Shafic Sultan

Simple & Self-made! Exective Pro PTV News, worked with Fox28 & ABC6 (Ohio-Columbus), GeoNews, ExpressNews visit Bahria Uni, NUST, NDU & Media Consultant

[Shafic Sultan @shaficsultan]

Excited to produce #world 1st ever reality show with govt investment in innovations, it ll do wonders 4 #enterpreneur in #Pakistan #InnovationHub is inspiration of #dragonsden #sharktank where brightest minds across nation to pitch their visionary project ideas on tv competition

[Ali Usman Qasmi @AU_Qasmi]

California-based Omar Khan has been obsessed with the Indus Valley civilization since he was a teenager. He has been running an excellent resource - https://t.co/Nv7JAHRftO, and now he has produced a captivating short documentary on Mohenjo daro. Do watch it. Amazing work.

Mohenjo daro: Unsealing an Ancient Indus City https://t.co/Z9CicNtreR via @YouTube

[Shafic Sultan @shaficsultan]

@IlhanNiaz @fasi_zaka Congratulations bro 👍

[Shafic Sultan @shaficsultan]

How #America’s Texas-based lobbying firm put #Pakistan at center stage during #IranWar. #islamabadtalk
https://t.co/tUZhepiRlX

[Shafic Sultan @shaficsultan]

#IslamabadTalks and likely #DonaldTrump visit during this week. All the best #Pakistán 👍

[Kamran Yousaf @Kamran_Yousaf]

IMORTANT

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will lead the US side in the second round.
Notably, JD Vance is not part of the delegation.

Here is the reason: if the Vice President were in Islamabad, President Trump would not be able to travel to Pakistan. US security protocols do not allow both the President and Vice President to be on foreign soil at the same time.

This, in turn, leaves a realistic possibility that Trump could visit Pakistan, especially if a deal is finalized.

[Shafic Sultan @shaficsultan]

Listen Carefully, ''We leave here. And we leave here with a very simple proposal. A method of understanding, that is our final and best offer. We see if the Iranians accept it'' Diplomacy & Negotiations are still On. #IslamabadTalk #IranUSACeasefire #Pakistan

[Shafic Sultan @shaficsultan]

#IslamabadTalks – Branded brilliantly as "Brewed for Peace" ☕🇵🇰
Journalists are enjoying the coffee & food while strong media networking continues.
Real updates expected in the official briefing. Patience is key!
#BrewedForPeace #PakistanDiplomacy #USIranTalks

[Shafic Sultan @shaficsultan]

Big diplomatic win for Pakistan! 🇵🇰
#IslamabadTalks: US & Iran in direct negotiations under Pakistan’s facilitation — first such trilateral in 30+ years.
Pakistan bringing adversaries to the table for peace. Proud moment!
#PakistanDiplomacy #USIranTalks #RegionalStability

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

From @WSJopinion: Pakistan has put itself back on the diplomatic map. Its army chief consolidates his power at home by brokering a cease-fire between Iran and the U.S., writes @dhume.
https://t.co/sr1SuwDbWO

[Shafic Sultan @shaficsultan]

From in-depth coverage in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Foreign Policy magazine, to The New Yorker — senior journalist @MubashirAZaidi has put together a sharp short summary of the key highlights.
Worth a read! 🇵🇰 #Pakistán

[Mubashir Ali Zaidi @MubashirAZaidi]

