I've got the civ-mil blues😨 چیری بلاسم چمکے ہر دم 🥾
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Zahid retweeted
Exactly that's why Iran was breeding "Kulbhushan Jadhav" on its soil to cement "Pak-Iran relations", Kulbhushan was a serving Indian Naval Officer being attached with RAW responsible for conducting terror activities inside Pakistan.
Giving Chabahar Port to India was another effort to deepen "Pak-Iran relations", "did marandi & co" approved the January 2024 missile strikes into Pakistan? However Pakistan returned the favor so that Pakistan-Iran relations remain strong & brotherly.
Any account masquerading as a 'patriot' 'nationalist' account without an authentic display picture or a proper name throwing dirt on Iran and running a smear campaign are actually hell bent on destroying Pak-Iran relations.
Most are either US, Israel or Indian linked or takfiri. All are enemies of Pak-Iran relations.
What we're they thinking? Or rather they were entirely not thinking.
One crisis & these pleasure lovers are stranded in Cambodia of all places.
'Cruise for life' passengers stranded.
Around 200 passengers who paid to live on a cruise ship while travelling the world were abruptly left in a Cambodian port after the company ran out of money
u.afp.com/SycR
Zahid retweeted
بی بی! سب سے پہلے افغانیت کے مفہوم اور اس کی تاریخ کو سمجھیں۔ فارسی میں لفظ 'افغان تاریخی طور پر پشتونوں کے لیے ایک تضحیک آمیز معنوں میں استعمال ہوتا تھا، جس کا مطلب پہاڑی اور جاہل لوگ لیا جاتا تھا۔ آپ کو افغان ہونے پر فخر ہے، اور مجھے پاکستانی ہونے پر فخر ہے۔
میرے بڑوں نے پاکستان بنانے کے لیے طویل جدوجہد کی۔ ہمارے قبائلی مشران اور عمائدین, خواہ وہ دیر کے نواب اور قبائل ہوں، سوات کے والی اور سوات بونیر شانگلہ تورغر کے قبائل ہوں، ملاکنڈ باجوڑ کے مشران ہوں، یا مردان اور صوابی کے خان، نواب اور قبائلی مشران ہوں, ان سب نے پاکستان کے قیام کے لیے عملی جدوجہد کی اور اپنی مرضی سے اس ملک کو اپنایا۔ ہمارے یوسفزئی قبائل نے یا تو 1520 میں اپنی ریاست کے قیام کے لیے جدوجہد کی تھی، یا پھر اس کے 427 سال بعد پاکستان بنانے کے لیے جان و مال کی بازی لگائی۔ یہ ملک ہمارے بڑوں نے بنایا ہے،
آپ ذرا تحریکِ پاکستان کا مطالعہ کریں، پشتونوں کے سب سے بڑے قبیلے 'یوسفزئی' کے تمام مشران، عمائدین اور علمائے کرام نے پاکستان بنانے میں عملی اور تاریخی حصہ لیا ہے۔ خیبر پختونخوا کے دس اضلاع میں اکثریت کے ساتھ آباد اس یوسفزئی قوم کے لیے پاکستان ہی سب کچھ ہے – at Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Agree 100%.
Pakistan's finances have been stuck in a rut of stabilization.
The GoP has been crowing about stabilization since last 2 years & doing almost no reforms.
Wasting money on FBR is exceedingly stupid. It will do nothing for anyone except consultants.
The most worrisome aspect of any conversation by SBP Governor or the Finance Minister is toooo much focus on foreign borrowing to claim stability and increase foreign exchange reserves. They also take pride in it.
It’s like a financially broke person saying that HBL, MCB, UBL and ABL are willing me to give me more loans.
Have we really given up on increasing exports and foreign direct investment? Is this what we get after fifth consecutive year of stabilization? Foreign Borrowing to convince government employees to join pension scheme. Foreign borrowing to reform FBR. Foreign borrowing to increase competitiveness. Foreign borrowing to convince foreign and local investors to
Invest.
