Isn’t China an imperialist power now? A thread:

A lot of people, mostly left leaning, have come forward recently to defend China and its policies in Pakistan, ignorant of the fact that China has now indeed become an imperialist power. Imperialism doesn’t mean that a single country rules the world and has utmost power. Instead, there is an imperialist system in the world where various countries are involved in exercising their hegemony over less-powerful countries by exporting their capital to those countries.

Karachi’s double standards over land encroachment 🧵

The recent anti-encroachment drive in Karachi was funded by a $100-million loan from World Bank and the contract for cleaning the Nullahs was given to Frontier Works Org and National Logistics Cell, offshoots of Pak Army. According to KBT representatives, nine thousand houses with legal leases were demolished, as were six thousand houses without them. Seven churches and 21 mosques were also knocked down. Nine people have died as a result of the demolitions since they started.

Karachiites, do you know whats been happening to the water reservoir which supplies water to our city?
Its being polluted and poisoned gradually.
While the govt sleeps, industrial waste, sewage of nearby areas, and littering by 'picnickers' are destroying this nature's resource. Keenjhar Lake, as it is known, supplies Karachi with 80% water and therefore needs to be conserved. Its also considered wildlife sanctuary and included in Ramsar sites. However, authorities have been doing nothing toa protect it and it might get poisoned soon like Manchar Lake.

The old Books Bazar near Hasan Square is going to vanish soon as local adminstration has removed the carts of the booksellers who had been there for over two decades.
This is a place where many grew up buying books from.
#RestoreGulshanBooksBazar According to the booksellers, the local police and DMC East told them to remove the book carts for two days as their heads were supposed to pay a visit. However, over a month has passed but the authorities are not letting them bring back their carts and resume the work.

Ever since I started reporting on #BahriaTown and the way it has been occupying lands of poor people in Malir district, Ive been getting responses that the story is fake and that the land under occupation of Bahria was never green, cultivated or taken away from poor.
My reply: I have visited the area, called Kathore, many times and saw it changing myself. Here are a few pics that show how it used to look like: