Waleed Tariq

Pro-Pakistani 🇵🇰 Resident; Plastic Surgery - NHS 🇬🇧 (Disclaimer: Retweets are not Endorsements)

[Jacob Coxon @hilbertspaess]

I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.

[LBC @LBC]

‘Anyone who tells me “God gave me this land and told me to do this violent act”, I can’t have a conversation with.’

@AndrewMarr9 'has no time for Hamas or Islamism', but says the idea of ‘allowing the Palestinians to be wiped out is intolerable'

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

In a difficult and dangerous world, a decade on from Brexit, there is a risk that Britain loses the confidence to lead and stand up for its values.

I’m not prepared to let that happen. It is more important than ever that Britain stands for something.

We have called for years for a two-state solution in the Middle East, but we must recognise that those words are meaningless unless we back them up with action.

For too long, we have been hesitant to act, fearful of being accused of being anti-Israel.

Today we are announcing carefully judged, targeted steps that are not aimed at the Israeli people, but at the unacceptable policies of the current Israeli government.

The suffering of the Palestinian people is a scar on the conscience of the world. Innocent Palestinians, including children, continue to be killed in Gaza. And there is still a humanitarian crisis, with far too little aid getting in.

The scale of destruction is hard to comprehend. More than 70,000 people lie dead - at least 20,000 of them children. Families and communities have been torn apart. Millions displaced. And the population of Gaza is now penned into just one third of the territory.

I know that people across the UK feel very deeply about this issue - and so do I.

Before I became Prime Minister, I said our country’s response had been too slow and simply not good enough. That’s why I committed to changing the government’s approach.

I will not stand by as the horrific suffering continues to grow and the prospect of a two-state solution - the best hope for peace and stability in the region - comes under attack.

More settlements have been approved under the four years of this Israeli government than in the previous 20 years. The UN has reported more than 1,500 incidents of settler violence so far this year, aimed at driving out Palestinians. And the situation is growing worse, fast.

The Israeli government has now approved 104 new settlements since it took office in December 2022, and ahead of the October elections in Israel, it is allowing tenders for the construction of the E1 mega settlement to go ahead. This would cut a swathe through the heart of the West Bank - snuffing out the hope of realising a two-state solution. It cannot be allowed to happen.

That’s why we are announcing a new package of tough measures to put pressure on the Israeli government:

First, we will ban the trade in goods with illegal settlements in Palestine.

Second, we have formally changed the view of the British government to say for the first time that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful - independent of, but in line with, the conclusion of the international court of justice.

And third, we will sanction individuals and companies that support, facilitate or profit from illegal settlements. That includes any businesses or investors that take part in the construction of the E1 settlement.

In addition, we are announcing a new package of desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza.

We are taking these steps because it is the right thing to do.

I have condemned the monstrous terrorist attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 in the strongest possible terms - and continue to condemn Hamas. However, it does not justify the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza or the West Bank.

The measures we are taking are about targeting illegal settlements and increasing the pressure on the Israeli government to change course. We are not imposing sanctions on Israel as a whole, which would punish the Israeli people, many of whom disagree with their government’s position.

The Israeli people are not responsible for the actions of their government. And nor is the Jewish community in the UK. Blaming British Jews for the actions of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is wrong, plain and simple. And it is antisemitism, plain and simple.

I met the representatives of the Jewish community just last week. I know the fear they live with day by day. My government will stop at nothing to ensure they are safe and to stamp out antisemitism in every part of our society.

The measures we are announcing today are about protecting the only solution that could see the Israeli and Palestinian people living side by side in peace and security - something that people up and down the UK desperately want to see.

The government I lead will keep working with our partners around the world to keep that hope alive.

[Burnside @BurnsideWasTosh]

Didn't take Mossad long...

https://t.co/Ykd4chmeMG

[Asad Ali Toor @AsadAToor]

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A third world country which is charging its poor citizen 114 Rs per litre on petrol is going to spend 6.6 billion rupees to buy 30 bullet proof vehicles! https://t.co/woHFAMgICI

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 BREAKING: Ed Miliband has officially announced a UK trade ban on Israeli settlements in the West Bank

"I do not believe the British people want us supporting the occupation"

[Dr Ahmad Rehan Khan @AhmadRehanKhan]

Just so everyone knows, despite an ongoing war and enormous geopolitical tensions, thousands of Iranian students continue to study in the United States.

So expelling Afghan MBBS students from Pakistan, especially those in 4th and final year who are just months away from completing their degrees, is deeply troubling.

Stop new admissions if policy demands it. But destroying the careers of students who have already invested years of their lives?

Students should not be made casualties of politics.