Zahid retweeted
UPDATE: Israeli company we caught delivering zero-click infections is #1 bidder on Starlink ads in 105 countries.
Data from @trendai_RSRCH suggests worldwide surveillance op targeting @Starlink users. 1/
By @razhael
reuters.com/business/media-t…
🚨NEW INVESTIGATION: zero-click mercenary spyware hacking via targeted ads.
A normal-looking ad loads. If you're a target, you're infected. No click needed.
To protect yourself, block ads now.
First time it's been confirmed in the wild. We call it #AdFection.
Candiru spyware infections at @AJEnglish. 45+ devices infected.
Same ad pipeline operated by Israeli company Discover-Tech reached NATO, European Parliament, dozens of gov networks & critical infrastructure incl US nuclear giant Westinghouse.
Confiant, which worked with us, found signs ads were displayed at US @DeptofWar, IAEA & ICC.
Investigation ongoing 1/
READ our report by @billmarczak @WolfieChristl, me Astrid Perry, Siena Anstis & Ron Deibert : citizenlab.ca/research/how-d…
Confiant's blog: blog.confiant.com/p/adint-we…
Zahid retweeted
A new parliamentarian has been elected in Israel.
His name is Moshe Feiglin.
His views?
"Every child, every baby in Gaza is an enemy. We need to conquer Gaza and colonise it. And not leave a single child there. There is no other victory."
Read that again.
Worse than a Nazi.
A few days ago someone published a story about KP police using nets. The tone was dismissive bordering on derisive.
Nets work. At least in this case. So nay-sayers should stfu & be more reasonable.
An improvised explosive device is seen hanging in an anti-drone net before it reached the roof of a police station this morning. A quadcopter dropped a locally assembled IED onto Hassan Khel Police Station on the outskirts of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The munition in an energy drink bottle used as casing, with nuts and bolts added as fragmentation material.
Zahid retweeted
🧵Saw most of the new Musk documentary. You should see it. It is frightening. The woman he was seeing at the time of the 2024 elections with whom he had a child suggests that he suggested he may have done something with Starlink in the US 2024 elections, (beyond bribing people).
As they say in East Punjab:
Natha Sing & Prem Singh
One and the same thing
There is no difference between any Israeli politician aspiring to be a OM of a murderous Apartheid state.
BREAKING: Netanyahu remains prime minister as Israeli election deadlock leaves his succession unresolved
Benjamin Netanyahu remains Israel’s prime minister following an inconclusive election, with revised exit polls placing his coalition and Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc at approximately 50–52 seats each. Neither has secured the 61-seat parliamentary majority, while Arab parties are projected to hold 17–18 seats.
Crucially, Netanyahu does not need to win another majority to remain in office. Under Israel’s parliamentary system, he continues as caretaker prime minister until a successor successfully forms a government.
Eisenkot could replace Netanyahu without securing 61 seats if his proposed government wins a Knesset confidence vote with more votes in favor than against. However, the opposition remains divided, and potential cooperation with Arab parties or ultra-Orthodox factions could determine whether a viable alternative government emerges.
If no candidate succeeds in forming a government, Israel could face another election, with Netanyahu continuing as caretaker throughout the process.
The central takeaway: Netanyahu’s parliamentary majority is under threat, but his premiership remains intact. Electoral setbacks alone cannot remove him; a replacement government must successfully take office.
Official counting continues, and no new government has been established.
Zahid retweeted
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt: "I have 45 people at ADL—full-time analysts—45 full-time intelligence analysts tracking the bad guys across social media, across AI, across video games, podcasts, crypto, you name it."
"[We've built] software to track Wikipedia [editors]…"
Zahid retweeted
Gaza is under random gunfire right now. We don’t understand what is happening here. Gunfire is literally everywhere.
Tanks and military bulldozers are firing randomly at tents and homes, while aircraft are flying extremely low, making terrifying sounds that are impossible to describe.
Don’t stop talking about Gaza. Don’t let the world become numb to what is happening here.
