British Colonization of Sub Continent is a very interesting story. An ultimate game of Chess by a Grandmaster.
A Thread.
In mid 1700s East India Coy (EIC) had three small armed contingents, at Bengal, Madrass and Bombay respectively.
South of India had three powers..
1/7 ..as Mughal power had declined; Nizam of Hyderabad, Sultanate of Mysore and Marhattas of Pune.

1757. British defeat Nizam first, ensuring that Mysore and Marhattas remained neutral.
1799. Next came Mysore, Nizam was a British puppet by than, but even Marhattas joined..
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Lets redefine our ctr terrorism strat.
Premised on the fact that terrorism has been a very successful business for TTP so far, and State has been unable to do much about it.
How is that..?
TTP has numerous financial resources, ranging from extortion, narco and weapons...
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https://twitter.com/MsAishaK/status/1610205049288036354

..smuggling, taxing the locals (donations), not to mention the indirect financial support they get from hostile agencies.
Their extortion cum donation business is so sophisticated that almost all tribals based in gulf pay them money to secure their relatives back home.
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Quran Majeed and the figure of 19.
A Thread.
Some Scholars have come up with a research that the authenticity of Quran e Pak has been secured by Allah SWT by locking it with the figure of 19.

1/n "19 is the most complex of mathematical figures; is it because of this that Allah SWT has used this particular figure to secure the Quran against any changes or ammendments" says Dr Ahmed Deedat.
Lets see how;

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Ibne Khuldun on Ulema role in politics.
"Ulema's mind and conscience, while grappling with theological problems and ideological insinuations, assumes a conjectured viewpoint.
Having being subjected to the various stages of this mental debate, their mindset is far removed..
1/5 ..from the real life complications that are absolutely necessary for the political issues.
The balance of thought and action required in politics can not be attained by a conjectured thought process.
This is the reason why, Ulema usually makes mistakes in political...
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Zarrar Bin Azwar (RA)
A Thread.
SSG consists of elite troops of Pak Army. Specialists; as the title implies...deserts, mountains, riverine etc. There are subunits specializing in various aspects of warfare.
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https://twitter.com/Fawad__Ahmed/status/1429111920133509124

There is an elite among that elite; the anti terrorist force.
Crack troops, experts in CQB, martial arts, unarmed combat; lethal with their bare hands as with weapons.
Each having ability to tackle 3 to 4 hardened Ts
The Unit of this elite, is called ZARRAR Company
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"Lar o bar yao Afghan"
Toxic, racist; but is it authentic..?
Let's see...
Of all the major Pashtun tribes, only two live in Afghanistan Durranis south of Kabul and the Ghilzai  east of it.
1/4 Pashtun Tribes in Pakistan are :
~ Kākaṛ, Shērāni, and Ustarāna south of the Gumal River; Balochistan
~ Maḥsūd, Darwēsh Khēl, Wazīrī, and Biṭanī between the Gumal River and Thal; KPK
~ Tūrī, Bangash, Ōrakzay, Afrīdī, and Shinwārī from Thal to the Khyber Pass; KPK
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Tehmina Durrani in her book 'My Feudal Lord' states an incident when in late 80s, GM Khar (her husband then) was in Adiala Jail on charges of high treason on his contacts with RAW while his exile in London.
She met CJCSC Gen Akhtar A Rehman who was her father's
1/5 ..friend and requested him to ask some senior officer to talk directly to Khar so that he can clarify his position.
She states that she did this on her belief that Khar was a master in convincing people and she thought that given a chance of a pvt meeting, he could influence
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TTA, TTP, ISIS / ISKP...a Thread.
Every time there is an attack on Pak SFs, a segment suddenly pops up incriminating TTA.
A lot of confusion exists wrt the term "taliban" in our public.

In this thread, I'll make an effort to explain it in Pak's NS perspective.

1/8 TTA, is a continuation of Tbn regime of late 90s Afg. It's sole purpose is to rid Afg of foreign invaders. It has never been a part of any T attack against Pak.
Haqqani NW. A couple of dozen groups, who support TTA, coord their ops; never operated against Pak just as TTA.
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Global Demographic Trends & Muslims; A Thread.
In order to be focused, we'd take EU as base of argument.
Capitalism induced individualism has caused a breakup of family unit. Marriage is avoided, couples prefer "living together" extramaritally, avoiding kids.
1/ Resultantly; Europe is ageing, and this phenomenon is worrying all western Demographic experts.
A quarter of Europe's population is over 60; while a low fertility rate has caused standard "replacement level" (2.1 children / couple) to fall to below 2 (varying cty to cty).
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We have all heard that S Korea sent a delegation to analyze Pak's Five Year Plan in 60s.
However what we have not heard is:
In the same period, S Korea also sent delegation to US, USSR, Japan, Germany, France and a number of other States to gather info on
1/7 ..Global best practices.
Five year plan only contributed to infra development. What made S Korea is a unique synergy created by HRD + R&D + Export led Industry; centrally controlled by President Park Chung-hee, Korea's Military Leader from 1964 to 1979.
As a first step;
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Antisemitism; a Thread....
Antisemitism is millennia old. It's factual, yet the contemporary use of the term is twisted to almost 180 degrees.
Jews were persecuted historically. By the powerful Egyptian and Greek empires from 6th to 3rd centuries BCE, to Roman
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#CNNExposed Empire from 2nd century BCE to 400 CE. From 400 CE onwards, this persecution took a religious angle from an ethnic one.
It is important to understand that Jews were stateless and scattered in Europe, ME and Levant.
The Christian Europe subjected them to a series of ...
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Comfort Women of Japan and Chaklas of British Raj in India.
A thread.
In early 20th century, Japan employed women from occupied territories like Korea, China and Philippines etc as sex slaves to entertain its soldiers.
This ended with Japan's defeat in WW2.
Countries of the
1/6 ..origin of these women, particularly Korea, took this matter up diplomatically later, resulting into an official apology by Japan in 1993.
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In roughly the same era, Indian women were being used in the same manner by the British Indian Army. 12 to 14 women were stationed
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Keep watching how FM Qureshi's comments would be molded and twisted to deflect the global sympathy away from the murdered Palestinian children....
Keep watching....!!
#ceasefire