ایران جنگ میں سیزفائر پر عالمی ذرائع ابلاغ نے پاکستان کے کردار پر خصوصی مضامین شائع کیے ہیں۔ وال اسٹریٹ جرنل، فائننشل ٹائمز، فارن پالیسی میگزین اور نیویارکر نے ، چاروں پے وال کے پیچھے رہتے ہیں۔ میں نے سوچا کہ ان کے مضامین کے اہم نکات کو دوستوں کو پیش کیا جائے۔
فائننشل ٹائمز کی رپورٹ میں بتایا گیا ہے کہ امریکا نے خود پاکستان کو ایران کے ساتھ عارضی سیزفائر کروانے کے لیے استعمال کیا۔ امریکی حکام نے پاکستان پر زور دیا کہ وہ ایران کو جنگ بندی پر آمادہ کرے کیونکہ مسلم اکثریتی پڑوسی ملک کے طور پر اس کا پیغام زیادہ قابل قبول ہوسکتا ہے۔ پاکستان نے امریکا اور ایران کے درمیان پیغامات کا تبادلہ کیا، مختلف تجاویز پیش کیں، اور اسلام آباد کو مذاکرات کی جگہ کے طور پر پیش کیا۔ ان کوششوں کے نتیجے میں سیزفائر ممکن ہوا حالانکہ دونوں فریقوں کے درمیان اختلافات برقرار تھے۔
وال اسٹریٹ جرنل نے کہا ہے کہ اسلام آباد نے واشنگٹن، بیجنگ، تہران اور ریاض کے ساتھ تعلقات استعمال کرتے ہوئے ایک بڑے تنازع کو وقتی طور پر روکنے میں مدد دی۔ اس میں آرمی چیف عاصم منیر کا کردار اہم رہا جو ملک کے "حقیقی طاقتور رہنما" ہیں۔ ان کے امریکی صدر ٹرمپ کے ساتھ قریبی تعلقات اس سفارتی کامیابی کی بنیاد ہیں۔ اگرچہ پاکستان نے سفارتی سطح پر کامیابی حاصل کی ہے لیکن اس کی معیشت کمزور ہے اور خطے میں کشیدگی اسے مزید مشکلات میں ڈال سکتی ہے۔ اس مضمون میں یہ دلچسپ نکتہ بھی شامل ہے کہ اس عمل نے پاکستان کی فوجی قیادت کو مضبوط کیا ہے اور عمران خان کی سیاسی حیثیت مزید کمزور ہوگئی ہے۔
فارن پالیسی میگزین نے کہا ہے کہ پاکستان نے ابتدا سے آخر تک فعال سفارتی کوششیں کیں اور مذاکرات کو ممکن بنانے میں قیادت کی۔ پاکستان کے سعودی عرب کے ساتھ دفاعی تعلقات اور عالمی سطح پر محدود اثرورسوخ کو دیکھتے ہوئے اسے غیر جانبدار ثالث نہیں سمجھا جاتا۔ لیکن امریکا، ایران، چین اور خلیجی ریاستوں سے بیک وقت تعلقات اسے منفرد پوزیشن دیتے ہیں۔ پاکستان کے اس کردار کے پیچھے مضبوط وجوہات موجود ہیں، جن میں ایران کے ساتھ سرحد، توانائی پر انحصار اور خطے میں کشیدگی کے براہ راست اثرات سے متاثر ہونا شامل ہیں۔ مزید یہ کہ ایران کو مذاکرات پر آمادہ کرنے کے لیے اسے چین کی مدد بھی حاصل رہی۔
نیویارکر کے مضمون میں پاکستان کو امریکا اور ایران کے درمیان سیزفائر مذاکرات میں غیر متوقع ثالث قرار دیا گیا ہے۔ اس معاملے میں آرمی چیف عاصم منیر اور امریکی صدر ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ کے درمیان قریبی تعلق کام آیا۔ پاکستان نے صدر ٹرمپ کو عالمی امن ساز کہا تھا جس سے دونوں کے تعلقات مضبوط ہوئے۔ ایران کے ساتھ سرحد اور ملک میں شیعہ آبادی کی موجودگی اسے اس تنازع میں متوازن کردار ادا کرنے کی طرف لے گئی۔ سعودی عرب کے ساتھ تعلقات، معاشی دباو اور توانائی پر انحصار بھی اس حکمت عملی کا سبب بنے۔ مضمون میں کہا گیا ہے کہ فوجی قیادت اندرون ملک طاقت مضبوط کرتے ہوئے خارجہ پالیسی کو کنٹرول کر رہی ہے اور افغانستان و طالبان کے ساتھ تعلقات میں تبدیلیاں بھی اسی پس منظر کا حصہ ہیں۔

[Shehbaz Sharif @CMShehbaz]

Violations of ceasefire have been reported at few places across the conflict zone which undermine the spirit of peace process. I earnestly and sincerely urge all parties to exercise restraint and respect the ceasefire for two weeks, as agreed upon, so that diplomacy can take a lead role towards peaceful settlement of the conflict.

@realDonaldTrump
@JDVance
@SecRubio
@SteveWitkoff
@SEPeaceMissions
@drpezeshkian
@mb_ghalibaf
@araghchi

[Shafic Sultan @shaficsultan]

Big day for world peace! 🇺🇸✌️
Donald Trump is back and already making moves.
Pakistan’s peace efforts in the region are gaining real momentum.
Let’s hope for stability, dialogue, and de-escalation.
#Pakistan #WorldPeace #Trump

[Shafic Sultan @shaficsultan]

#Pakistan’s role as a key negotiator in the peace talks amid the #Iran-#USA-#Israel war will be remembered in the history of wars.
A nation that chooses diplomacy over destruction deserves its place in the history books. 🇵🇰✌️
#PakistanForPeace #Diplomacy

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

This is a brazen pre-admission of genocide against the Iranian people, which would obviously be a war crime. Madness.

[Reza Amiri Moghadam @IranAmbPak]

Pakistan positive and productive endeavours in Good Will and Good Office to stop the war is approaching a critical, sensitive stage ...

Stay Tuned for more

[Shafic Sultan @shaficsultan]

#IslamabadAccord peace in MENA region progressing with key players #Iran #USA #China #Russia and #Pakistan is key mediator

[Kamran Yousaf @Kamran_Yousaf]

BREAKING

Important piece of information.

All three major powers, including the US, China, and Russia, are now involved. Pakistan is the main interlocutor.

