It's hard to win an election from jail, as the WashPost put it, but that's what former Pakistani PM Imran Khan seems to have done. My conversation with his sister Aleema Khanum, from today's GPS:

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In Pakistan, the internet has become a battleground. Not one fought with tanks and missiles but with throttled bandwidth and targeted shutdowns. My analysis in Al Jazeera English on the far-reaching impact of ongoing internet disruptions in Pakistan: aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/…

Unbelievably the British Home Office has denied visas to the 47 young afghan musicians due to fly tomorrow from Portugal for their 4 city Breaking the Silence tour to raise awareness of the plight of Afghan women and girls thetimes.co.uk/article/each-n…

Still rereading ,and admiring, and wondering at, Pankaj Mishra's magnificent London Review of Books essay. It takes a lot of courage to write a piece like this. I really can't recommend it enough. lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

Anti-woke Republicans attacked Columbia University. It capitulated | Alisa Solomon, Marianne Hirsch, Sarah Haley and Helen Benedict | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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Arfeen Haider was on way to his college in H-8 Islamabad he never reached college.. His health is not good therefore police and Intel agencies are requested to speed up efforts for tracing n recovering him Ministry of Interior Islamabad Police Mohsin Naqvi Punjab Police Official

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Wednesday 24th April 2024 my younger brother #ProfessorArfeenHaider went missing from Rawalpindi while on his way to Islamabad. Despite passing of 8th day he has not been recovered.. Plz raise your voice. Asif Bashir Chaudhry Government of Pakistan Punjab Police Official Islamabad Police Mohsin Naqvi

CCTV footage of Ahmed Waqas Janjua’s enforced disappearance by persons in plainclothes and police officials. Ahmed was abducted at 4 AM from his home in Islamabad. Despite repeated requests, his habeas petition was not fixed for same day hearing and will now be heard on Monday.

Believe it, Nadeem. You just became Pakistan's first ever athletics Olympic champion. 🇵🇰🥹

Pride of Pakistan. 🇵🇰

A must read piece about insurgency in #Balochistan by CNN ‘s Sophia Saifi . cnn.com/2024/08/30/asi…

My analysis for CNN on the challenges ahead for the state post Monday's attacks in Balochistan & how turmoil is currently brewing in Pakistan in spaces dismissed as the 'peripheries'. edition.cnn.com/2024/08/30/asi…

On the issues in Baluchistan by Sophia Saifi for CNN cnn.com/2024/08/30/asi…

Roadside executions the latest grim chapter for Pakistan’s oldest insurgency. Sophia Saifi has more: edition.cnn.com/2024/08/30/asi…

It all sounds terrifyingly familiar to anyone who has read the British press reacting to the great Indian Uprising/Mutiny of 1857. Exactly the same dehumanisation of anyone who dare resist the subjugation of the conquerors

To day or believe that the crowd today at PTIs rally was small would be injustice — this while the convoy of Ali Amin Gandapur is yet to join in the PTI rally here. #PTIJalsa #Islamabad