Been wanting to write about the
#HIV
outbreak in Ratodero, Larakana for the past few days. Done with my news report for the paper and now I can share what is on my mind. Interviewed parents, children, civil society members and policemen in the community. Overall anger, disbelief.
Imran Khan was patient enough to let the journalist complete his "speech", gave an apt reply. When top-tier politicians hold press conferences, reporters are frequently barred from asking tough questions that might offend 🤴👸. As a working journalist, you know this all too well.
Large number of people still heading towards Millennium Mall to join the PTI protest. Roads being managed by volunteers. So many men, women and children walking towards the venue. Others taking lifts. Looks like chand raat in Karachi.
Checked the websites of at least eight mainstream
#PakMedia
outlets, none had a story on Arshad Sharif. Nothing on TV channels so far. Newsrooms can't report the killing of a Pakistani journalist?
Fake News! Getty caption: Former Captain of Pakistan Cricket Team Imran Khan (R) and CEO of Cartier International Bernard Fornas (L) attend the 'Travel With Style' Concours at Royal Western India Turf Club on November 1, 2008 in Mumbai (Bombay), India.
FYI
This talk on Riko Diq and $9 billion is a masterclass in PR. Most Pakistanis still unaware about the decision, this explainer by prime minister imran khan is gold.
#AmarBilMaroof
For those wondering about the silence of Pakistani feminists and human rights champs in Iddat case and others, they have made it clear that any women linked to the PTI and to Imran Khan (politically or personally) are not the "right kind of victims" and cannot "claim victimhood".
Itni zor sey awaz dene hay Absolutely Not ki kay Antarctica kay samandar tak jaye. Aap nay puraman ahtejaj karna hay. Fauj hamara fakhar. Har soorat fauj aur adliya ehtraam karna hay.
Shahbaz Gill nay rula dena hay qom ko.
Sources confirmed there is an HIV outbreak in Jacobabad's Garhi Khero tehsil. Over 300 people, incl pregnant women & children, tested positive. People were taken to Ratodero for tests as Garhi Khero lacks HIV testing facilities. In 2019, over 1200 kids contracted HIV in Ratodero.
Meet Fatima Nazish. She runs a tandoor, drives around on a motorcycle and is raising four kids. Here's a strong woman taking on society and changing things. One of the best news reports I have seen in a long time. Great job
@abdul_news1
@Dawn_News
. I want to gift her a helmet 👍
If Farah Gogi had 10-12 MNAs with her, PMLN would have treated her better than Jahangir Tareen and Aleem Khan. Sab maaf. Corruption in ka masla nahi - irshad bhatti on ary
Will Karachi police use geo-fencing and all the other techie stuff to track this sexual predator or is that only reserved for finding out and arresting PTI protestors?
Unknown man followed a girl on street and assaulted during day light. According to the reports, that area is Gulistan e Johar block 4, K.D.A scheme 36. Reportedly, there was no number plate on the bike.
#TOKAlert
#Karachi
Maryam Nawaz Sharif said there is no letter during press conference and then proceeds to explain what non-existent letter actually said. Classic Orwellian double-think.
So hamid mir tells Karan Thapar that PTI is not a political party but a fan club. Strange that other political parties are running away from contesting an election against a mere fan club. Itnay saal sahafat kar kay yeh tajziya hay in ka.
This war has gotten to another level now.. I will go to the ISI Headquarters Tomorrow!! They have my full contact list! They added my family & friends to a group & shared this filth. PTI Leaders should wake up now... AND I WILL NOT BE SILENCED!!
IMPORTED HUKOOMAT NAMANZMOOR!!
Ethical indeed! Doxxing the family, unleashing media/social media cells, sending threats and using filthy language for them (including the minister referring to them as youthan/youthia which is a sexist slur based on female anatomy). This compassion will require years of therapy.
Excellent gesture by the family chanting “chor chor” at
@betterpakistan
visiting him and expressing their regret on their behaviour at McDonald’s. Please bring ethical values of kindness, empathy and compassion into politics, about time Pakistan needs it the most 🙏🏾
Yeh sab human rights NGO so gaye hay? Don't see anyone calling out the use of excessive force by Sindh police on Karachi citizens. The poor in this city have been putting up with relentless K-Electric loadshedding for months now. The heat is unbearable. Speak up for them, please.
