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Nov 3 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
The attack on #ImranKhan today was amateurish and clumsy. Could have been lethal but wasn't. The way Khan and his party are exaggerating its planning and execution without any investigation, shows design to extract political milage and turn the tables on the Govt and Military.
Apparently #ImranKhan party activists protesting outside a military building in #Peshawar, a sign of the radicalization of a generation of Pakistanis under #ImranKhan 2011-2022. #PTI incited protests without waiting for a probe by its own Govt in #Punjab where attack occurred. /2
Result of #ImranKhan and #PTI's incessant anti-military incitement. Khan's party rules the province and runs the police service where the attack on Khan occurred today. PTI Govt is yet to release its findings. /3

#ImranKhan party supporters and members vandalize a provincial police armored vehicle in #Peshawar. #PTI incited people to violence today across #Pakistan, reviving a politically ineffective movement that Khan is trying to lead. /4

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Nov 4
#Pakistan Army requests @GovtofPakistan to initiate legal action against #PTI Chairman #ImranKhan for the "baseless and irresponsible allegations against the [Army] and a senior Army officer," describing them as "highly regrettable and strongly condemned" in a #ISPR statement. /1
#Pakistan Army responds to #ImranKhan's allegations on its alleged involvement in an alleged assassination attempt that Khan blames on the military and the premier intelligence agency #ISI.

Full text follows. /2
Text of the Military Statement released by @OfficialDGISPR:

"The baseless and irresponsible allegations by Chairman PTI against the institution and particularly a senior army officer are absolutely unacceptable and uncalled for. Pakistan army prides itself for being.. /3
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Nov 4
There is a good anti-establishment constituency in #Pakistan that opposes #ImranKhan's Islamist tilt but is tempted to support him against the Army as part of overall anti-military push timed with the feeling that the institution is politically at its weakest.
#Pakistan's former prime minister #ImranKhan is playing a dirty game. He is telling the Army and intelligence agency #ISI to join him against the country's entire political class and put him back in PM House. He has no vision for 🇵🇰 future beyond a lifetime as a populist leader.
Anti-establishment lobbies in #Pakistan that are fascinated by #ImranKhan's head-on collision with the Army and #ISI might be missing out on the best opportunity in half-century to regulate Military's role in politics. The establishment wants pluralism, not a populist-led system.
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Nov 3
Three senior officials from #ImranKhan's party have rushed to accuse @GovtofPakistan of involvement in the attack. A probe is in early stage, with the reported arrest of the attacker(s). Unclear if these officials have evidence on their claims. PM Shehbaz Sharif has condemned.
A single burst from likely an automatic weapon targeted #ImranKhan when he was on top of a container truck with aides in #Gujranwala/#Punjab Province, hitting Khan in his right leg & others; Khan was taken to his bullet-proof car instead of ambulance for fear of a second attack.
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Nov 2
The @Likud_Party jingle at the victory party in #Jerusalem about 8 hours ago, in the early hours of Wed, as exit polls suggest opposition leader and former prime minister @netanyahu is set for a comeback. Thank you @epieprz for sharing this 🎞️: /1
The moment @netanyahu left the stage at the @Likud_Party victory bash in #Jerusalem about 8 hours ago. At this point, about 10% of the ballots had been counted and "it looks good" for Bibi's return, @epieprz said while sharing this clip with me from the venue: /2
@netanyahu is set for comeback in #Israel election, addresses supporters at @Likud_Party victory party in the early hours today, says he is on brink of "big" election win
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Oct 21
Top adviser to #Iran's #Khamenei calls for reopening of #Saudi, Iranian embassies six years after elements in #Basij and #IRGC paramilitaries stormed and burned #KSA missions in #Tehran and #Mashhad. /1

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In Aug 2020, a former Iranian lawmaker Ali Motahari accused #Iran government of alienating Arab countries and cited the example of the burning of #Saudi embassy in #Tehran and the Saudi consulate in #Mashhad. /2
In 2020, #Iran appointed one of the masterminds of the 2016 attack on the #Saudi embassy in #Tehran as the head of the cultural committee of Iran’s Judo Federation. /3

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Oct 15
President #Biden's remarks on #Pakistan

Apparently casual remarks on #Pakistan by President #Biden at a Democratic Party event have been highlighted in 🇵🇰 media. Ousted ex-PM #ImranKhan is trying to use them to destabilize the Govt; promote anti-Americanism.

Some facts. /1
President #Biden's remarks came while talking about his relationship with President #XiJinping and #Russia when he made two references to #Pakistan, one in the context of China's ties to #India + 🇵🇰, and a remark on Pakistan's stability and the safety of its nuclear weapons. /2
#Pakistan is not taking #Biden's remarks out of context, recognizing this was not a policy statement, and has given the #US Amb Donald Blome in #Islamabad a chance to explain the context and position of Biden Admin while denying the perception of instability of the state. /3
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