Umair Hasan

Patience beyond the point of absurdity is not a virtue but cowardice

[Red on Red @RavensLaire]

Not that it has benefitted Pakistan in anyway or it has been a happy ride but what the past 18 months have revealed to us is that the so called "PTI cult" was 100% right abt the following :
1 The dynastic crooks dont give a damn abt democracy or the people
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[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

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[ⷶMαι∂αн Mυнαммα∂ @MaidahMuhammad]

دوستو!

عبد العلیم خان کے نام کے ایک صاحب ہیں پچھلے کچھ دن پہلے فرما رہے تھے کہ ہوائی جہاز تو ہمارے دیکھے عمران خان نے پہلے تو وہ سوزوکی میں پھرتا تھا۔
سب نے حسب معمول جوابات دیے تو سوچا کہ میں جواب میں ایک سوال پوچھ لوں۔

لندن 1930 کی تار��خی گول میز کانفرنس جس میں قائداعظم اور اقبال دونوں موجود تھے۔
یہ تصویر ہمارے لیے فخر کا باعث ہے کیونکہ اس میں عمران خان کے دادا کے بھائی محمدزمان خان(جن کے نام پر زمان پارک قائم کیاگیا) اور ان کے خالو جہانگیر خان بھی موجود ہیں (بائیں جانب سے دوسرے اور تیسرے نمبر پر)

وہ پوچھنا یہ تھا کہ!

1930 میں آپ کے خاندان کے بزرگ کیا کیا کرتے تھے؟؟؟

@abdul_aleemkhan

[Asfandyar Bhittani🇵🇰 @AsfandBhittani]

Dentist President Alvi and the imported regime today:

[Ahmad Warraich @ahmadwaraichh]

سعدیہ افضال صاحبہ کا گھریلو ملازم ان کا حکم نہ مانے تو یہ گھر چھوڑ جاتی ہیں

[- @tekkenhostage]

Quaid e azam picked up in a vigo for supporting PTI

[Waqas @worqas]

Bsdk aaj tak aik funny joke nahi likha na koi news story ki, Anwar Maqsood ko comedy sikha rhay hain aur The Intercept ko journalism. The audacity.

[Hassaan Bokhari @SHBokhari13]

... to Pakistan and Balochistan. If people in Balochistan don't know his name it's due to ethnocentric bigots and liars like you!

Get yourself some education first. And let the Baloch people get educated as well instead of using them as fodder for your ambitions.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

The armed robber did not push for the man to give him his wallet, he only said he’d be happy/happier if he did so. There’s a significant difference between the two.

[Waqas @worqas]

US foreign policy has always been to engage with the entrenched power elite in Pakistan. Now perhaps the time has come to engage with the Pakistani people or risk losing all goodwill in Pakistan forever. Sooner or later in the next century, the people of Pakistan WILL find a way to rule Pakistan. When that happens, wouldn't it be a nightmare if the country turns actively hostile towards its former ally?

There is still time to take a step back and inspect the damage. The kind of human rights violations that are happening for short term goals have no place in the civilized world. There are hundreds of members of Pakistani civil society, including US citizens, that are facing military courts. There are people, including journalists, who have been missing for months. Dozens of major politicians, democratically elected leaders of their respective constituencies and communities, are either jailed or missing or have been tortured. Even reversing this would be a mammoth task. But it has to be done. Pakistan cannot be ruled as an autocracy anymore.

As for the Ukraine war and US relationship with Pakistan. I am sure a much better outcome wouldve been achieved if engaged positively with the democratically elected Prime Minister of the time, Imran Khan. I see no reason why he would not have agreed to weapons contracts or taking a critical stance against Russia given his strong anti-war positions in the past. But the key would have been positive and rational engagement. Not listening to people like Haqqani or Bajwa who had their own political ambitions and axes to grind.

This, as it stands, is a horribly botched operation. It has achieved the exact opposite of what it set out to achieve. Now the time has come to cut the losses and find a way to move forward. Pakistani people are a key stakeholder in the future of Pakistan, they must be considered when it comes to policymaking. The current human rights crisis has been completely manufactured due to the inaccurate assessment of the situation in Pakistan and has become an extremely urgent issue. This has to be stopped, with the next step being elections and smooth transition of power. If those things happen, Pakistan can begin to heal and this massive damage to US-Pakistan ties can start to be reversed. And it definitely can be reversed.

