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Sep 17, 2023 10 tweets 5 min read
THREAD: Detailed assets of Qazi Faiz Isa’s family in London

Is this Pakistan’s wealthiest Chief Justice ever?

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PURCHASE DATE: Oct 2011

DETAILS: 2 bedrm flat, Coniston Court, Kendal St, London, W2, Floor 6 - Central London

Purchased By: Zarina Carrera

PRICE: £300,000

Today’s Value: £500,000 (for 1 bedroom)

Note that the distance to Avenfield House is less than 1.5km


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Mar 22, 2023 7 tweets 3 min read
Federation of Pakistan vs Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan case, (1955).

In light of the Supreme Court recurrently being called in to solve a political crisis, everyone should know about this case & why it's so important.

🧵 Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan was a true patriot.
A Bengali Muslim Leaguer, he took over as Deputy Speaker after Jinnah's death.
By 1954, the Assembly begun plans to replace the increasingly dictatorial Governor General Ghulam Mohammad, who promptly dismissed the Assembly in response.
Mar 20, 2023 13 tweets 6 min read
🚨 Bajwa Doctrine 3.0🚨

Important points claimed by Bajwa on Naya Daur, in English:
🧵 • Bajwa had no involvement in firing of Talat, Murtaza Solangi & Nusrat Javed, or the attack on PMLN member Absar Alam- 'Maybe a frustrated lower lvl officer did'- i.e he had little control over his own soldiers.

• He released Mir Shakeel-ur Rahman (Why?- That's not his job.)
Feb 17, 2023 10 tweets 4 min read
Watching Imran Khan's TBT interview, I think Muzamil (@hoflolz) did a stellar job in communicating some of our concerns, including the feeling of hopelessness creeping over us all.

However, I feel some things in this interview need to be clarified/ emphasized.🧵 Off the bat, IK makes it clear (again) that the cypher is real, that Pakistan's NSC, (including Bajwa), verified it as an attempt of foreign interference, but it was Bajwa who had initiated it through conjuring himself as Pro-American, and IK as anti-US. The chicken laid the egg.
Oct 2, 2022 16 tweets 6 min read
The inspiring tale of how the Sharifs went from Ram Gali to Raiwand Palace, by @SHaiderRMehdi

A thread 🧵 👇 💡Haider Mehdi has sourced this from acquaintances & family friends of the Sharifs since Partition and eariest days in Lahore, as well as the public record 💡