Zahid retweeted
الرحلات الجوية العسكرية ترددت بين المملكة العربية السعودية وباكستان من قبل حتى يجف حبر إتفاقية الدفاع المشترك بيننا!
خاف الله يا رجل!
صحيح أن السياسة تُبنى على المصالح، لكن اختزال الأمر في مجرد الحاجة إلى "البترودولار" يعكس إما نقصاً في الفهم، أو محاولة متعمدة للتشكيك في اتفاقية مكة.
مع كامل الإحترام والتقدير:
لم تتوفق في هذه التغريدة 👎🏼
Zahid retweeted
Reading Cory Doctorow's Enshittification
"When ICC issued a warrant for Netanyahu's arrest ... Microsoft turned off the court's Outlook service. Without warning the justices lost their email, their documents, their calendars, their address books... "
Microsoft claims this was a coincidence. Doctorow does not believe them
Zahid retweeted
Le commandant de réserve israélien, Avdar Shailovski, a rédigé un article — publié sur sa page Facebook — dans lequel il relate sa désertion de l'armée israélienne et son émigration d'Israël vers la Pologne, la terre de ses ancêtres.
L'article est intitulé : « Je ne peux plus supporter le silence ».
Voici le texte intégral de l'article :
Je suis Avdar Shailovski, le commandant qui a déserté l'armée israélienne. Je déclare, en pleine possession de mes facultés mentales, avoir quitté l'armée israélienne car je ne pouvais plus supporter de rester un témoin silencieux — trahissant ainsi ma propre humanité — face à tous les crimes dont j'ai été témoin durant les cinq années que j'ai passées au sein de cette armée.
Les événements auxquels j'ai assisté m'étouffent ; il faut que je vous les raconte.
Je pourrais mourir à tout instant, tant mon chagrin est immense. C'est pourquoi je me dois de contribuer à faire éclater la vérité, dans l'espoir d'alléger le poids de ma culpabilité. Peut-être Dieu atténuera-t-Il le tourment qui m'attend, compte tenu de l'horreur des actes que j'ai commis, simplement parce que je faisais partie des rangs de l'armée israélienne.
Puis, j'ai reçu un signe : « Abandonne tout et va-t'en. »
Merci, mon Dieu, de m'avoir guidé.
Dès que l'avion de la compagnie israélienne El Al a atterri à l'aéroport de Varsovie, je me suis senti en sécurité, loin de cette terre d'Israël qui ne signifie plus rien pour moi.
On nous a enseigné que c'était la terre promise par Dieu ; or, c'est le plus grand mensonge utilisé pour tromper le peuple juif.
C'est un mensonge perpétuel, qui perdure sans relâche, et qui a conduit, il y a quatre-vingts ans, au déplacement du peuple palestinien — un peuple sans défense — hors de sa propre terre. Pire encore : ce peuple continue, jusqu'à ce jour, de subir des souffrances atroces. Qui a inventé ce mensonge ? Et quel peuple « idiot » a bien pu y croire ?
Ce dont j'ai été témoin durant mes cinq années de service au sein de l'armée israélienne est difficile à décrire avec des mots...
Quels mots pourraient décrire la cruauté, l'ignominie et l'horreur des actes commis par l'armée israélienne à l'encontre des Palestiniens ?
Ne croyez pas un mot de ce que raconte ce « sale type » — ce fils de « sale type ». C'est un menteur abject, surtout lorsqu'il qualifie l'armée israélienne d'« armée la plus morale au monde ». Quelle absurdité ! En réalité, c'est l'armée la plus dépravée, la plus cruelle et la plus sauvage qui soit.
Oui, messieurs, je ne supporte plus de voir la ruine et la dévastation à Gaza.
J'ai été témoin de ce qui s'est passé dans la nuit du 7 octobre 2023. Les services de renseignement israéliens, ce « sale type » et sa bande étaient au courant ; ils ont attendu que cela se produise pour justifier la destruction de Gaza et tenter de déplacer sa population...
