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{{Infobox person
| name               = Abdullah Nangyal
| image              = [[File:AbdullahNangyal.jpg|220px]]
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| caption            = Abdullah Nangyal Profile Picture.
| native_name        = {{nastaliq|عبدالله ننګیال}}
| native_name_lang   = ps
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| birth_date         = 5 September 1986
| birth_place        = [[Jandola]], [[Tank Subdivision|FR Tank]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], Pakistan<ref>{{cite web|url=https://herald.dawn.com/news/1398800|title=Manzoor Pashteen: Leading the fringe to the centre|website=Herald|date=February 13, 2019|access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref>
| nationality        = Pakistani
| other_names        = Abdullah Bettani<br /> Abdullah Nangyal Bettani
| citizenship        = 
| education          = [[Gomal University]] (Master in Mass communication and journalism)
| occupation         = politician, human rights activist
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| children           = * Wattan Pal Bettani(Son)
* Sabawoon Bettani(son)
* Hindara(Daughter)
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| father             = Rehmat Ullah Bettani
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| movement           = [[Pashtun Tahafuz Movement]]
| party              = * [[Pashtun Tahafuz Movement]] (Until 1st Sept 2021)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theprint.in/world/pashtun-leaders-launch-national-democratic-movement-party-to-counter-pakistan-militarisation/726652/ | title=Pashtun leaders launch National Democratic Movement, party to counter Pakistan 'militarisation' | date=2 September 2021 }}</ref>
* [[National Democratic Movement (Pakistan)|National Democratic Movement]](Present)
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'''Abdullah Nangyal Bettani''' ({{langx|ps|{{nastaliq|عبدالله ننګیال بېټنی}}}}, {{langx|ur|{{nastaliq|عبداللہ ننگیال بیٹنی}}}}) is a [[Pashtun nationalism|Pashtun nationalist]] politician, human right activist and a leader of the [[National Democratic Movement (Pakistan)|National Democratic Movement]] (NDM).<ref name="tp">{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/world/pashtun-leaders-launch-national-democratic-movement-party-to-counter-pakistan-militarisation/726652/|title=Pashtun leaders launch National Democratic Movement, party to counter Pakistan 'militarisation'|website=ThePrint|first=Pia|last=Krishnankutty|date=September 2, 2021}}</ref> He is a founding member of the [[Pashtun Tahafuz Movement]] (PTM).

==Personal life and Education==
Nangyal was born in [[Jandola]], [[Jandola Tehsil]] and brought up in [[Tank District]] subdivision of [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]. Nangyal is known as a prominent human right activist and politician, and  through the country, due to which he faced number of terrorism attacks and was arrested several times.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/pakistan-s-pashtun-crackdown-echoes-bangladesh-war/29987055.html | title=Pakistan's Pashtun Crackdown Echoes Bangladesh War | newspaper=Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty | date=12 June 2019 | last1=Siddique | first1=Abubakar }}</ref> He graduated from [[Gomal University]] Dera Ismail Khan with Master in Mass communication and journalism.

==Political career==
In the [[2013 Pakistani general election|2013 general election]], Nangyal contested for [[NA-51 (Tribal Area-XII)|NA-47 (Tribal Area-XII)]] [[Frontier Regions]] as an [[independent politician|independent]] candidate. He lost to [[Qaiser Jamal]] of the [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/333334-three-ptm-leaders-vying-for-na-seats
|title=Three PTM leaders vying for NA seats|website=The News International|date=June 25, 2018|access-date=February 10, 2019}}</ref>

In the [[2018 Pakistani general election|2018 general election]], Nangyal contested for [[NA-51 (Tribal Area-XII)]] [[Frontier Regions]] as an independent candidate. He lost to [[Mufti Abdul Shakoor]] of the [[Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal]] (MMA).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/347870-two-ptm-leaders-make-it-to-na
|title=Two PTM leaders make it to NA|website=The News International|date=July 29, 2018|access-date=February 10, 2019}}</ref>

===Detentions===
In February 2019, Nangyal was arrested by the police outside the [[National Press Club (Pakistan)|National Press Club]] in [[Islamabad]] along with dozens of other PTM activists including [[Gulalai Ismail]] during protests against the extrajudicial murder of one of the leaders of PTM, [[Arman Loni]].<ref name="Pt2019">{{cite web |last1=Niazi |first1=Abdullah |title=Abdullah Nangyal, Gulalai Ismail among dozens of PTM workers held in capital |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/02/05/abdullah-nangyal-gulalai-ismail-among-dozens-of-ptm-workers-held-in-capital/ |website=Pakistan Today |accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Over 20 PTM activists arrested in Islamabad|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1462104|website=Dawn|date=6 February 2019|accessdate=16 February 2019}}</ref> The arrests received widespread criticism in Pakistan and internationally, including condemnation from the [[President of Afghanistan]] [[Ashraf Ghani]], [[Amnesty International]], and the [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bukhari |first1=Gul |title=Year after Pashtun protests, Pakistan military is on arrest spree as civilians fight back |url=https://theprint.in/opinion/year-after-pashtun-protests-pakistan-military-is-on-arrest-spree-as-civilians-fight-back/190523/ |website=The Print |date=10 February 2019 |accessdate=11 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/amnesty-international-calls-for-release-of-rights-activists-in-pakistan-/4775922.html|title=Amnesty International Calls for Release of Rights Activists in Pakistan|publisher=Voice of America|author=Tanzeem, Ayesha|date=February 6, 2019|access-date=February 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Yasin |first1=Asim |title=PPP expresses concern about curb on civil rights |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/430651-ppp-expresses-concern-about-curb-on-civil-rights |website=The International News |accessdate=11 February 2019}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Mohsin Dawar]]
*[[Gulalai Ismail]]
*[[Jamila Gilani]]
*[[Bushra Gohar]]
*[[Afrasiab Khattak]]

==References==
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[[Category:21st-century Pakistani politicians]]


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