Notes from a Dictator’s diary:
1. Youth should not waste time on politics; it should focus on their careers only.
2. I will tell you lies, but you have to trust me.
3. There is no right or wrong in politics.
4. I will steal the election, upend constitution, abduct & torture opponents, and censor the media, but you’re so polarizing for your hurtful tweets.
5. You’re such an extremist for not agreeing to a dialogue with my cronies.
You’ll find plenty out here parroting these message from the dictators diary.
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@miqazi This is absurd. You didn't have the courage to criticize the Military Junta, PPP and PMLN. PTI is the victim. They actually won the elections, they represent the people. Your favorite parties and Field Marshal are responsible for all this mess.
5 myths about Imran Khan that should have been busted years ago.
Since a lie on-repeat becomes a given truth, let me correct the record on this:
1. Imran Khan is a "populist" leader
There is a difference between a popular and a 'populist' leader. You can be popular and not populist. In fact, if we go by Imran Khan's record, all his life he has taken anti-populist and contrarian positions even when he had to pay dearly for them: Building a free cancer hospital, peace dialogue with Taliban, going against the drones, empathy for the Afghan refugees and going to Russia weren't based on popular sentiment but definitely the morally right decisions to take. Populism is part of the right-wing western discourse which is anti-immigration and diversity; Imran Khan represents the exact opposite.
2. Imran Khan was made by the Army
Unless the Army taught him to bat and throw yorkers, win a World Cup, built his cancer hospitals, injected empathy in him for the people, and trained him to never give up fighting, there is none whatsoever contribution of the Army in Imran Khan's rise. He did benefit from the falling out of the Army with Nawaz Sharif, but to say he is a product of the army is pretty laughable. Even until 2018, Shehbaz Sharif was Gen Bajwa's favourite candidate for the PM, not Imran Khan. IK, as a PM, was a product of circumstances; he made himself inevitable. He was a big global name, long before he touched politics.
3. Imran Khan is anti-West
Again, one of the myths his 'liberal' detractors have pushed, by going around the world and presenting IK as an Islamist and anti-West leader. Imran Khan has always had appreciation for the West, but has no appreciation or tolerance for Western imperial wars, and human rights violations at scale. He wants a respectful engagement with the West, not serve as its tool for oppression and extraction. This is a postcolonial position on global politics and social reality; while others write about it, he actually practices it! Funny, that most Pakistani liberals celebrate such anti-imperialist leaders abroad, in the Middle East and elsewhere, but hate the similar traits in a leader back home.
4. Imran Khan is a narcissist
Narcissists don't build cancer hospitals, or have empathy for the poorest, or fight against monstrous powers while paying dearly. Narcissists are weak and they cut deals at first sign of pressure. Imran Khan is a larger than life leader, which can be confused with narcissism.
5. Imran Khan does not believe in a compromise with the other side.
Again, this goes contrary to all the data. He is way more compromising and believes in course correction than anyone else. He will talk to anyone for the betterment of people of Pakistan but he will neither be bullied and will not succumb to pressure, and especially not allow the rot to be shrugged under the rug in the name of a 'compromise'. He will make any compromise, but not the one that goes against his core values and principles.
@mclovin8383@ryangrim No, they didn't plan to take the diplomats hostage.
The government should have taken action against lynching and the ones involved should be punished. Nothing justifies massacre and mass murder.
Also, protests are every citizen's right.
اگر آپ کے پاس تحریکِ لبیک پر ہونے والے ظلم اور ریاستی بربریت کے بارے میں مصدقہ معلومات ہیں، یا آپ خود ریاستی اداروں کا حصہ ہیں اور اس ظلم میں شریک ہونے پر نادم ہیں، تو آپ ہم سے خفیہ طور پر رابطہ کر سکتے ہیں۔
آپ کی شناخت مکمل طور پر محفوظ رکھی جائے گی۔
البتہ آپ کے پاس اپنے دعووں کے ثبوت کے طور پر کوئی دستاویزی ثبوت یا شواہد ہونا ضروری ہیں۔
صحافیوں کی ٹیم آپ کی فراہم کردہ معلومات اور دستاویزات کی تحقیق کے بعد انہیں عوام تک پہنچائے گی تاکہ سچ سامنے آسکے۔
یہ وقت ہے کہ آپ اپنے ضمیر کی آواز سنیں اور حقائق کو منظرِ عام پر لائیں۔
@PakiSwift Lahore is unliveable. It is one of the most polluted cities in Pakistan. You can't breathe.
Once you start living in Islamabad, you can't live anywhere else (says someone who has spent most of his life in Karachi).
I'm receiving reports of fierce debates within the US administration. Biden and Austin want to jointly nominate Netanyahu and Gallant for Nobel Peace Prize, Blinken and Power insisting Ben-Gvir and Smotrich the more deserving pair.
We fought in the courtroom to win our reserved seats. We are before the tribunals fighting election assault. We are in parliament resisting fraud. We are walking in rallies, speaking at gatherings of 100s of thousands, getting arrested. Are you with us?
This is YOUR success, Arshad Nadeem.
From the streets of Mian Channu to the historic GOLD medal for Pakistan in #OlympicGames !
Congrats, you have made millions proud with your historic throw! 🇵🇰