The progenies of feudal cults and industrial dynasties who chase power 24/7 will never understand the sentiment behind what Imran Khan said to MBS.
Advocacy iss ko kehtay hay.
A woman was tortured by the police inside her house because her husband supports Imran Khan. 'Bruised chest, arms and back after being hit by the barrel of AK47'. Yeha maa, behan, beti ki izzat mehfooz nahi, yeha feminism aur womens rights kay champion bhi Nepal chalay jatay hay.
Dr Tahir's story is being repeated on a daily basis where anyone who has anything to do with PTI suffers the same fate.
We have descended to a barbaric state where the law of the jungle prevails, where might is right.
Respectable law abiding citizens are made an example to
Ever seen a Pakistani prime minister of president call aid a curse for the country and look so uncomfortable talking about it? This is the difference between a person with some sense of pride (hurt) and those who stay at $4000 per night suites and sought aid for the country.
Bestest thing done by the government of Pakistan. Checked the status of five individuals from South Punjab - who earn between 18-25K in Karachi - in past few days. All these men, their wives & children are eligible for healthcare on Sehat Card. They send dua
@PakPMO
@ImranKhanPTI
Kristin Harila's team 'treated Pakistani porter Mohammad Hassan like second-class human being' by climbing over him' in pursuit of a record on K2 summit
'A Western climber would not have been left to die and said the scenes would be unthinkable in the Alps'
Shocked after seeing this video. Miftah Ismail violated Sania Ashiq's personal space repeatedly. She looks so uncomfortable. If I am not mistaken, he used her dupatta to wipe his nose, twice. This is the kind of misogyny, bullying and harassment women face in public places.
Yeh hota hay zulm ka nizaam. This is exactly what happened after the 2010 floods in Sindh. Trucks loaded with relief goods were looted by local influential and police. The flood relief card was misused. Impunity hay sab ko, dharally sey jo dil mein aye kar lo, kaun sa hisaab dena
One humid Karachi night, one charged family enclosure at PTI's mehngai namanzoor protest. Asked a family, "Aap kyun aye hay?" The ladies answered: Mehngai kay khilaaf aye hay, haq ka saath dene aye hay, Imran Khan ka saath dene aye hay. #مہنگائی_نامنظور
ابھی فضل الرحمان کا کلپ دیکھا۔ "یو**یا"، "تتلیاں"۔ یہ پہلی مرتبہ نہیں کے فضل نے نوجوانوں اور خواتین کے بارے میں نازیبا گفتگو کی ہو۔ "دھرنے دن میں ہوتے ہیں، رات کو مجرے ہوتے ہیں" کہہ چکا۔ ایکٹیوسٹ فار ہائر، فریڈم آف اسپیچ چیمپس اور فیمننسٹس یہ سن کر دوپٹے اوڑھے نیپال چلے جاتے ہیں۔
Pakistani human rights & feminism champs won't condemn state brutality against unarmed women, elderly & disabled folks as "they support PTI!". Champs will not condemn female political worker being sent to anti-terrorism court. Not standing by the principles you seek grants for 👏
ایک بہت سینئر صحافی بھائی نے یہ کہا:
پاکستان میں پہلے جب حکومتیں جاتیں تھی تو مٹھائیوں کو دکانوں پر رش ہوتا تھا، لوگ شکرانہ ادا کرتے کے چوروں سے نجات ملی۔ یہ پہلی بار ہوا ہے کہ ایک وزیراعظم کی حکومت جانے پر عوام سڑکوں پر آ کر احتجاج کر رہی ہے اور اسے واپس لانے کا کہہ رہی ہے۔
You have no idea about rural economy, esp the non-farm type, or the impact it has on millions of households. Agriculture growth averaged 2.8% between 2010-2014. This should have sent alarm bells ringing. But then again zarai tabahaali doesnt get ratings.
For Javed Akhtar, pait-rotism is real.
Shame on the Pakistani idiots cheering him, ZERO self-respect. All these platforms giving space to people like JA need to introspect. A Pakistani family visiting Mumbai's Haji Ali dargah slept on road as no hotel was willing to lodge them.
