Pakistan's Best Kept Secret Lahore Museum, full film now on line free at youtu.be/jWXQPA1te5w Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Muslim histories. Empire, Trade, East India Company, British Indian soldiers in World Wars, Partition, Pakistan today. Pls share #museum #homeschooling
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Dr. El-Sayed is a fighter for our American Constitution, he’s a fighter for our American Democracy, and he’s a fighter against the corrupt, lawless, and anti-American leadership currently in the White House. That’s why I’m in his corner 100%. Bruce Springsteen
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I am afraid this is a rather lazily written article by Freeman that does little justify its clickbait headline. Unsubstantiated claims, settled out of court. No comment or attempt to balance these claims with the high volume of perceived pro-Israel bias documented at the BBC. Very very poor journalism. thetimes.com/article/ad6378d…
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Lahore Museum (Estd 1865) was designed by the famous Lahori architect,Sir Ganga Ram. Renowned for its extensive collection of Buddhist relics & collection from Mughal,Sikh & British Empire Rudyard Kipling’s father, John Lockwood Kipling, was one of the museum’s first curators
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Say what you like about the French and the protests, but there's no denying they have a brilliant national anthem.
Στους δρόμους του Παρισιού τραγουδάνε εκείνο το τραγούδι που τραγουδούσαν και οι αβράκωτοι στις 10 Αυγούστου 1792 κάνοντας έφοδο στο παλάτι του Κεραμεικού
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Poisonous excrement from Taliban supporting Roshan, almost wishing for violence in UK. He should be grateful for community organisations, youth workers, activists that work hard in our communities to help cohesion, guide youth away from hate preachers like him and Tommy Robinson.
The protests/riots sweeping across Europe over the cost-of-living crisis will eventually reach Britain. The same conditions exist here, arguably even worse. We're being ripped off every day, whether at the petrol pump, in the supermarket or through our household bills. Millions live in inadequate housing, while young people can't find decent jobs or any realistic prospect of a better life. Britain is one big scam. And so much of this was avoidable. Our political leaders made decisions that have contributed to this economic mess: Brexit, sanctions and confrontation with Russia, prolonged blanket COVID lockdowns, and military escalation against Iran. The resulting economic disruption and energy shocks have been devastating. Yet instead of confronting these decisions and Britain's deeper economic failures, politicians would rather distract us with endless arguments about immigration and Muslims, neither of which explains the fundamental causes of this crisis. Meanwhile, the people making these decisions are insulated from the financial pressures ordinary families face. They make decisions for financial elites and foreign countries, not the British public. Matter of time before Britain experiences the kind of serious social unrest we're witnessing elsewhere in Europe.
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Pakistan Bar Council and Supreme Court Bar Association strong condemnation of @PMLN Captain Safdar’s remarks on late human rights activist Asma Jahangir.
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Pakistan’s military remains trapped in a colonial-era model designed for extraction and control rather than democracy. True institutional change requires addressing how the military was conditioned to operate as a force above the law. @SHaiderRMehdi explains
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Such hateful statements against minority in front of a huge crowd that too in a place like Pakistan, where people are so intolerant. It will only ignite the fire of hatred and violence again
پچھلے مہینے میری سب سے چھوٹی بیٹی کا نکاح تھا ، میں نے کہا مولانا صاحب، دولہے سے کہیں کہ کہو کہ ختم نبوت پر ایمان رکھتا ہوں،زور سے کہنا کہ میں مرزا قادیانی کو کافر اور اس کے فالورز کو کافر سمجھتا ہوں، میں نے کہا خطبہ صرف یہی ہے ، کیپٹن صفدر
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Pakistan has its own religious apartheid to confront. How many of us Pakistanis who rightly condemn Israel’s apartheid can recognize the same rhetoric when it occurs in our own society? #AhmadiApartheid
Captain Safdar’s demand that every lawyer, from a naib qasid to the Law Minister, swear never to represent an Ahmadi, warning that doing so is a “ticket to hell”, and that Ahmadis should never be allowed into the army, judiciary or any position of authority, is an appalling extension of religious discrimination and apartheid. Why this relentless hostility towards an already persecuted community? @MaryamNSharif, spouses may hold different ideologies, but inciting religious hatred is not a private difference of opinion. You have shown resolve in confronting extremism in Punjab. Then why does such rhetoric from your own household escape legal scrutiny? The law cannot be firm against some and silent before others. His statements are not only undermining your governance but testing its credibility. Leadership is measured by whether the principles you uphold in public apply equally at home.
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Of all the propagandists out there delighting in the mass slaughter of Palestinians and Lebanese over the last months, few are more irredeemably vile than Douglas Murray
Watch the atheist gentile Israel lobby plant Douglas Murray declare in no uncertain terms that Jewish lives are worth more than those of Christians and Muslims because Netanyahu’s apartheidist Israel forms the philosophical core of “Western civilization”
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This is the statement issued by the Met Police about the Defend Our Juries demonstration today. Commander Adam Slonecki, from Scotland Yard, said: “All those intending on coming to this event know that supporting a proscribed organisation is unlawful – they are essentially meeting to purposefully commit a crime.” This is a remarkable contrual of the law and extent of police powers. Surely it cannot be right that someone protesting against the Government’s decision to proscribe an organisation is automatically interpreted by the Met Police as supporting that organisation and is therefore committing an arrest-able offence. This is especially the case when the proscription is being challenged in the courts. I believe the government and parliament made the wrong decision in proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation and I continue to call for its deproscription by the government. If the people turning up today to demonstrate against the proscription of Palestine Action are to be arrested for simply turning up, are we all to be criminalised for suggesting the government got this wrong?
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The shameful comments were not only a mockery of fatal disease it was basically hatred towards women, it incited violence against women , provoked religious extremism just to gain political advantage . The person has completely lost it.
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Tommy Robinson has repeatedly talked about being 'convicted of journalism', so I looked into his qualifications and track record. Please share with the #FreeTommy crowd. willblack-53220.medium.com/c…
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The Dawn editorial “Ms Mazari-Hazir is one of the most prominent champions of civil and human rights from the legal community, and has often taken cases involving some of Pakistan’s most vulnerable citizens pro bono. The higher courts must hear their appeal swiftly, and the state must stop stretching antiterrorism laws to cover acts that bear no resemblance to terrorism.” dawn.com/news/2041142
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This is husband of the Chief Minister of 🇵🇰’s biggest province. Women make more than half of the population & 40,000 women die annually here due to breast cancer. Just do not have enough words to condemn this horrible man with vitriolic mouth! Maryam Nawaz should condemn & stop this mad insensitivity & misogyny! x.com/khantainer/status/2116…
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This is such a grave matter. Only in Pakistan can a spouse of a leader in office, get away with inciting hatred against an entire community. It's just wrong at every level. If she's looking for the PM seat, she should seek an end to this alliance.
Captain Safdar’s demand that every lawyer, from a naib qasid to the Law Minister, swear never to represent an Ahmadi, warning that doing so is a “ticket to hell”, and that Ahmadis should never be allowed into the army, judiciary or any position of authority, is an appalling extension of religious discrimination and apartheid. Why this relentless hostility towards an already persecuted community? @MaryamNSharif, spouses may hold different ideologies, but inciting religious hatred is not a private difference of opinion. You have shown resolve in confronting extremism in Punjab. Then why does such rhetoric from your own household escape legal scrutiny? The law cannot be firm against some and silent before others. His statements are not only undermining your governance but testing its credibility. Leadership is measured by whether the principles you uphold in public apply equally at home.
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@MaryamNSharif افسوس کے ساتھ کہنا پڑتا ہے کہ جس طرح کا صاف ستھرا اور ترقی یافتہ پنجاب یا پاکستان بنانے کے دعوے آپ کرتی ہیں، وہ کیپٹن صفدر کے ہوتے ممکن نہیں، پہلے اپنے گھر کے گند کو تو صاف کریں پھر ملک بھی صاف ہو جائے گا۔۔
پچھلے مہینے میری سب سے چھوٹی بیٹی کا نکاح تھا ، میں نے کہا مولانا صاحب، دولہے سے کہیں کہ کہو کہ ختم نبوت پر ایمان رکھتا ہوں،زور سے کہنا کہ میں مرزا قادیانی کو کافر اور اس کے فالورز کو کافر سمجھتا ہوں، میں نے کہا خطبہ صرف یہی ہے ، کیپٹن صفدر
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This is pure evil that wouldn't be out of place at a 1930s Nazi Nuremberg rally. It's Pakistan's shame that an evil man like this is so close to the centre of power. This abuse of minorities has become so mainstreamed by evil sectarian religious parties. People should speak out.
