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thehalalgirlofficial · 2 months

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Skardu Pakistan, February 2024

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xtruss · 3 months

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“Pakistan’s Corrupt to their Cores Army Generals, Politicians, Election Commission and Judges” Can Keep Imran Khan Out of Power, but It Can’t Keep His Popularity Down

— By Charlie Campbell | January 17, 2024 | Time Magazine

Supporters of PTI, the Most Popular Political Party of Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, rally against the national election commission’s decision to ban the party’s cricket bat symbol, in Karachi on Jan. 14, 2024. Fareed Khan—AP

It’s not been a great couple of years for Pakistan’s Imran Khan. Since his ouster as Prime Minister in an April 2022 no-confidence vote, the cricketer-turned-politician has been shot, hit with over 180 charges ranging from rioting to terrorism, and jailed in a fetid nine-by-11-foot cell following an Aug. 5 corruption conviction for allegedly selling state gifts. As Pakistan approaches fresh elections on Feb. 8, the 71-year-old’s chances of a comeback appear gossamer thin, despite retaining broad public support.

Pakistan’s military kingmakers are using every trick at their disposal to sideline the nation’s most popular politician and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. Over recent months, thousands of PTI workers have been arrested, dozens of party leaders resigned following lengthy interrogations, Khan’s name was banned from mainstream media, and constituency boundary lines were redrawn to allegedly benefit his opponents. Khan’s own nomination papers have also been rejected.

“Elections are being held but I’ve got serious doubts whether real democracy or democratic principles are being followed,” says Samina Yasmeen, director of the Centre for Muslim States and Societies at the University of Western Australia.

And now Khan won’t even have his cricket bat.

On Monday, Khan’s PTI party was banned from using its iconic cricket bat logo on ballot papers, significantly hampering its chances amongst an electorate which is up to 40% illiterate. Most crucially, it effectively bans the PTI as a party and means its candidates will likely have to stand as independents, who will reportedly use a range of symbols ranging from a rollercoaster to a goat. “The election symbol is an integral component of fair elections,” Raoof Hasan, PTI’s principal spokesman and a former special assistant to Khan, tells TIME. “It’s rendering the party toothless.”

Pakistani lawmakers are constitutionally obliged to vote along party lines for certain key matters, including the leader of the house and financial legislation. But if PTI-backed candidates are officially independents, they are under no such constraints, making it much easier for the opposition to cobble together a coalition by targeting individuals with inducements. Additionally, PTI will be ineligible to receive its rightful proportion of the 200-odd parliamentary “reserved seats” for women and minorities that are allocated according to a party’s proportion of the overall vote, which would instead be divvied out to the other registered parties.

Imran Khan Waves a Cricket Bat, the Election Symbol of His Pakistan’s Most Popular PTI Party, during a rally in Faisalabad on May 5, 2013. Daniel Berehulak—Getty Images

Then again, even registering as independents has not been easy for the PTI. Each candidate must file their nomination in the constituency where they intend to stand, but PTI’s candidates frequently find their nomination papers snatched from their hands by shadowy security personnel. To avoid this, the PTI has taken to dispatching several candidates with nomination papers in the hope that one might break through the security cordon.

But even if one does manage to submit papers, each candidate requires a proposer and seconder to attend the nomination in person. On many occasions, a PTI candidate has presented his papers only to find either or both has abruptly been “kidnapped,” says Hasan, meaning that an alleged 90% of its candidates’ nomination papers have been rejected. “This is massive pre-poll rigging.”

The hurdles facing Khan and PTI stand in stark contrast to the lot dealt to Nawaz Sharif, three-time former Prime Minister, who was most recently ousted for corruption in 2017 and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. In 2018, Sharif traveled to London on bail for medical treatment but absconded and remained a fugitive in exile. But on Oct. 21, an apparently healthy Sharif returned to Pakistan, where his corruption conviction was swiftly quashed and last week his lifetime ban from politics also overturned. On Monday, Sharif, 74, launched his campaign to return as Prime Minister for a fourth time—much to the chagrin of disenfranchised PTI supporters.

“The temperature is going to rise in the next few weeks when candidates step out to do rallies,” Khan’s sister, Aleema, tells TIME. “There’s going to be anger on the streets.”

It’s no secret that Pakistan’s military kingmakers have thrown their support behind Sharif, which ultimately means he’s a shoo-in to return to power. But Khan’s enduring popularity means more heavy-handed tactics will be required. Despite all PTI’s headwinds, and extremely patchy governance record while in power, a Gallup opinion poll from December shows the imprisoned Khan’s approval ratings stand at 57%, compared to 52% for Sharif. PTI remains confident that they will win if allowed to compete in a fair fight.

