Khurram Husain
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The Economist seems to have a problem with the Palestinian flag being displayed on its cover.
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Arshad Nadeem set a new Olympic record in the Javelin throw!!!! 92.97m!!!!
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My travel agent asked me whether my preferred flight time is in the AM or PM, so I
#SelectedPM
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"I've been dealing with the IMF for 25 years" Dar said today.
And therein lies the problem. If you've been going back to the IMF continuously for 25 years, you've been doing something fundamentally wrong.....
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And then, just to prove it was no fluke, he throws 91.7m in his last throw, breaking the last Olympic winning throw TWICE!
Check out his last throw.
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Wow! Bilawal sounds more like a head of state than the other two jokers combined!
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This is how they go. Alone. Imran Khan should take a good look at this pic.
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What a gorgeous thela! Aziz from Berlin Colony, Karachi
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More than July 25, 2018, it is today that Imran Khan has arrived as a genuinely popular political leader in Pakistan with grassroots support. Hard to see what stands in his way from here on.
Dark clouds gathering over Isb now.
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DG ISPR just demolished the conspiracy story systematically.
No conspiracy, no demand for bases, no interference in Pakistan politics by foreign powers. Army has "turned the corner" on political interference.
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After promising us Tipu Sultan they gave us Ghulam Ishaq Khan instead.
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My name has been added to the list of people on the Economic Advisory Council without my knowledge or my consent. Want to confirm that I did not seek this role, nor will I be taking it up.
All the advice I have to give to any govt is done thru my journalism.
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Bizarre day as Imran Khan's govt vigorously arguing in one court for an army chief to get an extension in his tenure, while in another court vigorously defending another army chief against treason charges for having overthrown an elected govt & abrogated the constitution twice!
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OMG! Just saw the
@PTIofficial
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From the dam fund to the saazish fund.... have the ATMs run dry?
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Am loving PTI voters right now. Results yet to be finalized, but PTI putting in a strong show despite all attempts to keep them down. Salute to this spirit of defiance.
This is as of 10:09PM, Feb 8. Let's see how the results shape up going forward.
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DG ISPR sounding more like a national level leader than the Prime Minister.
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A minister who can't spell research is demanding more research.... on twitter.
This govt is truly a cartoon.
Where are Pak Universities? Everywhere in the world Universities are providing guideline to the Govts through leading reserach and policy papers,why Pak Unis are silent spectators? We need to up the game...Vc’s must initiate reserach..up the game guys
#coronavirusinpakistan
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"In Pakistani society we don't let our wives and daughters out at night" said the police chief.
He should've added "cause there're cops like me out there in this world."
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The Kashmir portion of Imran Khan's speech was pretty good. Made a powerful case.
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Shell leaving Pakistan. Bets on who will be next. Pakistan becoming impossible to work with for foreign investors.
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The moment when Asim Bajwa hangs up when Shahzeb Khanzada asks an obvious question: what happened with the money you say your wife divested from the business on June 1?
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"India's army reportedly spent six months watching "Chinese spy drones" violating its air space, only to find out they were actually Jupiter and Venus."
Via
@Xadeejournalist
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In all my years as an economic journalist I have never seen a Finance Minister talk the way Asad Umar just did. That kind of bluster and chest thumping is usually the job of backbenchers and junior party members, except in times of political crisis, when the job is taken up by...
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Calling a military dictatorship a "Presidential System" is the height of intellectual dishonesty, as is concealing the fact that these were regimes in deep cahoots with a US war and saw generous inflows of foreign assistance and left behind large debt burdens.
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This Khan rally in Washington DC seems like a comedy version of a Trump rally, only smaller.
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This guys homeopathic spirituality and understanding of history is pulling the country down the toilet.
وزیر اعظم عمران خان کا روحانیت کو سپر سائنس بنانے کا اعلان
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In Pakistan, people are fighting over who will be the captain of a sinking ship.
