Khateeb Ahmed

Social Media Coordinator @ARYNEWSOFFICIAL • PR/ Communication Strategist • Ex @aaj_urdu • Bylines: @ExpressNewsPK @DunyaBlogs @SAMAATV

[Khateeb Ahmed @khateebahmed64]

I'm proud to share that my team secured 2nd position out of 20 teams in Pakistan’s largest ever “Mental Health Hackathon 2025” at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi and 95 participants were selected from diverse sectors & backgrounds to tackle mental health challenges.

[U.S. Embassy Islamabad @usembislamabad]

Happy Independence Day, Pakistan! The United States was proud to be one of the first nations to recognize Pakistan’s independence. Over the past eight decades, our friendship has only grown stronger. To our friends across Pakistan celebrating today, we wish you peace, joy, and a wonderful day with loved ones. From Chargé d’Affaires Natalie A. Baker and the U.S. diplomatic mission in Pakistan: Jashn-e-Azadi Mubarak! #USAinPakistan

یومِ آزادی مبارک! امریکہ کو یہ فخر حاصل ہے کہ وہ قیام پاکستان کے بعد اسے تسلیم کرنے والے ابتدائی ممالک میں شامل تھا۔ پچھلے اسّی سالوں میں ہماری دوستی اور بھی مضبوط ہوئی ہے۔ آج جشن آزادی منانے والے پاکستان کے سب دوستوں کے لیے ہماری طرف سے امن، خوشی اور اپنوں کے ساتھ ایک زبردست دن کی نیک تمنائیں – ناظم الامور نیٹلی اے بیکر اور پاکستان میں امریکی سفارتی مشن کی طرف سے جشنِ آزادی مبارک !

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

Saudi analyst claims the ultimate nightmare for Iran: If Saudi Arabia enters the war, they will activate a defense pact with Pakistan and rally 50 Muslim nations against Tehran. A massive regional escalation could be imminent.

[Department of State @StateDept]

PRESIDENT TRUMP: When this whole thing started, Iran started shooting missiles all over the Middle East at countries that weren’t involved because they wanted to take over the Middle East.

We can’t let these lunatics have nuclear weapons because they’d use them.

[Margo Martin @MargoMartin47]

President @realDonaldTrump brings out his B-2 Bomber model 🇺🇸

[Rishi Sunak @RishiSunak]

Iran is attempting to put a dagger to the throat of the world economy.

We in Britain must remember what the Romans taught us: if you want peace, prepare for war.

My column in @thetimes 👇
https://t.co/PBvzfZGAc7

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

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[Gharidah Farooqi (T.I.) @GFarooqi]

آبنائے ہرمز Strait of Hormuz کی بندش سے جو عالمی مارکیٹ میں تیل کی قیمتیں بڑھیں ہیں؛ لیکن حیرت انگیز طور پر بھارت جو 80% سے زیادہ تیل آبنائے ہرمز کے راستے حاصل کرتا ہے وہاں تیل کی قیمت نہیں بڑھائی گئی (بھارت کو ایک فائدہ یہ بھی ہوا کہ امریکہ نے روسی تیل خریدنے کی اجازت دے دی ۔ کیا یہ ایرانی جہاز کو دھوکہ دینے کے عوض ہوا ۔۔۔۔ بہرحال بھارت نے اپنی معاشی گیم ایک ماہ دو ماہ کیلئے تو بچا لی)۔ دوسرا بڑا ملک چین ہے جو 40% تیل آبنائے ہرمز کے ذریعے حاصل کرتا ہے، چین میں بھی تیل کی قیمت نہیں بڑھی اور آج تک ایک ڈالر (280 پاکستانی روپے) کے برابر ہے۔ ایک اور بڑا ملک جاپان ہے جو 90% تیل آبنائے ہرمز کے راستے حاصل کرتا ہے۔ جاپان میں بھی چین کی طرح پٹرول ایک ڈالر (یعنی 280 پاکستانی روپے) سے بھی کم دستیاب ہے اور قیمت ابھی تک نہیں بڑھائی گئی۔ تو پھر پاکستان میں قیمتیں بڑھانے کی اتنی جلدی کیوں جبکہ حکومت نے خود کہا کہ کم از کم ایک ماہ کا سٹاک موجود ہے (جو ظاہر ہے گزشتہ قیمت پر خریدا گیا)۔ اگر نئے سٹاک کی خریداری کیلئے قیمت ایڈجسٹ کی گئی تو کم از کم کچھ دن/ہفتے تو انتظار کیا جا سکتا تھا۔۔۔۔ یا پھر ایران جنگ کی آڑ میں کسی کا “پیسے بناؤ کھانچے” کا پلان تشکیل دیا گیا ۔۔۔۔!!!؟؟؟؟

[Khalid bin Salman خالد بن سلمان @kbsalsaud]

Met with Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defense Forces, Field Marshal Asim Munir. We discussed Iranian attacks on the Kingdom and the measures needed to halt them within the framework of our Joint Strategic Defense Agreement. We stressed that such actions undermine regional security and stability and expressed hope that the Iranian side will exercise wisdom and avoid miscalculation.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Exclusive: Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East, the first indication that another major U.S. adversary is participating — even indirectly — in the war. https://t.co/SfBeKxq7zC

[Kaja Kallas @kajakallas]

Tehran is now trying to export the war to as many countries as it can.

