Zohaib Anwar

Alumnus @akuglobal | Resident Physician @infirmaryhealth

[Ali Khan Tareen @aliktareen]

I encourage everyone to read this article by Mansoor Ali Shah today.

How this man wasn’t made chief justice is a travesty and disservice to the country. https://t.co/DMLhYOqz5f

[Zarrar Khuhro @ZarrarKhuhro]

CCCCD: 'Class conscious crime control department'

[Khurram Husain @KhurramHusain]

I have waited many years, decades even, to write these words and the day has finally arrived. Today I am proud to be a Pakistani.

My piece in Dawn today.

https://t.co/BA23yaEpV0

[Ammar Ali Jan @ammaralijan]

Naseem Shah fined 2 crore for a tweet. Imaan Mazari & Hadi Chatha given life sentences for a tweet. Hamza Khan abducted & later charged for a tweet.

It is clear we are living in a fiefdom where the egos of a few people can trample upon the constitution and basic decency.

[Rana Ayyub @RanaAyyub]

Imran Khan, one of the most well-known and popular Pakistanis in the world, has been silenced and subjected to brutal treatment. What does this reveal about the current state of affairs in the country?

[Zohaib Anwar @ZohaibAnwarMD]

@AsadAToor @ThePakistanExp1

[Ahmer Naqvi @karachikhatmal]

It amazes me that after everything we endure we still choose to show up and watch this.

[Zohaib Anwar @ZohaibAnwarMD]

@ThePakistanExp1 Some amendments to PECA were introduced during PTI’s time, but they were struck down by Justice Athar Minallah (IHC), and the government did not pursue them further. So technically, no lasting strengthening of PECA law occurred during PTI’s tenure.

[PTI @PTIofficial]

Dear Asim Munir and DG ISPR,

#GetWellSoonDG

[Ammar Ali Jan @ammaralijan]

We have reached a point where military's role in overthrowing governments, controlling the judiciary, muzzling the media, and abducting dissidents is deemed legitimate while tweeting against these acts is considered a threat to national security.

[Asad Ali Toor @AsadAToor]

🚨🚨
What a disgusting fall from grace, and how the people we thought are progressive become tout of establishment… Must admire @cyalm for always maintaining that Pakistani liberals and leftist are fake and looking to lick the boots of the generals of their choice.. Disgraceful

[Hussain Nadim @HNadim87]

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.

[Ammar Ali Jan @ammaralijan]

A pawn in America's regime change operation in Venezuela has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while ignoring doctors & journalists conducting heroic work in Gaza. These awards are an ideological weapon in the armour of imperialism. Only fools take this charade seriously.

[Ali Hamza @alihamzaisb]

I hope he won't say PTI Govt started Afghan Jihad in 80's...

[Behram Qazi 🇵🇰 🇨🇦 @DeafMango]

This was the last time the PCB wished Imran Khan on his birthday.

Since then they've wished one Test wonders, one Test failures, match fixers, and literally every Pakistani cricketer under the sun.

[TIME @TIME]

"America has always had a soft spot for Pakistan’s military dictators because they see them as a one window operation for their secret, and not-so-secret, strategic plans," writes Mohammed Hanif
https://t.co/ABEu9DuIqh

[Imran Khan @ImranKhanPTI]

“Asim Munir has an insatiable hunger for power, which is why he has imposed the worst form of dictatorship. Instead of demanding that I apologize, Asim Munir should apologize to me. The events of May 9th (2023) were orchestrated by the same person who stole the CCTV footage. At present, May 9th has become Asim Munir’s insurance policy.

It is not a hybrid system that is in place in our country, but the dictatorship of Asim Munir. That is precisely why (President) Trump invited him instead of Shehbaz Sharif.

In their extreme fascism and oppression, they continue to target non-political members of my family. My two nephews, Shahrez and Shershah Khan, have been abducted despite having no involvement in politics. My nephew Shahrez Khan, who is an excellent athlete, was forcibly taken away. I am being held in complete solitary confinement. Over a period of three months, I have been allowed only three meetings. Even meetings with my lawyers and family are blocked for months at a time. All of this is being done to pressure me.

For the past eight months, my wife, Bushra Bibi, has also been held in solitary confinement. Such treatment of women is unprecedented in the history of Pakistan, not even under Yahya Khan.