“People, especially at the grassroot level, are very pro-Imran Khan,” says Yasmeen. “Even if he tells them to vote for a piece of furniture, it will be elected.”

Corrupt to His Core, Thief, Looter, Traitor, Money Launderer, Morally Bankrupted Boak Bollocks and Pakistan Army’s Production Pakistan's Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addresses his supporters in Lahore on Oct. 21, 2023. Aamir Qureshi—AFP/Getty Images

A big question is why the international community has been so muted in the face of such brazen irregularities—especially the U.S., which under the Joe Biden administration claims to have made democracy promotion a key foreign policy priority. The stakes are high; nuclear-armed Pakistan is drowning in $140 billion of external debt, while ordinary people are battling with Asia’s highest inflation, with food prices rising 38.5% year-on-year.

The truth is that Khan has few friends in the West after prioritizing relations with Russia and China. “From a Washington perspective, anyone would be better than Khan,” says Michael Kugelman, the director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.

Sharif, by contrast, is perceived as business-friendly and pro-America. Following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Washington’s foreign policy priorities have shifted to China, Ukraine, and now Gaza. Yet the importance of a trusted partner in Islamabad was made plain this week following an Iranian airstrike on alleged Sunni militants in Pakistan territory that killed at least two children and threatens a further escalation of the violence already roiling the Middle East.

American priorities in Pakistan are keeping a lid on terrorism and stabilizing relations with arch-nemesis India—and Sharif has a better record on both. However, these priorities aren’t necessarily shared by Pakistan’s military overlords, who may be backing Sharif today but have engineered his ouster thrice in the past—once via a coup d’état. There remains “a lot of bad blood between Nawaz and the military,” says Kugelman, “even if he were to become the next Prime Minister, civil-military relations could take the same turn for the worse.”

After all, no Pakistan Prime Minister has ever completed a full term—and if Sharif gets back in, few would bet on him becoming the first at the fourth time of asking. It may be part of the reason why Khan has adopted a stoic disposition despite the deprivations of his prison cell. “He is cold in jail but quite happy,” says Aleema Khan. “He’s read so many books, maybe two to three every day, and he’s very content to have this retreat time—spiritually, mentally, and physically, he says he feels better.”

Perhaps content in the knowledge that, while February’s election may be beyond hope, in Pakistan you may be down, but you’re never truly out. And that’s all the more reason to keep fighting. “We shall be in the election,” says Hasan. “We’re not going to back off, we’re not going to walk away, we’re not going to forfeit even a single seat throughout the country.”

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shyheracule · 3 months

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People of Pakistan 🇵🇰

#Pakistan #Pakistan 🇵🇰#studyblr #geography #people of Pakistan #people of the world #academia

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bucknastysbabe · 16 days

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omg me and your gecko shared an ethnicity :(

AGHHHHHHH you are a special person bless u

#anon chats #pakistan 🇵🇰#ugh I miss my little sassy girl

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chloeworships · 3 months

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This is a MAJOR DEVELOPMENT babes.

Major 🧱💩

They don’t know what YOU know.

As we Jamaican’s would say “dem get ketch” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😳👀

I had to speak bluntly babes. I didn’t know how else to articulate what was revealed to me 😅😅😅🧱

Remember this scripture:

Somebody committed FRAUD. Somebody lyin’ mmhhhhmmmmmmmm

6:11 am

Kinda sounds like 911 don’t it?? 😳

I also wanted to share this…. Your enemy got too comfortable babes. WAYYYYY TO COMFORTABLE…

God corrects those he loves

PS. This also confirms what the LORD said about the attack in Jordan being a BIG MISTAKE 😤

I read the full script and oh my

How many terrorists and civilians died thus far in the Hamas invoked war? 23,000+ right??

I can’t make this stuff up. I’m shook!!! 👀

I promise you as the Sun shines each day, Hamas ENRAGED God…

Pride and Overconfidence is every man’s downfall.

Selah

What sexual sin is this? Rape? Child/sex trafficking, witchcraft? Is this why I kept getting attacked by evil Jinns? 🧞🧞‍♀️🧞‍♂️👀

PS. When God first came to me at the age of 20, he came as a cloud ☁️ I didn’t know beforehand that this was how he appeared to Moses and Aaron. He came and gave me instructions of which I listened. It was one of the best days of my life.

I promise you God is real.

