Irfan Aslam

journalist at Dawn, The Hindu.. literature, poetry, sort of trilingual poet, writer. opinions personal,

[Irfan Aslam @IrfaanAslam]

A poem by yours sincerely..
#poem #irfanaslam

[Arifa Noor @arifanoor72]

In a shocking development, two men were killed and six were injured in eight separate encounters with Faisalabad police within 24 hours. All the ‘encounters’ follow the same template https://t.co/GVOnPYlkhu

[indianhistorypics @IndiaHistorypic]

1976 :: Indian Airlines Advertisement For Flights to Lahore and Karachi

Delhi to Lahore Fare 306 Rs

Delhi to Karachi Fare 688 Rs

[Munizae Jahangir @MunizaeJahangir]

These are dangerous times for working journalists in Pakistan.Over 50 have been arrested under PECA & some on very flimsy charges,while the state censors,nasty trolls use abusive language if you don’t tow their line,while media workers struggle financially.Dark times but celebrating #WorldPress day because we achieved what little freedom we have with a lot of sacrifice & pain.

[Irfan Aslam @IrfaanAslam]

On the last column of Abbas Nasir @abbasnasir59 for Dawn @dawn_com

https://t.co/WbRNd8VP6W

[Irfan Aslam @IrfaanAslam]

@MairaHayat Congratulations

[Farah Zia @farahziaa]

This is an important fact finding report

[Irfan Aslam @IrfaanAslam]

https://t.co/HvfN5wvYhq @mohammedhanif

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

Removing Mughals from textbooks is nonsense, history must be continuous: Historian Romila Thapar
https://t.co/YI2gV8k0xs

[Irfan Aslam @IrfaanAslam]

For those wanting for @mohammedhanif s new novel....
#books #mohammedhanif #Novel
https://t.co/dxvo9GcwN6

[Lok Sujag @lok_sujag]

Pakistan's corporate farming dream is sinking in quicksand of Cholistan desert
The Green Pakistan Initiative (GPI) launched just two years ago and projected as a climate-smart farming revolution and a pathway to national food security is under a cloud.
The companies involved have one foot out the door.
Sumaira Aslam, Bertha Challenge Fellow 2025, and team Lok Sujag have worked for a year, investigating how Green Pakistan Initiative is fairing.

Read full story here: https://t.co/w3t4OtRPZm

[Lok Sujag @lok_sujag]

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[Irfan Aslam @IrfaanAslam]

@ceemaali5101214 Rest in peace ...

[Irfan Aslam @IrfaanAslam]

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#pakistan #Cinema #movies #art #digital

[Irfan Aslam @IrfaanAslam]

After watching the restored version of Umrao Jaan and the charm of Rekha at @RedSeaFilm fest at #Jeddah #Rekha #MuzaffarAli #film
https://t.co/5Ez64vHQQk

[Irfan Aslam @IrfaanAslam]

https://t.co/DDCMHoGEFg
@RedSeaFilm #films #filmmakers #jeddah

[Irfan Aslam @IrfaanAslam]

https://t.co/8N9KVDht0G @DohaFilm #dohafilmfestival #filmmakers #films #womenfilmmakers

[Farah Zia @farahziaa]

Those who built a campaign on the felling of one tree outside Rahat Bakery in Lahore Cantt must not stay silent on this operation tree cleanup in Nasir Bagh Lahore, apparently to make a parking plaza for cars. A concrete structure in the middle of a historical bagh?

[Irfan Aslam @IrfaanAslam]

https://t.co/B59ry1vBrg
#dohafilmfestival #Doha @DohaFilm #saddam #qaddafi

[Irfan Aslam @IrfaanAslam]

Doha Film Festival opens with the film, The Voice of Hind Rajab, on a Palestinan girl who was killed during Israeli genocide in Gaza. #voiceofhindrajab #Palestine @DohaFilm #dohafilmfestival
https://t.co/Zrd7QD9SJc

[Human Rights Commission of Pakistan @HRCP87]

HRCP is deeply concerned by the events that have unfolded since 8 October, culminating in violent clashes between security forces and the far-right TLP, leading to an operation in the early hours of 13 October, in Muridke, district Sheikhupura, Punjab, and causing multiple deaths and casualties among protesters as well as police personnel.

We are equally concerned by the lack of transparency and credible, independent information surrounding the operation, providing which was the government's responsibility. While state authorities have neglected to address the TLP’s consistent role in promoting hate speech and inciting mob violence against individuals and groups, particularly religious minorities, this does not justify the alleged use of excessive force.

Both the Constitution as well as international law mandates that security forces, even when dispersing violent assemblies, use the minimum necessary force. The government must ensure that criminal acts are investigated promptly and the perpetrators duly prosecuted.

HRCP believes that the time has come for the state to commit to creating an inclusive and plural society, which warrants an honest and transparent shift in policy as well as long overdue structural reforms. Only then can we hope to resolve the deeper malaise of extremist religious violence.