Extremely worrying news of violence coming from AJK. The entire situation has clearly been mishandled from the start. Govt must resort to dialogue instead of wielding the hammer
1: 9 مئی قتل عام 2023
2: D چوک قتل عام 2024
3: کشمیر احتجاج قتل عام 2025
4: تحریک لبیک قتل عام مریدکے 2025
5: راولا کوٹ قتل عام 2026
فیلڈ مارشل عاصم منیر اور شہباز شریف کے دور میں ہونے والے بڑے قتل عام۔۔۔
🚨 URGENT: Pakistani Authorities Are Coercing the Family of US Journalist Waqas Ahmed. This is an Attack on Press Freedom. This is Transnational Repression.
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Act now. Share widely.
#WeStandWithWaqas
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.
🚨 IMPORTANT/URGENT:
Yesterday Maryam Nawaz sent police to my parents house in Karachi because I broke the story that her son used a Govt plane for a private trip to Europe.
My family was harassed and the police coerced a statement from my parents that they will be responsible
Iraq was attacked by the US during Ramadan and it sickening to know that the US is again going to attack Iran during Ramadan. The US apparently loves to strike Muslim countries during Ramadan and I am convinced it isn’t what these countries have done to violate international law but about who they worship.
Boota just got himself an even fancier jet than Maryam’s.
Behold, the $60 million Gulfstream G600, purchased and operational since January.
https://t.co/jq1WAhse9S
پاکستان کے دارالحکومت اسلام آباد میں خودکش دھماکہ اور درجنوں شہادتیں ایک بار پھر انٹیلی جنس ایجنسیوں کی ناقص کارکردگی پر سوالیہ نشان لگا رہی ہیں۔ تین ماہ میں یہ دوسرا خودکش حملہ ہے۔
مسلسل ناکامیوں کے باوجود کوئی افسر اب تک ذمہ داری لینے کو تیار نہیں، مگر ہر سوال اٹھانے والے کو غدار قرار دے دیا جاتا ہے۔
Sen. Chris Van Hollen pointed to Pakistan as a stark example of U.S. hypocrisy in foreign policy, citing Washington’s backing of military rule after Imran Khan’s removal. “It’s hard to call Pakistan a democracy,” he said, acknowledging it as one of several examples where U.S. is “saying one thing and doing another.”
Under Trump, he added, even the pretense is gone: “You have an administration that just very explicitly has thrown the whole idea that America stands for these principles overboard,” a double standard that “undermines our strength around the world, especially in the Global South.”
@ChrisVanHollen | @ryangrim | @krystalball
PIA was NOT sold for PKR 135 bn. This is the first part of the scam theyre pulling on you. Read carefully and understand the terms.
There are three distinct concepts that they're intentionally combining to fool you:
A. Equity Purchase Price
This is the money paid to the seller (here, the Government of Pakistan) in exchange for ownership.
➡️ In this deal: PKR 10bn
This is the actual sale price.
B. Capital Injection / Investment Commitment
This is money the buyer promises to inject into the company after acquisition to:
-pay down debt
-recapitalize
-buy aircraft
-fund operations
➡️ In this deal: PKR 125bn
This money does not go to the government. It goes into PIA itself, which the buyer now owns.
C. Total Transaction Headline Value
This is what theyre announcing as sale price: “Transaction valued at PKR 135bn”
This is a headline figure, NOT a sale price.
Is this normal? Are sale prices usually quoted this way?
NO! Not without explicit clarification
In credible privatizations, the convention is:
“Equity purchase price” → clearly stated
“Committed capex / investment” → stated separately
Sometimes combined only as a headline, but always itemized
Proper disclosure example (OECD / IMF standard):
“The buyer will acquire 51% of the airline for PKR 10bn, and has committed to invest PKR 125bn in capital expenditures over X years.”
Saying:
“PIA sold for PKR 135bn”
Is fraudulent and intentionally deceptive.
Can an acquiring company’s investment in its own subsidiary ever be counted as sale price?
NEVER!
Here’s why:
Once the buyer owns the company, money invested belongs to the buyer.
It raises enterprise value, not seller proceeds.
It does not compensate the seller for past losses or assets.
So let us be very clear in our reporting. PIA was sold for PKR 10bn.
And this is only the first part of the scam.