Gen Bajwa's saying 'Lets bury the past' means in Punjabi 'mitti pao', i.e India should forget all about Pak sponsorship of terrorism, forget Mumbai, Pathankot, Uri, Pulwama and everything else. But Pakistan, of course, will not forget Kashmir.
Worth watching & circulating. Three former Pak High Cmrs to India advocate that it is right of Pakistan to support an armed insurgency in Kashmir and it is legitimate as per international law ! Shows what these 'diplomats' were doing in India and how rattled Pakistan has become.
Three former ambassadors Ashraf Jahangir Qazi,Abdul Basit and Shahid Malik agreed on a point that whole world must support armed resistance of Kashmiris because it is legitimate according to the international law
Presence of DG ISI in Kabul indicates Taliban have serious differences in govt formation that he, representing
#PindiShura
, is sorting out. This is proof that Taliban are Pak proxies who have ridden into Kabul on Pak shoulders.
#PakProxiesTaliban
#PakInvadesAfghanistan
On
@BDUTT
show last night I had suggested that all channels should start showing temperatures of Gilgit, Skardu and Muzaffarabad in the weather bulletins. After all, we claim these areas to be part of India. Hope some channels will start doing so.
I wasn’t born in 1947 when India got freedom. But I am blessed to be alive today to watch pran prathistha of Bhagwan Ram. Significance of this event will unfold in coming days & see spiritual rejuvenation of Bhartiya civilization in all its manifestations and glory. Jai Shri Ram
The horrible manner in which Afghans are being thrown out by
#Pakistan
will be a defining moment not only for Pak-Afghan relations but also for
#Pashtun
politics on both sides of the Durand Line.
'Terror, not New Zealand, killed Pakistan Cricket'. An excellent article by
@gauravcsawant
where he writes: 'New Zealand’s decision is a tight slap across the face of those who use terror as an instrument of state policy.'
Lack of reaction by Pak army to attack on Lahore CC’ s hse & GHQ is intriguing. Theories vary from divisions in army to army not wanting to risk Punjabi army firing on Punjabi crowd. A third is to allow situation to deteriorate for army to step in. Interesting times ahead.
This is big. Shah M Qureshi threatens to split the OIC in case the Saudis do not call meeting of OIC Foreign Ministers on Kashmir. Not surprisingly, Saudis have asked for repayment of US $ 1 billion loan. What next?
While observing Kashmir Solidarity Hour today 30 Aug from 12-1230, did anyone, esp Imran Khan, realize that they were downgrading Kashmir? Since 1990, Pak observes 05 Feb as Kashmir Solidarity Day. Now full day 'Solidarity' has been reduced to half hour 'Solidarity. Tch tch.
This is the Caretaker PM of Pakistan waiting for all Hindus , not just Hindus of Pakistan, to convert. Will wait for even a millennium for this, he adds.
This is the kind of churan (narrative) that is sold to common Pakistanis and has become deeply ingrained in their psyche. Ensures that the masses remain in a dream world and don’t agitate on the very serious current day issues in the country.
Sending Afghan forces to the
#DurandLine
and the statement that the Afghans are not refugees but residing on their own soil is very significant. This will increase the focus on the Durand Line that no Afghan government has accepted.
Another nugget from Caretaker PM of Pakistan when he was a Senator in 2020: 'Conversions of Hindu girls in Sindh cannot be considered forced': senator. At that time he was head of parl committee on forced conversions.
On a day that
#Pakistan
army should have spent in introspection due to genocide it launched in Bangladesh 50 years ago, it test-fired Shaheen 1-A missile. Nothing could demonstrate its apathy, insensitivity & refusal to be a sane state more.
#Bangladesh50
What is significant about the mutual attacks of Iran and Pakistan is that the Air Defence system of both countries failed to detect incoming missiles! Moreover, immediately after the attacks both are talking about brotherly relations! Makes you wonder! DMK?
