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Sep 17, 2020 • 9 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
"As ruling party fans spew online abuse, Pakistan’s female journalists call for government action."

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) writes about the online abuse and trolling women in media face in Pakistan. #AttacksWontSilenceUs
cpj.org/2020/09/as-rul…
“I was scared of promoting my own work because of the barrage of accounts...accusing me of taking bribes from opposition parties. So I stopped sharing my story, because it wasn’t worth it" - Ramsha Jahangir tells CPJ. #AttacksWontSilenceUs
cpj.org/2020/09/as-rul…
Women journalists "are asking the government to act – not in the form of new legislation – but to embrace the norms of press freedom and stop attacking the character and integrity of journalists whose reporting they don’t like." #AttacksWontSilenceUs
cpj.org/2020/09/as-rul…
“It takes a mental toll,” Mehmal Sarfraz, co-founder of news site The Current and a leader in efforts to bring the issue to the government, told CPJ.

“What are we supposed to do? Are we supposed to leave the media?" #AttacksWontSilenceUs
cpj.org/2020/09/as-rul…
The hearing at the NA committee on August 18, "was the first result of a rare and public show of solidarity of women journalists, who issued a joint letter on August 12 asking for government action to stop the harassment." #AttacksWontSilenceUs
cpj.org/2020/09/as-rul…
"Reached by CPJ via messaging app, Shireen Mazari initially said an interview would be possible, but did not respond to repeated phone calls or messages."

"Shahbaz Gill did not respond to CPJ’s email request for comment."
cpj.org/2020/09/as-rul…
For Gharidah Farooqi the harassment began when a politician publicly accused her of having an affair with a government minister.

“I could not land myself at any other TV channels because most of the leading channels were advised not to hire me."
cpj.org/2020/09/as-rul…
“It was like a little ‘Me Too’ campaign about women in media, everyone is telling a story,” Asma Shirazi. #AttacksWontSilenceUs
cpj.org/2020/09/as-rul…
Bilawal B. Zardari, who chairs the NA’s Human Rights Committee, said he was struck by the women’s testimony, calling it an “eye opener.”

“None of the members ...really understood the gravity of the situation until we heard from the women themselves." cpj.org/2020/09/as-rul…

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Nov 23
A short thread on the recent developments regarding the military-run corporate agricultural farming project: 🧵
Over the past few months, government ministers have repeatedly claimed that the state land being leased to a military-run private company for corporate agricultural farming is barren and will be developed to address Pakistan’s food security challenges.
However, as shown in this fact check, the land being allocated by the Punjab government for corporate farming in Arifwala is fertile, not barren.

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Nov 7
A recent tussle in Pakpattan between Punjab govt and farmers over state land being handed over for the army’s corporate farming raises a key question:

How much of the 4.8 million acres earmarked for corporate farming by SIFC is actually “barren”?

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Farmers in Pakpattan are challenging the Punjab govt's transfer of state land to an army-led corporate farming initiative, according to Lahore High Court documents.

Petitioners argue that they and their families have been cultivating the land for the state since 1928.
Yet, in Dec 2023, the caretaker Punjab govt allocated this land to a military-run private company for corporate farming.
Read 5 tweets
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Oct 18
Here are some of the changes proposed in the new draft of the 26th Constitutional Amendment:

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-Article 9A: A new article has been inserted, guaranteeing every person the right to a clean, healthy, sustainable environment.

-JUI-F's proposal to eliminate riba has been adopted, with the addition that it will be eliminated "as far as practicable" by January 1, 2028.
Article 48: Previously, the advice tendered to the president by the Cabinet, Prime Minister, or a minister or minister of state could not be questioned in court.

The amendment removes "minister and minister of state" from this protection.
Read 20 tweets
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Sep 16
A thread on the 26th Constitutional Amendment Act 2024 and what it proposes.

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In Article 9 which deals with the security of a person, the following has been added.

“Every person shall be entitled to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.”
In Article 17 regarding freedom of association.

Earlier it stated that when the government decides that a political party is operating prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of Pakistan, the government shall refer the matter within 15 days to the Supreme Court, whose decisions shall be final.

Supreme Court replaced by "Federal Constitutional Court".
Read 48 tweets
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Sep 2
The Auditor General’s report 2023-24 revealed that the FWO has established a private limited liability company abroad.

“The rendering of services by Army officers in a private company cannot be termed as regular service counting towards promotion / pension,” the report notes.
The report also notes that the FWO had set up a new venture without government approval.

"Neither any approval was sought from the government with regard to its establishment nor was any detail of the expenditure incurred or revenue received maintained."
It was also noted that the FWO paid donations and charity amounting to Rs. 7,201.543 million.

But the AG states that as a government organization, FWO does not have an official mandate to provide charity.

Adding that "the list of beneficiaries [of the charity] was not available, nor was there any evidence of approval for this expenditure."
Read 8 tweets
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Jul 31
Pattan has examined the publicly available election documents for NA-130 in Lahore, where PML-N's head Nawaz Sharif won on February 8.

Here's a thread on the findings:
Pattan identified discrepancies in the election result forms when comparing the voter turnout and polled votes for NA-130 with the three provincial seats within its area.
Generally, it added, the turnout for shared polling stations of a national constituency and its provincial constituencies is the same, as voters who go to the polling stations usually vote for candidates for both NA and PA.
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