Hammad
@hammadsarfraz
#Journalist | #Medill School, #Northwestern alum | #ICFJ fellow | #Newsroom will always be home |
#India faced setbacks during its latest clash with #Pakistan. Now, it’s framing the episode as part of a wider proxy game — pointing to Pakistan’s use of Chinese jets to down India’s prized #Rafales as evidence of Beijing’s hand. More in my latest tribune.com.pk/story/2556879/…
Great article @hammadsarfraz In the fog of war, some states double down on firepower, others on fiction. India’s narrative around Operation Sindoor, invoking China and Türkiye, dodging accountability for civilian deaths, and spinning military setbacks into strategic theatre,…
#India faced setbacks during its latest clash with #Pakistan. Now, it’s framing the episode as part of a wider proxy game — pointing to Pakistan’s use of Chinese jets to down India’s prized #Rafales as evidence of Beijing’s hand. More in my latest tribune.com.pk/story/2556879/…
The empire that looted the world to crown itself. How sad — they called it Great Britain.
India’s Operation Sindoor has backfired as a tale of narrative overreach, invoking China & Türkiye to mask military setbacks only deepened the embarrassment. Instead of deterrence, New Delhi showcased deflection @etribune tribune.com.pk/story/2556879/…
Quoted here in @etribune story on India’s convoluted narrative consistently overplaying China’s role in the recent conflict in order to shift focus from its own failures against a smaller adversary and gain sympathy in the west. tribune.com.pk/story/2556879/…
Modi continues to dodge the bullet over the recent escalation with Pakistan — the government has remained vague in its statements since the May skirmish — @ashoswai scroll.in/article/108465…
Amid the devastation — and the moral inertia of global leadership — a handful of voices have remained consistent, cutting through the fog of war and the machinery of denial. ~ @hammadsarfraz on the attacks on #FrancescaAlbanese #UN tribune.com.pk/story/2555591/…
Trump's sanctions are are an act of transnational repression that in any other context the US would be quick to denounce. Every UN rapporteur must now worry about suddenly having their bank accounts frozen if they speak a truth of which Trump disapproves. tribune.com.pk/story/2555591/…
The war in Gaza has unfolded in real time, pixel by pixel, on the world’s screens — and with it, a catalogue of suffering so vast it defies human comprehension. Nearly two years since it began, Israeli bombardment has reduced the Palestinian enclave to rubble. Entire…
US sanctions on @FranceskAlbs reveal the geopolitical stakes of her findings — and the lengths powerful states will go to shield themselves and their allies from scrutiny. — @ashoswai My latest on #Gaza and the complicity fueling its destruction: tribune.com.pk/story/2555591/…
How #Netanyahu Prolonged the War in #Gaza to Stay in Power --nytimes.com/2025/07/11/mag…
In March, I interviewed Zubeida Mustafa for a report on the gender gap in Pakistan’s power corridors. She spoke gently, at times fading — but her clarity never wavered-“Men who have long kept women from power ushered them in—not as leaders, but as placeholders.” RIP, good soul.
#Pakistan’s federal and provincial cabinets—the centre of executive power—remain overwhelmingly male. Why do these glass ceilings hold firm? More in my latest: tribune.com.pk/story/2536380/…
The effort by Biden's inner circle to limit access to him helps explain why it took him more than three weeks to drop his re-election bid after his disastrous debate performance. nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/…
Let’s brace for yet another national embarrassment. How does this individual get to declare official state policy without holding any office?
God bless @GoldmanSachs for hiring the prodigy who steered the UK into the ditch — may he now work the same magic on their balance sheet. Amen!
Former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has returned to the bank he worked at before entering politics on.ft.com/44C66Ni
My comment in Pakistan's Express Tribune magazine about preventive military strikes on Iran: "What’s deeply troubling is the way Western democracies are entertaining these justifications - a legal stance they’d never accept from adversaries" tribune.com.pk/story/2552099/…
Once again, the world is watching a conflict unfold beneath the shadow of an eerily familiar warning. For more: tribune.com.pk/story/2552099/1 #etribune
Did you get ChatGPT to write this for you?
Iran must never acquire the bomb. With tensions in the Middle East at a new peak, stability must be the priority. And respect for international law is critical. Now is the moment for Iran to engage in a credible diplomatic solution. The negotiating table is the only place to…
This wasn’t about #Iran. It was about #Gaza. Israel had no cards left to play there — only more blood. It needed to shift the world’s gaze — @ori_goldberg More in my latest on the ongoing conflict between #Israel and Iran -tribune.com.pk/story/2552099/…
#Trump’s strike on #Iran reshapes the stakes. The real danger, warns @ashoswai , is a spiralling conflict — one that draws in global powers and ignites a multi-front showdown. More - tribune.com.pk/story/2552099/…
