سیّدحسن

Change is Inevitable. Political Activist | Ex PK Govt. | @GCU_GSBS & @NUAA_Official #HumanityIsSupreme

[سیّدحسن @SyeddHasann]

“A STATE WITHIN THE STATE HAS EMERGED BEYOND ANY FORMAL ACCOUNTABILITY , THOSE WHO ARE PART OF IT BELONG TO A PROTECTED CLASS, DETACHED FROM THE REALITY IN WHICH MOST PAKISTANIS LIVE.” - @DeutscheWelle

#PakistanUnderStateFascism

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[Amnesty International South Asia, Regional Office @amnestysasia]

🇵🇰 Pakistan's second periodic review at the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) 80th session will take place today and tomorrow.

Amnesty International has highlighted that Pakistan has not taken substantive steps to incorporate economic, social and cultural rights into its domestic legislation as binding rights, and has raised serious concerns regarding the authorities' ability to ensure compliance with the principle of non-discrimination (article 2(2)), right to just and favourable conditions of work (article 7), right to form and join trade unions (article 8), and the right to health (article 12).

The session will be livestreamed here: https://t.co/UpqaHfNAuQ

🕕 Today (3 November) from 15:00 to 18:00 in Geneva / 19:00 t0 22:00 in Pakistan

🕐 Tomorrow (4 November) from 10:00 to 13:00 in Geneva / 14:00 to 17:00 in Pakistan

📑Read Amnesty International’s submission to the CESCR: https://t.co/rJ78ubrgxD

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

There is always a tweet

[brief. @brief_pk]

Elites fighting elites, no need to shed tears but some details on Hashwani vs Zardari-Military:

Behind the scenes of the Pearl-Continental saga, the Hashwani family’s hospitality empire is being dismantled through an orchestrated corporate squeeze. The battle centers on Pakistan Services Limited (PSL), where outside interests acquired a roughly 56% voting majority by exploiting disputed share pledges and distressed market pricing. With state regulators and courts failing to provide an institutional shield, the family found itself outflanked within its own flagship publicly listed firm.

Once voting control was secured, Fauji Foundation moved in to orchestrate the carve-up, compelling the Hashwanis through a forced out-of-court settlement to surrender premier northern and garrison-adjacent properties, including PC Lahore, PC Bhurban, and PC Muzaffarabad. Simultaneously, corporate vehicles tied to the ruling civilian political apparatus specifically Thatta Cement, linked historically to the Omni Group and the inner circle of Zardari, have positioned themselves to take control of the southern assets, including PC Karachi.

Sadruddin Hashwani spent decades in a vicious personal feud with Zardari. While large industrialists historically survived civilian vendettas by seeking shelter with the military establishment, the current political reality leaves no room for such maneuvering, as the civilian coalition and military leadership now govern in direct alignment, subservience, partnership, SIFC, whatever else you want to call it.

The forced surrender of the PC hotel network sends an unambiguous signal to the wider business community. In Pakistan's current economic model, independent private conglomerates cannot maintain independence without state patronage. When ruling political figures and military-backed conglomerates set their sights on prime commercial assets, regulatory protections evaporate, leaving legacy family dynasties vulnerable to state-backed corporate absorption.

[Taimoor Khan @taimoorr_baloch]

My latest article published in The Friday Times. Honoured @TFT_

[Gulzar Cheema @Gulzarwindsor1]

جہاں مال ہو گا وہاں برگیڈئیر تو آئین گے

[Javed Hashmi @JavedHashmiJH]

میرے نواسے قاسم ہاشمی کو ابھی ایجنسیوں والے نقاب پوشوں نے میری نظروں کے سامنے سے گرفتار کر لیا ہے۔
@mmqasimhashmi۔

انگریز نے جب مولانا محمد علی جوہر کو جب گرفتار کیا تھا تو ان کی والدہ نے یہ اشعار پڑھے تھے۔

جان بیٹا خلافت پہ دے دو
ہو تمہی میرے گھر کا اجالا
تھا اسی واسطے تم کو پالا
کام کوئی نہیں اس سے اعلیٰ
جان بیٹا خلافت پہ دے دو

[Enkidu Reborn @enkidureborn]

میرا جسم میری مرضی

ایک تو وہ فیمنزم ہے مغرب والی ، خواتین اپنی نسوانی خوبصورتی کو کٹوا کر مرد بن رہی ہیں۔ زبان اور ناف میں اور پتہ نہیں کہاں کہاں سٹیل کی مرکیاں پھیر رکھی ہیں۔ ایل جی بی ٹی کیو پلس مائنس وغیرہ وغیرہ والا فیمنزم۔ موٹے سول والے کالے کالے اونچے اونچے جوتے ، سکاٹش سکرٹ ، پرپل رنگ کے بال بوائے کٹ اور جسم ٹیٹوز سے بھرا ہوا فیمنزم ۔ پھر اسکی اتنی جہتیں اور اتنی تفصیلات کہ انسان سمجھ نا پائے۔ یہ سب آپ کے معاشرے سے مطابقت نہیں رکھتا۔ اِس معاشرے کے لیے یہ کیسا ہے یہ آپ کا مسئلہ نہیں ہے۔

