Fareshteh Gati Aslam

Passion for media. Leading Talking Point team in Pakistan. Views expressed here my own; not speaking on behalf of clients. Embrace everything naughty and nice

[Hammad Azhar @Hammad_Azhar]

One thing is for sure..IK’s support is steadfast & countrywide. It is also massive.
There’s an inevitability about it..as it can materialise into strong movement or a govt anytime. Never in Pakistan’s history has genuine public support been contained forever through fascism.

[Faisal Khan @KaliwalYam]

مطالبہ جاری رکھیں 🚨
آگر زیادہ نہیں تو کم از کم ایک ٹویٹ عمران خان کی علاج کے لئے ضرور کریں۔ مطالبہ کریں کہ شوکت خانم کے ڈاکٹرز کی موجودگی میں خان صاحب کو فوری شفا انٹرنیشنل منتقل کر دیا جائے۔
سوشل میڈیا اس پر ضرور شور مچائیں

[Aleema khan @ikhan_17]

گلگت بلتستان زندہ آباد
عمران خان زندہ آباد

پوری قوم کو عمران خان کی فتح مبارک

[Shehryar. @BakwasNaKarain]

Our children will be cursing us for not standing with Imran Khan in a way he deserved exactly the way we curse our previous generations for not standing with Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah against a dictator.

[Miss Jo @therealmissjo]

Imagine you are a dental hygienist and live in Sweden..

You are employed to help “migrant children” with their dental issues.

As part of your job you examine the wisdom teeth development of the kids and you notice that 80% of those “kids” have fully formed wisdom teeth, implying they are not kids at all but adults older than the age of 18.

You tell the Swedish Migration Agency and they advise you to put it in writing.

When you send exact details, with examples of specific patients you are suspended, investigated and fired for disclosing private information relating to patients.

This happened to Bernt Herlitz in 2017.

When he appealed the unfair dismissal he ultimately lost and was fined about $50,000.

He and his family faced financial hardship and almost lost their home, until some generous benefactors raised money for him. Bernt remains unemployed today, despite staff shortages for dentists in his area in Gotland.

At the time, Sweden scoffed at the tests and claimed they were “discriminatory” but since then they have quietly brought in mass dental testing, for those whose age is in doubt, by the National Board of Forensic Medicine.

Bernt deserves a medal. Not vilification and unemployment.

[عقيًل بن محمد العقيًل( أبو أنس) @akiluno_a]

في حادثة لافتة حدثت في أوغندا، قررت وزيرة الصحة "سارة" أن تقوم بخطوة جريئة لكشف الفساد داخل أحد المستشفيات الحكومية. فقامت بالتنكر في زي امرأة منقبة حتى لا يتعرف عليها أحد، وتوجهت إلى أحد المستشفيات العامة بهدف إجراء فحص بسيط لمستوى السكر في الدم.

عند وصولها إلى قسم الاستقبال، طلب منها الموظفون دفع رشوة مالية مقابل إجراء الفحص، على الرغم من أن هذه الخدمات الصحية يجب أن تُقدَّم مجانًا للمواطنين، بحسب القوانين المعمول بها في المستشفيات الحكومية. وحينما رفضت الوزيرة، مؤكدّة أن العلاج في هذه المرافق من المفترض أن يكون بلا مقابل، رفض الموظفون تقديم أي خدمة لها، وتعاملوا معها بجفاء واستهتار.

في تلك اللحظة، كشفت الوزيرة عن هويتها الحقيقية، لتُفاجئ الجميع بأنها ليست مجرد مريضة، بل وزيرة الصحة نفسها. وعلى الفور، أصدرت أوامرها باعتقال جميع المتورطين في الواقعة، من موظفين وأطباء، لبدء تحقيق رسمي في قضايا الفساد والإهمال داخل القطاع الصحي.