Faisal Vawda, who acts as a mouthpiece of the establishment, issued statements that Bushra Bibi would seek separation from me. She was pressured to do so, but she stood firmly by my side. Previously, when Asim Munir was removed from the post of DG ISI, he attempted to contact Bushra Bibi through Zulfi Bukhari, but she refused. That is why she is being subjected to such cruel treatment today. She is kept in solitary confinement under deplorable conditions, where she has suffered electric shocks and physical wounds. She is provided polluted water to use. Every form of cruelty is being inflicted upon her.

Asim Munir is behind all this. He has neither morality nor an understanding of Islam. My message to him is this: no matter which member of my family you imprison to increase pressure on me, I will neither bow down nor accept this tyranny. I will continue my struggle for Haqeeqi Azadi (genuine freedom), no matter what.

Asim Munir is doing to Pakistan what Mohsin Naqvi has done to cricket.

The judiciary has been destroyed, the media silenced, and the police forced into actions that have criminalized the institution itself. Even during Yahya Khan’s era, such circumstances did not exist. The police are being used against the members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which has led to a rise in crime across the country. Unemployment is at its peak. The economy cannot be fixed by the SIFC, but through public confidence and the rule of law.

Criminals have been imposed upon us, despite the fact that ISI had itself shared with me evidence of their corruption and money laundering. All cases against anyone who left PTI were immediately forgiven.

Whenever dictatorship takes hold, it does so by colluding with judges. At present, due to shameless judges, the rule of law in Pakistan has completely collapsed. After the 26th Constitutional Amendment, the judiciary has become entirely subservient. These judges without a conscience do not take action against human rights violations. If our judges acted upon their conscience, provided justice to the people of Pakistan, and feared accountability before Allah on the Day of Judgment, then such tyranny would never have been possible. These conscienceless judges are equally complicit in this injustice and oppression."

Important Conversation of Former Prime Minister Imran Khan from Adiala Jail
(August 26, 2025)

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[PTI @PTIofficial]

میرے ساتھ آٹھ ماہ سے بشرٰی بیگم کو بھی قید تنہائی میں رکھا گیا ہے۔ ایسا سلوک عورتوں کے ساتھ پاکستان کی تاریخ میں کبھی نہیں کیا گیا۔ یحیٰی خان نے بھی ایسا نہیں کیا-

بشرٰی بیگم پر دباؤ ڈالا گیا کہ مجھ سے علیحدگی اختیار کر لیں مگر وہ میرے ساتھ کھڑی رہیں- اس سے پہلے جب عاصم منیر کو DG ISI کے عہدے سے ��ٹایا تو اس نے زلفی بخاری کے ذریعے بشرٰی بیگم سے رابطے کی کوشش کی، لیکن انہوں نے انکار کر دیا، اسی لیے آج ان کے ساتھ یہ بدترین سلوک کیا جا رہا ہے۔ انہیں قید تنہائی میں رکھا گیا ہے۔ ان کو خراب حالات میں رکھے جانے پر کرنٹ لگ چکا ہے اور زخم آ چکے ہیں۔ ان کو استعمال کے لیے گندا پانی دیا جاتا ہے۔ ان پر ہر طرح کا ظلم جاری ہے۔

یہ سب کچھ عاصم منیر کروا رہا ہے- اس میں نہ کوئی اخلاقیات ہیں اور نہ اسلام کی سمجھ ہے- @ImranKhanPTI

[M. Jibran Nasir 🇵🇸 @MJibranNasir]

This Independence Day I dedicate my voice to all those Pakistanis abducted by the MI and ISI, to all those killed in fake encounters by the police, and to all those who, due to the pettiness of some and the cowardice of others, were subjected to military courts. 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰

[Kasim Khan @Kasim_Khan_1999]

Our father lived in Pakistan - away from us - for most of our lives. Not because he had to, but because he chose to stand up against a corrupt regime. While he wasn’t there every day as a father, Pakistan had him as a leader. He gave his country everything: hospitals, universities, and a movement for justice.

He’s been offered the chance to spend the rest of his days in comfort - going on walks or playing cricket with us in England. Instead, he chooses to remain locked away in a dark prison cell.

His sacrifice is for Pakistan.
His strength comes from its people.