My interview with
@vaibhavUP65
for
#defensiveoffence
posted on 13 November on the situation in
#Pakistan
. Congratulations to Vaibhav and Defensive Offence for reaching 1 million subscribers.
Watch a two hour long podcast on situation in Pakistan following Imran Khan’s arrest. I will be in conversation with
@sushantsareen
ably moderated by
@smitaprakash
.
Happy to share that both podcasts I have done with
@smitaprakash
for Podcast with Smita Prakash have achieved major milestones. With
@majorgauravarya
it has 2 million views and with
@sushantsareen
1 million views. Great going Smita.
Resolution in Parl to expel French Amb begs Q if Parl made agreement with TLP in Nov 2020 or govt. If govt, why involve Parl now? Also since PTI has a majority, passing of resolution shld be no-brainer unless govt proposes to oppose its own resolution!!! Interesting times.
Imran Khan Government surrenders before radical banned outfit TLP. Interior Minister of Pakistan Sheikh Rasheed says Govt will introduce a resolution to expel French ambassador in the Parliament and cases against the TLP people who killed and injured policemen will be withdrawn.
Things coming to a boil quickly. Perhaps even voting for the non confidence motion may not be necessary. That’s what happens when you bite the hand that fed you and start believing you are in power coz of your popularity.
In next 48 Hours the Fascist Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan might become History.
His advisors like Shehbaz Gill & Others are dual nationals who’ll flee to US & UK. His Ministers who have been abusing Nawaz & Zardari will be the casualties of Opposition.
Interesting.
This is a big development. As I had mentioned in an earlier post, Baloch-Pashtun unity would be a nightmare for the Pakistan state. This would be all the more so in the case of civil society protests.
This is serious, esp if this is a widespread feeling in the Pak army in Punjab. Last time something like this happened was during the PNA agitation against Z A Bhutto in 1977. The consequences of that was Zia's martial law.
This is REALLY scary. A
#PakistanArmy
soldier appeals to the army chief General Bajwa to stop action against TLP. He says 45 lovers of Prophet have been killed. He also says if Bajwa doesnt intervene, then all serving soldiers, who are lovers of Mohammad, will go towards mutiny
Perhaps premature but from the visuals and info coming out of
#Bangladesh
looks like democracy is going to bite the dust, opening the floodgates for the forces of Islamic radicalization. Shk Hasina had kept these forces at bay for over a decade.
All those indulging in war hysteria and bluster in Pakistan would do well to remember Ayub Khan telling a cabinet meeting after the 1965 war that never again would Pakistan 'risk 100 million Pakistanis for 5 million Kashmiris'. Read my book 'Pakistan: At the Helm'
I am surprised that analysts in India are surprised at trends of Pak election results. Only free elections held in 1970 led to breakup of Pakistan. So, Pak army will just not allow another free election but rig it or get Independents to join a party to get a govt of its choice.
An important statement from the Taliban. The Durand Line is a major faultline in Pakistan since no Afghan govt has accepted since the 1949 Loya Jirga. I have written about this in my The Pashtuns: A Contested History.
Flanked by Sirajuddin Haqqani’s uncle Khalil, the Taliban Emirate’s Minister for Frontiers Noorullah Noori says “we don’t have a border (with Pakistan).” Calls Durand Line an imaginary marking
The two day custody seems to have done Imran Khan a lot of good. He no longer needs a wheelchair but can walk on his own with his customary swag. Makes you wonder whether he really needed a wheelchair earlier! Just asking.
Staggering. Of a pop of 230m Pakistan has 38 million professional beggars who earn PKR 850 every day or $42b a year. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, & Iran are key destinations for them on pretence of pilgrimage. Begging pays more than daily unskilled labour.
After Pakistan threatens to spilt the OIC courtesy Shah Mehmood Qureshi, you can expect a stern Saudi reaction. This could well take the direction you have indicated.
@HabibKhanT
While Afghanistan has written to the UN about Pak actions wonder if they have ever taken it up in the OIC? Pakistan has been a great 'champion' of the ummah in the OIC while committing serious crimes
on the Ummah. Time OIC held members accountable.