تعد هذه الحادثة مثالًا صارخًا على الفساد الإداري، ولكنها في الوقت نفسه تُظهر حرص بعض المسؤولين النزيهين على التحقق بأنفسهم من واقع الخدمات التي تُقدم للمواطنين.
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[Rizwan Ghilzai (Remembering Arshad Sharif) @rizwanghilzai]

2019ء میں نواز شریف ایک خاموش سمجھوتے کے تحت اپنے دیس سے باہر بھیج دیے گئے لیکن 2026 میں عمران خان ایسا کوئی سمجھوتہ کرنے کیلئے تیار نہیں۔ مجھے تحریکِ انصاف کے کئی سرکردہ رہنما کہہ چکے ہیں کہ خان صاحب اگر تھوڑی سی لچک دکھائیں تو کم از کم ہم انہیں جیل سے نکال لیں گے۔جب میں پوچھتا ہوں کہ خان صاحب لچک کیوں نہیں دکھاتے تو کہا جاتا ہے کہ وہ نواز شریف نہیں بننا چاہتے۔ حامد میر کا روزنامہ جنگ میں کالم

[Barrister Abuzar Salman Niazi @SalmanKNiazi1]

Nawaz Sharif claims in Gilgit-Baltistan that he is a victim of interference. The irony is astonishing.
The man whose political rise was cemented through establishments patronage, whose role in the IGI saga is a matter of record and who still continues to benefit from a system that imposed his brother and daughter upon the people despite their lack of a genuine public mandate, now wants to portray himself as a victim. His recent (bogus( victory against Dr. Yasmin Rashid and the events that followed are fresh in the public memory. Pakistanis are not fools. They know the history, they have seen the manipulation and they can distinguish between a victim and a beneficiary. You may fool some people for some time but you cannot rewrite history

[Aleema Khanum @Aleema_KhanPK]

All the news circulating on social media that a former Army Chief met Imran Khan in Adiala Jail are fake.

We have checked with Barrister Gohar and he has also confirmed that this is totally fake!

It is disinformation especially spread to distract from the fact that Imran Khan is being tortured through total isolation.

A distraction from the fact that:

1) He is not allowed proper treatment for his eye in a proper hospital.

2) He has not been allowed to speak to his sons.

3) He has not been allowed books for the past 6 months.

4) He has no television

5) He has not been allowed contact with anyone from the outside world in the past 6 months, except two visits by his lawyer on the orders of the court.

There is a full bench court order that allows for at least 18 people to visit him every week. 6 family members and 6 lawyers on Tuesdays, and 6 party members on Thursdays.

All above are Imran Khan’s lawful rights, under Pakistan’s laws and the International laws.

[Hussain Nadim @HNadim87]

What makes Imran Khan extraordinary is not his wins but his ability to win when winning feels impossible and all the hope is gone.

- Won the 1992 World Cup with a ragtag team that nobody, including the team itself, believed had any chance of winning. His sheer belief and will made it possible.

- Built a free cancer hospital for the poorest in society when everyone said it was a crazy idea and the model won’t work. Decades later it has expanded into other cities treating millions of cancer patients every year.

- Defied every critic and launched a political movement for justice that became Pakistan’s largest political party breaking the monopoly of two military backed political dynasties. He played clean in the dirt, and still won.

- Now at 73, in prison, fighting the final round for his people against monsters that don’t know the concept of sovereignty and freedom, and refuse to decolonize the country.

There is a clear pattern in his story. When there is no hope left and all the odds are stacked against him, that’s when he wins, and wins big!

By the end of it, this will be one of greatest story ever told.

[Jibran Ilyas @agentjay2009]

Imran Khan’s opponents have a huge problem — no one trusts them anymore. People know that May 9th was false flag and cipher was real. Time and Time again, IK gets vindicated. One thing everyone has slowly learned: “never trust the propaganda against IK”

#EidMubarakImranKhan

[Aleema khan @ikhan_17]

According to Pakistan Tribune, former PM Imran Khan spent Eid in prison without family visits or Eid prayers. Denying basic religious & human rights to political figures raises serious concerns about the rule of law, regardless of affiliations. #ImranKhan

[PTI Canada Official @PTIOfficialCA]

Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi neither surrendered in the past nor will he surrender today. He continues to stand firm on his principles, unwavering in his resolve to fight for freedom, justice, and the supremacy of the Constitution.
This is no longer a moment for silence or neutrality. Every Pakistani, whether a parliamentarian, judge, lawyer, army officer, student, teacher, farmer, labourer, sportsperson, or citizen from any field of life , must decide what future they are willing to accept: a life lived under oppression and fear, or a nation built upon freedom, dignity, and rule of law.
Time is running out, and decisive moments in history demand courage. The nation now stands at a crossroads. The choice is simple yet defining: continue living in chains of submission, or rise and struggle for freedom and self-respect.
#May25tgBlackday
#StopCrueltyAgainstKhan

