Masood Javed

An Al Jazeera Arabic Investigation reveals how Israel’s systematic use of internationally prohibited thermal and thermobaric weapons supplied by the US has left no trace of nearly 3,000 Palestinians it killed during its genocidal war on Gaza. Read more: aje.news/s1ry02

چوہدری سالک پھنس گئے ہیں ! چوہدری سالک نے مرضی کے بغیر ڈ پٹی کمشنر گجرات کی تبدیلی پر اے آر والی کو پنجاب میں کرپشن کا انٹرویو تو دے دیا ہے مگر سوال یہ ہے کہ اگر چوہدری شجاعت حسین اور میاں نواز شریف کی مداخلت سے یہ معاملہ گول نہیں ہوتا، مریم نواز واضح معذرت کے مطالبے پر ڈٹ جاتی ہیں تو ان کے پاس آپشنز کیا ہوں گے؟ پہلا آپشن معذرت کا ہے جو چوہدری سالک حسین کے لئے کافی embarrassing ہو گا کیونکہ ان کا مقابلہ صرف نواز لیگ اور پی ٹی آئی سے بطور جماعت نہیں بلکہ گھر کے “شریکے” سے بھی ہے۔ سالک حسین اگر پھڈا ڈالتے ہیں تو پوری قاف لیگ کے لئے یعنی چوہدری شجاعت حسین کی پوری فیملی کے لئے مسئلہ بنے گا کیونکہ دوسری طرف چوہدری پرویز الٰہی کی فیملی ہے۔ چوہدری شجاعت حسین کے بچوں کو اسی وقت اہمیت اور اقتدار ملا جب چوہدری پرویز الٰہی دوسرے دھڑے میں گئے ورنہ 1997 سے اب تک کی تاریخ دیکھ لیں، نوازشریف کی سپیکر شپ سے مشرف اور عمران خان کی وزارت اعلی اور پارٹی صدر کے عہدے تک سب کچھ پرویز الٰہی کو ہی ملا۔ مسلم لیگ نون سے تو چوہدری شجاعت کی فیملی کو گجرات کی سیٹیں مل گئی ہیں مگر پرویز الہی اور مونس الہی سے ملنی مشکل ہیں۔ اب راستہ یہی ہے کہ بڑوں کو بیچ میں ڈلوا کے صلح کر لی جائے ورنہ شدید مسائل ہیں۔ کئی لوگوں کا کہنا ہے کہ وزیر اعلی کو گجرات میں چودھریوں کی مرضی کا ڈپٹی کمشنر، ڈی پی او دے دینا چاہئے تھا کہ اسی سے چائے کی پیالی میں طوفان پیدا ہوا۔ آپ کے خیال میں سالک حسین کے پاس اب لیگل نوٹس کا جواب کیا ہے؟

🇬🇧 Former senior undercover police officer gives his opinion on the Russell Brand case…

So now two men Jemima has been with end up in jail. 😂

Before discussing rising anti-Indian racism in America, we must ask: How did it start, and what role did our own idiots play? After October 7, American politics became deeply divided over Israel and Palestine. The Gaza war reached American universities, triggering massive protests. India and Indian Americans had nothing to do with this conflict. But a section of right-wing Hindus entered a political battle nobody invited them into, purely for cheap attention. We are a tiny minority in America. Yet these idiots inserted themselves into a sensitive political conflict, bringing their Islamophobia and India’s domestic political hatred onto American platforms. What followed? Indians became targets of mockery: “Full saport saar,” “Please marry me medam.” Millions of ordinary Indians were stereotyped because of a few idiots. Then came Vivek Ramaswamy’s controversial Christmas comments and Laura Loomer’s attacks on H-1B visas. The discussion expanded to Indian workers, immigration, cleanliness in India, and absurd religious practices. Meanwhile, attention-seeking bad-faith actors within our community kept provoking Americans across the political spectrum for engagement. Imagine African students or medical tourists in India constantly interfering in our domestic politics, insulting communities, and provoking Indians. How would we react? Yet some popular Indian X handles allegedly funded by the BJP expect Americans to tolerate exactly that behavior. As immigrants and a small minority, we must understand the political tensions of the country we live in. Nobody is asking us to support or oppose every American political movement. It’s not our duty. But engaging with far-right figures like Nick Fuentes, provoking both sides, and importing Islamophobic rhetoric into American politics comes with consequences. Then the rabid Hindutva dogs from India joined these arguments, making everything more toxic, vulgar, and uncivilized. The result? Indian stereotypes spread, online hostility became normalized, and ordinary immigrant families faced the backlash. Racism is the responsibility of racists. But our right-wing influencers must also be questioned for exploiting political tensions while everyone else pays the price. They gained followers and engagement. Ordinary Indians inherited the hostility. We Indians used to be respected as calm, decent, inclusive, and easygoing people. We were known as engineers, doctors, computer guys, and smart people. Now we are mocked with stereotypes about cow urine, poop, dung, and slums. The dehat and the right wing together destroyed a generational reputation. Before blaming everyone else, question those within our community who turned India’s domestic political hatred into an international spectacle.

The bad news keeps piling up. What happened in America last night is a catastrophe. Take AIPAC’s worst nightmares, double them, and you still don’t get close. The only consolation is that Abdul El-Sayed won his Senate seat by a smaller margin than expected. Will the Democrats learn that anti-Israel politics and antisemitism cost you votes? I doubt it. And a great many Jews voted for him anyway. It’s getting worse. First the Democrats blamed Israel for America’s troubles: grocery prices, America’s slipping standing, the war with Iran. Now, with JD Vance’s tweet and Donald Trump Jr.’s share, the Republicans are blaming Israel for the Republican Party’s troubles. Vance’s message: we stuck too close to Israel. That is far more dangerous. Israel now faces its biggest challenge in Washington since at least the 1975 “reassessment,” when Ford and Kissinger froze arms deals to pressure Jerusalem. There’s only one answer I know of: a national unity government. Flirting with a new election, a minority government propped up by the Arab parties, or a deal with the Haredim would be a grave mistake.

One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up. So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us." Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026. There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true. But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone. Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were: 1) End the war 2) Focus on cost of living/inflation 3) Put America First 4) Change our relationship to Israel Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.) In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you. The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night. If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest. But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there. I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.

OUR NEW U.S. Senator, Abdul El-Sayed!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! 🗳️💙🗳️💙🗳️💙🗳️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 #Midterms2026

جا اوئے پتلو، شہباز گل یاد کر دِتا ای

پنجاب میں کرپشن سے بھری الماریوں کا الزام لگایا گیا۔ جھوٹے الزامات نہیں سنوں گی، چوہدری سالک کو ہرجانے کا نوٹس بھجواؤں گی۔ ان کے پاس ثبوت ہیں تو سامنے لائیں، ورنہ میں تمہیں عدالت میں گھسیٹوں گی۔ اگر اتنی ہی کرپٹ حکومت ہے تو اس کے ساتھ وزیر بن کر کیوں بیٹھے ہو؟ مریم نواز