While Pakistan is exchanging messages between Iran and the US, Russia and China have engaged Iran. Over the last 24 hours, China’s foreign minister spoke to his Russian counterpart, while Russia’s foreign minister spoke to his Iranian counterpart.

Discussions focused on the proposed “Islamabad Accord.”

The involvement of all three major powers means a potential new global order is being shaped!

So, the latest peace effort is far more serious with the direct involment of big powers. Iran's public stance aside, it will be difficult for Tehran to explicitly say NO to Russia and China.

Fingers crossed

[South Asia Index @SouthAsiaIndex]

Breaking News: “Islamabad Accord”

▫️Iran and the US have received a plan to end hostilities with a two-tier deal that would include an immediate ceasefire followed by final agreement, dubbed as "Islamabad Accord".

▫️The final agreement is expected to include Iranian commitments not to pursue nuclear weapons in exchange for sanctions relief and the release of frozen assets.

▫️Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir, has been in contact "all night long" with US Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.

▫️Two Pakistani sources said Iran has yet to commit despite intensified civilian and military outreach.

Source: Reuters

[Shafic Sultan @shaficsultan]

Hegseth fired a four-star general with combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, replaced him with his own former assistant, and did it during a live war in which the next decision could put American soldiers on Iranian soil for the first time in history.

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

JUST IN: You do not fire your Army Chief of Staff in the middle of a war for no reason. You fire him because of what comes next.

Pete Hegseth called General Randy George on April 2 and told him to retire immediately. The Pentagon confirmed it within hours. No reason was given. Not publicly. Not privately. A senior Army official told Fox News that Hegseth offered George nothing: no misconduct, no operational failure, no policy disagreement on the record. Just a phone call and a career ending in the middle of the most significant American combat operation in two decades.

George is the 24th general or admiral Hegseth has removed. But he is not the 24th. He is the one that matters. The Army Chief of Staff. The man whose signature sits between a president’s intent and the order that sends soldiers across a beach or into a tunnel complex. The 82nd Airborne is deploying right now. Marines from the 31st MEU are staged on the USS Tripoli. JSOC operators are at forward bases in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. Kharg Island, 90 percent of Iranian oil exports, sits 16 kilometres off a coast that someone will have to decide whether to approach. And the four-star general whose job it was to advise whether that approach should happen was removed 48 hours after Trump told the nation the war would continue for two to three more weeks.

The replacement is Vice Chief General Christopher LaNeve. He was Hegseth’s senior military aide before this appointment. The man who carried the Secretary’s briefcase now commands the Army the Secretary is reshaping. The chain of command did not break. It shortened. The distance between a television studio and a combat order just collapsed to zero intermediaries who were not personally selected by the man giving the order.

No reason was given. That is the tell. When someone is removed without explanation during a crisis, the explanation is the crisis itself. George either objected to something or was about to. The ground option. The power plant strikes. The Kharg raid. The escalation that turned a highway bridge in Karaj into rubble on the same day he was told to leave. Something in the next two weeks requires a chief who will not push back, and the Pentagon solved that problem by installing one trained as Hegseth’s aide.

A former Fox News weekend host just fired a four-star general with combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, replaced him with his own former assistant, and did it during a live war in which the next decision could put American soldiers on Iranian soil for the first time in history. No hearing was held. No misconduct cited. The Army woke up on April 3 with a new chief it did not choose, in a war it did not start, preparing for a phase the previous chief apparently could not be trusted to execute.

The question is not why George was fired. Every general in the building knows why. The question is what order is coming in the next fourteen days that required removing the one man in the chain of command who might have said no.

The war has no perimeter. The chain of command has no objectors. And the next phase has no one left to stop it.

https://t.co/dAOBBMsgDS

[Shafic Sultan @shaficsultan]

I don't know which site you are but this work is amazing ! #Israël #IranWar‌

[Explosive Media @ExplosiveMediaa]

The veil is thinning.
Good. Evil.

Time is running out.
Choose your side.

𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐔𝐏!

[Shafic Sultan @shaficsultan]

#Pakistan’s Karachi port transshipment surge highest #IranWar‌

[South Asia Index @SouthAsiaIndex]

Long queues of shipping containers at Karachi Port, as it becomes the safest destination due to West-Asia war.

— Shipping companies are re-routing their vessels to Karachi Port as Strait of Hormuz turns dangerous.

Karachi Port’s Transshipment Surge:

▪️2025 (full year): 8,300 TEUs
▪️Last 24 days: 8,860 TEUs

[South Asia Index @SouthAsiaIndex]

Big Breaking:

"Israel wanted to assassinate Iran's Foreign Minister Aragchi and speaker Ghalibaf. It had coordinates of their movements. Pakistan intelligence got the information about Israeli plans.

Pakistan informed US that if Israel kills Abbas Aragchi and Ghalibaf, there will be no one left in Iran to talk to. Iran will be taken over by the hardcore IRGC commanders.

At this, US intervened and stopped Israel from carrying out strikes to eliminate Aragchi and Ghalibaf. "

- Pakistani official to Reuters