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Fastian | Editor, C&R Lead @SATimes_TV @payf_eng | Contributor @academiamag @strafasia @The_Nation @TFT_ @dailytimespak | Tweets, personal | RTs ≠ endorsements.
Nov 17, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
Fact Check: Instigating anti Pakistan sentiments in Afghan public, issuing statements against Pakistan from a safe haven in Afg, with Interim Afg Govt helpless or in connivance; This video is indeed a slap on face of Afg Interim Govt & it’s writ in Qandhar - A Thread 👇 If it's the same person who target Pakistani soldiers, then he should have been in custody, but video shows otherwise & he appears to be looked after as well, but by whom? 🤔
Aug 24, 2022 20 tweets 4 min read
Prof Faiz Zaland from Kabul University, who is currently associated with India’s Rohtak University has blamed neighboring countries, esp Pakistan for Afghanistan’s sufferings & accused Pak for harboring anti-Afg forces.

Here are a few facts against his 3 main accusations: 🧵 1⃣ Pakistan harbors anti-Afg forces - May be, but what about Pak hosting hundreds & thousands of Afghan refugees during the forty year war span? What about Pak’s all-encompassing support to Afg & its people?

Also! Why no mention of RAW’s presence in Afg since 2000s?
Jun 16, 2022 20 tweets 3 min read
Petrodollar — A Story 🧵

It was in the second half of the twentieth century when Gulf became synonymous with oil wealth so fast that the oil-dependent world was shaken not by missiles but by words; meetings & speeches! It started when in 1959 summer, Venezuelan Minister, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonso, who had spent a decade hiding in America & Mexico, flew to Cairo to meet Sheikh Abdullah al-Tariki, S/O a camel-caravan operator & the first Oil Minister appointed by King Saud of Saudia.
Nov 9, 2021 12 tweets 4 min read
Allama Mohammad Iqbal - Some Facts
A Thread

Ancestors migrated from Kashmir, settled in Sialkot, Mohalla Khatikan

Father: Sheikh Noor Muhammad
Mother: Imam Bibi

#IqbalDay2021
#9November
#IqbalLahori Spouses:

➖Karim Bibi - Mother of Aftab Iqbal & Miraj Begum
➖Mukhtar Begum
➖Sardar Begum - Mother of Javed Iqbal & Muneera Bano
Oct 22, 2021 6 tweets 4 min read
12 Seconds, BC WION & Pak FM Remarks - Thread

Undoubtedly, the guy; a Pakistani, has been in the war zone, but representing & working for WION; a platform owned by Zee News Media Group, India.

Sudhir Chaudhary is the Editor-in-Chief of WION, DNA India & Zee News.

1/6 Set up in 2016, focused on China and Pakistan, WION is fixated to generate nationalist propaganda; similar to FOX News in the US.

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Jul 23, 2021 55 tweets 23 min read
Thread: Unholy Nexus - Making Sense of What’s Going on in Afghanistan

Taliban’s strategic moves: Blessing for Pakistan! Exposed unholy nexus; intl & domestic. Recently, Kabul Regime’s engagements, @AzazSyed articles, NS-Mohib meeting & Indian interventions; all add perfectly! .@AzazSyed met ex-NDS Chief & asked him about the solution of Pakistan’s problems; NDS Chief replied, @NawazSharifMNS was doing great & is the only solution to Pak’s problems.
Then, Mohib meets NS!
Why do our journalists need to ask NDS for the solution to Pakistan's problems?
Apr 7, 2021 16 tweets 4 min read
Thread: The Birth of Naxalism in India

Since 2010, a pattern can be observed indicating an increase in the Naxalite insurgency in India. The word Naxalite refers to Maoist-oriented, militant insurgent separatist groups operating intermittently in India since the mid-1960s.

[1] The roots of the Communist ideology in India can be traced back to 1925 when the Communist Party of India (CPI) was founded to instigate a national revolution against the British Imperials. Initially, tied to Stalin’s ideology, CPI suffered a blow in February 1951.

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Mar 8, 2021 30 tweets 9 min read
#AuratMarch Feminism vs Iqbal’s Idea of Feminism and Pakistan - Thread

Feminism, a social-political movement seeking equality of women with men, has its roots in the 18th century modernization, humanism and Industrial Revolution.

[1] In developing countries like Pakistan, the concerns over women rights are genuine due to patriarchal notions embedded in the social fabric of South Asian society in general, however, steps in the right direction are being taken.

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Jan 17, 2021 21 tweets 6 min read
Revelations of Former FO Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam regarding the role of INGOs endorse James Peck's claims about convergence of US Foreign Policy & Human Rights.

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How INGOs suspiciously operate in Pakistan | A discussion with ex-civil ... via @YouTube James Peck in his book, “Ideal Illusions: How the U.S. Government Co-opted Human Rights” argues that US Foreign Policy and human rights industry is interconnected and is being used as an ideological weapon.

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Aug 7, 2020 16 tweets 4 min read
Freedom of Speech – Language and Modern Warfare

Freedom of speech—the right to express views without government restraint is a democratic ideal in practice since the ancient Greek period. The ancient Greek word “parrhesia” which presumably appeared in Greek literature

1/n for the first time at the end of fifth century B.C., denotes to ‘free speech’ or to ‘speak candidly’.
During the classical period, it has been considered a central part of Athenian democracy. Open discussions have been carried out on religion and politics by the leaders,

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Aug 6, 2020 22 tweets 4 min read
Shahid Alam's response to the Orientalist thesis of Dr. Hoodbhoy - Thread

He states:
“A new imperialism had descended on the Islamicate world in the 1990s. Its rules were clear. The US would support despots in the Muslim states so long as they came to terms with Israel

1/n and kept a tight lid on political Islam. If any country dared to depart from the terms of this contract, it faced economic sanctions – and, if these did not work, war. When Iraq challenged this contract in 1990, it faced both endless war and crippling sanctions

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