the speaker was asked why he could not issue production orders for Wazir and Dawar, he replied he did "not have the ability to do so." On June 23, a fact-finding team of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan was stopped by the military from reaching Kharqamar and prevented from investigating about the incident. After almost four months in jail, Wazir and Dawar were released on bail on 21 September 2019. On 14 October 2020, the government withdrew the Kharqamar case against PTM, and Wazir and Dawar were acquitted of the charges against them. (en)
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- حادثة خركمر (بالبشتوية: د خړکمر خونړۍ پېښه)؛ (بالأردوية: واقعہ خڑکمر)؛ أو مذبحة خركمر، هي حادثة وقعت في 26 مايو 2019 خلال لقاء بين جنود الجيش الباكستاني ونشطاء حركة بشتون تحفظ بالقرب من نقطة تفتيش خركمر في داتا خيل في شمال وزيرستان في باكستان. (ar)
- The Kharqamar incident (Pashto: د خړکمر خونړۍ پېښه; Urdu: واقعہ خڑکمر; also Kharkamar or Khar Qamar massacre) took place on 26 May 2019 during a clash between the Pakistan Army and activists of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), who were holding a protest gathering near Kharqamar check post in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. To stop the demonstration, the security forces killed at least 13 PTM supporters and injured over 25 others. The military said PTM members attacked security forces before any shooting began and injured several soldiers, but the army showed no evidence to contradict the witness accounts and videos, that largely pointed to the contrary. Several PTM activists, including two members of the National Assembly of Pakistan, Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar, were arr (en)
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