Siddharth Siva

@ani_digital @ANI What picture is this?? Random pic thy does not show dubai airport

Dubai International Airport struck with two drones, no casualties Read @ANI Story | aninews.in/news/world/asi… #Dubai #internationalairport #drones #casualties #USIsrael

“Bahawalpur.” I still have chills in my heart from when I first heard that town’s name in late January 2002. For the 23 years since, I have reported on how Pakistani intelligence and military leaders have used that city — Bahawalpur — in the southern province of Punjab as a base for its homegrown domestic terrorists. When I heard India bombed training camps in Pakistan this week in Operation Sindoor, in response to a Pakistani terrorist rampage in India’s Kashmir state, I had one city’s name on my lips: Bahawalpur. Did India bomb Bahawalpur? It did. I knew then India was striking actual hubs for Pakistan’s homegrown domestic terrorism. Why do I know? My friend, WSJ reporter Danny Pearl, went to Bahawalpur in December 2001 with a notebook and a pen. Gen. Pervez Musharraf had just promised he was shutting down Pakistan’s militant groups after a strike by Pakistan’s terrorists against the Parliament in India, and Danny reported on the militant offices in Bahawalpur. He literally knocked on their doors. Dear Dr. @yudapearl, this story is a window into Danny’s reporting enterprise. And because people will wonder: Danny was no cowboy. This was a calculated low-risk reporting trip because no journalist had been targeted for kidnapping in Pakistan. Around that time, Danny sent me an email: “I’m anxious to go to Afghanistan, but I’m not anxious to die.” What did Danny learn? The militant training camps were open for business in Bahawalpur. On Jan. 23, 2002, Danny left a home I had rented in Karachi, Pakistan, for an interview. I learned Danny’s fixer, Asif Farooqi, had arranged an interview for Danny through a man named “Arif.” Danny didn’t know it but Arif was the PR man for a militant group, Harkutul Mujahadeen. What was Arif’s hometown? Bahawalpur. The police launched a manhunt to find Arif in Bahawalpur. We learned Arif’s family faked a funeral for Arif. Police found him trying to board a bus in Muzaffarabad, across the country by Pakistan’s border with Kashmir. It is another town India said it bombed terrorist training facilities. Arif had handed Danny off to Omar Sheikh,a British-Pakistani dropout from the London School of Economics, radicalized in the 1990s in London mosques. He went to Pakistan to train in these militant training camps. Then he kidnapped tourists in India. He was caught and jailed but on Dec. 31, 1999, he was traded for hostages in the hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814. Omar Sheikh was freed with Pakistani terrorist leader Masood Azhar, whose family was allegedly killed this week by India’s air strike in Bahawalpur. Did Pakistan jail Omar Sheikh and Masood Azhar when they returned to Pakistan with a third terrorist, freed from India’s jails? No. Pakistan’s military and intelligence gave them safe passage. They used them as weapons against India. But in fact these domestic terrorists have waged war against innocents in Pakistan, like civil society activists, Benazir Bhutto, Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, schoolchildren and countless others. Their extremism has ruined Pakistan, and Pakistanis can’t blame America for creating the mujahideen to fight the Soviets in the 1980s. Pakistan has had a duty to dismantle those terrorist bases — for even the safety of its own people. What India is doing is a strategic attack on terrorist bases Pakistani military and intelligence should have eliminated but never did in their obsession to take over Kashmir. You will see parallels in the propaganda messages against India and Israel. Like Hamas, Pakistani terrorists crossed a border to kill. Now, Pakistani propagandists call themselves victims of their “fascist” “colonizer” neighbor. It’s the Reverse Uno strategy of moral inversion, just like @stoolpresidente got from the Temple student who won’t take responsibility for promoting the “HATE THE JEWS” sign. Don’t fall for it. Nations, communities and people must own up to their extremism, from Bahawalpur to beyond.

I don’t consider myself a prude but this hoarding ad made me deeply uncomfortable esp as a father. How did this immature copy pass muster with both the client and @ascionline @chennaicorp ? Are we normalising this kind of language?

