Secunder Kermani
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Foreign Correspondent @Channel4News , ex BBC Pakistan & Afghanistan Correspondent / Newsnight
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Shocking testimony from this Israeli soldier on the mindset he witnessed during the Gaza war
“A lot don't draw the line between terrorists & civilians”
A widespread view:
“The kids we spared in the war in 2014, are now the terrorists that did Oct 7th”
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PTI backed candidate Salman Akram Raja told us he has evidence of major electoral fraud in his constituency
“Are you confident justice will be done?”
“One is always apprehensive of justice in this country but the extent of the injustice is so great that we will”
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We met PTI backed candidate Shezad Farooq yday at a small protest against alleged vote rigging
He was arrested & accused of shooting at police but we were there the whole time, no gunshots at all!
In court today he alleged he was tortured & pressured to drop vote rigging claims
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Hard at work on a new personal project…
Our daughter, one week old today 🙏🏽❤️😍
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Police just suddenly charged at the PTI protesters in front of our eyes - despite them being peaceful!
Even punctured the tyres of the candidates car
Small, vocal roadside protest by PTI backed candidate Shehzad Farooq who was contesting against Maryam Nawaz, Nawaz Sharif’s daughter
Farooq one of many PTI candidates alleging they only lost due to vote rigging
The Sharifs deny that, but many credible concerns around the elex
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Just met this poor, v emotional woman outside parliament at 3am, saying her heart was broken by Imran Khan’s ousting, and that she would never accept this new “government of thieves”
Imran Khan will likely remain a formidable force in Pakistani politics
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The week long "Reduction in Violence" agreed between US-Taliban negotiators will begin at midnight tonight Afghan officials confirm... If the period passes off successfully the two sides will sign the first phase of a peace deal next weekend
Breaking -- The implementation of reduction in violence begins tonight at 12am, the National Security Council confirms.
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Whoa, just met Waseem Qadir on Friday as he was celebrating his election victory... Was very staunch in his support for Imran Khan and the PTI 48 hours ago
Wonder if more PTI-backed independent candidates will do the same
Don't think it will go down with voters well at all
Waseem Qadir, winner candidate of NA 121 joins PMLN. He was backed by PTI.
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What's behind the mass exodus of senior figures from Imran Khan's party?
I spoke to a number of politicians who have publicly quit:
Asked one if a carrot or stick was used?
"It was all stick"
They said there were threats to disappear them & references to their family's safety
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In Pakistan's elections, amidst an intense crackdown on Imran Khan's party, some of his candidates are contesting from prison
We met a 17 year old girl campaigning on behalf of her jailed mother Aliya Hamza
More to follow tomorrow:
@ibmhere
@SuhaibZuberi
@Freddie_G7
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Just landed at Tel Aviv airport, was disembarking when sirens went off followed by the sound of multiple explosions… passengers told to lay flat on the ground
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Small, vocal roadside protest by PTI backed candidate Shehzad Farooq who was contesting against Maryam Nawaz, Nawaz Sharif’s daughter
Farooq one of many PTI candidates alleging they only lost due to vote rigging
The Sharifs deny that, but many credible concerns around the elex
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In Pakistan, a prominent pro-Imran Khan commentator has "disappeared." Imran Riaz Khan was detained by the police last week, but they say they don't have him in custody any more 🤨
I spoke to Information Minister
@Marriyum_A
about his case & press freedom under the current govt:
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Just got back to London from Pakistan
Bought a small present from Lahore for my daughter: a colouring book this young girl was selling
Hard to fathom the injustice that means this girl’s life, and my daughter’s, are so different
Hoping for a brighter future for the country 💚
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Despite being jailed, threatened, banned from big rallies & even from using their election symbol 🏏
Imran Khan’s candidates managed to pull off a major upset
This is how they did it ⬇️
But w/ their rivals, backed by the army, attempting to form the govt, what happens next?
Who will take power in Pakistan?
Two sides are claiming victory in the election, including jailed former PM Imran Khan.
