[7][2] The four-day sit-in had been organized by PTM activists, including Arman and his sister Wranga Loni, to protest against the 2019 Loralai attack, in which eight policemen and a civilian had been killed by the Pakistani Taliban on 29 January 2019.
[11][14] Mohsin Dawar, a parliamentarian and PTM leader, said that an application to lodge a first information report (FIR) for the murder was submitted against the prime suspect assistant superintendent of police (ASP) Attaur Rehman Tareen, a retired Pakistan Air Force officer.
[11][16] On February 3, Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan took notice of Arman's death and sought an official report from the commissioner of Zhob Division within 48 hours.
[18] PTM also held widespread protests in reaction to the murder, during which dozens of its activists, including Gulalai Ismail and Abdullah Nangyal, were arrested by Pakistani authorities.
[25][26][27] On 14 March 2022, the Pashtun National Jirga in Bannu demanded that Arman's death be investigated by a credible judicial commission headed by Justice Qazi Faez Isa, and that the report be made public.
Despite the economic hardships, Arman started taking part in political activities of the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party and became a human rights activist during his student life.
[1] Consequently, Arman's family was forced to move from Sanjawi to Killa Saifullah, the hometown of Nawab Ayaz Jogezai, the Pashtun tribal chief who offered them refuge.
[1][2] According to several eyewitnesses, assistant superintendent of police (ASP) Attaur Rehman Tareen, a retired Pakistan Air Force flight lieutenant, was involved in the attack, who started assaulting Arman with the butt of his gun as soon as seeing him.
[7][3] On 5 March 2019, the standing committee on human rights in the Senate of Pakistan condemned the police for refusing to lodge a first information report (FIR) for Arman's death.
"[2] In his opinion article for The New York Times, Pashteen wrote that on their way back from Killa Saifullah after attending the funeral, the security forces fired at the car transporting himself, Ali Wazir, and Mohsin Dawar, but luckily they were unharmed.
[7] The initial autopsy, conducted by Saleem Abro, the medical superintendent of Quetta's Civil Sandeman hospital, in the presence of 10 health experts, said there were no torture marks on Arman's body.
Saleem Abro and Police Surgeon Ayesha Faiz, while addressing the media, said the blood samples of Arman's brain, heart and body had been sent to a forensic laboratory in Lahore in order to ascertain the cause of death.
"[13][54] More than 20 activists of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, including Gulalai Ismail and Abdullah Nangyal, were arrested by the Pakistani government during protests against Arman's murder.
It is shocking that the Pakistani authorities have resorted to such heavy-handed methods even as senior government officials have clearly acknowledged that the PTM has legitimate grievances that must be addressed.
"[26][25] Brad Adams, executive director of the Asian division of Human Rights Watch, said: "Pakistani officials should recognize the country's diversity as a strength and not a weakness.
He further said: "We believe it is the moral responsibility of every government to support civil activities that take a stand against the terrorism and extremism that plagues and threatens our region and collective security."
"[58] Responding to the allegation by Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Saleh said: "We [Afghanistan] have been on the receiving end of terror and Taliban for years sent and exported from your country [Pakistan].
[17] Referring to the 'shutter down' strike in Balochistan on February 4, the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party senator Usman Kakar said in his speech to mourners: "This entire region is seething with anger.