The Kharqamar incident (Pashto: د خړکمر خونړۍ پېښه; Urdu: واقعہ خڑکمر; also Kharkamar or Khar Qamar massacre[4]) took place on 26 May 2019 when Pakistan Army massacred activists of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), who were holding a protest gathering near Kharqamar check post in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

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.

[5][6][7][8] 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.

[12] 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.

"[18] 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.

Since its beginning in February 2018, the PTM had faced arbitrary detentions, treason charges against its leaders, and a blanket ban on media coverage of its events in Pakistan.

"[15][23] On 26 May 2019, Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar led a group of PTM activists to the Kharqamar area of North Waziristan to lead a protest and investigate allegations of military rights abuses.

[5] Video footage showed Wazir and Dawar were stopped by the security forces at a checkpoint, where they and other PTM supporters argued with the soldiers who would not let them pass, but they eventually crossed two barriers.

[24] One video showed that as the convoy crossed the checkpoint, Wazir was received with a garland of flowers by the protesters, when shooting erupted and the crowd around him dispersed.

[25][26] The Pakistani military, on the other hand, claimed that a group led by PTM leaders Wazir and Dawar assaulted on check post.

[9] The Pakistani media, however, said that Wazir provoked the protesters to attack the military check post and that Dawar's security guards were armed.

[1] A protest was going on in the area when on May 26, Wazir and Dawar, two elected representatives from Waziristan in the Pakistani parliament, tried to join the protestors, but they were stopped at Kharqamar check post by the Pakistan Army.

'[36][37] A deputy commissioner of North Waziristan alleged that PTM leaders Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar were responsible for the Kharqamar incident.

Also in Pakistani Azad Kashmir, youth protested against this incident[39] and they called for release of Ali Wazir, Mohsin Dawar, and other PTM activists.

They have directly arrested the leadership and begun a campaign to malign them [on social media].”[40] Amnesty International strongly condemned this attack and called upon Pakistani authorities to have an impartial investigation.

[42]Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières launched an international call for the release of Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar and withdrawal of false cases against them.

[44]Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) chairperson Bilawal Bhutto demanded production orders for the National Assembly members Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar.

"[45] A delegation of PPP, led by former Prime Minister of Pakistan Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, also officially requested the National Assembly Speaker for issuing the production orders.

[46] Pakistan Muslim League's (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz strongly condemned the incident and asked for an investigation so that the facts could be made public.

[48][49] Rana Sanaullah, the former Law Minister of Punjab, said “if it has not been in his [Asad Qaiser's] capacity to issue order of production of Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar, then he should immediately resign.”[50] Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, a PML-N leader and former Prime Minister of Pakistan, also urged the speaker to issue production orders for Wazir and Dawar.

Trying to bar this would only lead to increasing resentment.”[52] The Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) senator Usman Kakar demanded the formation of a "parliamentary commission" to find facts about the incident.