Today Dr Usama Riaz was posthumously awarded Sitara-i-Shujaat (gallantry) by the president. He was the first Pakistani doctor to die after contracting
#coronavirus
while screening & treating
#COVID19
patients in Gilgit.He was only 26-years old. Please say a prayer for Dr Usama 🇵🇰
So I am driving myself to work on Sunday, get stopped at Cantt checkpost. The sergeant there gives me a look & then looks over my car and asks, “madam ye kis sahib ki gari he?”
I go patiently introducing myself and explain that it is indeed my office vehicle.
He waves me to
Why are Ehsaas Langars being shut down when they don't cost the govt anything?
@PMO_PK
@CMShehbaz
Labourers, security guards, maids, beggars & street children eat at these langars near bus stands, industrial areas, railway stations, and places where labourers tend to congregate.
@chughtae
@BBhuttoZardari
The best option would have been Azra Pechuho, who had done exceptional work in Sindh. But there are many PPP could have brought in, including outsiders, say someone like Dr Bari.
Fact is PTI ignored Karachi all this time. Still, the love for Imran Khan has pulled out a colossal crowd of tens of thousands to Millennium Mall from all over the city.
@ImranKhanPTI
Asad Umar says baat journalists aur political activists sey agay ja chuki hay. Says his wife's friend recieved calls from unknown number warning her to take down posts on social media. Housewife, awam ko rok rahay. Excellent show by Kashif Abbasi. Ayaz Amir talking so much sense.
Just look at Sadaf Naeem chasing her "story". These are the working journalists no one talks about till they become news. Sab lifafay nahi. Barely see any anchors raise issue of long delayed salaries & poor wages in
#PakMedia
. Women journos have it worse.
یہ کوئی لڑکا نہیں جو کنٹینر کیساتھ بھاگ رہا بلکہ ہماری بہن صدف تھیں جو کنٹینر کے ساتھ بھاگ رہی تھیں۔ پدرانہ معاشرے میں ایک خاتون کا یوں پروفیشنل ذمہ داریاں نبھانا کوئی آسان کام نہیں ہے۔ اور چینل بھی وہ جو گاڑی تک کی سہولت نہ دے۔
#SadafNaeem
Good folks in Pakistan! Help raise money to buy ration for 300
#Hindu
families in Karachi. They badly need supplies, it's a big number and wont be possible for a single donor. Cost per bag is Rs2,000. Please DM if you want to donate. Will share details.
#Covid19
#LockDownPakisan
Can't get my head around the fact that Khadija Shah, Sanam Javed, Aliya Hamza & other PTI women have been incarcerated for months while Pakistani HR and women's rights orgs look away. Seems like their activism revolves around annually reminiscing about protests during Zia's rule.
Anyone here from ARY? Please ask the heada to stop airing the PIA Mayday recording, it's very distressing. Stop playing it again and again. Have to some mercy on the pilot's family. PIA please have this stopped.
#PIAcrash
@salman_ary
@ARYNEWSOFFICIAL
@Official_PIA
تیل مہنگا، گھی مہنگا، آٹا مہنگا، بجلی مہنگی، کھاد مہنگی، پٹرول مہنگا۔ عوام کو ریلیف دیں۔ اس کمر توڑ مہنگائ نے عوام کو جیتے جی مار دیا ہے۔ خادم اعلٰی وزیراعظم صاحب، آپ کےکپڑے بیچنے کا وقت ہوا جاتا ہے
@PakPMO
@CMShehbaz
feel sad and ashamed looking at the photos of
#MastungBlast
. these 70 deaths should not be mere statistics. but then again in a country where the death of thousands have has not changed things,
#Mastung
killings will be forgotten soon. as it is,
#PakMedia
is busy elsewhere. RIP!
Eight rape cases reported in Lahore in 48 hours. Most victims are working-class women lured by the promise of work with a better salary. In some cases, videos were made of the sexual assault, victims were blackmailed. This sextortion business needs to end.
What is the point of all these women marches when the organisers and participants refuse to show solidarity with women workers of PTI due to their disdain for Imran Khan. You are either "for women" and that means "all women" or else shilling. Advocay is not about pick and choose.
20 year old daughter of a PTI worker was abducted, manhandled and tortured only to ask her about her mum’s whereabouts.
this is not just a political issue anymore, this has become a norm in Pakistan; and what’s worse is that our liberals find ways to justify these acts.
