Marvi Sirmed

Journalist | former NED Fellow | Editor South Asian Affairs NewWaveGlobal/TFT. Opinions personal. Reposts not endorsements #Democracy #HumanRights #Feminism

[Marvi Sirmed @marvisirmed]

Despite ongoing protest of human rights defenders and politicians from aggrieved provinces, #EnforcedDisappearances have increased in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan and even in Pak administered Kashmir. This #thread will compile the cases. End impunity.

[Marvi Sirmed @marvisirmed]

@masoodaslam11 Yeah, when you out it like that. I, though, wouldn't exonerate them of their past crimes that lightly.

[Marvi Sirmed @marvisirmed]

Netanyahu seeks Saudi approval to join war against Ansar Allah. MBS refuses.

Seems Israel is desperate for normalization with KSA to gain international credibility. How far will the Kingdom resist, remains to be seen.

https://t.co/vm3mEsAbYM

[Marvi Sirmed @marvisirmed]

@masoodaslam11 We have been doing it since long I believe. I mean, getting help/support from Israel and killing Muslims. Charlie Wilson wrote that we got weapons from Israel and killed civilians in Afghanistan in the 1980s. We also played role in Black September and before that in Jordan.

[Marvi Sirmed @marvisirmed]

She is brilliant. Amazing energy, clarity, and activist wisdom. Quite rare I must say.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Neha Bora, a little-known doctoral student has emerged as one of the most visible faces of a protest movement in India that has mounted the most serious challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in years https://t.co/5V4xpbl1TM

[Marvi Sirmed @marvisirmed]

@SecKermani Take care, Sec. Praying for your safety. Will be earnestly following your updates. 👍🏾

[Marvi Sirmed @marvisirmed]

اس پہ تو ہم نے کوئی بات ہی نہیں کی بھیا۔ اور نہ ہی یہ کہا کہ پاکستان میں جو کچھ ہوا درست ہوا۔ صرف حقائق کا سیاق و سباق بتایا تھا میں نے تو۔ باقی، یہ گورنر راج جیسا ڈھکوسلہ جو اس وقت کیا جا رہا ہے، اس کی حمایت کا تو کوئی جواز ہی نہیں ہے۔ آئین میں اس کی موجودگی کا مطلب یہ نہیں کہ کھینچ کھانچ کر اسکے نفاذ کا بہانہ تلاش کیا جائے۔ پہلے بھی کئی بار کہہ چکی ہوں کہ ایسے تو طلاق بھی عین اسلامی ہے مگر اسے ناپسندیدہ فعل قرار دیا گیا ہے۔ لہذا ایک جمہوری حکومت کا خاتمہ کسی طور درست قرار نہیں دیا جا سکتا۔

[Marvi Sirmed @marvisirmed]

بھارت میں مگر اسے صدارتی راج - پریزیڈنٹس رول - کہا جاتا ہے جو ۱۳۰ بار لگا چکا ہے مختلف ریاستوں میں۔ گورنر راج صرف جموں و کشمیر کیلئے استعمال کیا جاتا ہے، جو اب تک آٹھ بار لگایا جا چکا ہے۔

[Zaigham Khan @zaighamkhan]

پاکستان میں یہ 16واں موقع ہے۔ بھارت میں 138 بار گورنر رول لگایا گیا ہے۔

[Marvi Sirmed @marvisirmed]

بالکل۔ مگر مکمل فہرست کچھ اس طرح ہے:

۱- خیبر پختونخوا (اسوقت کا شمال مغربی سرحدی صوبہ) ۱۹۴۷ میں
۲- ۱۹۴۹ تا ۱۹۵۱ ۔ پنجاب میں لیاقت علی خان کی جانب لگایا جانے والا گرنر راج
۳- ۱۹۵۱ تا ۱۹۵۳ میں سندھ کا گورنر راج
۴- ۱۹۵۴ مشرقی پاکستان
۵- ۱۹۷۳ بلوچستان
۶- ۱۹۷۵ خیبر پختونخوا
۷- ۱۹۸۸ سندھ
۸- ۱۹۹۴ خیبر پختونخوا
۹- ۱۹۹۸ سندھ
۱۰- ۱۹۹۹ تا ۲۰۰۲ پنجاب اور پھر تمام وفاقی اکائیاں
۱۱- ۲۰۰۹ پنجاب
۱۲- ۲۰۱۳ بلوچستان
۱۳- ۲۰۲۶ خیبر پختونخوا

