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....., in March 1978, #Bhutto was sentenced to death. #Mustafa intensified his political efforts, joining forces with two of the former Prime Minister's sons, Mir #Murtaza Bhutto and Shah #Nawaz Bhutto. Mir had been studying at Oxford, but Mustafa convinced him to (1/15) 
scrap his education in order to campaign for his father's release. We moved from Jam Sadiq's house to a shabby, claustrophobic flat in Hampstead, and Mustafa crowded it by inviting the Bhutto boys to live with us. Conditions were so cramped that I left Naseeba and Dai (2/15)
Ayesha with my family.
At times I was even thankful that Tanya was not with me.
Immediately Mustafa began to educate the young men in the art of politics and sought to raise them as symbols of resistance to the junta. Mir was a novice, but he learned fast. Younger (3/15)
At times I was even thankful that Tanya was not with me.
Immediately Mustafa began to educate the young men in the art of politics and sought to raise them as symbols of resistance to the junta. Mir was a novice, but he learned fast. Younger (3/15)
The #Charing Cross landmark in #Lahore has remained the centre point of the city since the #British era and continues to be the better-known venue for political mobilization. In 1904, a grand statue of #Queen Victoria was placed under a canopy and the #monument stood (1/7)
at the crossing until 1951.
The statue was moved to the Lahore #Museum thereafter. In the 1980s, during the ‘Islamist’ regime of #General Zia, a wooden model of the Holy Quran was placed where the statue once stood. Earlier, under the civilian Prime Minister Zulfikar (2/7)
The statue was moved to the Lahore #Museum thereafter. In the 1980s, during the ‘Islamist’ regime of #General Zia, a wooden model of the Holy Quran was placed where the statue once stood. Earlier, under the civilian Prime Minister Zulfikar (2/7)
Ali #Bhutto, another modernist tower was erected to mark the 1974-summit conference of the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC). The summit monument – as a cultural space – commemorates the ideal of Unity of all Muslims and that of the Ummah – the Muslim Brotherhood (3/7)
Why is it that we #Pakistanis become so beholden to mere mortals? Every hero we have had, has disappointed us, yet we keep repeating the same pattern over and over again, expecting different results. #Bhutto was once a messiah for West Pakistanis. They loved him so much 1/n
that in the 1970 elections Awami League didn't win a single seat in West #Pakistan. How did that love affair turn out? A broken country and despotic civilian dictator who runied all economic progress of the 60s, the affects of which we still suffer from. 2/n
Then there emerged an entire section of society which still thinks Zia was mard-e-momin. Smh. Next BB, then Nawaz. Bloodly hell still Nawaz! Then his daughter. FFS. Still can't blv how Iftikhar Ch became an overnight hero. Abdul Qadir Khan, nuclear weapons smuggler. 3/n
1. @guardian 15 Oct 22, p 21 @tweeter_anita @EmpirePodUK, a cold-eyed, #critical #historian would've provided the #lowdown, and six of her best, to those boorish, blingy, visiting #Punjabis about the #Sikhempire or #ZulfikarBhutto.
2. #Kashmiris and #Ladakhis, unlike mawkish #Punjabis, don't quite share that lachrymose view of #Punjabi #history or #DuleepSingh. #Lamaist #Buddhists and #Muslims chafed under #Sikhrulers. Expelled former; forbade latter #fasting/#Fridayprayers.
3. #India was in a tailspin under #Sikhs, #Marathas, #Mughals etc. and #Britishrule consolidated the peninsula unseen since the #Mauryas. #Newsflash right-on Radcliffe ranters either side: #EmpressVictoria sired #MotherIndia and #Iqbal's sarey jahān bulbuls.
The #London Group and the 1970’s fights
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... a group of young Pakistanis, students of #Cambridge , #Oxford and other English universities.
They studied literature and politics. They believed in the saying of the time, ‘the private is public’, and that life is (1/28)
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... a group of young Pakistanis, students of #Cambridge , #Oxford and other English universities.
They studied literature and politics. They believed in the saying of the time, ‘the private is public’, and that life is (1/28)
inseparable from social commitment.
They shared the dream of those years; of making a better, fairer world by educating the masses, enhancing consciousness and knowledge among the disadvantaged classes, and bringing revolution to the streets and squares.
This group of (2/28)
They shared the dream of those years; of making a better, fairer world by educating the masses, enhancing consciousness and knowledge among the disadvantaged classes, and bringing revolution to the streets and squares.
This group of (2/28)
some 25 men and women began to publish a journal, #Pakistan Zindabad.
Some years ago, the Pakistani activist, Asad Rehman, told the journalist Malik Siraj Akhbar:
‘We had very little knowledge about what was going on in #Balochistan . We did not know about the military (3/28)
Some years ago, the Pakistani activist, Asad Rehman, told the journalist Malik Siraj Akhbar:
‘We had very little knowledge about what was going on in #Balochistan . We did not know about the military (3/28)
#Socialism leads to full Communism.
Paraphrasing Margaret #Thatcher.
How right she was!
President #Daoud brought about a Socialist Secular Revolution after doing a coup d'état against King #Zahir #Shah.
Soon to be followed by his assassination and the #PDPA #Communist takeover!
Paraphrasing Margaret #Thatcher.
How right she was!
President #Daoud brought about a Socialist Secular Revolution after doing a coup d'état against King #Zahir #Shah.
Soon to be followed by his assassination and the #PDPA #Communist takeover!
Well, nobody understood the dangers of collectivism during the Cold War better than General #Pinochet, Late Baroness #Thatcher, and #Lee #Kuan #Yew.
Americans were never really threatened by Marxist-Leninist or Marxist-Maoist Philosophy after the Communists were incarcerated
Americans were never really threatened by Marxist-Leninist or Marxist-Maoist Philosophy after the Communists were incarcerated
Ask a countless number of children, women and old, as to how Marxist Insurgencies and later Communist #Dictatorships destroyed their standards of living, and social stability through centralized social engineering.
#Chilean inflation stood around approx 1000% under #Allende.
#Chilean inflation stood around approx 1000% under #Allende.
#Kuwait's young foreign minister @anmas71 is back in #Pakistan for the first time in 16 yrs (I met him back then). This interesting relationship spans military+strategic issues (#Afghanistan #Iran #Iraq #oil), & a forgotten attempt to save a Pakistani premier from execution. /1
#Kuwait helped #Pakistan withstand international sanctions after the 1998 nuclear tests (with KSA+UAE); was one of top 5 aid givers (with #SaudiArabia #UAE #US #EU) after #Kashmir earthquake 2005. And remains a key oil supplier (along with #KSA). /2
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Former #Kuwait Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed (who passed a way in 2020) enjoyed a close relationship with former #Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and landed in #Rawalpindi in May 1977 to show support to embattled #Bhutto just before a military coup toppled him. /3