@eAndUAE_Care are the Olympics being broadcast on any channel with e&. No one of the major sports events including tennis seems to be on e&.

Oh dear - that one episode of a legendary podcast where - try as I might - I cannot bring myself to appreciate or like the guest. But salams to the legend that is @amitvarma

@Cleartrip I am trying to delete my account but Delete Account button on the app does not work. Please help.

@rta_dubai Can you please provide a complete and updated status of SZ road in both directions? Are previously closed sections now opened?

#RoadUpdate: #RTA informs you that traffic on Airport Rd. has partially resumed in both directions near centrepoint Station. #YourComfortMatters

@tod_tv @janniksin Pls fix the audio streams for the award presentation. Both tracks are in Arabic now - bring back english pls.

@janniksin is the 3rd ever Italian man to win a Grand Slam, first since 1976 (Adriano Panatta at Roland Garros). يانيك سينر هو ثالث إيطالي على الإطلاق يفوز ببطولة الجراند سلام، وأول منذ عام 1976 (أدريانو باناتا في رولان غاروس).

@tod_tv why is there no english audio for #AustralianOpen2024 finals trophy presentation? Please fix!

@DXB @emirates exceptional customer service from Fadi at the Self Service Baggage drop just now at T3! Thank you Fadi - you assistance today made our day! @Bombay_girl

@vfsglobalcare I am asking for information not your influence. I need an update on timelines. Call centre eve a don’t say anything further than ‘under process’ it’s been 9 days when it should be 6-7.

@sidsiva Hi Siddhartha, please note that the timeline for processing an application & the outcome of a visa decision is the sole prerogative of the concerned client government and VFS Global can in no way influence the same. (1/2)

@vfsglobalcare I am struggling to receive an update re SA tourist visa app in Dubai. It’s been 9 days and I have travel scheduled in 1.5 days. Others have received their visas in 5 days. Please can someone contact me and provide an update.

@_eli_99 @BBCSport Lol. Hilarious how your cameras are unaware that the Prince of Denmark is sitting in Holger Rune’s box 😂😂

@BBCSport 🔥🔥🔥

Stop that, Grigor Dimitrov 😮‍💨 #Wimbledon

@theliverdoc If @AyurvedaMonk considers himself a ‘qualified’ ‘doctor’, why resort to xenophopic derogatory slurs to defend his beloved (pseudo) science? Insecurity?

Usually I dnt bother wit abuses, but must learn to draw a line to defend myself (& others) who will come after me Plz report the MONK'S handle for religious/classist slurs No doctor deserves this on a public forum I guess, I (we) shud care to uphold science communication TIA!

@EmpirePodUK just finished up series 1 - devotee here! I wish you would have a reading list/show notes. Your glowing recos for books and films need a place to sit and be referred to.

@tmtap my trial a/c is showing lots of quota exceeded in msg logs. I am happy to convert to paid a/c immed for an urgent job. Any chance someone can help me with this? :)

@arjun_siva @HPIndia No other warranty proof? Other than the damn invoice? @hpindia being absolutely useless. We started this process for our retiree mother’s computer last month! What a shot show your operation is!!

Hi @HPIndia since you can't see my DMs... Here they are

@arjun_siva @NordPass @norpass is there a sneaky term in you terms of usage that lets you share passwords publicly?

Why is @NordPass sharing this data in the first place? Just STFU about what is being used as a PW.

@arjun_siva in 2004 i thought it was a boomer thing. Clearly it spans generations

"hi - im calling you, to tell you that i whatsapped you, to tell you to check your email." If only people were so keen AFTER getting the business as well.

@soundopinions @GooseIsland Not more offensive than a typical radio ad. Just not used to hearing radio ads on the SO podcast- sounds very jarring and off brand for SO. Love all the host read ads!

@sidsiva @GooseIsland Sorry to hear that! We have very limited control over those ads. Can you describe it in more detail so we can try to get rid of them?

@soundopinions OMG! Terrible dubai radio ads on the podcast when listening on stitcher in Dubai. Worst ever! Happy to listen to your @GooseIsland ads but not this awfulness!