former AFP, AP Correspondent, currently a freelance journalist
Sterling, VA
Joined March 2010
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When Protest Becomes Terrorism: The Price of Dissent in Pakistan khanash.substack.com/p/when-…
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Electricity Bill or Punishment Notice? The Cost of Trillions of Rupees in Circular Debt Recovered from the Public open.substack.com/pub/journa…
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Riaz Rafi is a Pakistani painter exploring form, memory, and cultural identity through abstraction and figuration. Based in Texas, USA. For further inquiries, please DM.
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Uniform, Vote, and Voice: Parallels in Media Control in Israel and Pakistan open.substack.com/pub/journa…
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Stop the Enforced Disappearances of Baloch Women - Sign the Petition! c.org/rM2tdpwHM2 via @Change
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Ashraf Khan retweeted
حکومت انسانیت سے مکمل گر چکی ہے اور بارش میں بھیگتی خواتین کو ایک ٹینٹ تک نہیں لگانے دیا جارہا، ان بیغیرتوں کو احساس تک نہیں ہے کہ ان بزرگ اور کمسن بلوچ خواتین کے ساتھ اس سلوک کے بعد بلوچ کی پاکستان سے نفرت میں مزید کتنا اضافہ ھوگا
#ReleaseBYCLeader
#ReleaseBalochMissingPersons
Ashraf Khan retweeted
ڈاکٹر ماہ رنگ اور بی وائی سی کےدیگر رہنماوں کی رہائی کےلیےانکےاہلخانہ نشنل پریس کلب اسلام آباد کےسامنےاحتجاج کررہےہیں،انتظامیہ نےانہیں ٹینٹ لگانےکی اجازت نہیں دی، جو غیر جمہوری عمل ہےہم حکومت سےمطالبہ کرتےہیں کےوہ احتجاج کرنےوالےبلوچ خواتین کےساتھ ملکی قوانین کےتحت رویہ اختیارکرے
Ashraf Khan retweeted
𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) will hold a full-day campaign tomorrow, 16 July, to demand the immediate release of our illegally detained leaders.
From arbitrary detentions to fabricated terrorism charges and ongoing legal harassment, the State is carrying out a coordinated campaign to silence Baloch voices by illegally detaining BYC leaders.
We call on everyone to raise their voice, amplify the truth, and stand in solidarity with those who have stood for justice.
Date: 16 July
Platform: X (formerly Twitter)
Hashtag: #ReleaseBYCLeaders
Join us. Your voice matters.
𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) will hold a full-day campaign tomorrow, 16 July, to demand the immediate release of our illegally detained leaders.
From arbitrary detentions to fabricated terrorism charges and ongoing legal harassment, the State is carrying out a coordinated campaign to silence Baloch voices by illegally detaining BYC leaders.
We call on everyone to raise their voice, amplify the truth, and stand in solidarity with those who have stood for justice.
Date: 16 July
Platform: X (formerly Twitter)
Hashtag: #ReleaseBYCLeaders
Join us. Your voice matters.
یہ جو آئین کی شقیں ہیں، بس کتابوں کی زینت ہیں
یہ جو اصول ہیں، قانون ہیں، محض تقریروں کی دولت ہیں
حقیقت میں تو ایک نظام ہے، جو آئین سے بھی بالا ہے
جو چاہے کر لو، نہ سنوائی ہے، نہ کوئی پوچھنے والا ہے
جمہوریت کے نعرے سب کے لبوں پہ، پر ووٹ سے نہیں، تدبیر سے
سیاسی سودے، انجینئرنگ سے، نہ عوام سے، نہ تقدیر سے
علاج ہے اس کا شاید یہی، آئین کو نصاب میں اتار دو
بچوں کو سکھاؤ کہ حق کیا ہے، قوم کو شعور سے سنوار دو
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Jinnah’s Speech to the Army Staff College, Quetta — 14 August 1948
“You have to do your duty as soldiers, and you have to do it as disciplined soldiers, loyal to the Government that is in power. I am persuaded that nothing will happen that will destroy that discipline and loyalty.
One thing more. I want you to remember that the executive authority flows from the Head of the State, who is the Governor-General. Therefore, any command or orders that may come to you cannot come without the sanction of the executive head.
Do not forget that the armed forces are the servants of the people and you do not make national policy — it is we, the civilians, who decide these issues and it is your duty to carry out those tasks with which you are entrusted.
You have to serve the State. You do not belong to a particular section of the people or to a political party; you serve the State, and the State belongs to the people of Pakistan.”
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