#Afg
has a strong case.
Acc to a survey, 64% respondents in
#Pakistan
held economy to be in bad shape. 3 top issues were inflation (32%), unemployment(20%) & Covid(16%. Only 3% held corruption was an issue. Shows how out of sync Imran Khan is with pulse of people.
This shows the utter bankruptcy of political leadership in
#Pakistan
. Instead of focusing on Pakistan's serious multidimensional problems, they are indulging in rhetoric about jihad. No wonder Pakistan is in the mess it is in.
Acc to Radio Pak, EU lauds Pakistan for success in containing COVID. But acc to Chinese amb in Islamabad, Xi Jinping’s visit to Pakistan has been postponed this year due to COVID! What is happening? Daal mein kuch kaala to hai.
When Pak diplomats like Ashraf Qazi, former HC to India, threaten use of nuclear weapons over Kashmir you know Pakistan has lost the plot big time. It indicates growing frustration with the reality that decisions taken on 05 August are irrevocable.
Thrilled to share that the podcast I did with
@majorgauravarya
for
@smitaprakash
in her Podcast with Smita Prakash has crossed 750k viewership!!! Really humbled at the response. Shows that viewers crave intelligent conversations. Well done Smita.
By saying that the life of a single Pakistani is more important than the entire Afghanistan, Gen Asim Munir has probably damaged Pak-Afghan relations more than anyone else in the last seven decades. Is this the Munir Doctrine?
Major civic protests are happening all over POK. These are perhaps the biggest that the region has ever seen. Pak administration caught off guard and scampering to quell them with the only method they know-by force. Could further aggravate tensions.
This is a former Federal Minister of Pakistan who is warning that Pakistan is inches away from civil war!!! Imagine a nuclear weapons country in danger of civil war.
We are inches away from full fledge Civil unrest,
@ImranKhanPTI
has exercised utmost restraint very soon even he won’t be able to stop this very angry mob and we ll see Country plunging into a civil unrest, imported leaders ll not be able to leave the Country
Pakistan needs to re-evaluate its priorities. Though a nuclear power, it cannot buy vaccines coz it is broke. It will rely solely on donors & friendly countries to fight COVID-19 & achieve herd immunity. Amazing
Every Pak leader-Imran Khan et al-have shed crocodile tears about no internet services in J&K. Reality is that POK/GB were not even included in 3G/4G auction of 2014. So no such service has existed in POK/GB. To all detractors of India, let that sink in.
Podcast I did with
@majorgauravarya
&
@smitaprakash
on ‘Podcast with Smita Prakash’ has now been viewed by over a million people. Humbled by tremendous response. Clearly audiences are looking for intelligent conversations rather than noisy debates.
Interesting that the Pak Army Chief will lead the battle for Pakistan's economic survival 'from the front'. So who is leading Pakistan's battle against the TTP 'from the front'? Just wondering.
Developments in the last 24 hours confirmed that COAS Gen Asim Munir will now lead Pakistan's battle for economic survival from the front. In meetings with around 100 businessmen in the business capitals Karachi and Lahore, Gen Asim Munir, maintaining a tough and decisive tone,
#Pakistan
. Zia was told in Dec 1977: 'There are two corpses and a solitary grave. If the Bhutto body is not buried first, you may be the one to lead the way.'
I don't know why just remembered this quote from Gen K M Arif that I used in my book 'Pakistan: At the Helm'
Ongoing crisis in Pakistan has enriched my political lexicon with two new colourful words - ‘Paalishiya’ & ‘Maalishiya.’ Paalishiya = one who polishes boots of the army; while Maalishiya = one who massages ego of those in power. Pak politics will never cease to amaze!!!
An excellent presentation by
@palkisu
on how China is systematically erasing the Islamic identity of the Uighurs, in this case by building a public toilet on the site of a demolished mosque. Silence from
#Pakistan
, the champion of Muslim rights when convenient, is deafening.
