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The only war that Pakistan and India should fight should be against poverty, illiteracy and violence.
#SayNotoWar
#AntiHateChallenge
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“I am a Hindu and I love Muslims. Muslims are my brothers, sisters, spouses. You killed
#Tabrez
. We are all Tabrez...
#NoToHindutvaTerrorism
“
Salute to brave Indians standing up and speaking out
#RuleOfLaw
#Persecution
#Lynching
#Muslims
#Dalits
#India
#Hindutva
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These are stills from two heartbreaking videos that have gone viral, one from
#Pakistan
, one from
#India
. Each symbolises the oppression of those belonging to religious minorities at the hands of criminal elements from the majority faith... …
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Gul Bukhari's father late Maj Gen Rehmat Ali Shah Bukhari was decorated for the battle of Bahawalnagar 1971. First batch of PMA. One of two Zia era generals who didn't support the coup.
#FreeGulBukhari
@gulbukhari
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I wonder if those who attacked Junaid Jamshed with slippers at Islamabad airport feel sorry for their badtameezi now.
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Journalist colleagues
#India
slanting
@ImranKhanPTI
's release of Wing Cdr
#Abhi
as a sign of India's strength and Pakistan's weakness should be ashamed of themselves. I cringe for them. Sad to see the depths to which people can fall for ratings.
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Thanks all those who spoke up to
#FreeGulBukhari
. Update is that she has been released and is home now, confirmed from family. Relieved.
@gulbukhari
#GulBukhari
Stay safe.
#Pakistan
#PashtunTahafuzMovement
#democracy
#media
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Nice to hear
@BBhuttoZardari
speak on
#Pakistan
#youth
and
#welfare
state at standing room-only crowd of professors, students and community members at
@Harvard
#SouthAsia
@MittalInstitute
.
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#Newbook
#TakingDownTrump
by
#TristanSnell
out Jan 30. How to beat Trump in prosecution or litigation - by a lawyer who has done it.
All profits being donated to 3 orgs working to save
#democracy
#USA
Thanks for the book and lovely inscription
@TristanSnell
#Solidarity
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Pictures of Today's Protest which is going on at
#JantarMantar
Delhi
Guys Do Join it
#JusticeForNeetPgAspirants
#POSTPONENEETPG_MODIJI
#NEETPG2022DEFERMENT
@NidhiTanejaa
@beenasarwar
@vani_mehrotra
@aajtak
@ndtv
@IndiaAheadNews
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Poignant scene at the London clinic where Nawaz Sharif and daughter Mariam say goodbye to comatose Kulsoom Nawaz. Wish them strength and peace. Whatever his faults MNS has come a long way from being GenZia's protege.
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PM had to step down. But when hype settles the courts may be accused of targeting one family while other thieves go free -
@Asma_Jahangir
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Below: Why I stand in solidarity with junior
#doctors
#India
protesting around the country, demanding postponement of
#NEETPG
, National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Postgraduate) for medical entrance
Many seem to be on Twitter just for this
#POSTPONENEETPG_MODIJl
#NEETPG22
@Doc_Shankari
@MoHFW_INDIA
@mansukhmandviya
@PMOIndia
Old familiar story – authorities refusing to talk to students or hear their demands. Solidarity w your cause. My late father Dr M Sarwar as a medical student led Pakistan’s first nationwide student movement
#DSF
. More about their struggle here
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Good decision. State funeral for
#DrRuthPfau
- the least
#Pakistan
can do. More important to carry on her legacy...
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My piece for
@thewire_in
on the story of the Bashir sisters'
#Gwandne
" (neighbours) Punjabi rap music video that is going viral in
#India
and
#Pakistan
.
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#Pakistan
Punishes Prime Ministers But Not Military Generals | HuffPost
#Musharraf
having a good laugh
#impunity
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A friend in Delhi has placed an order for 100,000 packets of paracetamol & wants to send 20,000 packets of ready to-eat meals for
#Pakistan
#FloodRelief
.
He will need clearance from India.
Who can make this happen?
#NeedHelp
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NEW:
#AmericaNeedsPennsylvania
w/ Bruce
@springsteen
!
Donald Trump arrives in Pennsylvania later today.
We need more than **1 MILLION VIEWS** before he lands.
