Asad Msd

historian🇵🇰
GC, Lahore

[Shahid Hussain Raja @Shahid_H_Raja]

Those who are preparing for CSS/PMS examinations can access my MEDIUM account(https://t.co/BMVwpbMbue) for articles on Pakistan Affairs/Current Affairs/Political Science/IR.
For any topic not covered there, please contact me here

[South Asian Voices @SAVoices]

Can India legally suspend the Indus Waters Treaty? @mubasharizvi's deep-dive explores the international law, treaty mechanics & diplomatic fallout.

[BBC News اردو @BBCUrdu]

زینب النفزاویہ: اسلامی تاریخ کی بااثر ملکہ جنھیں مذاکرات کے فن پر ’جادوگر‘ کا لقب ملا
https://t.co/0jlcmLvnUB

[Islamabad Policy Research Institute @IPRI_Pak]

IPRI Journal|
Read Socio-Political Impact of International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Pakistan from 2008–2022 by Damiya Saghir

https://t.co/BlWL7c6xgZ

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

"Balfour wrote in a 1919 memo to the British cabinet that “in Palestine we do not propose even to go through the form of consulting the wishes of the present inhabitants of the country. . . . Zionism, be it right or wrong, good or bad, is rooted in age-long traditions, in present needs, in future hopes, of far profounder import than the desires and prejudices of the 700,000 Arabs who now inhabit that ancient land.”

Winston Churchill, in his 1937 testimony to the Peel Commission appointed by London to make recommendations on Palestine, was more emphatic:

I do not admit that the dog in the manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit, for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America, or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to those people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher grade race, or, at any rate, a more worldly-wise race, to put it that way, has come in and taken their place."

[Lund University @lunduniversity]

The COP28 climate agreement is a step backwards on fossil fuels, via @ConversationUK: https://t.co/Txehs0LUKR

[Dawn.com @dawn_com]

“You did step up, you showed flexibility, you put common interest ahead of self-interest,” said COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber.

Read more: Dubai deal at COP28 hailed as ‘beginning of end’ for fossil fuels
https://t.co/kC6TjGC2Pe

[The Friday Times @TFT_]

An agreement was reached at #COP28 that calls on countries to transition away from their reliance on fossil fuels, but has been widely criticized for making too many compromises
Read More⏬
https://t.co/DH4lb9CUd3

[Elizabeth Threlkeld @ethrelkeld]

Pleased to share the latest @StimsonCenter policy memo from @sattarical.

It's a deep dive into links between Pakistan's water-intensive agriculture, elite interests, export goods, and climate change -- and how int'l stakeholders can incentivize reform.👇
https://t.co/473BQll5c3

[KhairKhwah @Khairkhwah_PK]

A growing population leads to an increasing demand for resources, putting immense pressure on limited reserves of water, agricultural land and energy resources.

https://t.co/6HSpOh9dE9

[Priya Satia @PriyaSatia]

1/3 Empire apologists often argue that the British empire was no different from earlier empires. In @scroll_in , I explain what set modern European empire apart from the Mughals, Ottomans, Romans, etc, drawing on brilliant recent work by Nora Barakat, Gili https://t.co/RgK1lJLMGG

[Sana Ullah BALOCH @Senator_Baloch]

A must-read by @KhurramHusain When the Pie Shrinks https://t.co/QNHP3mdUun #Pakistan #Economy #Poor #Poverty

[Malik Amin Aslam @aminattock]

#Pakistan #Climate national adaptation plan (#NAP) is out but “lacks “out-of-the-box thinking”, and will struggle to benefit from the “rapidly changing global climate financing framework that is evolving”

https://t.co/G70uvyWD1H

[EH @ejazhaider]

this discussion by @IlhanNiaz is superb because it goes to the heart of the problem, i.e., Israel as a settler-colonial outpost of the West...
https://t.co/Iu62UtwB00

[UNDP Pakistan @UNDP_Pakistan]

Pakistan faces a critical decision: embrace innovation & reform for a resilient economy or risk stagnation. #UNDPinPakistan RR @samuelrizk's @etribune op-ed highlights the urgency for bold, decisive action to pave the way for a prosperous Pakistan.

https://t.co/FR4jvbMvIr

[Defense Priorities @defpriorities]

The war in Gaza has pushed the sweeping U.S.-backed diplomatic normalization deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel to the back burner, but both governments are likely to try to revive it at some point. Our latest brief examines the drivers of the normalization deal, analyzes the case for and against it from the perspective of U.S. interests, and concludes that it is not worth much to Americans.

Read here: https://t.co/8d9WFCD46D

[Dawn.com @dawn_com]

Instead of viewing the agriculture sector as simply a provider of food for the poor, Pakistan must see it as an engine that can drive economic growth

Read more: Breaking Pakistan’s agriculture myths

https://t.co/uFN0kdQHu7

[Shahbaz Rana @81ShahbazRana]

The IMF has revised Pakistan’s foreign loan requirements to $25 billion for this fiscal year -- reducing it by $3.4 billion -- and also lowered economic growth projection to just 2%, turning down the government’s external as well as macroeconomic forecasts https://t.co/g3qvS7dY1c

[Kate Bateman @katebatemandc]

My argument for why more US & int'l engagement with #Taliban is the least bad policy option for the US on #Afghanistan https://t.co/zJvTnuCRvv

[Nadeem Farooq Paracha @NadeemfParacha]

The invention of the “New Anti-Semitism.”

https://t.co/0HQA2A0adT