#Gravitas
| At least 70% of Xinjiang's mosques have been razed. What will come up in their place? Toilets, parking lots, and shops selling alcohol and cigarettes.
@palkisu
tells you how China is trying to create its own brand of Islam with Chinese characteristics
@UyghurCongress
Just shows Imran Khan’s desperation of clinging to power even at the cost of creating one crisis after another for the country. For him democracy and constitution are only stepping stones to unlimited power.
Every time you think Imran Khan can’t get any more Stupid than what he has already been, he does gives Surprise.
After leading Pakistan into Economic Crisis, Diplomatic Crisis, Political Crisis, now he has successfully led it to Constitutional Crisis.
Genius🤣
I think there will more than just a dressing down from the Chinese. Very soon Pakistan would ask them for fresh loans/roll-over of debt. That’s when China’s reaction would be interesting.
If my contacts in Pakistan are to be believed, China is in the mood to give Pakistan a major dressing down. 5 Chinese engineers are dead (some media outlets say 6) and the “number one army” in the world has no clue. Neither does the “number one intelligence agency”. The Chinese,
#Pakistan
. After DG ISPR said army is neutral, IK said only animals are neutral. Gen Bajwa, army chief, has issued a ‘show-cause’ notice to IK��s favourite Lt Gen, Faiz Hameed that could lead to a court-martial. Events moving rapidly & Pakistan has entered really choppy waters.
Such is China's hold that Imran Khan is doing this even though as per Pak Constitution,islands in territorial waters are property of Sindh govt. Even Supreme Court had earlier banned construction here. Where China is concerned, neither constitution nor the SC matters.
This is the result of decades of an education system that promotes hatred against Hindus and India. I explain this in my first book ‘Pakistan:Courting the Abyss’.
That’s a ninth-grader from Pakistan saying Hindus should be killed because they are non-Muslims.
According to him if he spots a Hindu, he will first give him an option to convert to Islam and if he refuses, he will kill him.
24-25 Aug’24 has seen major escalation in violence by BLA (Op Herof-Black Storm) in different parts of Balochistan with a large number of casualties. Well-coordinated & sophisticated attacks targeted mil camp in Bela, police stns & blocking highways. Fallout will be significant
Two PMs of Pakistan have been assassinated, one has been hanged through a judicial murder and now a fourth is on the brink of being medically killed. What a track record!
This means at least a minor heart attack.
“Mian sb's case admitted for hearing today on urgent basis at 12:15pm. Head of Punjab Institute of Cardiology conducted tests yesterday, his heart enzymes are raised. Treatment is being done.
Attaullah Tarar”
In this latest offering of Defensive Offence, I speak to
@hyrbyair_marri
Baloch Separatist Leader & Freedom Fighter. He says Balochistan will one day be free from the shackles of Pakistan’s tyranny & that the Baloch have never accepted Pakistan’s rule.
Pak is back to playing ‘dossier-dossier’. Just as Pak FM on 14 Nov revealed a dossier with ‘irrefutable evidence’ of Indian role in terrorism, Pak had handed over 3 similar dossiers with 'proof' to UN Secy Gen in Oct 2015. What happened to those? Just asking.
#Pakistan
has ‘deferred’- i.e shelved- $6.7 b railway Mainline-I (ML-I) Peshawar-Karachi project of CPEC. Reason- China has declined to finance, Pakistan can’t raise loans and can’t finance itself. This project was supposed to be key highlight of CPEC.
Given
#BalochLongMarch
protests in
#Pakistan
, plugging my book ‘Pakistan: The Balochistan Conundrum’ that details issue of missing persons & why Baloch have been against the state since its forcibly accession in 1948. The book has also been published in Hindi and Urdu.
In the context of
#Afghanistan
, it would be useful to recall what Olaf Caroe, a one time Governor of the then NWFP and author of 'The Pathans' had to say: 'Unlike other wars, wars in Afghanistan become serious only when they are over.'
