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Followers

243.4K

Posts

21.6K

Following

3.1K

Account age

15 yrs

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📊 Post performance

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

0.05 / week

A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 0 video · 0 image · 18 text.

Follower / following

79×

Follows 3.1K back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

Verification

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Recent posts

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🔥 Top post Tensions are building in Pakistan. After preliminary election results showed surprising gains by the PTI, the party the military is dead set against returning to power, election results have been delayed for hours. Vote tampering and rigging fears are rife, and for good reason. 1.1M❤ 16.5K🔁 7.6K

The Mecca pact is a mixed blessing for Pakistan. The deal will help advance its interests in the Middle East. But it likely won’t help Pakistan much in its own neighborhood. This week for @ForeignPolicy: 59.5K❤ 211🔁 69 Strong turnout for PTI rally despite the state's tactics to limit numbers through roadblocks and containers, and despite the risk of violent crackdowns and arrests. Its size and popularity ensure its mobilization capabilities remain intact… 455.6K❤ 14K🔁 5.6K PMLN leader Nawaz Sharif has declared victory. But final results haven't been announced, and results so far show PTI independents still in the lead. The Army, with its intervention in the electoral process, and now its preferred party hav… 564.7K❤ 19K🔁 8.6K The die is cast. If the final results show anything other than a PTI victory, PTI will reject it as a rigged result, and understandably so: Its early gains led to a long delay in announcing final results. The military, intent on denying po… 895.5K❤ 17.5K🔁 8.9K After today's remarkable electoral performance by PTI, will we finally see the end of those "PTI isn't really that popular, it's just hyped on social media" takes? It's PTI's mass popularity that enabled it to persevere and defy the electo… 551.8K❤ 19K🔁 7.4K PTI leaders jailed. PTI electoral candidates' nomination papers denied. PTI online rallies/fundraisers blocked. Top PTI rival's legal woes melt away. SC justices perceived as siding w/PTI step down. PTI denied use of election symbol. This … 610.8K❤ 17.3K🔁 8.9K Today was a downright dreadful day for democracy in Pakistan. 924.9K❤ 18.7K🔁 7.9K Pakistani media have circulated video of a gunman being taken down by another man as the gunman tries to fire his weapon at Imran Khan’s container. As horrible as this attack was, it appears it could have been much, much worse if not for t… ❤ 14.4K🔁 3.4K Stunning, horrific news about Arshad Sharif, a top Pakistani journalist, killed while in Kenya. ❤ 15.7K🔁 4K Every effort Pakistan’s government makes to weaken Imran Khan will only end up making him stronger. Its dysfunctional and repressive policies play to his strengths as a populist and enable him to channel public outrage to his advantage. Th… ❤ 13.4K🔁 4.6K Pakistan was put on FATF gray list in early 2018, when PMLN govt was in power. FATF’s evaluation of Pakistan’s efforts to complete its action plan for gray list removal mainly covered period when PTI was in power. So FATF decision today wi… ❤ 31.2K🔁 12.4K

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined X in 2011 — 15 years ago.

👁️Averages 564.7K views per post.

📤Posts about 0.1× per week.

💬9.81% engagement rate.

🏅Earned the 100K Followers for passing 100K followers.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated

85/100

Excellent Credibility score

91%

Real Real audience

Low Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 91% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Strong engagement (~2.3× of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
Verified account.
Established account (15+ years old).
9.81% engagement is implausibly high for a X account this size (typ. ~2.2%) — a red flag for engagement pods or bought likes/comments.

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Senior Fellow, South Asia @AtlanticCouncil. Writer of @ForeignPolicy's weekly South Asia Brief. Nonresident Senior Fellow @AsiaPacificFdn. Ex-@thewilsoncenter.

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🛡️ Brand safety

✅Brand-safe90/100

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✓ Established channel (15+ yrs)
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JoinedNov 2011 · 15 yrs

Followers243,366

Updated2 months ago

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