EXPECT THE CALL ☎️

#Pakistan 🇵🇰#I like cookies 🍪 but cookies don’t like me #dang 😩#Conversations #THE TABLE #follow the money brick road 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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jackiehadel1 · 2 years

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LAHORE, PAKISTAN 🇵🇰: BADSHAHI MOSQUE GATE

20aug22

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#art #Badshahi Mosque #LAHORE #life #nomad #Pakistan 🇵🇰#photography #TOKIDOKI Nomad blog #TOKIDOKI Nomad travel blog #Travel #World Travel

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spaceshipsandpurpledrank · 1 year

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the-eyespy · 3 months

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🇵🇰 PTI rally targeted in Sibi, Balochistan. The Pakistani Army appears to be focusing on Imran Khan's party across various regions.

#pakistan #imran khan #pti #🇵🇰#balochistan #baloch genocide #news update #human rights #war news #genocide

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fun-geography-facts · 5 days

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Pakistan 🇵🇰

Pakistan has six different national animals: Markhor, Indus River Dolphin, Chukar, Indus Crocodile, the Snow Leopard, and my personal favourite, the adorable Shaheen Falcon. Here they all are, in order.

#Pakistan #South Asia #animals #animal facts #asia #🇵🇰#also one of the best flags in Asia

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johndonneswife · 20 days

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i love how instagram thinks i’m a single desi woman looking for an arranged marriage (my explore page and an ad i just got)

#WHERE ARE MY RISHTAS ⏰ CLOCK IS TICKING #honestly i think i peaked w this #ayesha has assimilated me into desi culture. pakistan zindabad 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰#honestly i thought i peaked when i started getting recommended videos and ads in urdu/hindi #(even on youtube sometimes lol)#but this ad! wtf #number one i’m a married woman 🤥💔

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germanyballartsandanimations · 2 years

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🇵🇰likes, shares, shares to stories, saves and comments are highly appreciated!🇵🇰 MY EXAMS ARE ALMOST OVER YIPPEE HELLO A notoriously months old request (3 months tmr! Average ger clownery /lh /teasing) has finally been done, and im glad u like it @destroyerbirb :DDD The background is based off this monument in pakistan... for once the background took me ages but i finally got it good 😳😳😳 (Never gonna do this again /BIG J) (If u search it up there's a pakistan flag around the stairs area... and im like HMMMM my fellow must be there then) (I almost forgot the flag btw this isnt alright) Hope you guys are alright there <:000 i wont say much abt anything else recent ajksksksksodo Expect more lazier content after this (you mind doodles?) bcs i wanna put in my motivation into other stuff... still CH/cityhumans related ofc! I plan to make polymer clay stuff (hopefully if im not THAT lazy) of CH and cityhumans if i can 👁👁 My CH requesta are still open btw!!! Just yknow... i wont draw certain specifics pls Hope yall enjoy this!!! I sorta paid off this one with the background stuff yknwkel lwhpwiwpiihwup wpihahiwhupspuhapuhw siphsipi I dont have much to say today lololol just wanna relax rn... i wanna resttttt Have a great day/morning/afternoon/evening/night ahead! Hope it hecking rains!!! 👯‍♂️ Tags: #countryhumans #countryhuman #countryhumanspakistan #countryhumanpakistan #pakistancountryhumans #pakistancountryhuman #pakistanmomument (why so little posts? Isnt it a beautiful icon?) #countryhumansrequest #countryhumansart #countryhumansartwork #countryhumansdrawing #countryhumansfanart #pakistan #🇵🇰 #art #digitalart #drawing #artwork #fanart #request #illustration #country #ch #medibang #medibangpaint #fingeruser #tabletuser #artistsoninstagram Supporting tags: #countryhumanschina #countryhumansrussia https://www.instagram.com/p/CjcIOuzJctL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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rizwanayubsaadi · 2 years

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The clearest image was ever taken of Venus!

Additionally,

• Venus is the second planet from the Sun and is Earth’s closest planetary neighbour. It’s one of the four inner, terrestrial (or rocky) planets, and it’s often called Earth’s twin because it’s similar in size and density. These are not identical twins, however – there are radical differences between the two worlds.

• It has a thick, toxic atmosphere filled with carbon dioxide and it’s perpetually shrouded in thick, yellowish clouds of sulfuric acid that trap heat, causing a runaway greenhouse effect.

• It’s the hottest planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to the Sun.

• Surface temperatures on Venus are about 900 degrees Fahrenheit (475 degrees Celsius) – hot enough to melt lead.

• Venus has crushing air pressure at its surface – more than 90 times that of Earth – similar to the pressure you'd encounter a mile below the ocean on Earth.

Furthermore,

Distance from Sun: 108.2 million km

Orbital period: 225 days

Radius: 6,051.8 km

Length of day: 116d 18h 0m

Surface area: 460.2 million km²

Surface gravity: 8.87 m/s2; 0.904 g

—@rizwanayubsaadi #astrophysicist

#rizwanayubsaadi #venus #planets #spacetime #universe