PTM seems to be a formal and legal extension of TTP/IEA
Starts with pushing for 'equal rights' under the constitution but soon it will be a referendum it seeks, if that is denied for obvious reasons, it can be an easy way for them to paint the people as 'slaves' and start a large scale insurgency.
"PTM member and National Assembly representative Ali Wazir was booked on charges of hate speech and desecration of the Pakistani flag in 2020 after he delivered a speech in Charsadda calling for the US to destroy state institutions in Islamabad, in the manner that it had attacked Afghanistan and Pashtuns. Information Minister of KPK Shaukat Ali Yousafzai demanded he be removed from National Assembly proceedings."