Please RETWEET and QUOTE RETWEET.
!!! TURN VOLUME UP LOUD !!!
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FYI it’s transgender activist Kami Sid. “This banner is an outcry, a refusal against bonded sex labour, a stance to command respect and inclusion. Far from behayaii, it's actually embodied with pain and suffering of generations” -
@nighatdad
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“Just as
#NewZealand
PM saying Salam, covering her head or having the Quran recited in Parliament didn’t make
@jacindaardern
a Muslim, participating in others’ religious traditions doesn’t make you a non-Muslim”. Msg re:
#Holi
#Pakistan
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In solidarity with
@asmashirazi
and all journalists facing unprecedented
#censorship
and harassment
#Pakistan
. Women journalists in particular are being targeted. Stay strong comrades.
@ZarrarKhuhro
@asmashirazi
A gutsy woman. It's a shame for those claiming to be "patriots" and attacking her. Koi sharm karo Bay gharat ki aulaado
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Chairman
#PPP
@BBhuttoZardari
mobbed by
#Pakistan
students
@Harvard
after the talk and discussion
#SouthAsia
@MittalInstitute
.
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Something for
#Pakistan
to be proud about. Well done
@ImranKhanPTI
#PTI
.
#PakPositive
. Must keep supporting
#plural
#inclusive
vision beyond optics.
I am so glad & relieved.This is power of tweeple. It all started from my single tweet & within 24 hours
#FayazulHassan
is sacked.
Thank you PM
@ImranKhanPTI
for sending out a clear & loud message that there is no place of bigotry in
#Pakistan
Thank you every one.
#PakistanForAll
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Tragic. 8-yo boy beaten to death in madrassa. Silver linings: Police to lodge report against cleric on behalf of State even if family refuses to pursue case. Sindh provincial assembly in Feb 2017 passed law prohibiting
#corporal
punishment. Small steps forward.
Madressah student beaten to death in Karachi, cleric arrested
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How much more ridiculous can it get? Two neighbouring countries who should be working together to resolve their common issues, and grow bilateral trade to increase prosperity in the region, behaving in this childish way. Sad and pathetic.
Indian government officials standing outside the
#Pakistan
High Commission in New Delhi today and informing all Indian invitees that GoI has boycotted the Pakistan National Day programme & requesting them to do the same.
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Thank you Noam Chomsky for endorsing this statement appealing for the release of Mir Shakilur Rahman
#ReleaseMirShakilurRehman
#Pakistan
#media
#FightCorona
#Chomsky
@ImranKhanPTI
@Shafqat_Mahmood
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Rumours of
#NankanaSaheb
Gurudwara attacked
#fakenews
#Pakistan
. Friend checked with contacts there, “nothing of this sort happened”. Gurdwara is untouched and undamaged. Provincial govt says it was an...
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Agree. Don’t politicise sports.
#ItsNotCricket
PCB must lodge protest to ICC against the non-professional attitude of Indian Cricket team but Pakistani Cricket team should not react like Indians
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One of the most moving tributes I’ve read: The
#cartoon
that
#JoeBiden
told me helped him survive two family tragedies -
@piersmorgan
in
@MailOnline
via
@KhusroMumtaz
#HagarTheHorrible
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@KDSindhi
@PTIPunjabPK
@Fayazchohanpti
Fayaz Sahib - question: As Punjab information minister, do you have a responsibility to be respectful to and inclusive of Pakistan’s Hindu and other minority communities? If so, how would you go about doing that? Thank you
@sufisal
@naeemul_haque
@ImranKhanPTI
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Why should someone be termed antinational for wanting peace? They are in fact the greatest patriots because they want peace and prosperity for their country and people.
#Pakistan
#India
#TraitorsOfTheWorldUnite
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#MashalKhan
#lynching
case
#Pakistan
- some questions: Why is Supreme Court not taking suo moto notice? Why is provincial govt. not providing security and witness protection? Why are media not following the case? Why are two absconders still at large?
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Watch
@sardesairajdeep
interact with college students
#Islamabad
. We need more such interactions.
#KeepTalking
. Sadly, we no longer post journalists in each other’s countries.
