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Backstabbing, 2026 edition. Also known as the Halley Stevens phenomenon.
Hi @neeratanden why is your good friend, and the person you endorsed in Michigan, saying and doing this with the Republican candidate on the eve of the election? And will you condemn it?
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@SenSchumer and @RepJeffries - you guys will sit quietly and let the backstabbing happen?
@BarackObama @HillaryClinton - can you please put some sense ..
Wow — a protester yells “Haley Stevens is a traitor!” and Stevens then wraps up her news conference with Mike Rogers in a hurry
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You nailed it, @qureshik74 . Unfortunately, PTI and its fans still live in a fool’s paradise, where every argument starts with their own logic and ends with whatever they want to believe.
The reality is that IK’s release is not a nationally unifying issue which causes large scale unrest that threatens this hybrid system. Protests & long marches have mostly been by the PTI KP party machinery with little participation from even PTI supporters in other provinces. Forget about the general public and supporters of PMLN and PPP. The claims by the very vocal and prolific, and also largely ineffective PTI social media teams of “240m Pakistanis supporting Imran Khan” have been proven false with every protest and long march, coming to a disappointing end.
IK’s release is a partisan issue, and most importantly, it is a legal issue. PTI leadership should have kept the battle in the courts, especially after the Supreme Court ordered IK’s medical check up at Shiffa which the Government failed to comply with. The contempt of court was something that could have been used to put pressure on the Government, especially with the Supreme Court and the Federal Constitution Court both at loggerheads about who is the actual boss of the Judicial Branch. This was an opportunity wasted.
Instead PTI, lead by CM KP and his group of political misfits, and Imran Khan’s sisters before they were detained, decided that this time, they would be able to gather 4 million people and would lay siege to the capital, forcing a collapse of the hybrid setup and the consequent release of Imran Khan.
There are many technical medical terms for this level of delusion. I'm sure psychiatrists will be able to shed light on this. Let us not forget that when the 2014 Dharna by Imran Khan started from Lahore towards Islamabad, with ALL the support of the Establishment of the time, the highest numbers of participants were around 40000 to 50000. THAT WAS IMRAN KHAN HIMSELF LEADING THAT DHARNA. And not the third tier leadership we have in PTI today. And here our latest CM KP told the Government that he would be gathering 4 million. Amazing.
Even 9th May was a planned, organized and targeted series of attacks by PTI supporters at different parts of the country. There was nothing organic about it. The general public did not leave whatever they were doing and hit the streets because Imran Khan had been arrested. That is something that people don't remember. Imran Khan’s popularity does not translate into a mass movement. That has always been the case.
So here we are. The PTI Government is gone. I think that even after Section 232 and 234 are lifted in KP after a few months, I doubt that they will be able to go back to how things were early today. Things have changed. Sohail Afridi has been arrested, along with other Party leaders. Seems like they will likely face disqualifications and may be barred from holding Public Offices. The Long March is effectively dead. Imran Khan remains in jail, and sadly, so do his sisters and other party leaders.
And like always, there are no mass protests from people in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Multan, Faisalabad etc etc etc. This is the reality that PTI fails to accept. PTI support base is equipped for the ballot box and the social media posts. Not for the street. They clearly have an inability and a lack of motivation for that. Which, at this time, renders them completely useless for Imran Khan, Sohail Afridi and PTI leadership.
So I would suggest to Barrister Gohar and others to keep up the legal fight. Ensure somehow that Imran Khan gets the medical care he needs. Everything else is in the air and probably never going back to how it was. So there has to be some relief for IK that they need to get despite these circumstances. It is an uphill battle to say the least.
In the meantime, Im sure that we can expect more groundbreaking posts from the PTI social media teams, telling the world that “240 million Pakistanis stand with Imran Khan”
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The other side presented a substantive draft with specific clauses, if you have disagreements give us your version.
Just by virtue of the fact that negotiations were held and PTI's points were incorporated into the draft means that it was not unilateral.
Your tweet is simply for your voter base and actually lacks any substance whatsoever.
Would have been more fruitful to respond to the agreement presented by the Government with your version so that the public could see exactly where the disagreements were.
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PTI continues to be its own biggest destructor, over and over again. They simply don’t know how to negotiate. Every opening becomes another self-inflicted setback.
You can see the angst in @sherryrehman’s tweet at the lost opportunity for Pakistan, PTI and anti-terrorism effort. Sherry Rehman isn’t spinning some narrative here. She is bemoaning the attitude of KP government who didn’t listen to their own central leadership.