@SecKermani
found out how his candidates campaigned while in prison, or on the run. 👇
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Large police presence at Liberty Roundabout in Lahore
Imran Khan’s party had announced a protest here (and in locations across the country) against vote rigging
They’ve now scaled that back to being outside offices of Returning Officers where results are disputed
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Pleased to say I’ll be joining
@Channel4News
as a foreign affairs correspondent later this year based out of London… Am looking forward to working with a great team on stories right across the world 💪🏽💪🏽
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Was speaking to voters in this constituency yesterday, seemed to be clear and overwhelming support for Imran Khan’s candidate Salman Akram Raja
One of the most questionable results in a badly tainted election
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Despite all the challenges he and his party face, right now, in many ways Imran Khan seems to be the most powerful man in Pakistan
And today he’s explicitly called out the man who’s traditionally occupied that position: the Army Chief
This showdown is far from over
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Israel is set to be ruled by its most far right government ever… amidst escalating violence this new MP was shockingly blunt about what to expect:
“If it's (a choice between) 1 Israeli mother crying, or 1,000 Palestinian mothers crying... 1,000 Palestinian mothers will cry"
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Stepping out of Afghanistan for a short pause, thank you so much for all the kind messages about our work over the past couple of months 🙏🏽❤️
Will be back soon... thinking of everyone still there
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This video is crazy
A Palestinian journalist is in a verbal argument with Israeli soldiers
A soldier repeatedly punches him, hits him with his rifle butt, then he’s thrown down and kicked on ground
All filmed live on CNN Turk
Video showing ISF elements beating a Palestinian journalist at Wadi Al Joz neighborhood E of Jerusalem City; The Palestinian journalist was hospitalized
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The truck is loaded… the plane boarded and after 5+ years in Pakistan & Afghanistan I’m leaving
It’s been so much more than a job: an amazing if often heart wrenching adventure… A chance to connect with my roots… it’s been home ❤️
Thank you all for sharing the journey 🙏🏽
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Bizarre development on schools re-opening in Afg
We’re at a girls high school in Kabul, students were so happy to be back - but - then the headteacher received a msg from local Taliban saying older girls *can’t* go back, despite what was previous announced
Many now in tears
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"It is a preposterous accusation"
@BBhuttoZardari
tells us, responding to allegations by Imran Khan that the opposition colluded with America to oust him in a Vote of No Confidence
Bilawal accuses Khan of peddling "conspiracy theories to undermine democratic norms"
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Just grabbed a word w/ Imran Khan in the Islamabad courtroom. He’s expecting to be arrested in another case even if released in this one
I asked if it’s now an existential battle btwn him & military leadership?
He said, no, “it’s just one man” who’s responsible: the Army Chief
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A former policeman, now selling Taliban flags on the street in Kabul
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Afghan hospitality continues to astound:
At a remote village in Gayan, close to the earthquake’s epicentre, these men refused to let us leave before we had taken at least one apricot each
We tried our best to refuse, but they insisted despite their homes being destroyed 💚💚💚
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Imran Khan directly taking on Pakistan’s Army powerful Chief Asim Munir:
“I doubt there is any sense in the Army Chief right now because he’s so petrified if I win the elections I’ll denotify him… he’s dismantling the future of this country to protect himself”
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Twitter blocked in Pakistan since the weekend, part of a crude attempt to dampen discussion of credible vote rigging allegations levelled by Imran Khan’s party
Trigger was a call for protests & statement by a fairly senior serving bureaucrat also alleging / confessing to rigging
There's no notice, announcement, or certainty by
@PTAofficialpk
around when the block will be lifted, which is creating a lot of uncertainty & an environment of disinformation, because people cannot access instant information with integrity.
#TwitterDown
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Two top Twitter trends in Pakistan at the moment are about the awful Covid situation in India... Amidst such grim scenes heartening to see so many Pakistanis expressing sympathy, offering prayers, and wondering if there’s any way they or the Govt can help
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Just back from a trip to Pakistan Administered Kashmir... Amongst the ppl I talked to was a former jihadi fighter... He told me he was born in Indian Administered Kashmir, but at the age of 15 witnessed a mass rape by Indian security forces, and that's what led him to fight...
