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News18
22-05-2025
- Politics
- News18
Pakistan's DG ISPR Echoes Hafiz Saeed In Viral Anti-India Rant: 'We'll Choke You If...'
Last Updated: India at various instances has made it clear that 'blood and water can't flow together at the same time'. Pakistani military spokesperson Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry recently echoed hate-filled sentiments against India, similar to those expressed by terrorist Hafiz Saeed in the past. Hafiz Saeed, who is reportedly the mastermind behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, has a history of delivering inflammatory speeches against India and the US. 🔴 #BREAKING Pakistani military spokesperson @OfficialDGISPR is at a university in Pakistan delivering hate and violence-encouraging speeches against India echoing what terrorist Hafiz Saeed said some years ago !Shameful! — Taha Siddiqui (@TahaSSiddiqui) May 22, 2025 Ahmed Chaudhry was speaking at a university in Pakistan. While referring to the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) by India after the Pahalgam terror attack, he said, 'If you stop our waters, we'll choke your breath" (Tum humara paani rok doge toh hm tumhra saans band kr dege). Here is Hafiz Saeed saying the same thing : — Taha Siddiqui (@TahaSSiddiqui) May 22, 2025 Meanwhile, India at various instances has made it clear that 'blood and water can't flow together at the same time'. After the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, India announced a series of measures targeting Pakistan on April 23. The first involves holding in abeyance the Indus Waters Treaty until Pakistan ceases its support for cross-border terrorism. In addition, the Integrated Check Post at the Attari border was closed immediately. Later, India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting nine terror-related sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir. Watch India Pakistan Breaking News on CNN-News18. Get breaking news, in-depth analysis, and expert perspectives on everything from geopolitics to diplomacy and global trends. Stay informed with the latest world news only on News18. Download the News18 App to stay updated! Location : Pakistan First Published: May 22, 2025, 23:57 IST
CBC
11-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
The Dissident Club by Taha Siddiqui and Hubert Maury, translated by David Homel
In Islamabad in 2018, Pakistani investigative journalist Taha Siddiqui is kidnapped at gunpoint and barely escapes being killed. He flees the country on the first plane to France with questions left unanswered: What motivated the attack? Was the tyrannical Pakistani military involved? The Dissident Club is an action-packed graphic memoir about Islamic politics, complex family dynamics, and one man's dedication to truth and principle. With illustrator Hubert Maury, Siddiqui, winner of the prestigious journalism award Prix Albert Londres, tells the story of his intriguing life and career, beginning with his childhood in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan under the stern gaze of a fundamentalist Islamic father. Siddiqui rebels against his religion, but his personal freedom is constrained by strict Islam, especially after his father joins a jihadi mosque. Following the Gulf War and then the shock caused by 9/11, Siddiqui enters university and begins his personal emancipation. He becomes a journalist, but as he reveals the crimes of the Pakistani military, he learns the hard way that journalists are moving targets. Once in Paris, he opens the Dissident Club, a bar dedicated to helping political dissidents from around the world. An expansive Pakistani coming-of-age story, The Dissident Club documents Siddiqui's experiences as a young man fighting for truth and justice against the harsh backdrop of Islamic fundamentalism and corruption. (From Arsenal Pulp Press) The Dissident Club is available in April 2025. Taha Siddiqui, an award-winning Pakistani journalist living in exile in Paris, has worked for many international and local media outlets that include the New York Times, The Guardian, France 24, Arte, the Christian Science Monitor and Al Jazeera. Hubert Maury is a graphic novel writer and artist, and The Dissident Club is his first graphic work published in English.
