Diplomat. WHT Leadership Scholar for Diplomatic Studies at Keble College @UniofOxford.
Apr 3, 2022 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
It is surprising that the world is shocked and disgusted by the assault of #WillSmith during the Oscars this year. For decades, Hollywood has perpetuated violence, racism, sexism, stereotypes, xenophobia and toxic machoism in a systematic manner. This thread has a few examples 👇
The Iron Man 3 introduces Pakistani women in sort of bonded labour at a "cheaply-made sportswear" factory. This is wrong at so many levels. Pakistani women are neither bonded nor forced to wear full-face coverings. And Pakistan produces some of the world's best sports merchandise
Mar 19, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Please take a moment to call out the casual stereotyping by @RebelWilson. Why pick Pakistan as an example of a country whose satellite could hit someone's home when the actual data shows who the real culprits are? Some stats about perpetrators of space debris/crashed satellites👇
US has the most amount of debris in space (4,037 items). Russia is second (4,035). Other culprits: France (334), India (81), Japan (52), China and Brazil (52) and Canada (5) (source: Space-Track). This space junk orbiting Earth could seriously damage or destroy active satellites.
Sep 16, 2020 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
First death of a Pakistani national in Greece by #COVID19 & the Embassy's experience of handling the case (thread).
A Pakistani national passed away in Athens on 8th September, due to COVID-19. He'd been hospitalized for 5 days, and in his last 3 days, he was in intensive care.
The Embassy of Pakistan in Athens was in contact with the hospital to provide the patient the best possible care. However, he lost the battle.
The deceased's spouse & son are also infected with #COVID, and are quarantined at their home.