اب ایک ہے آپ کا معاشرہ ، جہاں پیدائش سے پہلے ہی تعصب شروع ہوجاتا ہے۔ الٹرا ساونڈ رپورٹ ہی چہرے چڑھا یا لٹکا دیتی ہے۔ ( آپ کے بابا نے کیا کیا یہ معاشرے کی عکاسی نہیں )۔ پھر پیدائش پر بیٹی کے لیےتسلیاں اور بیٹے کے لیے اور۔ پھر بیٹی کے لیے صرف تعلیم بیٹے کے لیے بہترین تعلیم۔ بیٹی کے لیے درس نظامی بیٹے کے لیے یونیورسٹی ۔ بیٹا چھبیس ستائیس کا بھی والدین پر بوجھ اور بیٹی پیدا ہوتے ہیں پرایا دھن اٹھارہ کی ہوتے ہی کسی کے کھاتے فٹ۔ اور درمیان میں پوری کوشش کرنی ہے کہ وراثت میں بھی حصہ نہ ملے۔

یہ معاشرے کی منفی تصویر ہے؟ ارے میاں یہ تو کچھ بھی نہیں۔ پانچ چھ سال کی بچی کو خطرہ ہے۔ دس گیارہ سال کی ہر لڑکی کو نامناسب دست درازیوں کو سامنا کرنا پڑتا ہے۔ چودہ پندرہ کی اپنے جسم میں پیوست نگاہوں کا بوجھ اٹھاتی ہے۔ اسے ایک ایک آنکھ کی میل دکھائی دیتی ہے بس بولتی نہیں۔ اسکے رکشے کے ڈرائیور سے لیکر دفتر کے چپڑاسی تک ، اپنے کولیگ اور باس سے لیکر اپنے رشتہ داروں تک اس ایک ایک نظر دکھائی دیتی ہے۔ ارے میاں ابھی بھی بہت کم بتایا ہے۔ ماموں نے زیادتی کردی ، چچا نے زیادتی کردی ، تھانے شکایت کرنے گئی تھانیدار نے زیادتی کردی۔ پاس سے گزر گئی تو کہا میری دوست ہے۔ مسکرا کر گزر گئی تو کہا دیتی ہے۔ انگور کٹھے ہوئے تو کہا گشتی ہے۔ گستاخی معاف ، اس میں کہیں کچھ غلط ہو تو ٹوک دیجیے۔

ڈومیسٹک وائلنس الگ ، میریٹل ریپ الگ ، جی ہاں نکاح کے باوجود زبردستی جنسی تعلق زیادتی ہی کہلائے گا۔ پہلے تعلیم نہیں دی ، پھر جائیدار نہیں دی ، پھر اعتماد نہیں دیا ، جب ہر طرف سے دبا دی تو پھر کہا تم مجھے چھوڑو گی تو کس کے ٹکڑوں پر پلو گی یعنی مجبورکرکے باندھ لی۔ چخ چخ پخ پخ الگ اور دھمکیاں الگ ۔

زیادہ ہوگیا ؟ ہاں ، ہماری بیٹیاں برابر بھی ہیں ، پر اعتماد بھی ہیں ، بہت بڑی تعداد کی زندگیاں متوازن ہیں۔ وہ خوش ہیں۔ لیکن یہاں نشاندہی مسائل کی ہے۔ یہ مسائل ہیں اور انکی شرح خطرناک ہے۔ یہاں میرا جسم میری مرضی یہاں فیمنزم کا مطلب اعضاء کٹوا کر چمڑہ لٹکوا لینا نہیں ہے۔ یہاں فیمنزم کا مطلب برابری اور حقوق ہیں۔ یہاں میرا جسم میری مرضی کا مطلب میرے جسم کی بھوکے درندوں سے حفاظت ہے ، لالچ اور بہتان سے حفاظت ہے۔ ہاں کچھ ایسی طبقات فیمنزم کا چہرہ ضرور بن گئے جن کے یہ مسائل نہیں ہیں۔ لیکن آپ ان کی آڑ میں لاکھوں کروڑوں دیگر لوگوں کو اگنور مت کیجیے۔

میری بیٹی کی سوچ میری بیٹی کی مرضی۔ میری بیٹی کی وراثت میری بیٹی کی مرضی۔ میری بیٹی کی تعلیم میری بیٹی کی مرضی۔ میری بیٹی کی شادی میری بیٹی کی مرضی۔ میری بیٹی کا جسم میری بیٹی کی مرضی۔ اعلان ختم۔

[Azaz Syed @AzazSyed]

Amir Rana founded and led one of Pakistan’s most credible security think tanks, @PAKPIPS. He has now resigned, and there is a much bigger story behind his departure, including how he was forced to cancel an international conference scheduled to take place in Islamabad last month.

