Syed Humza

Fulbright Scholar. History. Politics. Energy. Engineering. Yoga

[Fox News @FoxNews]

JUST IN: President Trump said he could travel to Islamabad to seal a deal, praising Pakistan’s leadership and signaling he “might go” if an agreement is signed there:

“The field marshal has been great. The Prime Minister has been really great in Pakistan so I might go.”

@pdoocy

[Turgay Evren @TurgayEvren1]

Pakistan’s anthem is highly Persianized, so Persian speakers may pronounce it more authentically—though it’s usually sung in an Urdu style.

Here is Pakistan’s national anthem performed by an Iranian singer.

[Syed Humza @Syed_Humza5]

@stats_feed Don’t get married

[Shaykh Azhar Nasser @ShaykhAzhar]

This is the kind of Islam colonizers are comfortable promoting.

An Islam reduced to self-help slogans.

An Islam that speaks endlessly about “ignoring haters” but falls silent in the face of tyrants.

[Syed Humza @Syed_Humza5]

@zoemalyk_giggle Charming snacks bar

[Hafeez Baloch @BalochHafeez201]

Karachi is not just DHA & Bahria Town. It is a delta of Lyari & Malir Rivers, with streams from the Kirthar mountains feeding life into it. But its waterways are being murdered — turned into sewage drains & highways..1/4
#SaveKarachi #MalirRiver #LyariRiver

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

"It is a famine. The Gaza Famine.

It is a famine that we could have prevented, if we had been allowed. Yet food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel.

Everyone owns this. The #GazaFamine is the world’s famine."

- @UNReliefChief

[Moments & memories @momentmemori]

This cloudburst disaster is something most of us were unaware of.
KP Pakistan Uttarakhand India

[Syed Humza @Syed_Humza5]

Eid Mubarak peeps

[Mehrub Awan @mehrubawan]

I’m sorry but why is no one having the conversation how India is a continuation of the British Empire’s artificial creation of India as ONE large colony, and their current pain is “WHY are we not the exact same map as British India” WITH a Hindutva fantasy?

Neo-colonialism much?

[Hamid Mir حامد میر @HamidMirPAK]

Great honour for Pakistan. Journalist Asad Ali Toor received Tulip Human Rights Award from the Kingdom of Netherlands. Fearless journalist was given this prestigious award today by the Ambassador of Netherlands in Pakistan Henny de Vries in a special ceremony. Weldone Toor👏

[PakistanAirQuality @PakAirQuality]

Pakistan Air Quality Experts (PAQx) group has urged the Prime Minister @CMShehbaz to implement 3 immediate measures, and presented a 12-point agenda for long-term air quality management.

https://t.co/BAH6dZGois

[Caroline Davies @caroline_gm_d]

Smog is inescapable in many cities across Punjab
Over the weekend, Multan saw air quality readings up to 2000

Our piece on Lahore from Friday’s @BBCNews

With @MalikMudassir2 and @FakhirMunir

[Mehrub Awan @mehrubawan]

Quaid e Azam University's graduates and their understanding of politics is *chef's kiss*.

I'm sorry but LUMS, IBA, Habib stand nowhere in front of the grounded, solid, discourse that QAU brings to the table.

In fact, one can tease out a distinct difference between the "quality" of discourse coming out of elite liberal Pakistani universities versus places like Quaid-e-Azam - not just in terms of the vernacular and rhetoric but also around what issue (and value framework) is being "centered".

This isn't a condemnation of LUMS, IBA, Habib by any means - great schools and great grads "technically". However, I'd like to see more class diversity, like that of QAU students, be platformed in discussion and conferences now. The discussion is more relatable, grounded, granular, and hence, visceral.

[Syed Humza @Syed_Humza5]

@najam_ali Sir oil and gas exploration is at bottom right now. What’s the source of ‘increased focus’ on the same?

[Syed Humza @Syed_Humza5]

@nisma_riaz Where’d you make all this

[Syed Humza @Syed_Humza5]

@sarataseer Semolina

[Syed Humza @Syed_Humza5]

@HamidMirPAK Jacaranda

[Syed Humza @Syed_Humza5]

@MahimMaher They are only suggestive at best

[Syed Humza @Syed_Humza5]

Irony

[Usama Khilji @UsamaKhilji]

Asad Toor, arrested today by the Federal Investigation Agency in Islamabad for criticising Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa in his journalism, was gifted a mug with Article 19 related to freedom of speech & #PressFreedom printed on it by the CJ’s spouse Sarina Isa in 2020.