Qatar at NO point banned gays from entering their country.
They just said, public display of affection between anyone including straight people was frowned upon.
The US is systematically targeting anyone that isn't white.
Not a single peep from those anti-Qatar activist 👍
They say that democracy doesn't work in Pakistan and that people don't care about it. Ok!
But have the repeated military dictatorships worked?
Gen Ayub and Gen Yahya lost half of the country.
Gen Zia and Gen Musharraf lost the half of that half.
This latest one is onto losing the whole.
Truth is, Pakistan has never had a democracy. It had either a direct military rule, or a military backed dynastical rule.
The people overwhelmingly believe in liberty and freedoms, even if they don't entirely understand the technical definition of democracy. It's only a small set of political, business, media, and intellectual elite that worships every new military dictator in hopes for extra crumbs.
Leaked document shows that the Pakistani military-backed government stopped polling results from coming out in Gilgit-Baltistan elections. Reports of massive rigging have poured in from the region.
For the first time in history, Kashmiris who used to protest outside the Indian embassies are now protesting outside the Pakistani embassy, this unelected and illegitimate regime is an absolute disgrace to Pakistan.
Using phrasing like "Iran-backed Houthi rebels" — but not "US-backed Zionist settlers" when describing Israel is the hallmark of a biased, imperialist rag.
Forget politics — just from a linguistic viewpoint, what a bloody mouthful. Who wants to read that nonsense?
Imran Khan calling him mentally ill was so peak and it turned out to be true. Imagine killing 200 civilians just because they were demanding their rights, oh man.
What's important here is that he spent the entire production trying to bait Muslims into assaulting him for acting flamboyantly gay. Only for that to never happen, except with a group of Israelis. It's the only time he broke character during production, to tell them he was acting
Rawalakot is not just a headline. It is mothers waiting for their children, fathers searching for answers and families praying that the worst news never reaches their door.
Asim Muneer, the butcher is no less than the butcher of Gujarat Modi.
They repeated the D Chowk massacre in Rawalakot. It's becoming increasingly difficult to see this as mere incompetence. I reiterate, that psychopath wants to break the country.
A bit late to this but let me try to explain it from the diaspora perspective.
The hope was that President Trump may finally undo the damage done by successive US admins, Dems and Republicans alike, that for decades either fully backed military dictatorships in Pakistan or turned a blind eye out of convenience.
And there were reasons to believe at the time as Trump took commonsense positions against foreign wars and regime change operations. Additionally, all the signals from his campaign were promising that the US would breakaway from its past misdealings that enormously benefited the ruling security elite of Pakistan at the expense of 240 million people of Pakistan.
Unfortunately, as it has been the case with all his other core campaign promises, Trump not only went back on his commitment to undo the Biden era damage to Pakistan but he instead doubled down his endorsement and validation to the latest military dictator in the country.
Did the diaspora know this was a possibility? Yes!
Was there another option at that period? No, since Kamala and Dems in general refused to even acknowledge the problem.
Why are people going after the guy who tried to help the acid attack victim? He showed humanity in that moment by not caring about himself and risking his safety and you can't even let someone appreciate him for that.
Elections in the Pakistani-administered territories of Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir - Despite unprecedented violence by the military in Ggit Baltistan, jailed Imran Khan's party led the polls before results were shut down. 2024 being repeated with extra violence.
You can’t protest peacefully. You can’t boycott. You can’t hunger strike. You can’t hijack planes. You can’t block traffic. You can’t throw Molotovs. You can’t self-immolate. You can’t heckle politicians. You can’t march. You can’t riot. You can’t dissent. You just can’t be.