Khalid Khawaja

A November 9, 2005, article in the ''[[Asia Times]]'' described Khawaja as the "[[point man]]" for [[Mansoor Ijaz]], which it describes as "...a US citizen of Pakistani origin with close ties to the right wing of the Republican Party".<ref name=AsiaTimes051122>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051124065705/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/GK22Ag02.html Time to talk: US engages the Taliban], ''[[Asia Times]]'', November 22, 2005.</ref>

A November 9, 2005, article in the ''[[Asia Times]]'' described Khawaja as the "[[point man]]" for [[Mansoor Ijaz]], which it describes as "...a US citizen of Pakistani origin with close ties to the right wing of the Republican Party".<ref name=AsiaTimes051122>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051124065705/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/GK22Ag02.html Time to talk: US engages the Taliban], ''[[Asia Times]]'', November 22, 2005.</ref>

The ''Asia Times'' says that Ijaz is negotiating a peace with the remaining elements of the Taliban, with Khawaja's assistance. The ''[[Associated Press]]'' names Khawaja a spokesman for a Pakistani human rights group named Defense of Human Rights.<ref name="Iht061123">[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/23/asia/AS_GEN_Pakistan_Guantanamo.php 2 Pakistanis in Guantanamo Bay should be released, rights group says] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061124073530/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/23/asia/AS_GEN_Pakistan_Guantanamo.php |date=2006-11-24 }}, ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'', November 23, 2006.</ref>

The ''Asia Times'' says that Ijaz is negotiating a peace with the remaining elements of the Taliban, with Khawaja's assistance.<ref name="revealing" />

== Defense of Human Rights Pakistan ==

==Activism==

Khawaja was a close friend of [[Abdul Rashid Ghazi]]. and briefly served the role of Ghazi's press attache.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Schmidle|first=Nicholas|date=2010-05-04|title=In a Ditch|magazine=The New Republic|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/74763/ditch|access-date=2021-01-26|issn=0028-6583}}</ref>

Khawaja was a close friend of [[Lal Masjid, Islamabad|Lal Masjid]]'s [[Abdul Rashid Ghazi]] and was the co-founder of the rights group "Defense of Human Rights Pakistan" ([[Urdu language|Urdu]]: تحافظ حقوق إنساني), Khawaja served as the organization's spokesman while Ghazi was the first chairman.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Schmidle|first=Nicholas|date=2010-05-04|title=In a Ditch|magazine=The New Republic|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/74763/ditch|access-date=2021-01-26|issn=0028-6583}}</ref>

The ''[[Associated Press]]'' also named Khawaja as a spokesman for a Pakistani human rights group named Defense of Human Rights.<ref name="Iht061123">[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/23/asia/AS_GEN_Pakistan_Guantanamo.php 2 Pakistanis in Guantanamo Bay should be released, rights group says] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061124073530/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/23/asia/AS_GEN_Pakistan_Guantanamo.php|date=2006-11-24}}, ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'', November 23, 2006.</ref>

Khawaja and Ghazi later on founded Defence of Human Rights Pakistan in 2005 alongside [[Amina Masood Janjua]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/LalMasjidABriefHistory|title=Lal Masjid : A Brief History}}</ref>

==Friend of Khadr family==

==Friend of Khadr family==