Today, EU Foreign Ministers and our Gulf partners will discuss what we can do together to break the cycle of violence.

The same drones that are attacking Kyiv, are now attacking our partners in the Middle East. So we will explore how we can support drone interceptor production.

My doorstep ↓

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The U.S. military used advanced AI to strike 1,000 targets in Iran within 24 hours, a tool that could be difficult for the Pentagon to give up even as it severs ties with the company that created it. https://t.co/dDQ8KoWdVT

[د. ماجد محمد الأنصاري Dr. Majed Al Ansari @majedalansari]

Qatar has not been part of the campaign targeting Iran. We are exercising our right in self defense and deterring Iranian attacks against our country.

We urge media outlets to use credible Qataris sources when reporting on Qatar.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

DO NOT underestimate the wrath of the U.S. military.

[Reuters @Reuters]

'The United States has requested permission to use British bases for that specific and limited defensive purpose. We have taken the decision to accept this request to prevent Iran firing missiles across the region,' UK PM Starmer said in a video message https://t.co/D2OvkHwNFn

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he’s accepted a request from the US to let his country’s military bases be used for attacks on Iran aimed at stopping retaliatory missile strikes. The UK had originally denied access over fears it violated international law.

[Department of State @StateDept]

PRESIDENT TRUMP: We are undertaking this massive operation not merely to ensure security for us, but for our children as well.

These actions are necessary to ensure Americans never have to face a radical bloodthirsty terrorist regime armed with nuclear weapons and threats.

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

Iran just attacked a French military base. Not an American base. Not a British base. A French base.

Camp de la Paix in Abu Dhabi, the first permanent French military installation outside of Africa in half a century, inaugurated by Nicolas Sarkozy in 2009 as the cornerstone of the France-UAE defense pact.

French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin confirmed that Iranian drones struck a hangar at the base, causing fires and limited material damage. No French casualties. But the damage that matters is not to the hangar. It is to the assumption that this war is between the United States and Iran.

The name of the base that Iran attacked translates to “Peace Camp.”

France was not part of the strikes that killed Ayatollah Khamenei. France called for de-escalation. Emmanuel Macron urged all parties to pursue diplomatic resolution and stated that the Iranian leadership must recognize there is no alternative to negotiations. Hours later, Iranian drones hit a French military facility. The IRGC’s targeting doctrine makes no distinction between the country that ordered the strikes and the countries that host military infrastructure in the Gulf. If you have a base within range, you are a combatant. Macron’s diplomacy was irrelevant to the trajectory of the incoming Shaheds.

Now France is responding. BFMTV reported on March 1 that the Charles de Gaulle carrier strike group is being redirected to the Eastern Mediterranean as France considers “defensive action” against Iran. The Charles de Gaulle is the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier on earth that does not fly an American flag. Europe’s only CATOBAR carrier, the only non-US flattop capable of launching fully loaded fighters from steam catapults. For ORION 26 it embarked 20 Rafale M fighters, E-2C Hawkeye early warning aircraft, and a full escort including air defense frigates, a nuclear attack submarine, and warships from Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Morocco, and the United Kingdom.

Here is what makes this redirection seismic. The Charles de Gaulle departed Toulon on January 27 for ORION 26, France’s largest joint exercise, designed to test coalition operations under conditions approaching a major conventional conflict in Europe. It then transitioned to LA FAYETTE 26 in the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea, participating in NATO Baltic Sentry, Neptune Strike, and Cold Response. It was practicing for a European war against Russia. It is now being pulled south to face Iran.

That is a strategic reallocation from NATO’s northern flank to NATO’s southern flank in real time. The carrier that was protecting Baltic undersea infrastructure from Russian threats last week is now repositioning to project power against Iranian threats this week. One carrier. Two theaters. Two adversaries. And France has only one.

Simultaneously, the EU announced it will reinforce its Aspides naval mission in the Red Sea with two additional French warships. France, the United Kingdom, and Germany issued a joint statement declaring readiness to “take action” to defend their interests against Iran. Two nuclear weapons states and the three largest economies in Europe aligning military posture against Iran within 48 hours of the Khamenei assassination.

Camp de la Paix was built to face the Strait of Hormuz. Its dock can accommodate every ship in the French Navy except one: the Charles de Gaulle. The carrier is too large. So France’s most powerful warship will operate from the Mediterranean instead, projecting Rafale strike missions across a thousand miles of contested airspace. The base that anchored French power in the Gulf is burning. The carrier that was defending Europe from Russia is sailing toward Iran. And the war that was supposed to be between two countries now involves the military forces of at least five.

Peace Camp is on fire. And the peace it was named for has left the building. https://t.co/BrzGRrU3VW

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

President Donald J. Trump provides an update on Operation Epic Fury:

[Ariel Oseran أريئل أوسيران @ariel_oseran]

BREAKING: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has authorized the Royal Forces to strike back against Iran if necessary, calling Iranian attacks on the kingdom "cowardly," CNN reports. MBS stated that Iran knows that Saudi airspace was not used for U.S. or Israeli strikes, and Tehran struck anyway.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

President Trump launched strikes on Iran after a weeks-long lobbying effort by Israel and Saudi Arabia, according to four people familiar with the matter.

U.S. intelligence assessments saw no imminent threat, but regional allies argued to strike. https://t.co/NYyr3RiT6g