شریف آدمی
فرہاد زیدی

#تھریڈ

کبھی کبھی میں یہ سوچتا ہوں
حسین جب دشتِ کربلا میں
یزید سے پنجہ آزما تھے
علی کا بیٹا، خدا کے محبوب کا نواسہ
خلیفہء وقت کے مقابل
چٹان بن کر ڈٹا ہوا تھا
تو میں کدھر تھا؟ اگر میں سبطِ نبی کے مظلوم جانثاروں کی صف میں ہوتا
شہید ہوتا!
یزید کی فوج میں جو ہوتا
تو حق کی آواز کو دبانے پہ خلعتِ فاخرہ ہی پاتا
مگر شہادت مرا مقدر نہیں بنی تھی
نہ مجھ کو خلعت ہی مل سکی تھی
تو میں کدھر تھا؟

#Thread
"Who lost Pakistan?"
Pakistan' s finance minister @HinaRKhar gave Holbrooke a tutorial on U.S. aid to Pakistan.
she said:
People can point to Chinese bridge, they cannot identify a single thing your aid has done.
@vali_nasr Most of the money never gets to Pakistan; it is spent in Washington. Of every $ you say you give to Pakistan, maybe 10 cents makes it to Pakistan. You never ask us what we need and what you should give aid to. Your aid does nothing for your image.
You have to fix it. @HinaRKhar

The Hindus thought he was a Muslim communalist, the Muslims took him to be a pro-Hindu, the Prince deemed him to be too DEMOCRATIC. The British considered him a rabid extremist with the result that he was everywhere but nowhere.None wanted him. I displeased the Muslims. I displeased my Hindu friends because of the famous 14 points. I displeased the Prince because I was deadly against their underhand activities, and I displeased the British Parliament because I felt RIGHT from the beginning and I rebelled against it,

#Thread #Afghaniatan
In 2010, during a visit to White House, General Kiyani gave President Obama a 13 page white paper he had written to to explain his views on the outstanding strategic issues between Pakistan and US.
@vali_nasr You are not going to win the war, and you are not going to transform Afghanistan. This place has devoured empires before you; it will defy you as well.
Gen Kayani to US President

Under duress:
The Sindh government twice attempted to outlaw #forcedconversions and marriages, including laying guidelines for the court process in the Protection of Minorities Bill, placing an age limit of 18 years upon conversions.
dailytimes.com.pk/671303/under-d… via @dailytimespak Pakistan Tehreek Insafgovernment, vowed in their 2018 election manifesto that “PTI will protect the civil, social and religious rights of minorities; their places of worship, property and institutions as laid down in the Constitution.”

عسکریت بڑی شے ہے کہ محبّت کے اصول
بولہب کا گھرانہ ہے کہ درگاہِ رسول
طبل و لشکر مُتبرّک ہیں کہ تطہیرِ بُتول
مسجدیں علم کا گھر ہیں کہ مشن کے اسکول
آج جو بیتی ہے کیا کل بھی یہی بیتے گی
بینڈ جیتے گا یا شاعر کی غزل جیتے گی

#مصطفیٰ_زیدی
1957 اے وطن یہ ترا اُترا ہوا چہرہ کیوں ہے
غُرفہ و بامِ شبستاں میں اندھیرا کیوں ہے
درد پلکوں سے لہو بن کے چھلکتا کیوں ہے
ایک اک سانس پہ تنقید کا پہرا کیوں ہے
کس نے ماں باپ کی سی آنکھ اُٹھالی تجھ سے
چھین لی کس نے ترے کان کی بالی تجھ سے

THE embers of #hate are once again being stoked. To prevent history from being repeated and innocent blood spilled in the name of religion, the government must act urgently and decisively. The PPP’s parliamentary leader in the Senate, @sherryrehman sounded the alarm in the upper house on Friday when she brought up the intensifying anti-#Shia campaign and described it as “extremely shocking that this issue is not being raised”.

#Blasphemy: Quran has a different view dailytimes.com.pk/668567/blasphe… via @dailytimespak The Pakistan Tehreek Insaf #PTI government on Tuesday introduced the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2020 in the National Assembly to make intentional ridiculing and defaming the armed forces as a punishable crime.

aaj ka rung ye bhi

Whether it is a former president of Islamic Republic of Pakistan or the current CCPO of the capital of Pakistan’s largest province, the mindset of our male dominated society hasn’t changed in the last four decades.
#Rape #motorwayincident
nayadaur.tv/amp/2020/09/ho… via @nayadaurpk “You must understand the environment in Pakistan … This has become a money-making concern. A lot of people say if you want to go abroad and get a visa for Canada or citizenship and be a millionaire, get yourself #raped.”
2005
~President Musharraf

Thread #wheelchair access in Pakistan:

I became paralysed from the neck down following a car accident in 2002 on the Lahore-Islamabad motorway. My sister, who was in the car with me, lost her life on that fateful day. The subsequent professional nursing care that I received was severely inadequate. Sandbags and neck collars to stabilise the neck were unavailable at hospitals.

Lack of proper paramedic care left me with little chance of any substantial recovery.

For the attention of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

dailytimes.com.pk/663269/for-the…. via @dailytimespak A large part of #Karachi does not come under municipal jurisdiction. Almost a third of it falls under the cantonment boards and the Defence Housing Authority.

Tazias tend to cross sectarian and even religious boundaries, with Hindus and Sikhs. Taziadari is a mixture of all the cultures, beliefs and faiths of the subcontinent and can be said a great religious unifying factor
#AshuraWorldwide

dailytimes.com.pk/660807/ashura-…. via @dailytimespak The Tazia of the Ustad in the city of Saints #Multan leads the procession with the Tazia of the Shagird at the back, symbolizing the student’s respect for his teacher.Ustad Pir Bakhsh designed the five storeys Tazia.

Asafi Imambara Lucknow, built by Nawab Asaf ud Daulah one of the largest Imambara of India. Husainabad Imambara also known as Chota Imambara at Husainabad, Lucknow, built in 1838 by King Mohammad Ali Shah of Awadh.