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@DropSiteNews History of #Pakistani politicians falling out with country’s military goes back to 1960s when Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was then in his 30s, revolted against Ayub Khan two years after the military ruler made the young politician foreign minister #ImranKhan mypluralist.com/2022/10/29/bhu…

@DropSiteNews Pakistan's military establishment removed Imran Khan from power after he precipitated worst crisis for it since a lawyers’ movement forced Musharraf out of power & it later failed to detect Laden’s presence in Abbottabad, Pakistan’s equivalent of Sandhurst mypluralist.com/2022/11/07/imr…

@DropSiteNews Imran Khan’s popularity has been unprecedented in Pakistan’s recent history, and no politician has enjoyed so much public adulation, perhaps since the emergence of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in the 1960s mypluralist.com/2022/10/22/imr…

@MazMHussain Candidates backed by Imran Khan defied odds to become the largest group in Pakistan’s parliament but an alliance of parties, which has lost the people’s trust making them incapable of delivering and most crucially on the economy, was cobbled together again mypluralist.com/2024/02/12/she…

Imran Khan remains in jail after a rigged election that kept him out of power but we are glad to finally be able to return this historic document to the Pakistani public.

⚡️ Drop Site News has published for the first time the full Cable I-0678 — the classified Pakistani diplomatic telegram dated March 7, 2022, that Imran Khan has cited as evidence of a U.S.-backed conspiracy to remove him from power. The cable, sent from Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington to the Foreign Secretary in Islamabad, documents a luncheon meeting between Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu. According to the cable, Lu told the ambassador that Washington’s grievances with Khan’s government could be set aside if Khan were removed through a no-confidence vote. “I think if the no confidence vote against the Prime Minister succeeds, all will be forgiven in Washington because the Russia visit is being looked at as a decision by the Prime Minister,” Lu said, per the cable. “Otherwise, I think it will be tough going ahead.” In his own assessment, the ambassador wrote that Lu “could not have conveyed such a strong demarche without the express approval of the White House” and had “spoken out of turn on Pakistan’s internal political process.” The cable was marked Secret, No Circulation, and distributed to Pakistan’s Secretary to the Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, Chief of Army Staff, Director General of the ISI, and the Director of the SSP Section. Khan was removed via no-confidence vote on April 9, 2022, six weeks after the meeting. He has been imprisoned since 2023, and has been held in solitary confinement since last year. 🔗 Read the full Drop Site report tracing how the U.S.-Pakistan relationship moved from mutual suspicion to full political embrace at the link below.

📜Drop Site News is publishing below the full transcript of Cable I-0678 — the classified Pakistani diplomatic cypher dated March 7, 2022, at the center of Imran Khan’s claim that the United States orchestrated his removal from power. The document was previously described by The Intercept, which first reported on its contents in August 2023. The Intercept’s source, who had access to the document as a member of the military, spoke of growing disillusionment with Pakistan’s military leadership and the impact on military morale following its involvement in the political fight against Khan. The source said they hoped the document “would finally confirm what ordinary people, as well as the rank and file of the armed forces, had long suspected about the Pakistani military, and force a reckoning within the institution.” They warned the military was pushing Pakistan toward a crisis similar to the one in 1971 that led to the secession of Bangladesh. Drop Site is now publishing the document in full so that it may be part of the historical record.

🚨BREAKING: For the first time, the original Pakistani cypher — cable I-0678, the document that triggered the removal of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan — is being released in full by Drop Site.

Arab Muslim polymath Ibn Khaldun’s supply-side economic theory that tax cuts stimulate the economy and generate greater revenues influenced Ronald Reagan’s economic policies, and the Laffer Curve, which shaped modern conservative tax policy mypluralist.com/2025/07/03/ibn…

@menavisualss History isn’t zero-sum. Recognizing these centers of learning from Global South/Muslim world doesn’t diminish European institutions like Bologna or Oxford. It enriches understanding of knowledge evolving across civilizations through exchange not isolation mypluralist.com/2023/03/06/mus…

🏛 Contrary to popular belief, the world’s oldest continuously operating universities aren't Oxford or Bologna. 🇲🇦 The oldest is Al-Qarawiyyin (Morocco), founded in 859 AD by a wealthy Muslim woman, Fatima al-Fihri. 🇪🇬 The second oldest is Al-Azhar in Egypt (970 AD).

@menavisualss AlQarawiyyin, Al-Azhar & Mustansiriya University in Baghdad founded 1233 during Abbasid era were hubs for law, medicine, mathematics, astronomy & philosophy. They drew students from across regions & transmitted knowledge from Greek, Persian & other sources mypluralist.com/2023/03/06/mus…

@menavisualss #Moroccan heritage jewel Al-Qarawiyyin founded in 859 by Fatima al-Fihri is recognized as world’s oldest continuously operating higher education institution, representing tradition across #Islamic world long before many #European universities took shape mypluralist.com/2023/03/06/mus…

@Dr_Afo Arab Muslim polymath Ibn Khaldun’s supply-side economic theory that tax cuts stimulate the economy and generate greater revenues influenced Ronald Reagan’s economic policies, and the Laffer Curve, which shaped modern conservative tax policy mypluralist.com/2025/07/03/ibn…

Tell me one historical fact that sounds fake but is 100% true?

@Portes_Thomas Depiction of #Muslims as monsters & villains in Western culture dating back to medieval times has been perpetuated through literature, art, cinema & social media & contributed to culture of violence & discrimination against Muslims #Islamophobia #Islam mypluralist.com/2023/09/10/isl…

@SecRubio Grounded in sort of Catholic worldview & social teaching, post-liberal order is directed towards preservation & proliferation of conservative & religious values, imposing traditional beliefs about women & their roles and addressing declining birth rates mypluralist.com/2024/07/31/van…

@Femi_OfMainland #Muslim rulers supported scientists, philosophers & artists, built observatories, libraries, academies & hospitals during #Islamic Golden. They oversaw pivotal advancements in maths, astronomy, medicine & philosophy, creating legacy with lasting impact mypluralist.com/2022/12/21/isl…

1400 years ago, the two greatest powers in the world were the Roman Empire and the Persian Empire. These two nations had fought continuously for many centuries. The Arabian gulf was mostly a place for poor uneducated men, but they came from nowhere and defeat 100% of the Persians and took 60% of the Roman lands. All within 5-7 years.

From our country’s beginning, for as long as America has embodied freedom and exceptionalism, the soul of our nation has been rooted in the Christian faith. Today we gather, as our forefathers did on this day centuries ago, to rededicate our nation to God.

Le niveau de racisme et d’islamophobie de la marche d’extrême droite à Londres est hallucinant. Ici un « artiste » vient se produire avec du bacon sur les épaules pour éloigner les musulmans.