Tahir

Researcher | geopolitics | nuclear | Maritime | South Asia

[Tahir @tahirdss]

“We are captives,
even if our wheat grows
over the fences
and swallows rise
from our broken chains.

We are captives of
what we love,
what we desire, and
what we are.”

—Mahmoud Darwish
#Love #Life

[faraz @faraz_lhr]

Vintage Pakistani political elite: Punjab's Aitchison/foreign qualified education minister pretends to be a progressive liberal working to educate children. At home, a child domestic worker is carrying urine bag for his ex MNA father https://t.co/qK2iFE3N6w

[Tahir @tahirdss]

#Pakistan worst hit by hunger in South Asia
https://t.co/0TG261blVF

[Tahir @tahirdss]

With a 2026 Global Hunger Index score of 25.5, #Pakistan has a serious level of hunger. For context, South Asia has a regional GHI score of 23.5; the global score is 18.1. https://t.co/9goXcdr08b

[Tahir @tahirdss]

Alarming, this is the second incident in weeks in Karachi. Poverty is increasing in Pakistan at an unprecedented speed. According to UNDP, 38.3 per cent of #Pakistan’s population was multidimensionally poor, compared with 16.4 per cent in India and 14.9 per cent in Bangladesh.

[Azaz Syed @AzazSyed]

کراچی کے گلشنِ حدید میں ایک خاندان کی موت کا واقعہ ہمارے معاشرے کے لیے ایک دردناک سوال چھوڑ گیا ہے۔ مبینہ آخری خط میں مدد کے لیے رشتے داروں کے دروازے کھٹکھٹانے، انکار اور تنہائی کا ذکر ہے۔ ہم شاید کسی کی مالی مدد نہ کر سکیں، مگر اسے ذلیل کرنے کے بجائے حوصلہ تو دے سکتے ہیں۔ کسی کا حال پوچھنے کے لیے پیسے نہیں، احساس چاہیے۔اپنے آس پاس نظر رکھیں، ممکن ہے کوئی خاموشی سے ٹوٹ رہا ہو۔ کبھی آپ کا ایک فون، ایک جملہ یا تھوڑی سی مدد کسی کی امید بن جائے۔۔۔
یہ رویے شرمندگی اور دکھ کی حد سے بھی آگے ہیں ۔۔۔ 💔

ہمارے پاس روز گار نہیں ، پیٹ نہیں بھرتا ، پچھلے 6 ماہ سے رشتے داروں سے مدد مانگ رہے ہیں ،کبھی راشن کے لئے ، کبھی بچوں کے دودھ کے لئے، کبھی سیلنڈر میں گیس بھروانے کے لئے ہمِں پیسے دے دو۔۔۔ ہماری خالاوں ، چاچوں اور کزنز نے ہمیں ذلیل کر کے بلاک کر دیا کہ ہم سے پیسے مت مانگو ہہارا تمہارے ساتھ تعلق نہیں ۔۔مزید یہ بھی لکھا کہ اس ملک کے قانون سے کوئی امید تو نہیں ہے ۔۔۔ میت پر پانی ا ور کھانا کھانے والے لوگ آتے ہیں ۔۔کوئی کسی کی مدد نہیں کرتا،روڈ پر پڑی لاش کو کوئی بچانے کی کوشش نہیں کرتا ۔۔۔۔
یہ سب لکھا ہے کہ ان میاں بیوی نے اپنے آخری خط میں جسکے بعد انہوں نے بچوں کو زہر دے کرخود کشی کر لی۔ اپنے آس پاس نظر رکھیں کہ آپ کا اپنا مشکل میں تو نہیں ۔۔۔ کم از کم اچھے رویوں کے لئے تو پیسے نہیں چاہیئے ہوتے ۔۔۔
کراچی کے علاقے گلشن حدید میں نجی سوسائٹی کے گھر سے ایک ہی خاندان کے 5 افراد میاں، بیوی، 2 بچیوں اور ایک خاتون کی لاشیں ملی ہیں۔ ریسکیو حکام کہتے ہیں کہ گھر سے 40 سال کےشاہ زیب،40 سالہ اہلیہ صباء، 5 سالہ بیٹی ایزل اور 4 سالہ بیٹی آریہ کی لاشیں ملی ہیں ۔پانچویں لاش 18 سالہ شمائلہ کی ہے جو شاہ زیب کی بہن ہے۔۔۔۔۔

گھر کے سربراہ متوفی شاہزیب کا خودکشی سے قبل لکھا گیا ۔۔۔۔

[Tahir @tahirdss]

In #Pakistan, the intensity of deprivation among those classified as multidimensionally poor stood at 51.7pc.

[Tahir @tahirdss]

According to UNDP, 38.3 per cent of #Pakistan’s population was multidimensionally poor, compared with 16.4 per cent in India and 14.9 per cent in Bangladesh.https://t.co/X4CAJQ3Jpb

[Tahir @tahirdss]

According to UNDP, 38.3 per cent of #Pakistan’s population was multidimensionally poor, compared with 16.4 per cent in India and 14.9 per cent in Bangladesh.https://t.co/X4CAJQ3Jpb

[Tahir @tahirdss]

Islamabad must extricate itself from this quagmire before it deepens, and leave KP’s governance to those its people have elected to oversee it..https://t.co/BwngKbVlah

[Tahir @tahirdss]

Pakistan’s political and security managers have not learnt any lesson from history and once again imposed emergency/ governor rule in #KPK, by invoking brutal colonial era power and has thrown an insurgency prone region at edge of anarchy.

