Despicable how @adolfofrancoGOP is sitting on @CNNSotu with @jaketapper and calling the terrorist who carried out #ElPasoTerroristAttack a “nut job”. No sir, he is a TERRORIST! And @realDonaldTrump snickered when someone made a remark about shooting immigrants!
Don’t understand how men like @adolfofrancoGOP can sit there and refuse to call this a terrorist act. They need to wake the hell up and confront the radicalization of white men in America!
Disappointed that even @SenSanders is falling for the “mentally unstable folks become radical white nationalists after watching @realDonaldTrump’s” rhetoric. I disagree. Hateful, not mentally unstable people, carry out terrorist attacks like the #ElPasoTerroristAttack.
I’m wondering how often outlets like @CNN and even folks like @jaketapper talked about “mental illness” when terror attacks were carried out by Muslim men? Pretty sure the answer is NEVER. But even when there’s a manifesto, a white terrorist’s act lead to convos on mental illness

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Oct 23
🚨🚨🚨Interesting disclosures showing that @IPRI_Pak has hired a company in Washington DC to "engage with members of the United States government on behalf of the Client, specifically, improving relations between the US and Pakistan."

The value of the contract is $1.5m. Image
IPRI has already paid $600,000 as part of this agreement to "conduct outreach to the U.S. government."

The company hired is Team Eagle Consulting LLC, whose president Stephen Payne has signed the agreement with Amb. Dr. Raza Muhammad.

Source - efile.fara.gov/docs/7477-Exhi…Image
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I am wondering if this is the same Stephen Payne who was a lobbyist for Musharraf back in the day and who was hired by a Pakistani-American who was backing the PTI.

geo.tv/latest/529082-…Image
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Jul 18, 2023
The IMF report on Pakistan is out and its has some interesting pointers on where things are and where they are headed.

Some key points in the 🧵.

TLDR -- Pakistan's economy expected to be in flux for the next 2-3 years, at least, and faces significant risks.
This is the most important table of the report.

Gross external financing requirements are $80+bn in the next three years.

To meet these requirements, successive govts. must pursue prudent policies, meaning that "relief" and "growth" in the traditional sense is a tough ask. Image
The IMF states that "elevated gross financing needs continue to pose high risks to debt sustainability, particularly as fiscal and reserve buffers have been depleted." and that "the overall risk of sovereign stress is high..."
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May 17, 2023
Khan live.

Starts w/ talking about "hikmat" and "aql" otherwise "tukrey wapis ikathay" nai kersekein ge.

Shows a Republic Policy think tank poll as evidence of his popularity...
Says they are scared of him because they all want to protect their corruption.

"NRO wapis na le ley"

This is why they are putting PTI against the armed forces -- they scare the military chief that he will be removed if Khan returns

Khan says I sent message that I won't do it.
"Only one institution is left and I never wanted it be destroyed," says Khan.

He was referring to his refusal to not remove Bajwa even though Bajwa was conspiring against him.
Read 25 tweets
May 16, 2023
Was talking to an Insafian friend who wanted to understand why some of us continue to argue with them over democratic norms and constitutional rights, pointing out what they didn’t speak up for in the recent past.

Some points 👇🏽 that I hope Insafian friends will reflect on.
Friends in the PTI watched in near silence from 2017-22 when basic freedoms were suspended and people were harassed and bullied.

Many of us have were targeted by the party’s troll army.

I personally have.
And trolling is nothing compared to the real threats many people I know faced.

Acquaintances lost jobs. Some were threatened on phone calls. Some said “if you don’t hear from me in the next three days, pls make some calls.”

It was quite scary what was going on.
Read 7 tweets
May 12, 2023
Torn between a lot of conflicting views over the last few days.

On the one hand is a regime that has shown a blatant disregard for the constitution and rule of law in 🇵🇰.

On the other is a party and leader who has a track record of the same.

How does one deal with this?
We know that the PDM and its backers — the mil. establishment — doesn’t care for the constitution.

If they did, they’d hold elections in Punjab and KPK on time.

The way they’ve suppressed dissent and inflicted brutal oppression on dissidents is evidence enough.
But we also know that the PTI is no better.

A senior leader from the party said that claims of human rights abuses during their rule was “propaganda” in a recent interview.

But while the PTI seems not to have learnt its lesson, it’s arguing for rights I hold dear right now.
Read 8 tweets
Apr 24, 2023
If you look at 🇮🇳, you’ll notice a growing divergence between coastal and heartland states.

This is because coastal states can trade more easily with the world and are more open due to that.

Now compare 🇵🇰’s coastal regions: Khi is a mess and Gwadar has no water…
Rather than invest in these coastal regions to grow economic, trade, and cultural integration with the world, Islamabad has just used these regions to extract resources as needed.

So long as the coastal regions remain mismanaged, 🇵🇰’s economic prospects will remain bleak.
Islamabad and Pindi remain obsessed with a heartland strategy, seeking connectivity to Central Asia via 🇦🇫.

Those markets offer a pittance compared to what can be achieved through coastal integration with the 🌏 economy.

Geoeconomics barely touches on maritime integration…
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