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Let Modi sink in the quicksands of his Rafael scandal. Keep a distance, he's taking more fire today than he has ever taken since coming to office. He is desperate to divert attention away from the scandal to something else, and there is no diversion better than the drums of war.
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Some people on my timeline are making jokes about his use of a picture of stunted brain: folks this is very wrong. The issue is a serious one and Imran Khan deserves huge credit for elevating it to the top of his agenda. Pray for his success here, don't ridicule.
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Wife: "Would you like some coffee?"
Me: "Sure!"
Wife: "Great! Put some on the boil, and one cup for me too please!"
I fall for this every day around 6pm.
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We are now in cuckoo land. First time ever a govt brought to power thru a parliamentary vote has defied the constitution in a matter as germane to democracy as holding elections.
God help us all.
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Huge respect
@MiftahIsmail
, for having the courage (especially as a public figure) to say these important things. What good is it all if along the way we haven't learnt to respect each others rights, without prejudice.
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Deeply saddened to learn Pervez Musharraf has passed away from this world without having paid for his crimes.
May he learn the truth about his reign in the hereafter.
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Who needs cartoons when you have parties like the PTI and TV channels like Bol, ARY and 92?
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Imran Khan just laid down the law to these mullahs!! Don't pick with the state he says, or else! Three cheers!!
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Proposal: nobody is allowed to call anyone a "traitor" until Pervez Musharraf's treason trial has run its course, a verdict issued, all appeals exhausted and the judgement implemented in full. All those in favour?
#IStandWithCyril
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20 million people homeless due to the floods. 90pc of all crops in destroyed in Sind alone, and then there's Baluchistan and S. Punjab on top.
These are staggering numbers. The scale of the flooding is clearly calamitous.
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Imran Khan just claimed his govt built the NSER database around which his Ehsaas program is built.
This is not true. The NSER database was built in 2010.
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So the LNG is not only clean, it was smartly negotiated to save Pakistan an estimated $600 million. Now what?
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"I inherited a broken economy" -- Pervez Musharraf, 1999
"We inherited a broken economy" -- Hafeez Shaikh, 2010-2013
"We inherited a broken economy" -- Ishaq Dar, 2013-2015
"We inherited a broken economy" -- Asad Umar, 2018
"We inherited a broken economy" -- Imran Khan, 2020
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Sadly for you guys such cheap tactics will not deter me from doing what is a journalist's core job: holding those in power to account.
I was doing this long before you came into power. God willing, I will still be doing it long after you are gone.
In his article,
@MusaNV18
uses examples to prove how a general lack of knowledge regarding the economy, along with individual bias, is making an "opinion maker" write factually incorrect articles in a reputed paper.
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What happened in
#Sialkot
today is the direct outcome of normalising extremist discourse by using it as a political pawn. If this tendency does not stop immediately, we will all live at the mercy of lynch mobs.
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"I assure you your tax money will be spent on you and I will not allow it to be stolen" says Imran Khan in a short pre-recorded televised address delivered on the day his Finance Minister approved a Rs20 billion bailout for stock brokers!
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Tom and Jerry used to be my favourite cartoon growing up. What was yours?
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Oil falls below $60. Will govt share the bonanza with the people and reduce prices at the pump?
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So apparently Imran Khan is being held at the Missouri State Penitentiary, according to madam fake news here....😂
This is what you call “zameen tang”. This inhumane treatment for the man you has given so much for the name fame betterment for
#Pakistan
I’m so ashamed to call myself Pakistani today. I never thought I’d ever feel this way.
#ImranFightingForPakistan
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Munizae Jehangir's show gets pulled off air midway thru when she has Latif Afridi on discussing missing persons issue.
But yes, press is free in Pakistan.
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Really glad nobody will be writing a vile piece such as this one today.
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If you have ever held your own child in your arms, this video is near unbearable.
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Exchange companies have announced they will remove the cap on the exchange rate from tomorrow. Let's see where the dollar goes after that.
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Time for PML(N) to acknowledge that
@MiftahIsmail
was right all along. Delaying the IMF program by 3 months at such a critical time did incalculable damage and brought no benefits. Dollar would not be at such a high level today had Pakistan stayed the course with the program.