https://twitter.com/biannagolodryga/status/1395713921403719686?s=19

Muslims saving Jews from Nazis during Holocaust:
- Si Kaddour Benghabrit, the Rector of the Great Mosque of Paris, helped from 100 to 500 Jews disguise themselves as Muslims.
- Egyptian doctor, Mohammed Helmy, saved the life of Anna Gutman and her
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#SaveGazaFromZionists ..family putting himself and his own family at risk in Egypt for 3 years
- Si Ali Sakkat, sheltered 60 jews who escaped a Nazi labour camp in his farm for 3 years at Tunis till Germans withdrew from N Africa
- Refik Veseli; only 17, saved a Jewish family who migrated from...2/6

Those who say India could have started a war post Pak retaliation of 27 feb 19 have absolutely no clue of Indo-Pak military environment.
Even in the Pro Active Strat (PAS) application, IA requires a minimal force mobilization. It maybe in form of certain forces pre
1/6 ..positioned in garb of training close to border.
Infact Balakot strike occurred a few weeks after pulwama. Till that time, only a few paramilitary troops were moved in IOK. The reserve components of Indian Defensive Corps were in their Garrisons. The Strike Corps not 2/6

Nawaz Sharif, Army and the people of Pakistan....
This is narration of actual events from an eye witness.
25 Oct 16 was a gloomy day at Qta. 62 Coffins of young police recruits were lying at Musa Stadium Qta. They were brutally killed by terrorists of TTP the... .1/n ..previous night at Police Training Academy Qta. Their deeply grieved relatives were waiting for Janaza since last 4/5 hours so that, they could take the bodies of their loved ones to their hometowns. All were waiting for PM NS who arrived from Isd in wake of that terrible...2/n

Wars don't just happen. These are usually consequent to clash of eco / commercial/ social interests of belligerents.
Azerbaijan - Armenia recent War over Nagorno Karabakh (NK) is no different.
As the map shows; Azerbaijan is a hub of Gas Pipelines to EU / Turkey. This... 1/4 ..poses competition to Gazprom / Russian monopoly over regional energy supplies to EU. For instance, Turkey's dependence on Russian gas reduced from 54% to 34% recently on completion of Trans-Anatolian pipeline. This increasing trend of supply of Azeri / Caspian....2/4

On Pak India affairs; on a serious note.
A few centuries ago, a powerful Rohilla (Pathan) army was besieging a relatively weak marhatta force under shiva ji. Marhatta position was precarious and they faced a certain defeat....1/6 Young Afzal Khan, the Commander of Rohillas was an unstoppable force within himself. He was brave and smart; determined to teach marhattas a lesson in tactics of war. But shiva ji had something else in mind...."why to meet enemy where he is strong ?"....2/6

I've been part of over a dozen research projects on national security. Multiple factors contribute to our envmt. However one constant that crops up in all, is our unchecked, underdeveloped population.
I didn't say over population because having a large young population is...1/9 ..an asset, it is called "demographic dividend". However, if that youth is not properly educated and groomed it could be a curse rather than a dividend.

Family planning was intro in the 60s. It appealed to the middle class and was adopted. Resultantly, the most imp faction ..2/9

Sep 1965 Pak-Ind War - prelude in reverse chronology
- Ceasefire Sep 23 1965 - Stalemate
- Sep 6 - India attacks across Intl border on Lahore and Sialkot - both stalled due to stiff resistance
- Sep 1 - Pakistan launch Op Grandslam across CFL, reaches short of Akhnur
1/5 August 26 - India launch Op Faulad / Op Faulad across CFL - Haji Pir Pass threatened though 20 Punjab Regiment held it till end
August 5 - Pakistan launch Op Gibralter infiltrating soldiers across CFL in IOK to raise local resistance against indian army. Op was a failure, 2/5

Paradox of Narratives.....
Nations have interests which are pursued with all available instruments of influence. In pursuance, the morality or legitimacy of ways and means is never a primary concern. Usually, the ends justify the means.
Lets take the example of GWoT.....1/5 The real / implicit / hidden interests of US were geo-strategic, ie.. to secure the central strat location of Afghanistan, in order to engage Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan in a coercive manner. Similarly, Iraq was an adventure for providing stability to petrodollars....2/5