A Xhams

I'm as free as a bird and this bird can't be changed. I consider myself an apolitical person.

[England @England]

What an extraordinary game 😱

Our @FIFAWorldCup campaign ends with a 6-4 win over France 💪

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Pakistan has always had a connection to football, from making World Cup footballs in Sialkot to finally lifting a trophy of its own.

As the world watches the biggest tournament in the game, Pakistan is writing its own football history.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has signed a US-Iran memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war between the two countries.

US President Donald Trump and Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian signed on Wednesday.

[Ibn-e-Hasan @SaeedHasan_]

Wow😂

[Shehbaz Sharif @CMShehbaz]

Following intensive talks, we are pleased to announce that the Peace Deal between the United States of America and Islamic Republic of Iran has been REACHED. Both sides have declared the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.

The official signing ceremony will be on Friday, 19 June in Switzerland.

We would like to thank the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran for their commitment to finding a diplomatic solution to the conflict. We would also like to extend our sincere appreciation to our brothers in this mediation effort, the great leadership of State of Qatar, for their support in reaching this agreement. I would also especially thank the visionary leadership of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Republic of Türkiye for their immense contributions in this regard.

With the agreement now in place, mediators will facilitate a series of meetings this week. These pre-implementation discussions will lay the foundation for the technical talks and the official signing ceremony.

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

[A Xhams @shams_aamir]

Beautiful!

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

One city. 9 million people. All of us Londoners. We will never be divided.

[Dan Qayyum @DanQayyum]

https://t.co/Q3ZRsR9cfL

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

https://t.co/7l7Jef99QZ

[A Xhams @shams_aamir]

@Adam_DelDuca Go

[Dan Qayyum @DanQayyum]

Pakistan Has Learned the Art of Relevance
by Dan Qayyum

For most of the past decade, Pakistan’s name in global forums has been associated with crisis management, not strategic clarity. Its politics were messy, its message inconsistent, and its diplomacy reactive. Yet as 2025 draws to a close, Islamabad finds itself in a position few would have predicted a year ago: confident, relevant, and unified in purpose.

Pakistan this year has not failed to grab an opportunity. Each diplomatic window, no matter how small, has been met with agility and intent. The country has rediscovered a sense of timing, something Sun Tzu described as the essence of strategy itself: “Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” Islamabad seems to have taken that to heart.

This shift is not the product of luck or sympathy. It is the outcome of calculated reinvention. Pakistan has stopped explaining itself to the world and started positioning itself within it. The civilian and military leadership, often accused of pulling in opposite directions, are finally aligned. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has restored a tone of maturity in international discourse, while General Asim Munir has quietly built credibility through disciplined outreach. When Donald Trump singled him out with an unusual degree of warmth at the recent Sharm el Sheikh gathering, it was more than a passing courtesy. It reflected how Pakistan has turned steadiness into its most persuasive argument.

This alignment has given the country something it has long lacked: coherence. Pakistan’s diplomats now speak with one voice, and its foreign policy is no longer an exercise in damage control. It is a campaign of strategic relevance. The country no longer pleads for engagement; it offers access. It markets its geography not as an accident of history but as an instrument of connectivity, linking the energy ambitions of the Gulf with the manufacturing reach of China, the markets of Europe, and the emerging corridors of trade in rare earth minerals and digital assets. Its willingness to explore the global shift toward blockchain economies and crypto infrastructure adds a new layer of intrigue to its strategic offering.

That pitch has worked. Pakistan is now in the rare position of maintaining positive, active relationships with Washington, Beijing, and Moscow at the same time. The recent Russian approval for jet engine sales to Pakistan, despite Indian objections, is not an isolated gesture. It is a quiet acknowledgment that Islamabad has become a necessary participant in multiple strategic conversations, one that cannot be ignored even by rivals.

India, once confident in its campaign to diplomatically isolate its neighbour, now looks increasingly insular. While Pakistan’s leadership shared the stage with global heads of state in Sharm el Sheikh and the UNGA, India’s external engagements have grown narrower and more tactical. Its partnerships with Israel and the Taliban appear pragmatic but limited, serving regional optics rather than reshaping global perception.

Pakistan’s resurgence lies not in spectacle but in tone. It no longer seeks sympathy or validation; it projects stability and purpose. The international community, fatigued by volatility elsewhere, has responded to that change in temperament. The world is rediscovering a Pakistan that is not pleading for space but offering relevance, a state that has learned the value of confidence over confrontation.

If the past decade was about surviving crises, the next may be about defining opportunity. Pakistan is no longer asking where it stands in the world. The world is beginning to ask where it stands without Pakistan.

Dan Qayyum is a media executive, writer, and analyst focused on geopolitics, foreign policy, and global communications strategy. He is the author of the upcoming book The Other Side of Endurance.

[Pakistan Cricket @TheRealPCB]

When the sky stole the show! 🎆

Behold the breathtaking fireworks at the grand inauguration of the newly renovated Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore ✨

[Shehzad Ghias Shaikh @Shehzad89]

I have sympathy for PTI supporters.

They’ve been fed lies by Youthtubers promoting by selling them fantasies.

People watching such propaganda 24/7 are bound to be driven to madness and spend their days abusing anyone who speaks the truth.

[Syed Muzammil Shah @SyedMuzammilOFL]

The greatest political event in Pakistan is neither Elections, nor the oath taking of a PM. It’s the extension of the COAS. Recent amendment to the Army Act reiterates that. PTI, PMLN or PPP; all political governments in Pakistan function as the toothless clerical staff of the Establishment. They’d keep signing their own death warrants eternally, to sustain power which has no power. But if still some of you want to die for one of the clerks, you’re an absolute goof. Don’t waste yourself on politics. Abandon them all. They’re all revolutionaries until they form a government.

[A Xhams @shams_aamir]

@elonmuskADO No

[Rauf Klasra @KlasraRauf]

میں ملک ریاض کا ناقد رہا ہوں۔ان پر سکینڈلز اسٹوریز کیں۔ قانونی جنگیں تک لڑیں۔لیکن آج مجھے کھل کر ملک ریاض کی تعریف کرنے دیں۔عمران خان اور ملک ریاض کی جاری برسوں کی لڑائی میں آخری فتح اور قہقہ پراپرٹی ٹائیکون ملک ریاض نے ہی مارا ہے۔
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[Soulat Pasha @soulat_pasha]

ایک اوریا مقبول جان لیں اس میں تھوڑا سا طارق جمیل ملائیں۔ حسبِ ذائقہ صابرشاکر یا حسن نثار چھڑکیں اورحمزہ علی عباسی میں تَل لیں۔ تھوڑا تھوڑا اشفاق آحمد اور بانو قدسیہ برانڈ چات مسالہ چھڑک دیں، زید حامد اور ارشاد بھٹی کی گارنش کے ساتھ پیش کریں۔ محب وطن، دیندار، پڑھا لکھا، باشعور پاکستانی نوجوان تیار ہے۔
حقائق اور منطق کی پہنچ سے دور رکھیں ویسے تو طبعیت خراب ہو گی نہیں لیکن اگر ہو بھی جائے تو شہاب نامہ پڑھا دیں.

[Shahid Afridi @SAfridiOfficial]

ان برانڈز میں جو بھی میرا شئیر ہے وہ بچیوں کی تعلیم ، مختلف علاقوں میں صاف پانی کے کنووں ، ہسپتال، بزرگوں کی فلاح وبہبود اور مستحقین میں راشن کی تقسیم پر خرچ ہوتا ہے ۔ میں نے ان تمام پراجیکٹس سے آج تک ایک رپیہ بھی نہیں لیا البتہ ان کو چلانے کے لیے ہر طرح کے وسائل ضرور مہیا کیے ہیں ۔ آپ اور آپ جیسے لوگوں کی سیاسی کم علمی اور جھوٹا پراپگینڈہ مجے حقداروں تک اُنکا حق پہنچانے سے نہیں روک سکتا ۔ میرا مشن میری فاونڈیشن کے ذریعے انشاءاللہ جاری رہے گا ۔ حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيْلُ