He was ex Commander 5 Corps, retired as a Lieutenant General. A close associate of Gen Musharaf, a bold, honest and straightforward Officer.
Drove a 20 year old personal car, to a side calmly on feeling pains of last moments.
Went as gracefully as he lived.
RIP Gen Usmani.
Congratulations to the youngest Foreign Minister in Pakistans history
@BBhuttoZardari
. The task is daunting, and the previous government have hurt our international standing but I have no doubt that you will make our country, party, and family proud. 🇵🇰
There was a grim time in our history when
#RahmanMalik
was interior minister and Haqqani was our Ambassador in US.
During that time, unvarified visas were issued to a large number of shadowy characters from the US on the pretext of "Business Visas". A number of....1/5
To the unknown soldier; who stood for his country, his honour & faith. Who fell with dignity, courage, saintly anonymity. Only witness of his valour; his Creator and a dark crimson spot on soil of Pak.
"Underneath That rich soil, is a richer dust concealed"
#OurMartyrsOurHeroes
Naranjan Singh of Jamrud, sells items cheaper than the usual rates in Ramzan....a time when others are selling at higher rates......
And he does it as a service to humanity...
The Sikh family with a heart of gold | The Express Tribune
Lt Gen Sahir is an orphan, raised by his relatives, as a newly passed out young officer, in the "Next of Kin" column of his documents, he wrote "8 Sindh" his Battalion.
Now commanding the most important Corps.
This is called Merit.
Pak fauj zindabad
He is the man who shattered the myth of TTP's invincibility.
It started with Op Sherdil at Bajaur, where he led from the front....
And went on successfully till the end.
Lt Gen Tariq Khan (Retd). Our hero of War against CIA / RAW / NDS funded TTP....
Sulaiman The Magnificent. A thread.
1971, East Pak, as the war rages, Maj Bilal Rana of 2 Cdo Battalion turns to his course mate Maj Sulaiman and says "promise me two things; never get captured, and if I die, name your son after me".
A laughter follows.
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@MichaelKugelman
I've realized in past few days that it is difficult even to sympathize with indians. Their ego gets hurt and an awkward "yes thanks but you see we gave you vaccine blah blah " ensues.
We are only sympathizing dudes,...not denying the superpower crown u were about to be bestowed
The man in pic is Amjad Ali; a rickshaw driver & father of 6 daughters and one son, Amjad despite financial stress managed to educate his daughters. 3 of his daughters are studying in a top university of Karachi on scholarships, salute to Amjad for realizing the imp of education.
A moment of silence for 2977 Americans killed on 9/11.
And a perpetual silence for 460000 Iraqis; 363000 Afghans and 70000 Pakistanis killed ever since...!!
#September11
My father hated Gen Zia; when his plane crashed, I saw him watching the news with a sober look. As a child, I asked "should you not be happy"
"Dushman marey tey Khushi na kareeyay, Sajnaa ve mar jana"
"aur yeh to mera dushman bhi nahin tha, sirf soch ka ikhtilaaf tha"
He replied
PTM is not TTP, its far more sinister. TTP was violent sabotage. Army & the nation fought it, national cohesion was achieved.
PTM is subversion. Its non violent yet much lethal in dividing us. TTP was a wolf in our yard, PTM is the snake in our sleeve.
#PTMisNextTTP
We have all heard that S Korea sent a delegation to analyze Pak's Five Year Plan in 60s.
However what we have not heard is:
In the same period, S Korea also sent delegation to US, USSR, Japan, Germany, France and a number of other States to gather info on
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Mongols attempted invasion of Hindustan not once but for Six times between 1297 and 1306.
Allaudin Khilji and his brilliant Generals thwarted those invasions everytime.
Finally defeating the Mongols decisively along Bank of Ravi in 1306 in a campaign personally led by Sultan 1/2
In "last 3 decades", this man stood with zardari, nawaz shareef, lal masjid molvis, iftikhar chaudhry, Got khalid Khawaja and Col Imam killed through dubious journalism....to name a few of his "achievements"
Pemra is making fun of our laws by dictating anchors not to appear as experts in TV shows I am a journalist since last 3 decades I have the right to express my opinion through my column or any other way I know it’s not Pemra someone else is angry why anchors not listening him
Listening to the heart-wrenching tales of the earthquake victims in Adiyaman 🇹🇷 was a deeply painful experience. The scale of destruction as far as one could see was overwhelming. I met a young boy who lost both his parents. May Allah help the victims overcome this ordeal!
Dil Dil Pakistan, Jan Jan Pakistan.
14th August 2017; I was in Hunza. Had a chance to capture the love of these beautiful Hunzai children for motherland.
"You have to kill me before you kill my students"...
said Afshan Ahmed, a teacher at APS Peshawar on 16 Dec 2014.
The terrorists set her on fire.
She urged the students to run away even as she burned alive.
"She was so brave, She is my hero" saif IrfanUllah, one of her students
We hear of a common complaint that politicians don't send their sons to Army.
Jamali Sahib had three sons who served in the Army.
His love for Pakistan was immense, we can never forget how he celebrated Pakistan Olympics Hockey Gold in 1984 as Chef De Mission in the stadium. 1/2
Air Chf Mshl Mujahid Anwar Khan, Chief of Air Staff, PAF expressed heartfelt condolences on the sad demise of former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali. The Air Chief prayed for the departed soul and grant of courage to the bereaved family to bear this loss.
Before Bollywood makes a movie demonizing Mahmud Ghaznavi, do know these facts. ...
Mahmud's first invasion of india resulted into defeat of Jaipal in Battle of Peshawar in Nov 1001.
But that was not the first time Mahmud had met Jaipal in a Battle....
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We met a young Afg student at Korean city Sejong the other day. He had studied at Peshawar and got scholarship for study in Korea.
We obviously discussed current situation in Afg.
On point of Afghans being unhappy on Pakistan's role; his reply was epic..
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@CNNnews18
@asajjanhar
@PramitWorld
@JamwalNews18
Yes. I'm in karachi currently. Army is being supported by John Rambo, while Rocky Balboa is with Sindh Police.... reportedly ISI has gone back in time with Marty Mcfly and attempted to kill the parents of IGP Sindh before they could meet.
Its reeaaallly bad here...FATF, ANYONE
He said, this is Afghans way of lamenting. We usually start with blaming the US for our plight, moving on Pakistan and Iran, than the opposing tribe then to uncle (taya) and conclude on blaming our own father..
So ignore it he said..😀
Discovered this set of Sahih Bukhari dating to year 800 Hijrah (about 6 and a half centuries), in the Hujrah of Pesh Imam of Masjid Wazeer Khan Lhr.
Leather binding, surprisingly fine paper and neat condn.
Reflects the imp of knowledge and love of books by Muslims of the era.
Attack on fearless Tarek Fatah in NY most condemnable. One may not agree with all that he says but, like anyone else, has a right to his opinion. Attack on him is attack on right of freedom of expression. Only goes to show that his attackers were devoid of reason, logic
Jis chawull ko "arrogance" kay spellings nahin aatey woh New York Times main articles likhta hai.
Aur hum samajhtey hain kay Amreeki saazish nahin hai.....
Victory for democracy, defeat for selfishness and arraogance.
@ImranKhanPTI
first prime minister of Pakistan voted out through no-confidence. Claims of foreign conspiracy proved to be a fake news.
Nawaz Sharif, Army and the people of Pakistan....
This is narration of actual events from an eye witness.
25 Oct 16 was a gloomy day at Qta. 62 Coffins of young police recruits were lying at Musa Stadium Qta. They were brutally killed by terrorists of TTP the... .1/n
Tehmina Durrani in her book 'My Feudal Lord' states an incident when in late 80s, GM Khar (her husband then) was in Adiala Jail on charges of high treason on his contacts with RAW while his exile in London.
She met CJCSC Gen Akhtar A Rehman who was her father's
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5th December 1971; Bravo Company 6 FF Regiment had captured Sabuna Canal Bank in Fazilka Sector, under it's lion hearted Commander Major Shabeer Sharif.
Indian 4 Jat tasked to recapture the lost area was launching a counter attack.
"Who is Shabeer, come out and fight me"
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Bickering against SNC is understandable.
Curriculum shapes national ethos and virtues.
A tiny segment (with a big presence on sm), which has grown up in the bubble of Oxfordian curriculum; find it hard to believe that Pakistan also needs to have it's OWN ethos and values.
@geertwilderspvv
@ImranKhanPTI
It's not freedom; it's lack of basic ethics which your parents did not teach you......maybe they never learned themselves.....
You know what ethics are...?
Or is the slogan of "freedom" a cover for lack of everything.....!
Dr Sania Nishtar is Grand daughter of Sardar Abdur Rab Nishter; one of our founding fathers.
She is basically a physician; a heart surgeon, one of the very few ladies in the field. She is also a PHD. She has a strategic mind and an experience....
@Raghav07057994
@AmrullahSaleh2
There have never been 10 lakh Mughals present during the entire course of history in India...ever.
All India needed were a few thousand to capitulate....
May our quest for "Civil Supremacy" end in civil governance coming to Military's level of meritocracy and institutionalism, instead of dragging military down to Civil level of nepotism and oligarchy
Defence & Budget. A thread.
Why do the nations have an army..?
Is it for war fighting..?
Yes. But it is an Army's secondary task.
What is the primary task then..?
It is to minimise the possibility of war through application of a notion called "Deterrence".
How is it done ?
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Mir Jaffar was made a Nawab by the British after Bengal fell. His palace / graveyard was named Jaffarganj Deorhi by him, but it is known as "Namak Haraam Deorhi" today.
Mir Sadiq was killed by Tipu's soldiers just after fall of Mysore. His grave is nearby, ppl throw garbage at it
Ask your daughters to work on developing their cognitive capacities, more than they work for their skin, hair and looks.
As a knowledgeable and intelligent lady glows so radiantly that she requires no cosmetics ....
British Colonization of Sub Continent is a very interesting story. An ultimate game of Chess by a Grandmaster.
A Thread.
In mid 1700s East India Coy (EIC) had three small armed contingents, at Bengal, Madrass and Bombay respectively.
South of India had three powers..
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Most of the FATF member states finance armed groups around the world.
Now as they are "Strategically Important" (my foot and a half) enough to be FATF members, they could label one group as a "terror group" and sweep the other under the carpet....
It's an unfair world....
Quran Majeed and the figure of 19.
A Thread.
Some Scholars have come up with a research that the authenticity of Quran e Pak has been secured by Allah SWT by locking it with the figure of 19.
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..while Senior Army officers were tried for treason and appropriately punished. These political figures still roam around bringing a perpetual shame to our country with their past and present deeds.
Question is...as a nation; should we grant them future of our children too.?
Will Smith slapping Rock was a display of why western idea of Freedom of Expression is deeply flawed.
Ridiculing someone on physical appearance is not FoE, neither is hurting someone's ideals and sentiments.
Its plain malevolent ill-mannerism.
Its time West learns from East
"Malacca Dilemma" and Gawadar.
A Thread.
China's colossal industrial output requires a huge energy input.
70% of which is imported through sea.
80% of these vessels pass through Strait of Malacca, a narrow stretch of water between the Indonesian island of Sumatra ...
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Tweet: Dr Sania Nishtar, the woman for all military-backed political seasons, says poverty figures date back to 2016. So all initiatives she markets all the time that are focussed on the poor are based on guesstimates, speculative analysis and ‘figures skating.’
No, it's not only Israel.
Egypt conceded in 1979.
Jordan 1994
UAE, Bahrain last year.
Only Syria resist Israel but it is being subjected to turmoil by other Muslim ctys (on behest of US) on Sectarian grounds.
Us; only lip service.
We are all part of it....
#المسجد_الأقصى
This is the same Gurdaspur that Radcliffe wrongfully awarded to India on the eve of partition, after it had been approved as part of Pak in the Award.
It was to get an access to Kashmir for India.
Hundreds of Muslims of Dist died in the ensuing struggle to get to Pak.
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Gurdaspur administration has issued a High Alert Appeal to the people living near the Ravi river to go to safe places, Around 2 lakh cusecs of water is going to be released from the river, due to which the water level in the Ravi river is going to increase.
You are free to chip in the current wave against army, ranging from disappointment to pure hate, nobody can (or should) stop you; but please, posting cynical comments on a Shaheed army officer goes beyond hate, it speaks of either a bad upbringing or an agenda beyond criticism
@tequieremos
In that Battle, accompanying Hazrat Khalid (RA), was one of the most legendary warriors world has ever seen....Hazrat Zarrar Bin Azwar (RA). A one man Army. An unmatched fighter.
I'm thinking of doing a thread on him someday
Is Ranjeet Singh a hero...?
During his rule....
Badshahi and Wazir Khan masjids were converted into stables
Moti and Sunehri masjids were converted into gurdawaras
Precious / semi precious stones adorning various mughal era buildings were scrapped out to fill Sikh coffers
..himself. Thereafter, Khilji strengthened the border forts and mongol invasion routes preventing any further invasion. He later took war to mongol territories in Afg, ransacking it so as to deny the base of invasions.
Khilji is a hero, reject distortion of History by bhakkats
PTV had intellectuals like Ashfaq Ahmad, Bano Qudsia, Munnu Bhai, Fatima Suraya Bajiya, Haseena Moeen, Amjad Islam Amjad, Anwar Maqsud, Yawar Hayat working for it.
It was the biggest galaxy of intellect and literature in Pakistan once.