[Fareshteh Gati Aslam @Fareshte]

@TurgayEvren1 Aleema Khan. For courage, integrity, intelligence and loyalty. Hands down Aleema Khan

[Aleema khan @ikhan_17]

🚨 The revelation of the cipher leaves no room for doubt: Imran Khan chose to sacrifice his government rather than compromise on national self-respect. His refusal to accept foreign interference is a testament to true, uncompromising leadership.

[Fareshteh Gati Aslam @Fareshte]

@ikhan_17 @Sher_now1 Anything proposed by Imran Khan. Every single time

[Ali Haider Zaidi @AliHZaidiPTI]

I have stayed out of active politics.
But this cannot go without being said.

They couldn’t beat you at the ballot. So they illegally incarcerated you. They tried to finish your party. They even took away the symbol. When that didn’t work, they stole the whole election.
Now they want to raise the voting age to 25. If an 18 year old can take a bullet for this country, why can’t he be allowed to vote?
This is not policy. This is panic. They fear you and it does not get more naked than this.
@ImranKhanPTI

[PTI Canada Official @PTIOfficialCA]

An innocent man has spent 1018 days in solitary confinement, and as a result, he has lost vision in one eye. If this is not cruelty, then what is?
Imran khan’s cases are not being heard. His bail remains pending. Judges are failing to perform their duty while an innocent man , Imran Khan , is subjected to unimaginable suffering.
This is nothing short of political persecution, judicial injustice, and a complete collapse of human rights and the rule of law.

@AgnesCallamard @antonioguterres @volker_turk @UNHumanRights @yvonneridley @georgegalloway @MohamedBinZayed @RTErdogan @ryangrim @ErikSperling
@amnesty

#زندان_ٹوٹے_گا_خان_چھوٹے_گا

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

Princess Alice opened her front door to find the Gestapo waiting.

It was October 1943 in Athens, Greece. The Nazis controlled the city and were actively rounding up Jewish citizens, sending them to Auschwitz.

The officer asked her sharp questions about who lived in her house and about the persistent rumors that she was hiding people. Princess Alice was 58 years old—a British royal living in Greece, and a mother of five. She was also completely deaf.

She simply smiled, pointed to her ears, and made hand gestures.

The officer raised his voice. She raised her hands in return, pretending she couldn't read his lips. Eventually, he gave up and walked away.

Up on the third floor of her house, a Jewish widow and her children sat perfectly still, listening through the floorboards. They would stay hidden there for another full year.

Here is how she got to that moment.

She was born on February 25, 1885, at Windsor Castle in England. Her great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, was present at her birth. Alice was born deaf, but her mother patiently taught her to read lips in English, German, and French.

In 1903, she married Prince Andrew of Greece and moved to Athens. They had four daughters, followed by a son in 1921 whom they named Philip.

Then, Greece fell apart. The royal family was overthrown in 1922, her husband was nearly executed, and the family fled into exile.

By 1930, Alice suffered a complete mental breakdown. She began hearing religious voices and believed Christ was speaking to her. Her panicked family sent her to a clinic in Switzerland, where Sigmund Freud examined her and diagnosed her with schizophrenia.

Doctors subjected her to experimental treatments, including X-rays aimed at suppressing her hormones, mistakenly believing her religious visions stemmed from sexual frustration. She was locked away in institutions for two years.

During this time, her husband moved to France with his mistress, her four daughters married, and her nine-year-old son, Philip, was sent away to a boarding school in Britain. Alice didn't see her son for years.

She left the institution in 1932 and eventually moved back to Athens to start rebuilding her life. Then, the war arrived.

In 1941, the Germans invaded Greece, and by 1943, they occupied Athens. Alice’s life was deeply complicated. Her son, Philip, was fighting the Germans in the British Royal Navy. Meanwhile, two of her four daughters had married German princes, and some of her grandsons were serving in the Wehrmacht. Her own family was split on both sides of the war.

Alice chose to stay in Athens. She worked tirelessly with the Red Cross, ran soup kitchens, and set up shelters for orphaned children.