[Husain Haqqani @husainhaqqani]

خیبر پختونخواہ میں منتخب صوبائی حکومت پہلی بار 22 اگست 1947 کو گورنر جنر محمد علی جناح کے حکم پرفارغ ہوئی۔ پھر 16 اکتوبر 1975، 25 فروری 1994 اور آج وفاق کے حکم پر منتخب حکومتیں فارغ کی گئیں۔ پاکستان کی مختصر تاریخ میں بار بار وہ ہوا ہے جو دوسرے ملکوں کی طویل تاریخ میں نہیں ہوتا

[Marvi Sirmed @marvisirmed]

@ChiefMahsud It's even more interesting that none of the other countries are making it their national interest to bend their knee and utter bullshit like this on public platforms. Mr. Mehsud, we clearly do not agree on this, so please! I wish you best of luck in running a research center.

[Marvi Sirmed @marvisirmed]

Never knew suckimg up to global bullies is akin to serving national interest.

[Saifullah Mahsud @ChiefMahsud]

I’m sure the PM is well aware of the national sentiment on this, but he made the call in the larger interest of the country. Sometimes leadership means taking one on the chin and making tough, pragmatic decisions for the nation's long-term future. We appreciate him prioritizing national interest above all. 😊

[Marvi Sirmed @marvisirmed]

@AbubakarA56 Yup. Imagine. I've been criticising Imran Khan amd his cronies for at least 3 decades now. Imagine their caliber!

[Marvi Sirmed @marvisirmed]

It is actually embarrassing to an average Pakistani that their government nominated the man for the Peace Prize, who has killed thousands in Iran, killed over a hundred innocent children by bombing their school, who bombed a wedding ceremony, who is still equipping a genocidal country, who has threatened to wipe out Iranian civilization from the face of the earth.
Mr. Prime Minister, feel that shame. Give it a try. It might bring peace to you. Thanks.

[Shehbaz Sharif @CMShehbaz]

President Donald Trump played a historic role in advancing peace in South Asia. His timely intervention helped bring Pakistan and India back from the brink and secure a ceasefire, that is holding till today.

In recognition of his outstanding contribution, Pakistan had nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.

We sincerely hope President’s efforts to promote peace and prevent conflict in our region receive due recognition this time.

@realDonaldTrump @NobelPrize

[Adil Haque @AdHaque110]

"Family members or rescuers on the ground can’t retrieve the corpses; if they do, they, too, will be killed. Gaza is piles of bodies, says one soldier. There are open graves — pits — filled with dead bodies, he adds. One soldier says that he’s seen dogs eating corpses."

[Marvi Sirmed @marvisirmed]

The Nobel Peace Price 2026 goes to the incredible South African jurist, Navi Pillay.

Pillay chaired the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory which determined last year that Israel is responsible for carrying out genocide in Gaza.

Israel is mad on the award. Surprise!
https://t.co/5fyo6d5yqi

[Marvi Sirmed @marvisirmed]

@valkyrie786 He was previously married to Alice Rothschild. Divorced in 2023. Ben was married to kate Rothschild; divorced in probably 2013 or so.

[Marvi Sirmed @marvisirmed]

Rothschild & Co is a family-owned business of the Rothschild family that has close relationship with the former PM Imran Khan. The eldest daughter of the Rothschild patriarch, Kate Rothschild is the godmother to Khan’s son.
Lord Mark Sedwil served as DHC in Pakistan in the early 2000s. I wonder if he discussed the plight of Mr. Khan with OM Sharif.

[Ahmad Noorani @Ahmad_Noorani]

Oh my God!

[Marvi Sirmed @marvisirmed]

Israel’s security agency Shin Bet declined to investigate a University lecturer who planned a mass terror attack against Arab & Palestinian civilians, instead transferring the case to police after briefly questioning him. Police delayed their response.

https://t.co/bmvni7Wavw