[Waleed Tariq @silverblood990]

@TraderLion @OliverKell_ Biggest lesson this year so far has been progressive exposure and taking it slow yet still being vigilant. 👌🏻👌🏻

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

A 21-year-old student in India’s Madhya Pradesh, popularly known as ‘Bittu Tabahi’, has single-handedly cleaned up a trash-filled river.

Despite ridicule, health risks and limited resources, his efforts have transformed the waterway and prompted government action.

[Waleed Tariq @silverblood990]

@MikeBellafiore Ko mom

[Barrister Abuzar Salman Niazi @SalmanKNiazi1]

Forget India. Forget the neighboring provinces. Real threat to Maryam Nawaz is Form 45. The original one. If the Election Tribunal ever opens those files, even Google Maps may have trouble locating the escape route for her

[Azhar Mashwani @MashwaniAzhar]

@fawadchaudhry @MaryamNSharif People least expected that you’d come to the rescue of this shameless creature.

Just because you are a so called “Punjabi nationalist”, it doesn’t mean you start supporting every stupid narrative coming against the smaller provinces !!

[Waleed Tariq @silverblood990]

@CFlanders7 Slowly and steadily I am starting to understand what this truly means - i think. Haha 😂

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

Same is true for trading. Amateurs are in for the excitement

[Mushahid Hussain Sayed @Mushahid]

Shockingly chauvinistic statement, highly Divisive & Derogatory, smacks of Ignorance & Arrogance, when hard fact is that people of ‘neighbouring province’, Khyber Pakhtunkwa, are BIGGEST VICTIMS of TERRORISM, while ‘neighbouring country’, India, is conveniently exonerated!

[Sohail Afridi @SohailAfridiISF]

ناجائز نظام کی پیداوار فارم 47 کی جعلی وزیر اعلیٰ نے پنجاب کے ساتھ لگنے والے پاکستان کے تینوں دیگر صوبوں کو دہشتگردی کی بنیاد قرار دے دیا ہے اور پاکستان میں ہونے والی دہشتگردی کے حوالے سے مودی اور انڈیا کو کلین چٹ دے دی ہے۔

اس کے بیان نے ریاست پاکستان کے عالمی سطح پر دہشتگردی کے حوالے سے مؤقف کو تباہ کر کے رکھ دیا ہے، اور اس نظام کو بنانے اور چلانے والوں کی سوچ پر بھی مزید سوال کھڑے کر دئیے ہیں !!

یاد رہے کہ پاکستان اور بھارت کی جنگ کے دوران بھی نوازشریف سمیت یہ ٹولہ غائب رہا تھا اور جنگ کے خاتمے تک کوئی بیان نہیں آیا۔اور ڈان لیکس کے زریعے بھی دہشتگردی کا الزام پاکستان پر لگا دیا تھا- یہ ہمیشہ قومی مفاد کے آگے ذاتی مفاد کو ترجیح دیتے ہیں - پاکستان، پاکستانی اور پاکستانی ادارے صرف ان کے لئے تبھی قابل احترام رہتے ہیں جب تک یہ ان کی ذاتی مفادات کا تحفظ کرتے ہیں۔

چھوٹے صوبوں کے خلاف تعصب بھرا لہجہ PMLN کے پاکستان کو تقسیم کرنے کی سوچ کی عکاسی کرتا ہے- لیکن اب تین وفاقی اکائیوں کو دہشتگردی کی بنیاد قرار دے دینا ملک کی بنیادوں کو مزید تباہ کرنے کے مترادف ہے-

ان لوگوں کو 8 فروری 2024 کو ناصرف پاکستان بلکہ پنجاب اور لاہور کی عوام بھی مسترد کر چکے ہیں۔ اس شرمناک شکست کے باوجود ایسی گھٹیا سوچ کے لوگوں کو اقتدار پر بٹھانے اور انگلی پکڑ کر چلانے والوں کے لیے یہ ایک مزید سبق ہے کہ عوام کے ووٹ اور عوام کے فیصلے کی قدر نہ کر کے ملک مضبوط نہیں تباہ ہو جاتے ہیں۔

[Cricinfo @cricinfo]

"It's basic humanity for a legend of our game"

Brian Lara joins the list of former international cricket captains seeking medical care for Imran Khan

[Waleed Tariq @silverblood990]

@BigWaveChartist Quick question: how do you keep track of the ranking and relative change in rankings?
Been wanting to do that for a long time but cant seem to figure out an efficient way to do it :)

[Waleed Tariq @silverblood990]

@ericprydz @resistance @Amnesia_Ibiza @ericprydz
only Came for you at Creamfields, Now coming to see you in london again mate <3
Hope you play alot of The Dark stuff ;)

[MrTARDIS @TrilbeeReviews]

The most interesting part of this report is James Orr admitting on camera that there's very little financial support for Reform coming from the UK.

The vast majority of their donations come from abroad.

Foreign money trying to destroy UK democracy with Farage as the vessel.