Pak-IMF deal is in trouble. It should have been approved by IMF Board in end-Aug but has been postponed due to China declining to reschedule debt. It has sent Pak on a wild goose chase to negotiate with each Chinese Co/Bank! Not a brotherly act is it?
Some in Pakistan are complaining about hardening Indian attitudes towards Pakistan. It is result of Kashmir insurgency (1989-2019), Kargil (1999), Parliament attack (2001), Mumbai terror attack (2008), & much more. Accepting that might make dialogue honest & easier.
This is what happened to Makran Coastal Highway (N-10), connecting
#Gwadar
with Karachi, after one night of heavy downpour. This is one of the two highways connecting
#Gwadar
with the multiple alignments of
#CPEC
.
Iranian strikes in
#Pakistan
. At present Pakistan is responding diplomatically by recalling its Amb & sending the Iranian one back & cancelling meetings. Will it stop smuggling fuel from Iran that is Pakistan’s lifeline? Will there be muscular response? Next few days critical
In desperation to achieve a first-ever military victory since creation seven decades ago, Pak army has once again overreached itself by attacking Panjsher. Taliban, though beholden to
#PindiShura
, wont be able to live this down.
#PakProxiesTaliban
#PakInvadesAfghanistan
Massive protest underway in
#Hunza
of Gilgit Baltistan against Pakistan Government and Pakistan Army. Thousands on protesters out on roads since last four days demanding that political prisoners like Baba Jan be released. Imran Khan hiding behind Bajwa Co.
This shows how low Pak-Afghan relations have fallen. For accredited Afghan diplomats to show such disrespect for the Pak National anthem signals how little they regard the country of posting.
Afghan diplomats refuse to stand during Pakistan's national anthem at an official ceremony in Peshawar, KPK, sparking diplomatic tensions between Taliban and Pakistan. 😂
Another eco crisis looming for
#Pakistan
.
#Iran
has served final notice on Pakistan of moving Paris Arbitration Court in Sep ‘24 for not constructing IP gas pipeline, pending since 2014. Accumulated Penalty is $18b!
Acc to Pak Energy Min Omer Ayub Khan, previous govt installed power plants based on corrupt practices causing a flight of $6.5b fgn exchange! But weren’t all power plants installed under CPEC? So were ‘iron brothers’ China corrupt? Tch Tch.
Strange that Pak Adviser on Nat Security should be revealing 'specific and reliable intelligence' on social media. Looks like anticipatory bail for an operation that Pakistan is contemplating & would then try & pin blame on India. Such tricks are unlikely to work.
As
@SMQureshiPTI
has just informed international media in UAE, we have very specific and reliable intelligence of Indian plans to attempt surgical strikes against Pakistan. 1/5
Another shocker from Pakistan. Arif Wazir, Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement leader died in Islamabad on Saturday after being shot outside his home in Wana, S Waziristan.Brutal tactics of Pakistan to stifle all dissent among Pashtuns.
Zawahiri's killing raises questions about who sold him out-Pakistan &/or Taliban. But for the moment, relief in
#Pakistan
that he was not found & killed in their territory! Interesting to see if Imran Khan will call him 'shaheed' and when.
A must watch.
@AsYouNotWish
detailed rebuttal of Ishtiaq Ahmed’s distorted views about India after he was hosted by several organizations and individuals here.
Point-by-point Rebuttal of Pakistani scholar and author Ishtiaq Ahmed's Misleading Interview on Indian Elections, Treatment of Minorities Under the Modi Government, Kejriwal's Arrest, and the Not-So-Good-Old Nehru Era.
Congratulations to Defensive Offensive for achieving the 500,000 subscribers milestone in a short time-span. Well done
@vaibhavUP65
. Keep going from strength to strength.
What an amazing and impassioned indictment of the whole governance system of Pakistan by the fearless
@MahrangBaloch_
. 'Every brick of every building in Islamabad is built on the tears of he Baloch.' These words will haunt Pakistan for a long time.