I still hope, for the country’s sake, that an agreement can be reached. I would urge people on all sides to give it another try.
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Poor selection, poor results, yet Aqib Javed still holds a key role in the PCB. Where is the accountability @MohsinnaqviC42
Drafted into Pakistan's squad from the CPL, having not played a first-class match since October 2025, Saim Ayub failed to score a single run across two innings at Edgbaston 😰
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another Aqib Javed and Mohsin Naqvi masterpiece! #PCB classic
A pair for Saim Ayub who also went wicketless with the ball. Is it reasonable to airdrop a batter who last week was playing T20 Cricket in the West Indies, into a side with endless struggles, in completely different conditions, and expect anything different? #ENGvPAK
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Just laid eyes on the legendary Concorde at Heathrow. Absolutely epic piece of aviation history up close!
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Let’s see who Mohsin Naqvi and Aaqib Javed blame now. Failure after failure, yet the only people never held accountable are the ones running Pakistan cricket. Everyone else pays the price but they keep their jobs! #PCB
Pakistan have lost 4 wickets in the first hour of a test on the best batting surface of the series. And sadly...this is a suprise to noone... #ENGvPAK
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Well said @iRashidLatif68
Keep dismantling the domestic structure, changing leadership and selectors, and sacrificing long-term development for short-term fixes and eventually you stop producing Test cricketers. This is the price of years of failed leadership
Pakistan's recent downfall in Test cricket is the result of a massive regression in core playing skills, tactical errors, and severe off-field instability. Following consecutive historic lows—including a home series defeat where they became the first team to lose a Test after scoring over 555 runs, alongside heavy away losses to England at Leeds and Lord's—cricket analysts point to several glaring, long-term issues:
Chronic Batting Collapses & Inability to Survive: Second-Innings Fragility: Pakistan has developed a highly predictable pattern of collapsing completely in the third or fourth innings of a match. Under pressure, the batting order rapidly crumbles.
Defensive "Survival" Mindset: Unlike modern teams that proactively score to shift pressure back to the opposition, Pakistani batters frequently get stuck trying to purely survive. According to data from The Athletic, during their 2026 tour of England, Pakistan's batters attacked only 10% of good-length deliveries compared to England's 23%, leaving them vulnerable to getting pinned down.
The Abyss of the Middle Order: The lower-middle order (Nos. 5–7) has officially become the statistically worst performing among all World Test Championship nations, contributing very little resistance once the top order is breached.
A Weakened and Toothless Bowling Attack
Pace Legacy Erosion: Genuinely threatening pace options have dramatically thinned. The current fast-bowling unit has repeatedly failed to exploit conditions and has frequently been out-bowled by smaller, two-man seam attacks.
Spinners Lacking Penetration: On normal wickets that don't offer massive, artificial turn, Pakistan's spin options have struggled to generate individual pressure, allow partnerships to build, and lack match-winning sharpness.
Administrative Turmoil
PCB Instability: Constant, politically driven changes to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) leadership, coaching staff, and selection committees have crippled any chance of a cohesive, long-term development strategy. This continuous off-field friction prevents structural investment into player physical fitness, player rotation, and psychological resilience.
In recent years, the hot seat of the PCB Chairman has cycled rapidly through individuals like Ramiz Raja, Najam Sethi, Zaka Ashraf, and Mohsin Naqvi.
Each new chairman arrives with an entirely different vision, completely scrapping the domestic policies, tournament structures, and long-term blueprints laid down by their predecessor.
Coaching and Selection Committee Merry-Go-Round Because there is no institutional stability at the top, coaching staff and selectors are treated as temporary scapegoats:
Constant Resignations & Sackings: High-profile international coaches (such as Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie) have been brought in, only to part ways or see their roles disrupted within months due to systemic disagreements and overlapping powers with shifting selection committees.
No Player Security: When the selection committee changes multiple times a year, player roles become highly unstable. Players start playing out of fear for their spots rather than playing for the team, creating a fractured dressing room atmosphere lacking unity.
Destruction of the Domestic and Grassroots Structure
Instead of modernizing cricket development, administrative flips have consistently damaged grassroots systems. Overhauling the domestic structure multiple times—alternating between departmental cricket and regional models based on political whims—has left local players confused, financially insecure, and under-prepared for international cricket. Key development pipelines, like the National Cricket Academy, have faced periods of complete closure or neglect.
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