پچھلے مہینے میری سب سے چھوٹی بیٹی کا نکاح تھا ، میں نے کہا مولانا صاحب، دولہے سے کہیں کہ کہو کہ ختم نبوت پر ایمان رکھتا ہوں،زور سے کہنا کہ میں مرزا قادیانی کو کافر اور اس کے فالورز کو کافر سمجھتا ہوں، میں نے کہا خطبہ صرف یہی ہے ، کیپٹن صفدر
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I want to tell you a story that says so much about the world we're living in today. It's a story of extraordinary courage, compassion, unimaginable loss, and a family's relentless fight for justice. But above all, it's a story about humanity. His name was Tom Hurndall. In April 2003, Tom was a 21-year-old British photography student volunteering in Gaza with the International Solidarity Movement, documenting the lives of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. On April 11th, in Rafah, he saw Palestinian children exposed to gunfire. Rather than turning away, Tom helped them reach safety. He was wearing a fluorescent vest, clearly identifying himself as an international volunteer. An IDF soldier shot him in the head. Tom spent nine months in a coma before dying in January 2004, aged just 22. What followed was an extraordinary battle for justice, led by his parents, Jocelyn and Anthony. The Israeli military's initial account was challenged. His family fought relentlessly to expose what had happened. Eventually, the soldier responsible was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to eight years in prison. He served just six. A British inquest concluded that Tom had been deliberately and unlawfully killed, but no senior Israeli commander has been convicted in connection with his death. More than two decades later, the questions raised by Tom's killing remain devastatingly relevant. What happened to Tom cannot be separated from what has happened to countless Palestinians. The killing of civilians. The destruction of homes, hospitals and schools. The displacement of communities. The obstruction of humanitarian aid. Children whose lives have been shattered by cruelty and occupation. These aren't simply unavoidable consequences of military operations. UN investigators have documented war crimes and crimes against humanity by Israeli forces, and concluded that genocide has been committed in Gaza. And through it all, the international community has failed. Failed to protect innocent lives, uphold international law and to hold those responsible to account. Tom died protecting children from violence the world continues to witness today. More than two decades have passed. Generations of Palestinian children have grown up amid occupation, displacement and fear. How many more innocent lives must be destroyed before those responsible are held accountable? And then there's Tom's mother, Jocelyn. Having endured the unimaginable loss of her son, Jocelyn began a relentless fight for justice. Not just for Tom, but for Palestinian families who have suffered devastating losses, without accountability or recognition. She has also dedicated years to supporting Palestinian education and opportunities for young people. Her son lost his life protecting Palestinian children. She has spent so much of her own life defending their rights, dignity and futures. In his short life, Tom demonstrated more courage, compassion and humanity than many manage in a thousand lifetimes. And through Jocelyn's determination, those values live on. Tom's story is not simply a tragedy from 2003. It is a reminder of the human cost of occupation, and the courage of those who refuse to look away. Tom saw children in danger. He recognised their humanity. He acted. And he paid with his life. Martin Luther King Jr. said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." That's why Gaza is about so much more than Gaza itself. It's about whether human rights and international law mean anything if we allow them to be ignored when it is politically convenient. Never be silent in the face of injustice. Never accept that another person's life matters less because of where they were born. Remember Tom. Honour his courage. And never stop standing up for those he died trying to protect. ❤️ @jocelynhurndall #GazaGenocide‌ #FreePalestine
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Clement Attlee founded the NHS, built record numbers of council houses, nationalised Housing, Power, Rail, Energy, Steel, Fossil Fuel and employed more than 2m people in 5 years all with the greatest debt the UK had ever had. And the economy boomed and debt fell.
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