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As UK Covid cases rise, new insight into the debate over lockdown restrictions back in March
I've obtained this email from Govt's Chief Scientific Adviser
Vallance says he "argued stronger than anyone for action for lockdown" but received a "telling off" from senior officials
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Astonishing scenes…. No matter how much I say it, still can’t comprehend the pace of this collapse… this was a government the US and West poured billions of dollars into for twenty years
It’s all but fallen in just over a week
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Farooq was standing against Maryam Nawaz, daughter of Nawaz Sharif in Lahore
Govt officials insist the vote was free and fair despite widespread local and international criticism of the elections
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A young girl begging on the street in Kabul this afternoon 💔
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Back in London for a bit, but took a small piece of Afghanistan with me…
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First thoughts on the leak of the infamous cypher Imran Khan alleged was proof the US was part of a plot to oust him:
Despite the Intercept not being able to verify the leak, they’re credible and I’d trust their sourcing. If it were a fake, language would be more direct I think
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I asked Info Minister Fawad Chaudhry if the agreement with anti Asia Bibi protesters makes the Pakistani state look weak?
"We need to take steps against extremism... we need to come up with a permanent solution. This is just firefighting... our govt is committed to the cure."
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Update on Gaza siblings Rafiq & Rafif: practically their entire family was killed in an Israeli strike & they were in al Shifa hospital recovering from amputations when the Israeli army moved in
They've just managed to reach southern Gaza but Rafiq's condition is now even worse
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Just spoke to a senior doctor at Al Shifa hospital in Gaza, could hear gunfire in the background whilst he described a horrific scene:
+30 babies from neo natal unit at major risk: taken out of incubators and placed in an operating theatre because barely any electricity, 2 died
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Protest in Kabul - with around 1,000 men and women gathered. Chanting slogans against Pakistan, alleging they supported the Taliban in Panjshir... many mentioning the ISI chiefs visit... some also demanding women’s rights. Taliban fighters present too.
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Reporting from the flood stricken suburbs of Nowshera, northern Pakistan
Resident wading through water, at times up to their necks, to try and salvage what they can from their homes… one told us all that was left intact was his ceiling fan
W/
@MalikMudassir2
@ibrahimjourno
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Naeem Rashid was one of at least 6 Pakistanis killed in Christchurch. He died trying to tackle the shooter and is being hailed as a hero. His brother in Abbottabad told the BBC he is "proud" of him, but the loss is "like cutting off your limb"
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Just spoke to the same doctor at Al Shifa
He said a 3rd baby died earlier today & that no-one has been evacuated
He said staff wasn’t able to access the 300L fuel Israel dropped off as they were too afraid of being shot by Israeli forces to go collect it
Just spoke to a senior doctor at Al Shifa hospital in Gaza, could hear gunfire in the background whilst he described a horrific scene:
+30 babies from neo natal unit at major risk: taken out of incubators and placed in an operating theatre because barely any electricity, 2 died
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Journalists are being threatened, arrested, and even "disappeared" in Pakistan
Those targeted are are supportive of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan
His party is facing a crackdown in the aftermath of widespread unrest following Khan's arrest last month
Watch our report here:
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Live last night on attempts to form a new govt in PK (likely v similar to the old one)
Also: the case of a PTI candidate arrested for firing a gun at police at a protest, despite us being on the scene, clearly witnessing no such thing happened
@ibmhere
@SuhaibZuberi
@Freddie_G7
Pakistan election: Parties locked into coalition talks after shock result.
@SecKermani
has the latest from Islamabad.
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Incredible voice amidst the horror
Vivian Silver is an Israeli peace activist
She was in Beeri as Hamas attacked & hasn’t been heard from
Asked her son what she would think of the assault of Gaza?
