Abstract
This is very much difficult to deny the increasing role of technology in expressing one’s views, opinions and ideological convictions. Social media has the power to affect the political, economic and social choices of the people. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of social media in the mobilization of Pashtun community. In this connection, we study the role of social media in the formation of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). We collect primary data through random sampling. The findings of our study indicate that social media proved highly instrumental in the mobilization of people to attend Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). We also find that combination of factors including history of deprivation, the discriminatory behavior of the state institutions, humiliation at check posts and demands for the recovery of missing persons lead to the formation of PTM. We conclude the presence of theseother factors as necessary but not the sufficient condition for the mobilization of people. Social media provide the sufficient condition to motivate and activate the masses to attend these gatherings.

Muhammad Shahid, Bakht Zaman. (2020) Social Media and Mobilization of Pashtun Community in Pakistan: A Case Study of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, Putaj Humanities And Social Science, Volume-27, Issue-1.
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