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Dec 17, 2021 15 tweets 7 min read
To mark 50 years since the fall of Dhaka, this December @BBCUrdu published a series of essays and videos to introspect about those events, and recall memories of the time.

The final essay in this series is @AU_Qasmi's magnum opus on politics of apology.
bbc.com/urdu/regional-… The first piece in this series was published on 4th December, which recalled the the story of Pakistan Navy's submarine Ghazi, which was mysteriously sunk near Visakhapatnam.

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Dec 10, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
And this for @BBCUrdu

انڈین کرونیکلز: ’گمراہ کن خبروں کا انڈین نیٹ ورک جو 15 سال سے اقوام متحدہ اور یورپی یونین کو جھانسا دیتا رہا‘

bbc.com/urdu/regional-… @BBCUrdu ای یو ڈس انفو لیب کے ایگزیکیٹو ڈائریکٹر ایلیگزانڈر الافیلیپ نے بی بی سی سے گفتگو کرتے ہوئے بتایا کہ انھوں نے ڈس انفارمیشن پھیلانے کی غرض سے مختلف سٹیک ہولڈرز پر مشتمل کسی نیٹ ورک میں اتنی ہم آہنگی نہیں دیکھی
Dec 10, 2020 12 tweets 5 min read
Haven't done this in a while...

So @shrutimenon10 and I trawl through massive amount of research conducted by the @DisinfoEU, which revealed the astonishing disinfo campaign and influence ops carried out in UNHRC/EU to further Indian interests.

bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi… @shrutimenon10 Alexander Alaphilippe of @DisinfoEU say they never encountered such co-ordination b/w different stakeholders to spread disinfo.

"Even after being exposed last yr, that this network managed to operate so effectively shows the sophistication and the drive of the actors behind it"
Apr 12, 2019 11 tweets 5 min read
So the PTI has filed a petition in the SC to set aside the Faizabad Suo Moto verdict, "accusing the author judge", Qazi Faez Isa, "of being biased."

dawn.com/news/1475537/p… Appropriate, then, to share the original verdict and what was written by Justice Faez Isa

supremecourt.gov.pk/web/user_files…

And what were the main takeaways

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Mar 27, 2019 11 tweets 5 min read
Husband and employees allegedly strip woman naked, beat her over refusal to dance for them

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But please pass a resolution against Aurat March and organisers because it is vulgar and against Islam. DGK police save minor girl from being wedded to 45-year-old man as 'vani'

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But please pass a resolution against Aurat March and organisers because it is vulgar and against Islam.