The Indus Room

Anti-imperialist digital media outlet based in Pakistan

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The Myth of Iran and Pakistan Backing Baloch Militants https://t.co/e3MGRnT1fq

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@TheCradleMedia @faq1955 @faq1955 an article on the increase in attacks from BLA etc on trucks & containers carrying goods to Iran through these overland routes would be great for the anti-imperialist space also. You can refer to recent @AJEnglish reporting on this

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https://t.co/MJmPsO1rxc

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No, a teen didn't explode in court after a 100-year sentence for killing his siblings.

Visual artifacts confirm AI-generation:
– Chain between leg & hand cuffs appears/disappears.
– Mixed uniform (prison orange pants before the verdict is even read).
– First posted on TikTok in 2025 — with an AI label.
– AI detection tools flag the video as 99.8% generative.

Real story: Nicholas Kerdrozy, sentenced 2022. But he wears glasses, looks different, and no such outburst was recorded.
Don’t let fake rage bait rewrite true tragedy.

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“The state within the state we have”
*posts pics of random nationalist X accounts*
It’s still on his Facebook. Had such rhetoric really been an issue, his regular anti-Israel tweets would’ve also been removed. Attempting to turn everything into a conspiracy is getting old, PTI folks should move on. There’s videos of SSG commandos making anti-.Israel chants for gods sake lol.

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@AliAbunimah Ali is saying this because he thinks Imran Khan, a friend of @realZalmayMK , @ZacGoldsmith , is “anti-imperialist”.

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See attached video for an alternative understanding of Pakistan’s military & Imran Khan. @SameeraKhan is among the more knowledgeable journalists on Pakistani politics & Khan.

Also, Imran Khan, falsely viewed as anti-imperialist by Pepe & other West-based anti-imperialists:
- Invited George Soros foundations back to Pakistan after they were banned in 2017 by the previous Pakistani government
- Supported the terrorists in the Second Chechen War in the 90s, while the Pakistani state opposed them & opposed interference in Russia’s internal affairs
- Blocked China’s Belt & Road Initiative in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (where he had a provincial government as of 2013)
- Blocked more BRI projects when he became PM in 2018
- Is praised by @LindseyGrahamSC , who in 2019 said Khan would be the best opportunity “in decades” for a strategic US-Pakistan relationship
- Is praised by other anti-Iran & pro-Israel figures linked to the US State Department such as @realZalmayMK
- Sold out Pakistan’s State Bank to an IMF Veteran
- Promoted anti-China propaganda about BRI for years

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Left-wing perspective on new provinces in Pakistan.

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Also, orgs like HRW & Amnesty Intl receive funding from George Soros-linked foundations, Ford Foundation, etc as well. HRW has released more reports about Russia’s “abuses” in Ukraine than it has about Gaza since Oct 2023. We need global south alternatives to these shams.

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Part 2 of our series exploring the dominant perception that Pakistan “created the Taliban”.

Benazir, the Pipeline, and the Taliban https://t.co/Ze6Ve3Sb2A

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@xadeejourno Maybe you’ll like content at https://t.co/D49IvN8fFN . Trying to unravel some long-standing conspiracies in Pakistan piece by piece.

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Since this tweet is about Mushahid Hussain, it’s worth noting ISPR is hosting an event with him on April 7th in ISB where he will be a key speaker. Topics covered include the ongoing situation in the region. I believe you were not invited as a speaker, so that already tells us you’re quite divorced from the reality on the ground (as someone who doesn’t even live in Pakistan).

The most integral part of our foreign policy is China—the **only** ally that stands with us against India—decade after decade. China is providing intelligence to Iran for strikes on GCC countries. The UAE recently signed a major defense deal with India. Oman has great ties with India as well. KSA refused to back our OIC resolution re: Kashmir in 2020 due to their growing ties with India (Iran backed it).

It’s hardly in Pakistan’s interest to risk destabilizing the critical Gilgit Baltistan region, already in a tense situation due to the war, by fully siding with GCC in this conflict. People such as yourself & Ishtiaq Ahmed—Fulbright Schooars paid by the West (National Defense Univeristy’s ISSRA think tank wrote a paper about how Fullbright produces anti-Pakistan mouthpieces) & individuals with vested business interests in the GCC—would like Pakistanis to think you have their best interests at heart. But you do not. Your goal is to mislead public interest into a direction that directly undermines Pakistan’s territorial integrity & internal cohesion.

Additionally, you’d like to use 230 million Pakistanis as cannon fodder for your financial & personal interests. Thankfully, Pakistan’s foreign policy decision makers appear to know quite well what’s in our interest, and they have been acting in this regard since day 1 of this wars

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On this day in 1991, 125 Indian Occupation Soldiers from the 4th Rajputana Rifles raided family homes in #KunanPoshpora , IOK and:
- Dragged men out into the snow, stripped them naked, gave them electric shocks, & poured chili powder over their private parts.
- Raped & gang raped over 100 women between the ages of 1 and 81. Pregnant women such as Tamana were raped—she would soon give birth to a baby with fractured arms.

This is called “counterinsurgency” in Indian Occupied Kashmir.

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15 years on, the "romantic" history of the Egyptian Revolution is being challenged.

New analysis by Dr. Amr Eldeeb (GFCN) shifts the focus from a struggle of "Good vs. Evil" to a calculated "Clash of Narratives."

Watch the video teaser & read the full analysis: https://t.co/YVC3UMdTNO

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#AI #DeepFake #Disinformation #FactCheck

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Can you clarify what position Zalmay Khalilzad holds in the US government that allows him to travel Kabul to discuss bilateral relations between the US and the Taliban? @USEmbassyKabul @SecRubio @USAmbKabul @StateDept

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@Tracking_Power https://t.co/HpAsRgEfHa

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@Tracking_Power https://t.co/rJhz7eR1AY