Nach Wahl in Pakistan: Koalition um Ex-Premier Sharif vereinbart
Knapp zwei Wochen nach der Wahl in Pakistan steht das Land offenbar vor einer Regierungsbildung: Die Volkspartei hat einen Koalitionsvertrag mit der Muslimliga geschlossen - mit dem früheren Premier Sharif an der Spitze.
We got married in our home town of #Lahore last Sunday & decided to use the opportunity of our friends & family gathered under one smog-filled sky to raise awareness about the #ClimateCrisis & platform local climate activists.
Its going to take time to get our own snaps sorted, but heres a thread of the highlights with links to sites/socials:
We recognize a guest or two at our #ClimateWedding might be controversial, but we believe their local recognition and their immense contribution to the world’s renewables movement are not things we can easily ignore.
#ClimateChange is a huge topic, even when talking locally, so we decided to focus on the two most immediate threats to the city - #Smog (air pollution) & #Heatwaves.
We shot short videos on these topics & placed their QR codes at the #ClimateWedding for our guests, explaining the issue & what could be done about it.
(p.s. english subtitles for the videos are still being worked on)
We also had a wedding newspaper printed called “The JibRish Tribune”, explaining our motives for the #ClimateWedding, profiles of our celebrity cutouts, and most importantly, sharing the work and contact details for our local climate activists who so graciously agreed to be a part of our wedding.
Guests loved it so much, we have had to order a second print for them to keep!
We invited local #ClimateChange activists, who have worked themselves on projects locally with minimal recognition and support, to our #ClimateWedding. We shared their work in our wedding newspaper, and in an exhibit at the venue. We are immensely thankful to them. Link’s to their social media posts below.
We know this is not a solution anymore but it is still the most basic action most of us can undertake ourselves, so at the wedding, we gifted citrus tree saplings (and rose plants) to our guests to take home and grow. We weren’t sure if any would take up the offer so ordered just enough for each family and…
In hopes of supporting a charitable cause, the event, organised by Q Life, a cultural platform under the International Media Office (IMO), in collaboration with Education Above All (EAA) and the #Qatar#Football Association (QFA), aims to raise funds for #education projects in six countries; #Palestine, #Sudan, #Mali, #Rwanda, #Tanzania, and #Pakistan.
The EAA aims to empower marginalised youths to enter well-structured educational programs.
"The debt profile is “alarming,” Islamabad-based Tabadlab said in a 68-page report. Pakistan is headed for an “inevitable default,” which will start a “spiral,” it said.
One way to mitigate the debt issue may be to use so-called debt-for-nature swaps, in which parts of a country’s debt are exchanged for commitments to environmental conservation projects, Tabadlab said in the report."
#Pakistan🇵🇰 The International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) strongly condemns the actions taken to censor the social network X (Twitter), which constitute a flagrant violation of the fundamental human right to freedom of expression and opinion.
Such actions not only violate universal principles enshrined in international human rights law, but also stifle essential democratic discourse and the free flow of information.
⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show a new national-scale disruption to X/Twitter in #Pakistan amid escalating unrest and protests over allegations of election fraud, following a high-level resignation and public admission of vote manipulation by a senior election official
With limited job options during the pandemic, graduates from Pakistan took on content moderator roles for Chinese video-sharing apps. Now, due to the stigmatization in the tech industry, they find themselves unable to get work outside of a career many of them are overqualified for.
Die Regierungsbildung in Pakistan gestaltete sich schwierig, doch nun steht die Einigung: Die Muslimliga PML-N von Ex-Premierminister Sharif will gemeinsam mit der Volkspartei PPP und mehreren Kleinparteien koalieren.
Today in Labor History February 12, 1983: One hundred women protested in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence (would make the testimony of women worth half that of men’s testimony in courts of law). The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. However, they were successful in repealing the law.