Though the Baloch Long March is being wound up the stinging words of
@MahrangBaloch_
will haunt Pakistan for years to come. The Baloch are going back with hatred for the state institutions of Pakistan.
Extracts from my book ‘Pakistan: At the Helm’ on events of 25-26 March 1971: Yahya told Gen Tikka Khan before leaving Dacca on 25: ‘Sort them out’. S Wolpert inferred that while fires were burning in Dacca ‘Yahya was sipping scotch at 40,000 ft over Ceylon.’ 1/2
#PakGenocide
Here is our new release with
@tilakdevasher1
Member of National Security Advisory Board, Govt of India. Tilak Devasher has explained why India & Pakistan can't be friends & how Jinnah was confused about Pakistan.
DON’T MISS👇🏼
Hazaras who have refused to bury dead bodies of 11 miners brutally killed on 03 Jan wanted Imran Khan to come not as head of govt but as a father to console with his children. (News 06 Jan) Instead, IK calls them blackmailers. Height of arrogance and insensitivity. Shame
'Imran Khan Niazi's failed 'Mission Kashmir'. My take on Imran's UN speech- By choosing the low road, Imran Khan has only reinforced the violent & regressive image of Pakistan & thus lost a rare opportunity to change it.
This attempt to delist TTP terrorist Amir Ali Chaudhry from the UN list totally demolishes Pakistan's pathetic attempt to link India with the TTP in order to mask its own connections to the banned oganisation.
Pak duplicity at UN: Requests 1267 Sanctions panel to delist TTP explosive expert Amir Ali Chaudhry, involved in 2010 NY Times Square bombing attempt; while separately teams with China to push bizarre dossier seeking to link India with TTP. My report
Writing about books of 2022,
@DailyExcelsior1
termed my book 'The Pashtuns: A Contested History’ a ‘monumental work', providing readers with unrivalled knowledge & creating a vivid panorama to understand predicaments afflicting Pashtuns
@swatichopra1
An astute observation by
@AsYouNotWish
on changing articulation of Pak establishment as far as India is concerned. When it suited them, Nehru and Gandhi were depicted as Hindu votaries. But now that the narrative has changed, the former articulation has been quietly junked.
Pakistani government silently deletes article elaborating Pakistan’s official position, characterising Nehru and Gandhi as collaborators of British colonialists who sought Hindu domination in independent India.
This move likely reflects a strategic
Bilawal Bhutto told the Pak media in Goa about Indian decision of hosting a G-20 moot in J&K, “Obviously, we condemn it and at the time, we will give such a response that will be remembered.” This is an ominous statement & needs to be noted.
.
Stunned to read that
#GilgitBaltistan
contributes up to 90% of suicide cases in Pakistan & most of them are women. Causes- forced marriages, mismatch in relationships & educational pressures. Ghizer dist alone had 20 women attempting suicides annually.
Shocking news. Acc to
@IndiaToday
her body was found drowned off an island near Toronto. Ominously, body of Sajid Hussain, another Baloch activist was found drowned in Fyris River near Uppsala, Sweden earlier this year. Can this be mere coincidence or something more sinister?
Bus transporting Chinese engineers who died in a bomb blast in Bisham on 26 March was not even bulletproof, let alone bombproof, which is a requirement under security SOPs. So much for 'fool-proof' security for 'iron brothers'!
If his phraseology is original he has contributed immensely to the vocabulary of politics with : 'Genetically Inherited Democracy and 'Sexually Transmitted Democracy' !!! 😂
All those interested in Kashmir should listen to what Razia has to say about Pakistan fomenting terrorism in Kashmir. This is a first hand account.
@AnchorAnandN
#EXCLUSIVE
: Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist’s wife who escaped Pakistan to reach India exposes the Pakistan deep state and its terror network. Razia shares her ordeal, urging youth of J&K not to get lured into Islamist terrorism. Do watch my exclusive story.