Then, the deportations of Greek Jews began. The Nazis sent 60,000 Greek Jews to Auschwitz—nearly 80 percent of the country's Jewish population. In Athens, the roundups started in September 1943.

That was when the Cohen family reached out to her. Haimaki Cohen had been a Greek member of parliament and a close friend of the royal family for decades. He had passed away earlier that year, leaving his widow, Rachel, alone with their four sons and a young daughter. The Gestapo was hunting them.

The four sons planned to escape to Egypt to join the Greek resistance, but Rachel and her young daughter, Tilde, couldn't make the perilous journey. When Alice heard about their plight, she sent a simple message: Come to me. I'll hide you.

Rachel and Tilde moved into the third floor of Alice's house, hidden away from the world. Later, when one of the sons was unable to escape to Egypt and returned to Athens, Alice took him in as well.

For over a year, she hid them. She knew perfectly well that if the Gestapo found out, she would be executed. She did it anyway.

She brought them food, kept her staff quiet, and visited Rachel every day. She sat with her, talked to her in Greek, and held her hand when she cried. And when the Gestapo came knocking, she used her deafness as a shield, pretending she couldn't understand a word they said until they finally left.

The Cohens remained hidden until December 1944, three weeks after Athens was liberated. When they finally came down from that third floor, they were alive. All of them.

Afterward, Alice told absolutely no one what she had done. Not her son Philip, not her daughters, and not her friends. The story stayed hidden for almost fifty years.

What makes her story so poignant is what followed. After the war, Alice’s life took another unique turn. She founded a religious order of Greek Orthodox nursing nuns, selling her own jewelry to fund it. She put on a nun's habit and lived as a nun for the rest of her life.

In 1947, her son Philip married Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen of England. Alice attended the ceremony at Westminster Abbey in her simple nun's habit—the only nun at one of the most famous royal weddings in history.

In 1967, following a military coup in Greece, Queen Elizabeth sent for Alice and brought her to live at Buckingham Palace. She spent the last two years of her life there—a nun-princess living in the heart of the British monarchy. She told her son Philip that she wished to be buried in Jerusalem, beside her aunt who rested there.

She passed away on December 5, 1969, at the age of 84. Initially, her remains were placed in the Royal Crypt at Windsor. But nineteen years later, in 1988, Prince Philip finally honored her last request, and her remains were moved to the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.

In the early 1990s, the story finally came to light. Michel Cohen, one of Rachel's sons, was 78 years old when he decided to share what had happened. He went to Yad Vashem and told them about Princess Alice—how she had hidden his family for over a year and risked her life every single day.

In March 1993, Yad Vashem posthumously named her "Righteous Among the Nations," Israel's highest honor for non-Jews who saved Jewish lives during the Holocaust. She had been gone for 24 years.

In October 1994, Prince Philip flew to Jerusalem for the ceremony at Yad Vashem. It marked the first time a member of the British royal family had officially traveled to Israel.

During his speech, Philip noted, "We did not know, and as far as we know, she never mentioned to anyone, that she had given refuge to the Cohen family." He added, "I suspect it never occurred to her that her action was in any way special. She would have considered it a perfectly natural human reaction to fellow beings in distress."

The surviving members of the Cohen family traveled from France to attend, publicly thanking Prince Philip for his mother's incredible bravery.

Princess Alice. Born deaf, diagnosed with schizophrenia, locked away by her family, left by her husband, and separated from her young son. Yet, she saved a Jewish family from the Holocaust and never breathed a word about it for the rest of her life.

Her legacy lives on in a grave on the Mount of Olives, a dedicated tree at Yad Vashem, a grandson who became King, and a Jewish family whose grandchildren still light candles for her every single year.

She believed that saving lives was simply what it meant to be human. That is what makes her remarkable. And she was absolutely right.

Share this story. She deserves to be remembered.

[Sheri. @CallMeSheri1_]

Sourav Ganguly recalls a memorable piece of advice from Imran Khan. 🗣

"When we won the series in Pakistan, Imran Khan invited the whole team to his house. He was very popular in Pakistan. He said one thing, As you keep flying, you see the clouds you fly higher. That stayed with me. He's a fearless person." (Raj Shamani Podcast)