“She’d be mortified because you can’t cure killed babies with more dead babies”
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Major disruption to Twitter in Pakistan amidst ongoing allegations of vote rigging by Imran Khan’s party
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show a nation-scale disruption to X/Twitter across
#Pakistan
; the incident comes amid political turmoil after a controversial election held under an internet and mobile network blackout 📉
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So honoured to be given this award and thank you everyone for such kind messages 🙏🏽🌺
Hope we managed to do justice to those who trusted us with telling their stories & to ask the difficult questions of those who need to be held to account 💪🏽
Network Television Journalist of the Year goes to
@SecKermani
. The jury was blown away by their ability to work with “empathy while retaining balance in the most challenging of circumstances.”
#RTSAwards
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Sharing this live interview with
@SerajMahbouba
in Kabul yday on concerns about women's rights, and the uncertainty many feel whilst waiting for the Taliban to announce a new Govt
"Do you feel safe?"
"Feeling safe is not something I've done in Afghanistan for the past 20 years"
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Such a sad story: More and more Afghan children are having to drop out of school to help support their families during this economic crisis
We followed 13-year-old Pervez and his cousins who have started shining shoes in Kabul, just to be able to afford a few pieces of bread
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Swear Pakistanis are so industrious, stopped off to eat some roti & daal whilst travelling in KPK and got a live music performance and shoe polish on the side...
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In Israel there have only been 2 conscientious objectors since the war in Gaza began:
We met Sofia as she was released from jail & prepared to go back
“Most of the country thinks of me as a traitor because people split it into ‘us vs them’”
“I don’t see any ‘us’ and ‘them’
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Kabul is changing - bright, inspirational murals on blast walls are being painted over with more austere pro-Taliban black and white slogans:
Clip from our report today, filmed by
@MalikMudassir2
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No response from US Dept of Defence to a question from us about the firing... w/
@MalikMudassir2
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Back in Islamabad but thinking of these young children in Paktika, Afghanistan… their mother was killed in the earthquake, their home largely destroyed, so they’re living in a tent
Somehow still they managed to smile 💔
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Just managed to speak to one of the survivors of the awful shipwreck off the Greek coast
He was too upset/afraid to be filmed but gave important info
Despite what the Greek Coastguard says, he said the ship *did capsize* shortly after the coastguard tried to attach a rope to it
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Sikh relative of one of those injured in the attack on a gurdwara in Kabul tells us only around 20 Sikh families remain in Afghanistan, but the Indian government hasn't been granting them visas to allow them to leave the country
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Police in Lahore break up a protest by Imran Khan supporters against alleged vote rigging in Pakistan's elections.
@SecKermani
was there ⬇️
Khan's opponents insist the election was free and fair, but his party has faced a harsh crackdown leading up to the vote.
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Today a tuition centre in a Hazara district of Kabul was attacked by a suicide bomber, with many killed
We filmed there in 2018, after another attack on another tuition centre nearby
One of the girls:"By studying we will defeat the terrorists... we won't surrender to them" 💔
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Met a grassroots supporter of Imran Khan’s who was arrested after the May 9th unrest (though he denies taking part in any violence)
He told me police only released him after he signed promise to abandon the party (& a hefty bribe)
Since then he’s just stayed quiet at home ⬇️
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Took a trip to a Pakistani village literally just in front of the border with India earlier this week, to find out about the effects of cross border shelling... the situation there was so heartbreaking:
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Back in Kabul, scene of another ongoing humanitarian crisis: 95% of the population don’t have enough food to eat according to the UN
Here, women & children queue outside a naan stall where the baker distributes free bread - he told us the number has doubled over the past year
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Such a horrific story in our report tonight on Gaza, filmed by local journalists doing brave & important work:
A Dr in northern Gaza bought her baby son into her own hospital suffering dehydration so severe it’s likely fatal
“I would give my heart’s blood to help him”
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Driving through Bamyan on our way back from Ghor province a few days ago. Feel guilty enjoying anything in Afghanistan with so many people suffering financially right now, but this is a beautiful country...