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Sorry Khan saab. Your tigers aren't available for Corona duties. They're too busy trolling journalists and trending hashtags.
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Say a prayer, blame the past and move on.
Saddened to learn of train accident in Sadiqabad. My condolences to the victims families and prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured. Have asked Railways Minister to take emergency steps to counter decades of neglect of railway infrastructure & ensure safety standards.
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"However, netizens soon found out that the woman in Shahbaz's video was actually a 'social media paid actor'...."
Everything they put out turns out to be fake....
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No. Running an interview of a former Prime Minister is NOT, and must never be, treason. We cheapen such charges by applying them in this manner.
#IStandWithCyril
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Here's to Karachi's traffic police, who have performed their duties like heroes through this whole situation and kept the city on the move!
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Petrol, deisel prices slashed by Rs10.
Electricity prices slashed by Rs5 per unit.
Goodbye IMF! Hello elections!
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This is going to have zero impact, but it shows how Imran Khan is willing to harm the country in order to come to power.
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The PML(N) will not be a party fit to run a modern economy if it cannot break out of the shackles of Dar's thinking and learn to navigate the hard trade offs involved in economic management.
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Karachi is in the midst of a natural disaster right now. 199mm of rain. So are many other cities in Sindh. This is not the time for trolling or politics. It is a time for the fractured leadership of this country to work together to help their citizens out.
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My Dawn article has been reproduced by The Print WITHOUT permission.
This is unethical.
Behind Imran Khan’s reluctance to lockdown, lies interests of Pakistan business lobby
@KhurramHusain
, Business and Economy journalist based out of Karachi, writes
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I'm thru debating this $200bn nonsense. People want to believe it are welcome to. If incoming govt wants to base policy on it, go ahead. Let's see what happens. Khurram out.
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Didn't the PM himself send the GIDC Ordinance to the President for signature? And then he himself "took notice" of it, and today withdrew it?
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When the same corporates enjoyed "record high profits" the last two years, we were all told "Rejoice! The economy has turned around."
Now that they're being asked to carry their share of the burden, suddenly it's like "Oh no! Don't tax the rich! The poor will suffer!"
🙄
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How ironic that the state should award Malik Adnan for bravery against a mob that the state itself bowed and cowered before not that long ago.
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He came vowing to beat the dollar down to below 200 and ended up giving us the single largest devaluation in our history.
Interbank closing rates:
Jan 25 ------ 230.89
Jan 27 ------ 262.60
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Oh please! Khan is no hater of minorities, nor has he been involved in massacres like Modi. This article is a stretch and a half, drawing a silly equivalence based on a tweet!
When Imran Khan wishes only Christians on Christmas and Narendra Modi wishes everybody, it shows us the difference between India & Pakistan...
Fine Jyoti
@jomalhotra
insight
#GlobalPrint
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If Khan has a message that is resonating as deeply as his supporters think it is, let him issue one strike call in one city and we'll see how widely it is observed.
But this politics of rallies and speeches, of screaming and shouting, isn't going to carry him very far.
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Sometimes it's a good idea to read an article before tweeting and gushing over it based on a photo or headline. In this case the article is saying that the generation of leaders in the pic are on their way OUT as a younger generation is rising up to replace them.
Imran Khan seems to have secured both local and global releavance despite crucial governance errors during his 18 months in office. Teflon Khan? You bet. But his confidence and friends - in Pindi, palaces and the press - help him get by.
Watch this space for his moves at
@wef
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Those celebrating the IMF talks as some sort of a victory or even a "breakthrough" might be in for a bit of a shock once Miftah returns from DC and briefs the govt on what all needs to be done before the program is resumed.
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Source confirming Chinese personnel have already been evacuated from Dasu project site. Pakistani staff leaving.
$4.7 billion project to generate 4300MW. Now in indefinite suspension.
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People are requested to please stop "disappearing". The PM finds it unacceptable.
