Happy Father’s Day! It’s Storytime.

My father is 78. In 1951, when he was 6, his father, a war hero who helped secure AJK territory for Pakistan, was sent to jail. There was a “special” trial. Planted evidence. Stolen lawyer’s fees. My Dadajan was sentenced to 7 years. 🧵1/10 Till this day, my father insists his father went to jail and came home when he was 6, even though all historical records show that my grandfather Brig Sadiq Khan spent 4 years, mostly in Balochistan’s notorious Mach Jail, as an accused in the Rawalpindi Conspiracy case. 2/10

Big @VICEWorldNews collab here, a few weeks in the making, between @Narcomania @pallavipundir and me on How Far-Right Hindu Supremacy Went Global. A deep dive into the Hindutva movement, we start in Leicester, go to India, the US, Canada & Australia🧵- 1 vice.com/en/article/n7z… Experts told @VICEWorldNews that the rise of Hindu nationalism in India has led to the emboldening of Hindutva globally. With the help of a network of charities & public figures, the movement has built links with other far-right groups targeting Muslims & Sikhs in the West. - 2

My condolences to the South Asian, Arab, African, Persian and Caribbean folk getting gaslit by doting coverage of the last grand symbol of the colonizing British Empire. More than 2.5 billion of us are still recovering. At its height the British Empire was the largest in history. By the time Elizabeth II was born, it held sway over 412 million people, 1/4th of the world’s population at the time, and it covered 35.5 million square km, 1/4th of the Earth’s total land area.

At @VICEWorldNews I get up to 10 pitches a day from freelancers in South Asia. Most I can’t read. These days I read none, because my budget is closed. Sharing what gets my attention when I am accepting pitches.

Tips for freelance reporters pitching to news editors - 1 🧵👇🏽 The email’s subject is super important. The chances of a commissioning editor clicking on a subject that says “pitch”, “hello”, “reporter from X country” or “yo” is slim, try something like: “PITCH: 75-character headline that includes news keywords + something emotive”- 2

For folks confused about who is in charge of DHA and CBC, you are not alone, it is very confusing and if you’ve read Ayesha Siddiqa’s work you’d know that’s part historic and part design.

For those interested in digging in to understand, sharing some links in this thread 👇🏽 Cantonment Boards are part colonial legacy and part created with the DHAs in 1980 through a
Presidential Order by the President at the time Gen Zia-ul-Haq.
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