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This is the untold story of a local Muslim community leader who tried to stop Sri Lanka's extremist network, months before they carried out the Easter Sunday attacks... But when he got too close to tracing them, he was shot and left paralysed:
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More terrible and cruel news in Afghanistan, here in Paktika, where the earthquake has left hundreds of families homeless, and some are likely still trapped under rubble - there’s a powerful storm and very heavy rain 💔
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Bashar al Assad is responsible for the killing of around 23,000 Syrian children (and besieged the Palestinian Yarmouk camp)
His Russian allies killed more than 2,000 other Syrian children
Today he’s part of Arab discussions on Gaza
The dictator Bashar al-Assad will head to Saudi Arabia today to participate in the emergency Arab summit that discusses the situation in Gaza.
Yes, the war criminal Bashar al-Assad, who bombs and kills Syrians daily.
Bashar al-Assad is a war criminal and serial killer.
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A Pakistani charity made a video promoting child safety... But it's been edited and used to fuel fake rumours of child kidnappers in India, over a dozen people have been killed there in lynchings! We spoke to the "heartbroken" team behind the original video:
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Mobile phone service cut off in Pakistan on election day… there’s already been a major crackdown on Imran Khan’s party in the lead up to the vote
Decision was taken by security forces, but in the previous elections despite greater / at least equal threat level it wasn’t cut
⚠️ Update: Real-time network data show that internet blackouts are now in effect in multiple regions of
#Pakistan
in addition to mobile network disruptions; the incident comes on election day and follows months of digital censorship targeting the political opposition 📉
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Pleased to say thanks to a generous BBC viewer these young boys from our report in Kabul - who had to drop out of school to shine shoes to help support their families - are now going to tuition classes instead, and will be back in school in the spring 🙏🏽
Such a sad story: More and more Afghan children are having to drop out of school to help support their families during this economic crisis
We followed 13-year-old Pervez and his cousins who have started shining shoes in Kabul, just to be able to afford a few pieces of bread
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Series of reports on BBC today on worrying attacks on freedom of speech in Pakistan, allegedly by the Intel Services
Watch activist
@ShafiqAhmadAdv3
abducted on CCTV, before being tortured
@Gulalai_Ismail
on the "terrorism" charges her parents face, after she was forced to flee
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Enjoying “Pak nationalists” endorsement of the BBC following strong reporting of events in Indian Administered Kashmir... what happened to all those allegations we are part of the “Indian lobby” because of our reporting on PTM / press freedom in Pakistan?! 😏
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A hitman from London was offered £100,000 to kill activist
@AWGoraya
who was living in exile in Holland
Both middleman, "Mudz" and client, "Big Boss" were in Pakistan. The intended victim believes the country's intelligence services are behind the plot
Our report:
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Update on this former british army interpreter and his young family... they’re now safe and happy in the UK... So many others struggling in dire conditions:
Terribly chaotic scenes in Kabul where the British embassy is evacuating people but they’re unable to get into the compound... this family have the right permissions but are stuck outside. The baby is 15 days old, his father - a former interpreter - is worried the baby will die
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So sad to learn that that Vivian Silver’s remains have now been identified
Her son had been hoping she had been kidnapped and was still alive, but we now know she was murdered at her home in Kibbutz Be’eri
Vivian had dedicated her life to promoting peace with Palestinians
Incredible voice amidst the horror
Vivian Silver is an Israeli peace activist
She was in Beeri as Hamas attacked & hasn’t been heard from
Asked her son what she would think of the assault of Gaza?
“She’d be mortified because you can’t cure killed babies with more dead babies”
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Today feels like it could be significant in Israel:
- Underwhelming evidence (so far) from Al Shifa where Israel alleged there was a huge, secretive underground Hamas HQ
- Opposition leader calls for Netanyahu to be replaced
- Hostage families say war cabinet won’t meet them
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On Pakistan’s military political meddling:
“It is now evident that there is much anger against the establishment’s open and constant interference in civilian matters — interference which has only grown over the years because there has been no firm political consensus against it”
Editorial: Powerful quarters should realise that meddling in civilian affairs is no longer acceptable to voters.
