Eliza Orlins
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Eliza Orlins
@elizaorlins
career public defender • find me creating content on literally every other platform because this one sucks ⬇️

Who’s taking it?




A man. Zia Chishti. Pakistani origin. Co-founder of an international company. The Pakistani state honoured him with one of its highest civilian awards. In 2019 — in the United States — an arbitrator found him liable for sexual harassment, assault, and battery against his own employee. Tatiana Spottiswoode. He did not appeal. He paid five million dollars. Then in 2021, Tatiana Spottiswoode testified before the United States Congress. Her voice was so powerful — so undeniable — that it helped change federal law. One woman's testimony moved a nation's legislation. And in return? Zia Chishti sued her — and her lawyers — for five hundred million dollars. For speaking to Congress. In 2024, a federal judge threw the case out — calling it a "not-so-thinly veiled attempt" to undo the very arbitration that had already rejected his version of events. But here is the line Tatiana spoke in Congress that stays with me most: "Chishti still has power over me. He is still able to frighten me." And now — in Pakistan — the doors are opening for this same man to return to a position of influence at TRG. One of our largest publicly listed IT companies. More than ten thousand people work there. Women among them. In the rest of the world, findings like these end careers. Clients walk. Investors walk. The market sends a message. Here, we are apparently still debating whether he should be running one. This is not just about one case. This is about what we are willing to normalise. What we are willing to overlook. What message we send to every woman in every office who is watching — to see if power washes everything clean. The world is moving forward. Where are we going? To know more — watch Eliza Orlins' videos on Zia Chishti. Everything here is on public record. Look for yourself. Listen for yourself. Then decide. @elizaorlins instagram.com/reel/DYaoopPBC… instagram.com/reel/DYTv8uPwc…


If you'd like to read a post-2024 (inc. 2025) autopsy-like report that was thoroughly edited, built on strong research, focused on voters, and did meet all stakeholders' (stringent) standards, please read ours. These were the conclusions, which we absolutely still stand by.



3,437 bound volumes. 17,000 pounds of documents. 1,400 victims. Tomorrow at noon, I'm standing at a podium in Tribeca and reading the Epstein files out loud for 24 hours straight. Please join me. substack.com/home/post/p-19…

3,437 bound volumes. 17,000 pounds of documents. 1,400 victims. Tomorrow at noon, I'm standing at a podium in Tribeca and reading the Epstein files out loud for 24 hours straight. Please join me. substack.com/home/post/p-19…






Goodnight and FUCK @CBS




