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#Pakistan foreign minister visits Chinese citizens injured in bus blast, with #China Amb, at military hospital. This #thread includes observations on China's keenness to get involved militarily in combating terrorism, its policy shortcomings, & FM+Amb statement. /1
After the blast, #China is emitting signals that it is exerting pressure for more antiterror action in #Pakistan, including possibly joint missions with Pakistani forces. /2
One example is how quickly #China recast the bus incident as a terrorist attack after #Pakistan initially downplayed the incident. And quickly floated Chinese security assistance "if #Islamabad has any need to combat terrorism." /3
There could be a subtle shift in #China's position on attacks on its interests in #Pakistan after July 14 attack. In the past, Beijing avoided escalation when reports suggested ties to groups with suspected links to #Afghanistan #Iran #India. See this: en.dailypakistan.com.pk/09-Jul-2019/is… /4
This time, #China is going for high visibility in reaction to the July 14 attack, sending investigators, suggesting boots on the ground, arranging hospital visit for #Pakistan FM. But it is unclear if Beijing is ready to discuss Pakistani concerns about 🇮🇳 & hideouts in 🇦🇫 & 🇮🇷/5
With the robust reaction, #China reportedly rescinded the decision to fire #Pakistan project workers & resumed work on the dam. @AmbNong delivered short remarks during the visit to the military hospital, confirming Beijing & Islamabad "continue to cooperate closely... again."

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PM @CMShehbaz congratulations #Pakistan's spy chief for success in #ISI's "most complex intelligence operation" in intelligence service's recent history.

What did the ISI exactly do? Some details are listed in this #thread. /1
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@MoeedNj ..hopeless anyway. This is my information gathering work, as a lifelong investigative journalist. If you read my tweet again, you'll see I'm actually nudging them to share information, bcz they are not. I'm urging them to make info that I referenced public. /2
@MoeedNj I'm a little disappointed that, knowing my work and experience, you'd think I use writings of Info Ministry or ISPR. We both know the limits of our state media. I did not operate under those confines even when I worked for PTV under both civilian & military govts. /3
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After 2019, #ImranKhan relaunched himself as a religious cult. Clips of his followers comparing Khan to the Prophet and other Islamic figures abound. Fans call him Murshid, a supreme leader. Khan recently referenced his wife receiving instructions from supernatural powers.
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