Read the full editorial:
#DawnToday
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What do Israelis see of the conflict in Gaza?
We looked at coverage on Israeli TV channels: analysing the main evening news bulletins on the three biggest channels
Over the 5 nights we watched, not a single clip of a Palestinian in Gaza speaking about what they’re facing
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“We try to calm ourselves down with words like, ‘I’m still young, I still have a future… I don’t want to die”
“I’m basically lying to myself… everywhere is targeted, there is no safety anywhere”
Heartbreaking interview with a young boy in Gaza from our report last night
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“Committed to combatting disinformation” but doesn’t realise I left the BBC a year and a half ago 🤦🏽♂️🤷🏾♂️
The quality of trolling has definitely deteriorated in Pakistan
@BBCNews
needs to centre its reporting on Pakistan around facts and impartiality. Ceding disproportionate space to views of journalists like
@FarhatJavedR
,
@Mobeen_Azhar
,
@SecKermani
, &
@Asif_Farooqi
who are mouthpieces of
#PTI
and which itself is not sincere to the constitution
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Terribly chaotic scenes in Kabul where the British embassy is evacuating people but they’re unable to get into the compound... this family have the right permissions but are stuck outside. The baby is 15 days old, his father - a former interpreter - is worried the baby will die
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As if Kabul’s traffic wasn’t difficult enough to negotiate already 😬😬😬
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They also said when they agreed to announce they were leaving the party, they were told what to say in public
Another politician said to me they had been seriously physically tortured in custody
Was told of others having their businesses sealed off as another form of pressure
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Amazing interiors in the Shah Jahan mosque, Thatta, Pakistan 💙
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It’s approaching 3am in Islamabad and opposition (now Govt?) MPs celebrating ousting Imran Khan as Prime Minister have finally left parliament… their supporters who were playing songs and cheering have also gone, as have other journos
Just our small BBC team is left 💪🏽❤️
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These stray dogs live on a Pakistani uninhabited island - with no fresh water... So fishermen decided to feed and look after them 🐶🐶🐶
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What’s happening at this church, surrounded by Israel soldiers, is deeply disturbing - like so much in Gaza right now
Amongst those trapped there, the family of a British MP ⬇️
Update: a tank has taken position outside the church and the building opposite has been taken. The people inside have died. There are snipers at every window pointing into the church. Still shooting anyone emerging from buildings to use eg toilets. Still no food or water.
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Back in London after a brief trip to Pakistan, always great to spend time in a country that means so much to me… but depressing and deeply worrying to see the level of political instability and economic deterioration
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Driving through Kabul a little earlier and
@MalikMudassir2
spotted this beautician shop painting over their pictures of women... Taliban had told them to do it just a few minutes earlier. Shop will stay open for now, however, as far as the owners know...
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I was meant to cover the
#Hajj
this year for the BBC, but logistical issues / tensions in Asia meant I couldn’t.. still I wanted to share with you the beautiful story of one pilgrim.. this is Talib Jan, a poor shepherd from northern Pakistan: He saved up for 6 years to go on Haj
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Amongst a crowd of desperate and angry displaced people in the centre of Kabul today, a group of former soldiers who had surrendered… “why should we die for this corrupt government?” one said… also deep anger amongst everyone we met at the Taliban for launching this assault
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Meet the Inspectors of the Taliban's Ministry for Preventing Vice & Promoting Virtue
We were given exclusive access to one of their patrols, after the Ministry ordered women to wear the face veil in public
Enforcement starting relatively softly, but likely to get even stricter
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Of course no-one I spoke to wanted to be identified, one said their life would be in threat if it was known they had talked to me
The army underestimated the challenge Imran Khan would pose once ousted
But seems the PTI underestimated how the army would respond to them
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