PAKISTAN: Ahead of the third anniversary of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ongoing detention, Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty International’s Acting Regional Director for South Asia, said:
“For three years, Pakistan’s authorities have systematically denied Imran Khan the right to a fair trial, subjected him to prolonged solitary confinement, and limited his access to medical care and visitation rights. He has not been allowed to meet his family for more than eight months and his vision has reportedly deteriorated significantly. Both he and his wife, Bushra Bibi Khan, have now been denied regular access to legal counsel since December 2025."
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DG ISPR has stated that the definition of hard country is a country governed by constitution and laws which applies equally to all citizens. Happy to hear that he has also, like the vast majority, come to this conclusion. The world came up with a governance design to achieve this as far back as the 18th century. First outlined by Montesque and then enshrined in the US constitution. 3 separate branches of power. Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. Each having powers in their own domain and none with power to interfere in others. Are we ready to do that? Is our parliament elected on the bases of the will of the people and free to make laws? Is our Judiciary free to dispense justice? Is our Executive, civil and military, willing to stay within the constitutional bounds defined for them in the constitution? When the answer to these questions will be yes, Pakistan will be a country governed by a constitution and laws will apply equally to every citizen and institution...which is the desire of the entire nation, and now echoed by the DG ISPR. Let's go now from aspiration to making it happen.
@SaleemFarrukh Gas supply is suspended because of diversion to power sector since Qatar LNG is blocked. Let Qatar LNG resume then we will see. Looks like a smokescreen
Pakistan is so "trouble-free" that our rulers are literally DYING of boredom! So what does PM Shehbaz Sharif do? Forms a 7-member committee to decide seating arrangements at government functions to ensure that ministers and MPs look like they’re dominating the room like feudal lords. Status over substance. Brahmanic hierarchy still runs deeper than the Indus.
🚨 Roy Keane Doesn't Hold Back After Iran's Controversial VAR Heartbreak:
🗣️ “I don't want to hear anyone telling me VAR is making football better after watching that. If that's the standard at a World Cup, we're in trouble.
The whole point of the technology is to stop obvious mistakes. Instead, it's become another way to create them. That goal should never have been taken away if the decision wasn't absolutely clear.
I feel for the Iranian players. They thought they'd produced one of the biggest moments in their country's football history, only for it to be wiped out by people sitting in a room watching television screens.
When you're making decisions that can send one team through and knock another out, you have to get them right. 'Almost right' isn't good enough. Not on this stage.
Football is about players deciding matches, not officials becoming the biggest talking point afterwards. Yet here we are again, discussing referees instead of the football.
Someone has to explain how that decision was reached because supporters deserve answers. If VAR can't provide fairness in moments like these, then it's failing at the one job it was brought into the game to do.”
Thierry Henry on the VAR decision that denied Iran a last-minute winner against Egypt:
🗣️ “I genuinely feel sick for the Iranian players. They believed they had written one of the greatest moments in their country's football history, only for it to be ripped away in seconds. That's a pain no footballer should experience.”
“You cannot ask players to give everything for ninety minutes and then allow a decision like this to define their World Cup. If VAR is overturning goals of this magnitude, it has to be absolutely flawless. There is no room for doubt.”
“Look at the faces of the players, look at the supporters in the stands. Those weren't just tears over a goal—they were tears over a dream that disappeared in an instant. That's what makes this so heartbreaking.”
“This isn't just about Iran anymore. Every nation at this World Cup should be worried because if a moment like this can happen on football's biggest stage, it can happen to anyone. That's a frightening thought.”
“The officials will move on to the next game, but the Iranian players and their supporters will carry this moment for the rest of their lives. Some scars in football never truly heal.”
“If that decision was wrong, then football has failed Iran. A World Cup should be remembered for unforgettable goals and heroic performances not for a controversy that leaves millions wondering what might have been.”