Beautiful, Successful and a Patriotic Sinf-e-Ahan!!!
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desan
President (40k+ posts)
It was only last year that I found out about Khadija Shah, because her posts kept showing up on my feed. She was protesting against the illegal overthrow of Imran Khan's govt., often out in the streets. For months she did this, tirelessly. It was her ideological conviction, and constitutional right.Then 9th May happened, and they illegally arrested IK. Khadija was out again, protesting and raising her voice. They booked her on a baseless but extremely dangerous charge of terrorism. Like an upright, law-abiding citizen, Khadija presented herself before the police. She is among the only accused to hand herself over voluntarily.
desan
President (40k+ posts)
Who is she?
A businesswoman, a bonafide fashion icon of Pakistan. Studied Econ at LSE in London, returned, took over her mother's small business. Changed the name, massively enlarged the vision, started expanding at breakneck speed.Demand of Élan's clothing is obviously strong in Pakistan and among our diaspora, but it's also strong in India. It was already so in 2012, when Al-Jazeera interviewed her.Khadija had built this roaring success on the back of Pakistan's local strength in textiles. Employed local labour. Her designs drew inspiration from the West and the East. She was our blue-eyed brand. That's why we kept giving her awards year after year. In a way, she also united the best and the worst of us. Maryam Nawaz has repeatedly said that she loves her clothes.More importantly, the Princess of Wales asked Khadija to design her a dress. That's the epitome of success for a Pakistani fashion designer. Why? Because Kate is the biggest fashion icons in Pakistanis' eyes.Stars like Beyonce are bigger, of course, but they don't know about Pakistan at all. It's the British who ruled us, not the Americans.
Right now, Kate Middleton is as high as it gets for us, when it comes to fashion icons we look up to. One day, we'll look up to a brown woman. But we're not there yet. We will get there, however, if we succeed in this political struggle. ...Khadija grew her business because of her creative imagination, but also because of her hardwork and discipline.
Listen to her explain a day in her life in the interview with The Current.She didn't start from the bottom, but she got way further than where she started from. She's a bonafide Pakistani entrepreuneurial success story, with a global impact. How many women in Pakistan have done it this big this quickly? Not a lot.
Khadija is also a mom. She has 3 children, and they've been desperately missing her, now for more than 115 days. They've extended her bail hearing 6 times now, every time on a frivolous pretext.They fixed her bail hearing on the 31st of July, then canceled it. Fixed it on the 8th of August, then canceled it. Fixed it on the 15th, canceled it. Fixed it on the 16th, canceled it. 21st, canceled it. 28th, canceled it.Now, after 115 days, they've asked for another physical remand of 30 days. Judge didn't want to give it, so gave a remand for 3 days instead. They transfered him immediately. Now, they are charging Khadija for committing mutiny against the state.
They don't fear God, and they don't fear the people. But the times will change. We will take them to taskبجلی کڑکے گی ان کے سر پر۔ ہم دیکھیں گے۔I know this is not comforting to her family or her three children, but I still want to tell you that Khadija mam inspires us everyday. We've seen her struggle, suffer for her ideals, try to make Pakistan a better place. For her children, and for all of us. She's a constant presence in our daily prayers. I promise you that we will do everything in our power to get her released.(Also, I can't quite afford Élan, but the next time I'm around women talking clothes, I'm barging in and recommending Élan. Can't afford it? Buy Zaha. Can't afford that? Go like their Insta photos.)It's a very, very difficult phase of the struggle. It will pass. Sunshine will return, we'll all thrive in it. Not just the selected and imported few.
A businesswoman, a bonafide fashion icon of Pakistan. Studied Econ at LSE in London, returned, took over her mother's small business. Changed the name, massively enlarged the vision, started expanding at breakneck speed.Demand of Élan's clothing is obviously strong in Pakistan and among our diaspora, but it's also strong in India. It was already so in 2012, when Al-Jazeera interviewed her.Khadija had built this roaring success on the back of Pakistan's local strength in textiles. Employed local labour. Her designs drew inspiration from the West and the East. She was our blue-eyed brand. That's why we kept giving her awards year after year. In a way, she also united the best and the worst of us. Maryam Nawaz has repeatedly said that she loves her clothes.More importantly, the Princess of Wales asked Khadija to design her a dress. That's the epitome of success for a Pakistani fashion designer. Why? Because Kate is the biggest fashion icons in Pakistanis' eyes.Stars like Beyonce are bigger, of course, but they don't know about Pakistan at all. It's the British who ruled us, not the Americans.