#India
#Pakistan
#MilneDo
#KartarpurCorridor
From Islamabad, Pakistan's Gen next with lots of friendship, a bit of anger.. do watch and share
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Whoever is behind these
#disappearances
and
#MissingPersons
doesn't give a !%@# about
#Pakistan
's image. They criticise
#India
for
#HumanRights
violations
#Kashmir
but turn a blind eye to similar actions at home.
#FreeGulBukhari
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Manzoor Pashteen’s comments today (Urdu) against firing by Taliban and then security forces at
#AliWazir
in Wana; 10 people killed, 30 injured. PTM has only demanded constitutional rights.
#shame
#Pakistan
#StopUsingTalibanAgainstPTM
...
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Important thread on
#Testing
in
#Pakistan
. The large number of tests in the richest province
#Punjab
is not “random” but paid for, at PKR 8000 a go. Who can afford this? There is
#inequality
inbuilt here. Highly irresponsible. CM
@UsmanAKBuzdar
sir pls address. 🙏🏽
#Covid19
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#AasiaBibi
acquittal was the only verdict legally possible. But as
@Asma_Jahangir
said when she won
#SalamatMasih
acquittal, don’t celebrate yet, the fight is not over. Mullahs are not concerned with justice. Fasadis on rampage to stay politically relevant.
#Pakistan
#blasphemy
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Disturbing. Lawyer
@Advjalila
, Women Democratic Front, Balochistan chpt president,
#missingpersons
, rights activist
#Hazara
detained at
#Lahore
airport on way to conference
@Uni_of_Essex
; name on
#ECL
exit control list, passport, ID card confiscated
#Pakistan
#FreeJalilaHaider
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#AyeshaGulalai
issue highlights the very real issue of gender harassment and shaming of women who speak out. Issues that must be addressed.
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My Humble appeal Don’t Panic! Stay safe and help each other during
#CycloneFani
. My sand art at
#Puri
beach in
#Odisha
.
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Wow.
#BenazirBhutto
on
#military
#generals
interference in
#politics
#Pakistan
. Short clip going around - …
Anyone have a link to the full interview?
#History
#Afghanistan
#OBL
#SaudiArabia
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Well done
@MJibranNasir
. This stand takes courage, moral conviction and principles. Kudos to you
#Pakistan
#Election2018
A voter tried to coerced me to declare Ahmadis as non Muslim & I made it clear that my politics doesnt revolve around anyone's religion even if it cost me votes. We wont compromise on principles & adopt populist narratives. Our politics is about equality, Justice and development
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Artist, activist
#SadafChughtai
found dead in her sleep Sat. morning
#Lahore
. Had been struggling to
#FindNaaruAlive
. Leaves behind son Sachal, 6-months old when husband
#MudassarNaaru
, poet, filmmaker, journalist disappeared 3 yrs ago.
@HRCP87
demands inquiry into her death.
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July 1 is my mother Prof. Zakia Sarwar's 80th birthday. Happy birthday Ammi. May you stay inspirational and smiling. Thank you everyone for your wishes, and Abro for the photo <3
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Salute to grace & courage of
@SyedaShehlaRaza
- lost both her young children in a car accident 15 years ago on the third day of Eid near her house. See -
@parhlo
Shame on those using
#socialmedia
to troll her even for this
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#Pakistan
#Ahmadis
again boycott polls: Despite joint electorate, there is a separate voter list for them with a form requiring them to first "distance themselves from the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH) and this is something that no Ahmadi can countenance"
#Shame
#Election2018
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Anyone may disagree with MQM policies and tactics, particularly of the past. We still need to uphold
#RuleOfLaw
, follow
#DueProcess
, condemn
#EnforcedDisappearances
. Bring him to trial if he has done something wrong
#NisarPanhwar
The request for urgent hearing filed in the Sindh High Court against the arrest and enforced disappearance of former
@OfficialMqm
Nisar Panhwar has not been heard even today.
It has been 28 days since Nisar Panhwar went missing, where to go for justice?
#RescueNisarPanhwar
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A so-called
#Pakistan
“defence” account photoshopped this image to make it anti-India and posted it from *verified*
@Twitter
handle
@defencepk
. How low can they stoop.
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Bol stars who are resigning have made enough money, can afford not to work for some time. What about the lower staff, working journalists?
