Abdullah Mashhood

Foreign Policy Analyst. Part time musician. Master in Foreign Service @georgetownmsfs | Politics @lifeatlums

[Citizen Action @OPVoters]

Imran Khan (July 2019):
"I’m not sure whether all the countries realize the gravity of the situation if there’s a conflict with Iran. People don’t understand, you know, this is not going to be the same as Iraq. This could be much, much, much worse."

Speaking at the US Institute of Peace in Washington DC, the then-Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan warned directly against a military conflict with Iran.

Key excerpts from his address:
• "...the Shia element in Islam is very cohesive. They have a much greater sense of martyrdom..."
• "The battle might be quite short...bombing airfields and so on... But the consequences after that... not many people fully understand it."
• "I would strongly urge that there should not be... another military situation... The last thing we want is another conflict on our borders."

This should help the world understand why Imran Khan is in jail today. He stands with the oppressed, stands for sovereignty, and leads the Movement for Justice in Pakistan.

[Bilawal Bhutto Zardari @BBhuttoZardari]

چلو گورنر راج لگاتے ہیں

[Dawn.com @dawn_com]

Op-Ed: "The gravest damage was done not by generals or bureaucrats but by judges. The judiciary was meant to be the citizen’s shield — the one institution whose purpose is to say no to power on the authority of law. But it too was a colonial inheritance, and carried the reflex in its bones: under the Raj it had served the sovereign, not the subject, and at independence it transferred that loyalty from the departed Crown to the new establishment, not the people. So when the tanks rolled, the courts, again and again, said yes."

https://t.co/UnifCddHCH

[Aun Ali Khosa @aun_khosa]

It’s ironic that figures connected to Indian cricket are showing concern for Imran Khan, while our own people remain silent. Shameless

[Fzy @leofzy]

Pakistan has always humiliated its national heroes.

[SIR .. @SirJohnRoe]

One World Cup. One university. Three cancer hospitals. Thirty years of political struggle and family sacrifice. Four bullets. Three years in jail. One eye. No crime. Still standing. What a man.

[Faizan @faizannriaz]

Pakistan won’t see a leader like Imran Khan again for at least a century.

[Hajrah @drhajrabajwa]

You can have perfect 6/6 distance vision & still need reading glasses; that’s called presbyopia, you moron.
He has lost 85% of vision in one eye from CRVO caused by the torture your beloved establishment put him through. That’s actual blindness from vascular occlusion, not reading glasses.
Do some fucking research before posting whatever crap comes to your mind.

[AMJAD KHAN @iAmjadKhann]

جنرل نشاط نے جب ڈرون حملوں کی حمایت کی اور کہا کہ ڈرون حملے ہونے چاہیے تو عمران خان نے حامد میر کو کہا کہ مجھے جب پروگرام میں بلایا کریں تو اس قسم کے بیغیرت جرنیلوں کو نہ بلایا کریں یہ بیغیرت آدمی ہے ، آج ایک بیغیرت صحافی نے کہا کہ عمران خان نے ڈرون حملوں کی اجازت دی تھی ۔۔

[Waqar Malik @RealWaqarMaliks]

نام بے شک بے نظیر کا لیا جارہا ہے لیکن یقین کریں عمران خان کیخلاف جرنیلوں نے 90 کی دہائی سے ہی محاذ کھولا ہوا تھا سب جانتے ہیں اس ملک میں منہ بند کروانے کی طاقت کس کے پاس رہی ہے ہمیشہ سے!

[Anem Ellahi @iAnumSheikh]

شہباز گل کی تعریف میں میرے پاس تو الفاظ کم پڑ جاتے ہیں �

[Abdullah Mashhood @AbMashhood]

@Alisafinas1 @Stormpilot1234 @grok please give context of this video

[Abdul Moiz Jaferii @Jaferii]

lol. Represent the ECP in the bat symbol case which lead to a handicapped electoral process. Then represent PMLN post the election to claim illegitimate seats as a result of the handicapped process you abetted.

Then whinge about the machinations of the people you helped parachute into power because clowns in suits are now replacing you in cases.

Also, make sure you get paid every time. Doesn’t matter who is paying.

[Waqas @worqas]

PM Shehbaz Sharif landed in London yesterday with a small army of family members, ministers, senior officials, senior officials' family members and other assorted chamchas on a PAF Airbus. A great believer in economies of scale, the PM graciously decided that no seat should go unfilled on such a spacious aircraft. "If you have a valid UK visa, come along," the PM appears to have said. 

According to one of around 25 journalists graciously hosted last night on behalf of Information Minister Attaullah Tarar (no doubt out of his own pocket) at a swanky restaurant in a five-star hotel named after Britain's most famous prime minister, the PM has brought along Deputy PM Ishaq Dar, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, Minister for Tourism Awn Chaudry, and Tariq Fatemi in addition to Information Minister Tarar himself. The PM's entire entourage of 40-50 people is staying at the aforementioned Churchill Hotel. However, the PM and DPM are staying at their private residences in London, out of a sense of compassion for the poor tax payer which brought a tear to my eye. 

PM Shehbaz Sharif will be staying 5 days in London. He will fly to New York on Monday, 22 September. In all this time, PM Sharif will be holding a grand total of 0 (ZERO, ZILCH, NADA) official meetings with the British government. The highlight of his trip is the PML-N jalsa he will address at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House at Park Lane in the evening of 20th September. This event is being organized by Syed Qamar Raza, front-man and portfolio manager to past, present and, no doubt, future DG ISIs. Apart from this event, the PM and his entourage have, I repeat, 0 (ZERO, ZILCH, NADA) official engagements. 

I understand that Syed Qamar Raza was worried that his big show on Saturday would be spoiled by PTI UK. However, the PTI, in a spirit of goodwill, has decided to stage a token protest outside the Pakistan embassy in London on Saturday around the same time the PM would be speaking at Grosvenor House. The Pakistan embassy would of course be closed on Saturday so whom @UKPTIOfficial would be protesting against remains unclear at this point. Perhaps the party has a grudge against the Embassy building...who can say?

A bit of friendly, although unsolicited, advice to @TararAttaullah: not every sycophantic, biryani-loving journalist is your friend...some are just scoundrels who eat your food and then spill the beans. Be more careful next time;)

If anything I have said in the above post is not true, journalists like @MurtazaViews and PML-N's official advisors like @DrMFaisal are welcome to fact-check. 

@CMShehbaz, @MIshaqDar, and @KhawajaMAsif are also welcome to respond.

[Khan Saab @Hanii_tales]

The establishment is now asking people to tell Imran Khan: “Forget apology, just say I regret what happened on May 9.” But he hasn’t said it. This is how desperate they have become but Khan is not backing down an inch, despite all oppression. What a man.

[Sara Taseer @sarataseer]

A special award should be bestowed on @WajSKhan for this fantastic report. Lol

[Azaad Insaan @aikazaadinsaan]

A 🧵on Maryam Nawaz’s shamelessly plastering her face literally everywhere…
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[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

Ending is just purely epic 😂🤣💯

[Peter Daou @peterdaou]

It's 2025. Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene have a clearer antiwar stance than the Democratic leadership. What a sad excuse for a party.

[Aisha A @landlawlahore]

Great Thunberg v Malala Yousafzai really brings into sharp relief the utter uselessness of a shallow identity politics. One is on her second freedom flotilla to Gaza after the first one was bombed. The other co-produced a musical with Hillary Clinton.