Right now, Kate Middleton is as high as it gets for us, when it comes to fashion icons we look up to. One day, we'll look up to a brown woman. But we're not there yet. We will get there, however, if we succeed in this political struggle. ...Khadija grew her business because of her creative imagination, but also because of her hardwork and discipline.
Khadija is also a mom. She has 3 children, and they've been desperately missing her, now for more than 115 days. They've extended her bail hearing 6 times now, every time on a frivolous pretext.They fixed her bail hearing on the 31st of July, then canceled it. Fixed it on the 8th of August, then canceled it. Fixed it on the 15th, canceled it. Fixed it on the 16th, canceled it. 21st, canceled it. 28th, canceled it.Now, after 115 days, they've asked for another physical remand of 30 days. Judge didn't want to give it, so gave a remand for 3 days instead. They transfered him immediately. Now, they are charging Khadija for committing mutiny against the state.
They don't fear God, and they don't fear the people. But the times will change. We will take them to taskبجلی کڑکے گی ان کے سر پر۔ ہم دیکھیں گے۔I know this is not comforting to her family or her three children, but I still want to tell you that Khadija mam inspires us everyday. We've seen her struggle, suffer for her ideals, try to make Pakistan a better place. For her children, and for all of us. She's a constant presence in our daily prayers. I promise you that we will do everything in our power to get her released.(Also, I can't quite afford Élan, but the next time I'm around women talking clothes, I'm barging in and recommending Élan. Can't afford it? Buy Zaha. Can't afford that? Go like their Insta photos.)It's a very, very difficult phase of the struggle. It will pass. Sunshine will return, we'll all thrive in it. Not just the selected and imported few.
Tandoori
Councller (250+ posts)
The Chief Justice of Lahore High Court is a known sympathiser of PTI. His whole family are card bearing members of PTI. I think his son was a parlimentarian on PTI ticket. He did not have that much resistance from member judges what Bandial faced. And yet, CJLHC did not move an inch for relief of these women.
Question is, "was it a PTI's strategy to keep these women captive without bail in jail so party can play on it at home and abroad for political mileage like cypher?
Remember the time when PTI planned rape of a very influential woman captive, a dual national and wanted to use it as a political tool globally for instigation and hate against state of Pakistan and its vital organs?
The PTI social media had initated the ground work but a late night press conference of Rana Sana based on Intel exposed the evil agenda of this cult. Following day, these women were asked on camera how they were being treated and they stated a fair and respectable treatment. These women did not know what PTI had plan for them during preceeding 72 hrs.
BTW, that Intel tip came from deep inside PTI. I bet the informant thought this was just plain evil and felt a moral duty to inform law enforcement. He/she probably broke a deal for himself/herself too in exchange for this explosive Intel.
Question is, "was it a PTI's strategy to keep these women captive without bail in jail so party can play on it at home and abroad for political mileage like cypher?
Remember the time when PTI planned rape of a very influential woman captive, a dual national and wanted to use it as a political tool globally for instigation and hate against state of Pakistan and its vital organs?
The PTI social media had initated the ground work but a late night press conference of Rana Sana based on Intel exposed the evil agenda of this cult. Following day, these women were asked on camera how they were being treated and they stated a fair and respectable treatment. These women did not know what PTI had plan for them during preceeding 72 hrs.
BTW, that Intel tip came from deep inside PTI. I bet the informant thought this was just plain evil and felt a moral duty to inform law enforcement. He/she probably broke a deal for himself/herself too in exchange for this explosive Intel.
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Digital_Pakistani
Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
Iron ladies.
