Journalist @minutemirrorpk Previous @the_nation. Words @diplomat_APAC @theprintindia @nayadaurpk
Apr 11, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
A survey of about 5,000 prisoners on death row in 2008 indicated that most belonged to the poor strata. Those with money, influence and means of coercion mostly managed to avoid capital punishment by paying blood money or effecting ‘compromises’. It was mostly those who could not
wield influence or manipulate the system that went to the gallows. The PPP-led government in 2008-13 had imposed a moratorium on the death penalty which was sensible in view of the criminal justice system’s shortcomings. However,the PML-N government, after the APS tragedy, lifted
Sep 2, 2020 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
A random thread.
Before you go to read the piece (mentioned below) of Dawn’s Delhi based correspondent Jawad Naqvi (one of my favourite writers) , I feel it won’t be improper to explain few references he mentioned in his article. 1- Josh Malihabadi memoirs “Yadon Ki Barat”
2- Josh sahib was an advocate of religious harmony in united India, friend of Nehru & Azad. 3- He was from Malihabad (a town near Lucknow) his family was Shia Muslim 4- “Musalman to hum hoey gaen hain, Mir sahib. Mula baer inahu se theek nahi hai” is perhaps best depiction to
Aug 28, 2020 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
دیہاتوں میں رہنے والے احمدی (تھریڈ)
میرے والد نے مجھے بتایا کہ ہمارے گاؤں جو کہ خانیوال کے قریب ہے میں ایک احمدی خاندان رہتا تھا وہ جاٹ تھے اور تقسیم کے وقت گرداس پور سے آکر ہمارے وہاں بسے تھے۔ ہمارے سمیت گاؤں کے دیگر جاٹوں سے دیہاتی روایات کے مطابق ان کا تعلق قدرتی تھا حتیٰ
کہ بھٹو دور میں ان کو غیر مسلم قرار دیے جانے کے باوجود سالہا سال تک وہ کسی خاص مذہبی تعصب کا نشانہ نہیں بنے وہ گاؤں کی مسجد میں ہی مولوی لال بادشاہ جو کہ صوفی منش امام تھے کی امامت میں ہی نماز پڑھتے ، گاؤں کے قبرستان میں ہی ان کے فوت ہونے والے مرد خاتون کو دفنایا جاتا شادی بیاہ
Jul 18, 2020 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
BE prepared, #Pakistan! #ImranKhan ’s govt is poised to inflict damage upon country’s #education system in a manner never seen b4. Its so-called Single National Curriculum (SNC) hides systemic changes going far deeper thn ones conceived & executed by extremist regime of #ziaulhaq
At first glance a SNC is hugely attractive. ...Bt this morally attractive idea has been hijacked, corrupted, mutilated & beaten out of shape by those near-sighted persons now holding Pakistan’s future in their hands, & who, like their boss, kowtow to the madressah establishment.