His resignation reflects a growing sense of disillusionment among educated,informed and committed people who increasingly feel let down by the state.This is a significant loss.

Dear @AmirRana bhai,u did a remarkable job. Your contributions matter. Stay strong, don’t lose heart. This too shall pass.

[Sulaiman Khan @SulaimanKNiazi]

No one has seen or heard from my father since August, when he explicitly said that he was being tortured and that the regime was trying to kill him like Egypt’s government did Morsi. The UN Special Rapporteur on torture has repeatedly stated that his treatment amounts to torture. Pakistan’s fascist regime, led by military dictator Asim Munir, continue to ignore the Supreme Court order from August for my father to be assessed and treated at the private Shifa International Hospital, as well as for regular access to family visits and access to his lawyers. It is clear that they are trying to kill him as he is by far the most popular political figure in the country, and they fear him. If the worst happens, no one should make any mistake who is responsible. It is Asim Munir with the approval of the illegitimate Pakistani government. Every government that continues to legitimise this regime will be complicit in this and the resulting chaos and destabilisation it causes in the region. No state that is engaging in friendly relations with this fascist Pakistani regime can truly claim to uphold the values of democracy or human rights.

[Sher Ali Arbab @saarbab]

The aftermath of the raid on my house last night. No one is intimidated however, not even the little ones.

[Margaret Satterthwaite @SRjudgeslawyers]

🇵🇰 #Pakistan: I am deeply alarmed by the sentencing of human rights lawyers @ImaanZHazir and @AdvHadiali to 10 years in prison each. The reported concerns surrounding their jail trial, including restrictions on their ability to communicate effectively with counsel, raise serious questions about due process and fair trial guarantees. (1/3)

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Human rights lawyer couple sentenced to 10 years' prison in Pakistan https://t.co/ttPq64xLdf

[Usama Khilji @UsamaKhilji]

An illegally detained elderly lady without access to counsel or family taken to a heart hospital where her ward is locked up.

This is Pakistan in 2026 under @MaryamNSharif @CMShehbaz. Pathetic & shameful.

[Arshad Yousafzai @Arshadyousafzay]

TLP-ML (N)

[سیّدحسن @SyeddHasann]

@iam_sidrah جنم دن بہت مبارک ہو!!

[Amnesty International South Asia, Regional Office @amnestysasia]

PAKISTAN: Responding to the conviction and ten-year imprisonment of Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha today by the Anti-Terrorism Court in Islamabad, Yasmine Ahmed, Senior Director for Regional Human Rights Impact at Amnesty International, said:

“These convictions are an indictment of Pakistan’s justice system. This was not just Imaan and Hadi on trial, it was a test of the judiciary’s ability to uphold the principles of justice and the right to fair trial. It has failed that test miserably. It is clear that these ‘anti-terrorism’ charges are being used to punish Imaan and Hadi for their human rights advocacy.”

Read more here: https://t.co/fi4Iw7DFg8

[Mariana Baabar @MarianaBaabar]

Many health challenged, elderly women PTI members,supporters jailed for past three years. Never before have so many women political prisoners been jailed and denied free trials.

[Reema Omer @reema_omer]

Imaan and Hadi are prisoners of conscience. Their convictions are cruel, vindictive, and textbook examples of using law and the judicial process as weapons of persecution

[Alifya Sohail @AlifyaSohail]

Imaan Mazari’s court testimony: “I am a prisoner of conscience who has been at the receiving end of state persecution since at least 2022 for my human rights and legal work. It is deeply painful for me that while my work on human rights has received recognition abroad, even today, my family and I continue to suffer reprisals for the same in my home country. I have not committed any crime and my track record attests to my deeply-held commitment to the rule of law. I also want to categorically state that standing against oppression, injustice and tyranny entails personal cost and suffering. This is a universal truth but history remembers those who resist injustice while those who perpetrate it are condemned for all times to come. We have been tried in a cage, in violation of our basic human dignity and our right to due process and fair trial, but we have complete peace of mind in the knowledge that God exalts who He wills to exalt and disgraces who He wills to disgrace.” #ReleaseImaanAndHadi

[brief. @brief_pk]

Pakistan's military-owned Margalla Heavy Industries has signed a $2.25 billion deal with an unnamed Chinese battery manufacturer and undisclosed local investors to build a lithium-ion battery plant in Rawalpindi. Even with the building ready and machines already installed, rollout is waiting on the federal cabinet to pass a state battery policy to lock in commercial protections. Battery manufacturing and green tech belong in the civilian sector, not behind opaque military contracts.

How can the military ever stay out of political engineering when it has multi-billion-dollar businesses at stake? Instead of focusing on national defense, it operates as a corporate syndicate that needs state power to pass favorable policies, protect its monopolies, and enrich itself at the expense of private enterprise.