A Dengue Emergency should be declared in Karachi. City is struggling with the dengue virus, along with malaria & diarrhoea. 104 dengue patients in one day. Hospitals are finding it difficult to keep up with patient flow. Mosquito nets, which were sold for Rs600, now cost Rs1200.
This is US Dp Sec of State as she arrived in Islamabad last night carrying her bags as she climbs down airplane stairs.
Doesn't she have staff or sidekicks to carry it 🤔
صنف آہن دیکھ کر خوشی ہوئی کہ چلو بڑے
لمبے عرصے کے بعد پاکستانی ڈرامے میں لڑکیوں کو باہمت دکھایا گیا۔ وجاھت کا عمران ریاض والا وی لاگ دیکھ کر اندازہ ہوا حقیقت میں یہ ادارہ بھی اپنے مقاصد کی خاطر لڑکیوں کا جنسی استحصال کرتا ہے۔ ان کی نظروں میں عورت کی کوئی عزت نہیں۔ گھن آ رہی ہے۔
Good folks in
#Karachi
please help 21-year-old Asif Ali. He had a terrible accident at a water park, spinal cord badly damaged. He was operated upon at the Liaquat National Hospital after partial payment was made. Around Rs300,000 is needed to pay remaining amount. DM for detail.
There is an abadi barely 30metres away from the boundary wall of the bhutto mausoleum. Men, women and children with malnourished bodies and hauntingly painful eyes come up to you with flower garlands to sell. Grinding poverty right in front of this resting place is a scary sight.
This country is such a joke. So often, women are verbally divorced by their husbands every few days, at times in the presence of their children & parents. Yet these women are forced to live under the same roof, playing happy families, cause the men never divorced them in writing.
That is transgender dancer Mehak Malik (kashan rajput/Mohammad Ahmed). Malik has often spoken about the hate she receives as a transgender and how religion helped her deal with depression. Please dont use a vulnerable and persecuted minority to lash out.
While PTI was mainstreaming the participation of Pakistani women in politics, progressives and liberals were stuck with using misogynistic slurs and cult jibes.
No words. Pregnant woman gang-raped for hours in front of her husband in Jehlum
Three suspects including a rickshaw driver arrested, two on the run
No woman is safe in this country
@PakPMO
@CMShehbaz
حکومتی عہدیدار ہوتے ہوئے بھی اگر تمیز اور ظرف دیکھنا ہو تو ثانیہ نشتر اور باقی جمہوری خواتین کا موازنہ کرلیں۔ غریبوں کی فلاح و بہبود کا کام ان کی عزت نفس کو ٹھیس پہنچائے بغیر اور احسان جتائے بغیر بھی کیا جا سکتا۔ یہ ہمارے ٹیکس کا پیسہ ہے۔ آج دو ہزار والا شوشہ دیکھ کر افسوس ہوا۔
For all the left, right and centrist women cheering on maulana fazl's azadi March, here's a reminder of how political participation of pakistani women was debased by him.
وجاہت خان کے مطابق جب فوج نے عمران ریاض خان کو اغوا کیا تو انہوں نے پانچ مطالبات رکھے:
1. کہہ دو کہ عمران خان اور جنرل فیض ایک ساتھ کام کرتے تھے
2. ججوں پر شراب نوشی اور زنا کا الزام لگاو
3. کہہ دو کہ ارشد شریف شرابی تھا اور زنا میں ملوث تھا
4. کہہ دو کہ عمران خان کی بیوی بد
"My daughter was an innocent girl. Insaan kya janwar sey bhi mohabbat karti thee. she was an innocent and sweet girl taken away from us. Hum nay khushiyan dekhne thee," says Noor Mukadam's father. Says he expects insaaf (justice) for his daughter, has faith in the PTI government.
Between queues, a middle-aged man collapses due to exhaustion. He is still clutching two bars of soap and a packet of masala. He has been in line for more than an hour, accompanied by his daughter. The minute he regains consciousness, he asks his daughter if it is their turn yet.
A man who was working in Saudi Arabia on a salary of 700 riyals ended up in jail because his ikama expired. Was one of the 2100 Pakistani men released after Imran Khan made a request to MBS. Barely makes a living washing cars. His mother received medical treatment on Sehat Card.