J'ai servi à Gaza et j'ai vu, de mes propres yeux, un commandant de char s'amuser avec son canon, tirant des obus sur des Palestiniens entassés dans leurs tentes, ou sur des groupes faisant la queue devant des boulangeries, des véhicules de distribution alimentaire ou des convois d'aide humanitaire.
J'ai vu, de mes propres yeux, des avions tirer des projectiles sur des immeubles résidentiels habités, les transformant en amas de décombres sur la tête de leurs occupants...
J'ai vu, de mes propres yeux, des tireurs d'élite de l'armée d'occupation s'amuser à abattre des enfants, des adultes et des femmes qui faisaient la queue pour recevoir de l'aide humanitaire...
C'est de la folie...
De tels crimes, dont j'ai été témoin, ne pourraient se produire nulle part ailleurs dans le monde, si ce n'est sur la terre de Palestine...
Zahid retweeted
Saudi Arabia sent its troops directly onto the battlefield to fight against Israel in 1948, ’67, and ’73.
Saudi blood was spilled on Palestinian soil.
Saudi martyrs were buried in Gaza.
When King Faisal cut oil to America in 1973, he didn’t just raise prices. He crashed markets and forced the world’s strongest power to feel the cost of its choices. But that didn’t help either.
Saudi leadership learned the hard way that emotion-driven wars only fill more graves; they don’t solve the problem.
Imposing an oil embargo wasn’t a lasting solution either, it raised the cost of Western support for Israel, but it didn’t resolve the conflict.
That’s when they took a different approach, a more pragmatic one: to strengthen the Muslims around the globe, to gather them upon the same creed, to support their needs, and to achieve the objectives diplomatically rather than emotionally.
Today, while cameras filmed tears and statements, Saudi cargo planes were landing with ICU beds, medicine, and aid into Gaza’s underground hospitals.
When Western donors froze UNRWA funding, Saudi Arabia kept signing the checks that kept rations moving for millions of children.
And behind closed doors, Saudi officials told the White House the same thing they’ve said publicly for decades: 1967 borders, an independent Palestine, East Jerusalem as its capital.
These facts rarely trend. Because quiet, consistent action doesn’t sell like outrage. And the business of hatred is still the most profitable one online.
Zahid retweeted
Settler Terrorism Reaches the Polling Stations: Israeli terrorist Settlers Attack Arab Voters to Prevent Them from Casting Their Ballots during Israeli elections.
Zahid retweeted
I meet a lot of people traveling between the US and China these days, looking to invest in or build hardware businesses. There are some really smart ideas out there, but also some surprisingly obvious knowledge gaps about how different the two markets are.
Here’s my go to example of the month: the Tin Can phone.
For those who haven’t heard of it, Tin Can is a popular phone designed for little kids. It looks like an old-fashioned landline, has no screen, and lets kids call each other. Parents can also pay a subscription to enable calls to regular phone numbers. The device costs about $100, plus roughly $10 a month for the subscription.
I’ve tried explaining this product to probably close to 10 different Chinese founders and investors now, and almost every time, I get the same response:
“So Rui, in China we have this thing called 小天才 (Xiaotiancai). It’s a smartwatch for little kids. Parents can locate their children, call them, and the kids can call each other. There’s a whole social network built around it, and you can even give your kid money on the watch so they can buy snacks and stuff.”
And I’m like: Dude, you don’t get it. The whole point is that American parents DON’T want all those features.
They don’t want screens. They don’t want social media lite. They don’t want another internet-connected smart device. At least a certain segment of American parents wants their kids to experience childhood the way they did 30 years ago, when you could just pick up the phone and call your friends without getting sucked into an entire digital ecosystem.
And here’s what really throws Chinese entrepreneurs and investors: These parents are willing to pay MORE for LESS functionality.
You can almost see the gears turning as they try to make sense of someone paying $100 for a dumb phone, with a bill of materials that probably costs a few bucks, plus a recurring subscription. They really have a lot of trouble understanding this.
From a Chinese hardware perspective, it sounds crazy. Why would you deliberately strip out functionality and charge a premium?
But that’s exactly the knowledge gap. In this particular case, the absence of features is the entire value proposition.