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Proud of you
@murtazasolangi
. Witnessed your stellar work over decades as a journalist and upholder of democratic rights. You brought Radio Pakistan into the digital age and made its archives public. Great services to
#Pakistan
🙏🏽
I was part of launch team of reporters of The News in 1991. I worked at night and went to Radio broadcasting school in Wisconsin USA, I served as an International broadcaster at VOA radio,TV and online till 2008 in Washington DC and have never lived in NY. Proud of my hard work.
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Whoever put this graphic together did a good job of summing up the race and justice system in the USA
#KyleRittenhouse
#TrayvonMartin
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Journalist colleagues
#India
slanting
@ImranKhanPTI
's release of Wing Cdr
#Abhi
as a sign of India's strength and
#Pakistan
's weakness should be ashamed of themselves. I cringe for them. Sad to see the depths to which people can fall for ratings.
#PakPositive
Decision to release IAF Wing Cdr
#Abhi
is a statesmanlike gesture from
@ImranKhanPti
& something
#Pakistan
peace lovers have been demanding
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Pakistan's first
#Sheedi
Member of Parliament
#PPP
#TanzeelaQambrani
speaking now - daughter of teacher, activist, fourth generation
#African
#Pakistani
, talking about discrimination she has faced.
@BBhuttoZardari
stood by her -
@EqualityLabs
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Farhatullah Babar calls for legislation to make state agencies accountable |
#Pakistan
...
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Just heard that Gul Bukhari
@gulbukhari
has been picked up in a double cab vehicle on way to Waqt news
#Lahore
#Pakistan
#Shame
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Powerful message by
@MunizaeJahangir
worthy of her mother
@Asma_Jahangir
about MSR’s continued incarceration. At a time nonviolent prisoners are being released and govt should be working with media to
#FightCorona
his bail has again been denied
#FreeMirShakilurRehman
#Pakistan
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Good reports by
@TalatHussain12
, stopped from airing on
@GeoTvNews
.
Online in 3 short parts Naya
#Pakistan
Talat Hussain ke Saath 13th July 2018
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3
#Censorship
reminds me of 2007
#Mush
#Emergency
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Look forward to hearing Bilawal Bhutto Zardari speak
@Harvard
, Monday - Pakistan's Youth and the Welfare State: Bilawal Bhutto. Thanks
#SouthAsia
Institute (sorry, can't get used to the new name Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard...
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No one can return those years. No one can make up for the suffering she and her family have undergone. What we can do is make sure no one suffers like that again
#Blasphemy
#Pakistan
#AasiaBibi
Thank God that
#Aasiabibi
is free and has joined her family. I can’t even imagine what she has gone through. Decade long [mis]trials, incarceration (including solitary confinement), mental torture, separation from her children. Who will return those years?
Stay well & safe Aasia.
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7-year old domestic servant
#ZohraShah
's Murder Reminds Us Why Modern
#Slavery
Needs To Be Abolished in Pakistan - Good report by
@NabilaFBhatti
in
@nayadaurpk
#heartbreaking
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Nice to see
#GoodNews
. Thanks
@ShehzadRoy
for all that you do and for the inspiration.
#Pakistan
#PakPositive
There was a time whn I was struggling to push land mafia out of FatimaJinnahGovtSchool. Today,Aiman frm Grade 8,received 2nd position in nationwide contest
#ArtForChange
,exhibiting @ Khi Arts Council.Hope the Art Curriculum
@zindagitrust
teaches there wil reach al Pak gov schools
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Sad to hear about the
#PulwanaAttack
#Kashmir
. Criminal violence. Condolences to the families and friends of those killed or affected
#India
. We in
#Pakistan
know what this suffering is like. Need to work together to end
#terrorism
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Hear hear. It’s Cricket, not War -
@HamidMirPAK
in
@IndianExpress
#India
#Pakistan
#playnice
#KhelneDo
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Don’t let him dictate your political involvement. Be proud of yourself for voting – ok it was for the wrong person. We learn from our mistakes. Next time vote for a better candidate. Hold them accountable. If you give up your political space, someone else will fill the vacuum.