8 فروری کو میں نے عمران خان کو ووٹ اسلیے دیا کہ مجھے سعودی عرب کی جیل سے عمران خان کی وجہ سے چھوڑا گیا،میں غریب آدمی ہوں اور صحت کارڈ پر میری والدہ کا علاج ہوا اسلیے میں نے عمران خان کو ووٹ دیا،
Wondering about PPP’s loss in Lyari, a constituency where bhuttos received unconditional love for decades? What did jiyalas get in return? BB’s public wedding, peoples aman committee, endless cycle of poverty, drugs, gangwar, baba ladla, uzair baloch, rehman dakait, sania naz.
Good folks in Pakistan, 250 Hindu Bheel families in Gadap are badly hit by
#KarachiRains
and need help. The community is struggling with food & shelter, esp women & kids. Set of 5 ration bags cost Rs14000. Each bag has a 2-week food supply. DM for details to donate/send directly.
Seems like any positive news about Pakistan is incomprehensible for south asia analysts sitting all the way in Washington DC. Tunnel vision or soft bigotry of low expectations?
The Economist ranks Pakistan
#3
out of 50 countries in successfully returning to pre-pandemic life. This is significant; The Economist has previously been critical of Pakistan's handling of the pandemic. One quibble: Is it too soon for this type of index?
"The girl was in Islamabad for a job interview. Her fiancee (the boy in the video) had rented this apartment on for a day to lodge her. He stepped out to get some groceries when usman mirza and gang showed up at the apartment and tried to sexually harass the girl" GTV
@KlasraRauf
Heat and humiliation go hand in hand at the Utility Stores where people stuck in the throes of scarcity and poverty line up for subsidised ghee. Witnessed heartbreaking scenes at the Utility Stores. FYI
@PakPMO
@CMShehbaz
@Marriyum_A
@UtilityStoresCo
15-yr-old Pakistani Abdul Mannan Murani is currently fighting for his life in India's
@JaypeeHospital
. Manan's father works as a domestic servant, paid Rs10,00,000 for his treatment in Noida. Family has run out of money in India since he developed complications. Please help them.
So back in 2009, 'President Zardari stayed in the $5,000 per night (approximately Rs410,000 then) at Willard Intercontinental Hotel. PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was given a separate suite which cost $2,600 per night.' Paid for by the Pakistan govt.
In the last one month, some of the most horrific rapes have happened in the country, incl the rape of a girl in front of family, rape of a pregnant woman, rape of a Swedish national and rape of a minor boy. What is the govt doing to keep women & children safe??
@PakPMO
@CMShehbaz
As a doctor, did you ever feel ashamed about sharing the story of a middle-aged woman who reached out to you during her pregnancy and used her story for crude laughs? Or the story you shared about how you became a doctor by putting your hand up women's shalwars for "crude humor"?
As a doctor, I endorse this 100%
Sari zindagi Young doctors ke sir pe seyasat ker ke, she threw them under the bus & called them goons once she came in power. Also a known establishment tout acting like an inquilabi. She screwed up the health sector & doctors. Good riddance!
This Greek tragedy is nowhere on the suo moto radar of the hon'ble judiciary in Pakistan. None except the human smugglers knows the exact number of Pakistanis on that ship who died an undignified death. They were people running from their circumstances in search of a better life.
The fact that the people of Greece took to the streets in Athens, Thessaloniki and many other cities today to demand accountability for the murderers of refugees should be an example for all peoples. As a refugee journalist living in Greece, I am grateful!!!
#Greece
#Πυλος
I congratulate the nation & ppl of Balochistan on successful agreement with Barrick Gold for development of RekoDiq mine after 10 years of legal battles & negotiations. Penalty of approx $ 11 bn is off set, $10 bn will be invested in Balochistan creating 8000 new jobs.
Vote kis ko dalay gay?
"Chaudhry Imran Khan! Jail mein bhi Chaudhar Kar Raha hay. Awam k Dil mein basta hay"
On a serious note, sehat card is the number one reason why people want to vote for Imran Khan & PTI. They also see the man as a leader and a man who is honest (imandar).
Edhi: The man, his legacy and the reverence he got.
Not seen a better example of "giving back to the community". This 2016 AFP photo captures it all.
Please donate generously to the Edhi Foundation. Since Edhi sahab's demise, donations have gone down. Help continue his mission.