Alamzaib Mahsud

On 20 January 2019, Alamzaib was an organizer of a PTM public gathering in Karachi, which was held to celebrate the first anniversary of the movement. After the demonstration, the police lodged a First Information Report against Alamzaib and 15 other PTM activists, accusing them of using "undesirable language against state institutions" and charging them under anti-terrorism and public order laws. On 21 January, Alamzaib was disembarked and taken away from his car on a busy road in the city by an armed police team, which included a man in plainclothes brandishing pistol at him. Amnesty International, a human rights organization, showed concern about his disappearance and tweeted: "His whereabouts must be disclosed immediately. Either produce him in court or release him without delay." They added: "Other PTM activists with him were allegedly beaten up. Freedom of peaceful assembly must be protected. Activists must never be attacked." Alamzaib was presented in court on 22 January in handcuffs, with his face hooded. His arrest caused a social media outcry and protest demonstrations were held for him in several cities, including Karachi, Peshawar, Mardan, Swabi, Islamabad, and Quetta.

After about eight months in prison, he was granted bail against a surety bond of Rs500,000 by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 16 September 2019, a few days after which he was released.

On 26 January 2018, Alamzaib, Manzoor Pashteen, and 20 other activists started the Pashtun Long March from Dera Ismail Khan. As the protest march reached Islamabad, a sit-in called "All Pashtun National Jirga" was organized from 1 to 10 February 2018. The jirga condemned the murder of the Pashtun shopkeeper and aspiring model, Naqeebullah Mehsud, who was murdered in Karachi during a fake encounter by the police, and asked the government to set up a judicial inquiry for Naqeebullah Mehsud as well as all the other Pashtuns murdered extrajudicially in police encounters.