[Tahir @tahirdss]

Painful tragedy!

Youth of our country is desperate to flee this country because they dnt see any future here!

[Azaz Syed @AzazSyed]

یہ ہے ہمارا مستقبل۔۔۔۔💔
میرے ساتھ ہونیوالے فراڈ کامیرے والد کو نا بتانا،وہ مرجائیں گے ۔۔یہ ہے وہ آخری میسج جو اس طالبہ نے اپنے ماموں کو کیا ۔۔۔
اسلام آباد کی اسلامک انٹرنیشنل یونیورسٹی کی طالبہ لائبہ نے گزشتہ روز مبینہ طور پر خود کشی کر لی جسکی لاش جی ٹین اتوار بازار کے قریب سے برآمد ہوئی۔۔۔ پولیس کا کہنا ہے کہ طالبہ لائبہ جی ٹین میں رہائش پذیر تھی کل تقریباً 2 بجے گھر سے نکلی تھی۔۔۔اہلخانہ کہتے ہیں کہ لائبہ نے اسلامی یونیورسٹی سے گولڈ میڈل کیساتھ بی ایس کیا،مزید پڑھائی کیلئے بیرون ملک جانا چاہتی تھی ، ایک کنسلٹنٹ نے امریکی یونیورسٹی میں داخلہ کروانے کیلئے 70 لاکھ روپے مانگے۔۔غریب باپ موٹرسائیکل پر دودھ فروخت کرکے بچوں کو پڑھا رہا تھا۔خود کرایے کے فلیٹ پر رہنے والے والد نے پلاٹ بیچ کر 21 لاکھ کیش ایجنٹ کو دیا۔۔باقی رقم کا انتظام کرنے کیلئے طالبہ کی والدہ کا زیور بینک میں رکھوایا گیا۔۔طالبہ نےیونیورسٹی میں داخلے کے ڈاکومنٹس چیک کروائے تو سب جعلی نکلے۔۔۔

اس ایجنٹ کے خلاف فوری قانونی کارروائی عمل میں لائی جائے تاکہ کوئی اور اپنے ادھورے خوابوں اور بھاری دل کے ساتھ اس دنیا سے رخصت نہ ہو ۔۔۔

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

The #NobelPeacePrize for 2026 goes to a person who with exceptional courage and integrity has led the way towards a more comprehensive global legal order. This year’s laureate Navi Pillay has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted.

#NobelPrize

[Asad Ali Shah @Asad_Ashah]

Pakistan’s most troubling comparison with India and Bangladesh may not be GDP. It is poverty.

On the World Bank’s $3-a-day extreme-poverty line, the latest available estimates are roughly:

Pakistan: 23%
Bangladesh: 5.9%
India: 5.3%

That means nearly one in four Pakistanis—around 58 million people—lives in extreme poverty. Pakistan’s rate is now about four times that of India or Bangladesh.

These countries began their development journeys with many of the same challenges. Yet India and Bangladesh have reduced extreme poverty far more rapidly, while Pakistan has fallen behind.

That should force a fundamental rethink of what we call economic success.

Fiscal targets, reserves and programme reviews matter. But the ultimate test of economic policy is whether it delivers investment, productivity, jobs, rising incomes and better lives.

Pakistan does not merely need another stabilisation programme.

It needs a development strategy capable of lifting millions out of poverty—and keeping them out.

Economic policy must ultimately be judged by prosperity delivered, not adjustments completed.

[Tahir @tahirdss]

“As Pakistan is facing a rise in terrorism threats from its Western borders, cooperation between Islamabad and Moscow will improve the understanding, interoperability and regional peace and stability," the expert emphasizes.

[Sputnik @SputnikInt]

Russia-Pakistan drills boost counterterrorism ties

The ninth joint Russia-Pakistan Druzhba military exercises have concluded at Cherat in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with Russian and Pakistani special forces training in challenging terrain.

Pakistan and Russia have been holding the Druzhba exercises since 2016, notes Tahir Nazir, a geopolitical and security analyst. The two countries also share intelligence on counterterrorism and transnational terrorist threats.

"As Pakistan is facing a rise in terrorism threats from its Western borders, cooperation between Islamabad and Moscow will improve the understanding, interoperability and regional peace and stability," the expert emphasizes.

[Tahir @tahirdss]

Pakistan and Russia have been holding the Druzhba exercises since 2016, notes Tahir Nazir, a geopolitical and security analyst. The two countries also share intelligence on counterterrorism and transnational terrorist threats.

[Sputnik @SputnikInt]

Russia-Pakistan drills boost counterterrorism ties

The ninth joint Russia-Pakistan Druzhba military exercises have concluded at Cherat in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with Russian and Pakistani special forces training in challenging terrain.

