Aysha

[Aysha @Aysh48]

@fay_alif So are you the 'elite'? Please tell us about your lives.

[Sohail Abid @sohailabid]

Lahore to host a free book festival on 4-5 July

The idea is to get together people with the books they have read and exchange them for books they’d like to read from others

[Amit Guha @AmitGuha2020]

নকশী কাঁথা | Nakshi Kantha
Bengal, Late 19th or Early 20th century
Ambiva Collection

#Bengal
#Textiles

[Aysha Shafiq @ayshasjk]

I am trying to posthumously publish my mother’s novel محبت کا الجھا ریشم which is an ode to #Lahore, the city of love. I am so much in awe of this scene about Miani Sahib and the spectacles of devotion around it.
#اردوـزبان

https://t.co/Wrcteb21bF

[Milton D’Souza 🔶 @Milton_DXB]

Walking inside a glacier in Gilgit-Baltistan 🤯

Pakistan 🇵🇰

Credit: @GBTourism_

[PmAmTraveller @pmamtraveller]

"Urban Development" by Christophe Vorlet

[Aysha Shafiq @ayshasjk]

@ShabnamSyedKha2 When it comes to attire, I love the paintings by Edwin Lord Weeks. But of course there is an orientalist angle to that.

Edwin Lord Weeks
An Open-Air Kitchen, Lahore
An Open-Air Kitchen, Lahore (1882-83)

[Aysha Shafiq @ayshasjk]

'Taxali Darwaza, Lahore',
Watercolour painting
William Simpson, 1865

[Aysha Shafiq @ayshasjk]

Watercolour of Lahore
Charlotte Canning, 1860

[Aysha Shafiq @ayshasjk]

Samadhi Ranjit Singh, Lahore
1914 true-color photograph

[Aysha Shafiq @ayshasjk]

Lahore c. 1920
Maynard owen Williams

[Aysha Shafiq @ayshasjk]

Map showing main railways and roads that lead to the main city of Lahore and its Cantonments. Huge reserve forests in North and South of Lahore and along Ravi are visible.
Source: https://t.co/6rUbzoYQhH

[Aysha Shafiq @ayshasjk]

Golden Mosque Lahore
c. 1912

[Rep. Ilhan Omar @Ilhan]

Today marks the 3rd year of the Sudan civil war and genocide.

Tens of thousands have been killed. Hundreds of thousands have starved. Millions have been displaced.

The UAE and arms dealers to the RSF and RSF-aligned militias must be held accountable.

[Aysha @Aysh48]

@DaimFazil @MehlaqaCAPJ especially given the fact that in March people protesting the attack on Iran were shot point blank both by US guards (or marines) and by Pakistani law enforcement

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

It’s not getting as much publicity as the last one so it’s important we amplify it and keep the world’s eyes on. They are, as always, at risk.

[Mehlaqa Samdani @MehlaqaCAPJ]

Pakistan's shuttle diplomacy to ease tensions between Iran and the United States comes at a critical moment. Any effort to prevent escalation and broker peace is welcome.

Yet for Pakistan’s current leadership, this diplomatic activism serves another, more domestic purpose: it offers a much-needed lifeline to generate external legitimacy at a time when a large majority of Pakistanis view them as corrupt, illegitimate, and increasingly authoritarian.

If only the Pakistani regime had invested the same amount of time in building strong institutions, addressing electricity shortfalls, creating a favorable investment climate, and generating honest tax revenues, Pakistan would be far better off today, instead of desperately looking for foreign dole-outs and bailouts.

Instead, unfortunately for the people of Pakistan, it has invested far more energy in locking up political prisoners, persecuting pro-democracy activists, undermining civilian institutions, and similar repressive measures. It doesn’t matter how many shuttle missions it undertakes, that sad reality remains.

[Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده @RamAbdu]

The Gaza ceasefire brokered by Donald Trump has effectively collapsed for weeks. Israel is escalating killings and airstrikes against civilians—just moments ago, five people were killed in Al-Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City.