I had voted for imran khan first time I voted for anyone in my life and now I can say that was the worst decision I have ever made. i am not gonna vote for any political party
#AbQuettaNahiGharJao
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When poetry conveys a horror that is beyond words
Asifa, My Child — by the great Prof. Badri Raina
@thecaravanindia
#Kathua
#childabuse
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Reminds me of Musharraf
#emergency2007
when he shut down all the TV channels. We had
@TalatHussain12
host a show on the sidewalk outside Karachi Press Club.
The non-existent state of press freedoms & civil liberties in Pakistan.
@manzoorpashteen
had a meeting scheduled with journalists at Isb Press Club but the club secretary locked down the whole building to refuse him entry. Now meeting in a park outside surrounded by police.
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Extrajudicial killings will never bring sustained, sustainable peace
#Pakistan
. State authorities must retain moral high ground, follow
#dueprocess
#RuleOfLaw
.
#JusticeForNaqib
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#AsmaJahangir
never cared for officialdom or honours. But I agree with those who say
#Pakistan
should declare official mourning and salute in tribute to her struggles for democracy, constitutional rule, civil and
#humanrights
, women’s and minority rights, peace and justice.
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Well said Lala. Cricket and sports shd be used to promote peace, the act of an individual shd not be taken as an...
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@Abrar_Geo
@abbasnasir59
@a_siab
@ayeshaijazkhan
I am not anti-army. I am against army interference in politics.
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5 months since
#RazaKhan
went missing. No info about his whereabouts, complete silence from state. Court keeps giving date for next hearing. Then *Nothing* happens.
@betterPakistan
@pid_gov
#FindRaza
#Pakistan
#MissingPersons
#EnforcedDisappearances
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Candlelight vigil and protest to condemn
#MastungBlast
and express solidarity with victim families.
Sat. 14 July, 5:30 pm at National Press Club
#Islamabad
.
Bring placards, flowers, candles
-- Message received from a young activist,
#Pakistan
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Who pays the salary of Imam who refused to lead funeral prayers
#MashalKhan
? Any punitive action against him
@PTI
#JusticeforMashal
#Mardan
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My heart goes out to the family of murdered university student Mashal Khan, self-declared Humanist, Voice for the Voiceless. RIP
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Wah wah Zabardast! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Well said. So clear and courageous. I’ve become a fan.
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The arrest of Mir Shakilur Rahman, the editor-in-chief of the Jang media group, Pakistan, has taken place without a free trial or a conviction against him. Not only has the trial not even begun, but no charges have even been framed against him. - Noam Chomsky
#FreeMSR
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Unacceptable. Charge him, produce him before court or release him
#NisarPunhwar
#StopEnforcedDisappearances
DAY 28 of the Illegal detention of my father, Former Parliamentarian of Pakistan,My father Nisar Panhwar was illegally abducted by the LEA’s of Pakistan and still not shown in the court of law, Severe Violation of Human Rights and Constitution of Pakistan.
#RescueNisarPanhwar
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#FreeShahidul
.
#Bangladesh
Don’t oppose bail.
Shahidul belongs on the streets and in slums documenting, working, playing with children, in seminars and workshops teaching
#photography
- not in jail.
Please share.
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Eid Mubarak to everyone. May the missing be found and the bereaved find peace 🙏🏽
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#SAHR
condemns the increasing attacks on journalists in Pakistan, including the removal of Pakistan’s prominent journalist
@HamidMirPAK
from anchoring his prime time show on
#GeoNews
–
#SouthAsians
for
#HumanRights
@southasiapeace
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Over 70 journalists, editors, columnists, media persons and media freedom organisation representatives in Pakistan express serious concern and condemn the ongoing curbs on freedom of...
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Proud of my 81-year old mother Prof. Zakia Sarwar (in middle of first photo, with pink pom pom hat) - standing in the cold in
#Solidarity
with
#Shia
#Hazara
#Pakistan
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July 1971:
#YahyaKhan
tells British journalist that what's being said about East
#Pakistan
is "nothing but exaggerated lies",
#army
"has persecuted nobody" and all the unrest is incited by troublemakers
#dejavu
#PTM
#GulBukhari
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I'm reminded of
#BenazirBhutto
when she became the world's first Muslim woman prime minister
#Pakistan
While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last—because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.
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RIP photojournalist Azher Jaffri
#Lahore
. Two iconic pix - police beating poet Habib Jalib at women's demo against Hudood Laws Feb12, 1983
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