Pakistan and Russia have been holding the Druzhba exercises since 2016, notes Tahir Nazir, a geopolitical and security analyst. The two countries also share intelligence on counterterrorism and transnational terrorist threats.

"As Pakistan is facing a rise in terrorism threats from its Western borders, cooperation between Islamabad and Moscow will improve the understanding, interoperability and regional peace and stability," the expert emphasizes.

[Tahir @tahirdss]

“The strategic and security landscape of the broader region is fluid, and in this context, the Fatah-IV test will act as a deterrent signal to regional foes and assurances to strategic partners,” Nazir says.

[Sputnik @SputnikInt]

Pakistan’s 'extended' Fatah-4 missile test sends deterrence signal

Pakistan has tested an “extended” version of the Fatah-4 missile, months after reporting a successful test of the “baseline” version.

The ground-launched cruise missile is equipped with advanced avionics and can engage targets at extended ranges with high precision, according to the Pakistan Army's press service, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

The Fatah missile family series has enhanced Pakistan’s conventional defense capability and given new options to strategic planners, increasing operational flexibility in deterring the enemy at the time of crisis, Tahir Nazir, a geopolitical and security analyst, says.

With enhanced range, lethality, and durability, it can strike the enemy’s heartland from a mobile launcher and can also be used in interdiction missions and to suppress the enemy’s air defenses, he emphasizes.

“The strategic and security landscape of the broader region is fluid, and in this context, the Fatah-IV test will act as a deterrent signal to regional foes and assurances to strategic partners,” Nazir says.

[Tahir @tahirdss]

The #Fatah missile family series has enhanced Pakistan’s conventional defense capability and given new options to strategic planners, increasing operational flexibility in deterring the enemy at the time of crisis, Tahir Nazir, a geopolitical and security analyst, says.

[Sputnik @SputnikInt]

Pakistan’s 'extended' Fatah-4 missile test sends deterrence signal

Pakistan has tested an “extended” version of the Fatah-4 missile, months after reporting a successful test of the “baseline” version.

The ground-launched cruise missile is equipped with advanced avionics and can engage targets at extended ranges with high precision, according to the Pakistan Army's press service, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

The Fatah missile family series has enhanced Pakistan’s conventional defense capability and given new options to strategic planners, increasing operational flexibility in deterring the enemy at the time of crisis, Tahir Nazir, a geopolitical and security analyst, says.

With enhanced range, lethality, and durability, it can strike the enemy’s heartland from a mobile launcher and can also be used in interdiction missions and to suppress the enemy’s air defenses, he emphasizes.

“The strategic and security landscape of the broader region is fluid, and in this context, the Fatah-IV test will act as a deterrent signal to regional foes and assurances to strategic partners,” Nazir says.

[Sputnik @SputnikInt]

Pakistan’s 'extended' Fatah-4 missile test sends deterrence signal

Pakistan has tested an “extended” version of the Fatah-4 missile, months after reporting a successful test of the “baseline” version.

The ground-launched cruise missile is equipped with advanced avionics and can engage targets at extended ranges with high precision, according to the Pakistan Army's press service, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

The Fatah missile family series has enhanced Pakistan’s conventional defense capability and given new options to strategic planners, increasing operational flexibility in deterring the enemy at the time of crisis, Tahir Nazir, a geopolitical and security analyst, says.

With enhanced range, lethality, and durability, it can strike the enemy’s heartland from a mobile launcher and can also be used in interdiction missions and to suppress the enemy’s air defenses, he emphasizes.

“The strategic and security landscape of the broader region is fluid, and in this context, the Fatah-IV test will act as a deterrent signal to regional foes and assurances to strategic partners,” Nazir says.

[Sputnik @SputnikInt]

Russia-Pakistan drills boost counterterrorism ties

The ninth joint Russia-Pakistan Druzhba military exercises have concluded at Cherat in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with Russian and Pakistani special forces training in challenging terrain.

Pakistan and Russia have been holding the Druzhba exercises since 2016, notes Tahir Nazir, a geopolitical and security analyst. The two countries also share intelligence on counterterrorism and transnational terrorist threats.

"As Pakistan is facing a rise in terrorism threats from its Western borders, cooperation between Islamabad and Moscow will improve the understanding, interoperability and regional peace and stability," the expert emphasizes.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has killed 74,245 Palestinians in three years, Gaza’s health ministry says.

“There is a ceasefire in name only,” said a senior policy fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations. https://t.co/tFaEkFyDQX

[Tahir @tahirdss]

According to a World Bank report, Pakistan accounts for about 48pc of the people in the region living below the $3.00 per day poverty line. https://t.co/L30Cl0I7lQ

[Tahir @tahirdss]

Forces already deployed, they just announced it today

[Levent Kemal @leventkemaI]

BIG: Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have agreed to activate collective defense measures under the Mecca Defense Alliance, including the rapid deployment of agreed military forces and capabilities to Saudi Arabia.

The joint statement emphasizes moving from commitments to action, strengthening military integration, readiness and deterrence in response to threats facing the Kingdom.