PM made clear in Cabinet that it was unacceptable for people to "disappear" as laws are present to deal with all manner of crimes. Strict orders were given to IG & Interior Ministry on this issue. Good to have Sajid Gondal back safe & sound.
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Somebody please tell Fawad Chaudhry that of the two fascist govts in European history, one was elected and the other installed by the 'third umpire' after a dharna.
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I'm blocking all those accounts that mock the journalists who are subjected to such violence and make jokes about the incident. Seriously requesting all others to do the same.
Lock these people up in their own echo chamber, there's no sense in keeping them engaged.
#AsadAliToor
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I propose Amir Liaquat as replacement for Atif Mian on the EAC. All those in favour?
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"Body of British national who was born and raised in UK and had no connection with Pakistan is flown to AJK to be buried in his ancestral village."
There. Happy?
#DawnNews
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Nine vehicles of the Rangers went to the IGs house to transport him to the Sector Commander's office, at 4am, report Al Jazeera. Report by
@AsadHashim
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Dam fund has collected Rs9 billion, while Rs13bn worth of advertising has been done for it by the media, AG told the court.
ڈیم فنڈ میں 9 ارب روپے جمع ہوئے۔۔اسٹیٹ بینک
ڈیم فنڈ کے لیے 13 ارب روپے کے مفت اشتہار چلائے گئے۔۔اٹارنی جنرل
صرف بھاشا ڈیم بنانے کے لیے 1450 ارب درکار ہیں۔۔ وزراتِ پلاننگ
چیف جسٹس کی ریٹائرمنٹ میں 6 دن رہ گئے
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I was trolled heavily by the cultists for writing that Imran Khan has been reduced to a "figurehead Prime Minister" back in 2019.
Today Khan himself admits that he was little more than a puppet. Wonder if the trolls are capable of self reflection.
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Simply disgusting to see the smear campaign against Atif Mian. He's one of the smartest and most accomplished economists out there and sincerely wants to help his country. For how long will we continue to spurn our best minds for irrelevant reasons?
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Some Lahori friends used to ask me why the people of Karachi don't "just rise up and overthrow that crazy guy who runs your city and shuts it down whenever he likes"? Tonight they're all sitting at home with no plans to step out.
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If Donald Trump were to write an article claiming the 2020 elections were a farce and the Jan 6 riots were a "false flag" planned in advance by his opponents, would
@TheEconomist
publish it without verifying whether the claims are true or not?
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One way to win an election is to capture the hearts and minds of the voters.
Another way is to capture those running against you and throw them in jail on cooked up charges.
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I've seen people go thru messy divorces but this is something else!
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If you're worried about inflation having hit a 5 year high at 9.4pc....wait a few more months.
#JustSaying
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What happened to the dam fund page on the Supreme Court website?
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My favourite part in that video is when Ali Haider Gilani says "MQM ka rate thora ziada hota hai..."
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"I want to make Pakistan into one of the top nations of Asia like Malaysia!" Tarin tells businessmen at the FPCCI.
Loud thumping of desks all around.
"To do that I need revenue! We cannot be the top nation of Asia with a tax-to-GDP ratio of 11pc" he says.
Dead silence.
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Meanwhile foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank drop by $627 million between Sept 19 and 28 (latest data just released). I don't recall the last time I saw a drop this steep. Anyone care for a policy direction soon? Or are we still at gnashing our teeth at each other?
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NasNews is a paid content producer. You can go to their website and "get a quote."
Do check out their "what we can do for you section" at the bottom as well. Don't miss their video about themselves. "Whatever you need, we got it!"
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Maleeha Lodhi's removal so soon after what was billed as a successful trip is puzzling. It creates the impression that things did not go well in New York or DC.
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Just when you think they've peaked, these trolls find a new summit to climb....
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This morning NAB claimed to have recovered Rs821.5 billion since it's inception, but finance ministry said only Rs6.5 billion has been deposited by them into its account. Where is the balance amount?
Turns out NAB recoveries are not even audited by the AGP.
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