Maybe now is the time to "reimagine" US-Pakistan ties and democratize them.

[Muhammad Ali @Thecolistin]

I don't know Soha, maybe they read Quran closely like following Ayats,

What could be least level of Islam where one isn't homophobic as per the modern definitions &still be classified as muslim.

Give some Fatwa or something. Go for it, you sure have the confidence for it.

[Muhammad Ali @Thecolistin]

✴️Cipher Saga✴️( a thread 🧵);

Amidst all the noise and deliberate fog it us important to clear the haze and extract clear and concise perceptions out of this Cipher issue and important take home questions;

1. Donald Lu was erroneously thinking Khan is pro Russia as his...

[Malik Khurram Khan Dehwar @KhurramDehwar]

Moral of the story:

Our entire national elite surrendered our sovereignty on a threat by a lowly 18 grade level US foreign service official.

We have a long long long way to go before developing into a self respecting nation...

[Arif Rafiq @ArifCRafiq]

Looks like the chaprasification of Asim Munir is complete. A poor look for the army chief to be seen as just another Ramzan Sugar Mills employee.

[Moeed Pirzada @MoeedNj]

I am forced to inform all of you, and friends in media, that I am receiving life threats through different means; I am being made to realize that my whereabouts are known to powerful people back in Pakistan & I should not think that I am safe in Washington. This was continuing since March, but now it has assumed a more serious shape & intensity. Few days before Imran Khan's arrest, a meeting took place somewhere in between Pindi & Islamabad and formations were asked to track me, my exact location. I had previously informed Washington police but decided not to give any names. I am now giving names, with titles in writing, to US Police and FBI and will reach out to HR Organizations & International media. Such terror actions are always sanctioned from the very top. I still believe that sanity will prevail, and other responsible people around them will counsel them. And that is why I am not giving any more facts & names here. But unfortunately Pakistan is being run by an irresponsible criminal mafia and they are desperate to silence all dissent & freedom of expression from any one of Pakistani origin anywhere in the world. While many world wide are speaking against their inhuman and illegal actions, I am being targeted because of my prominence as a media person. If needed, I will update you again. Please retweet @CNN @BBCUrdu @hrw @KenRoth @WSJ @WajSKhan @Dawn_News @ExpressTribune @amnestyusa @AdilNajam

[Imran Khan @ImranKhanPTI]

As someone who has suffered 2 assassination attempts on his life in last few months, can I dare to ask SS the following Qs:
1. Have I, a citizen, the right to nominate those I feel were responsible for assassination attacks on me? Why was I denied my legal & Constitutional right

[Asfandyar Bhittani🇵🇰 @AsfandBhittani]

Whose Grandfather sold half the country?
Whose mother sold the Khalistanis?
Whose Father sold the blood of Salala Martyrs and victims of hundreds of drone attacks?

Kashmir bech dia to Jahiliya aesay kehtay hai jesay Article 370 k waqt Srinagar main Pakistan ki hakoomat thi.

[Asfandyar Bhittani🇵🇰 @AsfandBhittani]

All 25 journalists, whether you are a personal "fan" of theirs or not, are all facilitators of Treason. Bajwa told them point blank that Imran Khan was impeding his Kashmir deal & yet to cover Haji, they continued to tell the country FOR YEARS that IK was the one selling J&K out.

[Zalmay Khalilzad @realZalmayMK]

Responding to Pakistan's "Mr. 10 Percent": I do not lobby for anyone or any country and am no one's agent. I have shared my sincere concern about Pakistan's triple crisis, which unfortunately is intensifying, and have suggested what should be done. "Mr. Ten Percent" should put country first and honor BB's legacy, to preclude a meltdown that will hurt the 220 million people who - unlike him and others like him, do not own posh homes in several countries that they can run away to. The Pakistani establishment and the country's political leaders must commit to rule of law, starting by not splitting the Supreme Court, but instead, implementing its decisions. #Pakistan
https://t.co/loXThmaXfJ

[Umair Hasan @UmairEmm]

@Flossopher09 @freakonomist5 Lol, exactly the reason. Also Taliban spokespersons have publicly humiliated him on this issue when he questioned their education policy.