OSINT: Ad campaign on London Buses

[Amaa'n]

One thing i got out of current political fiasco and internal mess is that it brought me back to the forum. I can now focus what I like doing most, research, investigation & collecting information. Well ! here it is something new for everyone to read

This morning it was not just the Londoners who woke up to the shinny new banner affixed on 150 double decker buses across central London but every Pakistani across the world witnessed it.
150 buses with Banner featuring pictures of Shehbaz Sharif and absconder Nawaz Shariff will go on for a whole month. The news was initially covered by Geo News correspondent "Murtaza Shah" who is based in London. According to the report campaign is being sponsored by an Anonymous British Pakistani (well thats a Joke )

It was not late when this news was picked by ANI sponsored Disinfo media houses, whose existence is very much questionable

Now that we have gone through the Intro, lets talk about EmergingPakistan.

This must not not be confused with EmergingPakistan.Gov.Pk which is the initiative of Govt of Pakistan under Ministry of Commerce

In 2017, Pakistan High Commission, London ran an ad campaign on London buses which was sponsored by Bestway Group. as reads the PHC website:

High Commission for Pakistan, London

phclondon.org

Now that we have established what's EmergingPakistan.Gov.Pk is, let's talk about EmergingPakistan.pk

Domain Analysis:

The website was initially registered in 2015 and has not changed any servers. It is hosted on a server based in London

Internet Archive has captured 24 changes to the site since 2017:

Wayback Machine

web.archive.org

Social Media:
Twitter EmergingPakistan.pk has a 'verified' twitter account under the handle of@dev9_ , registered in 2016

Facebook:
where twitter handle is verified and has following of 47k accounts, facebook page is falling wayyyy behind.
The account is not even verified let along huge following.

Now that all this is out of the way, lets try to figure out who the anonymous 'British-Pakistan' business man is who is sponsoring 100,000pounds ad campaign just to please absconders.

In October 2021, an Ad campaign ran through 150 london buses featuring "Lahore - The Heart of Pakistan" --- (Haye maa sadkay, ena pyaar)
This ad campaign was not to promote Lahore or it's reach history, it's culture but was to provide "Real Estate Project" sponsored by Diyar Homes

Just hold on to the Director name and Company name, also keep an eye on real estate business. Ofcourse don't loose sight of "Emerging Pakistan"
In 2018, 100 red double decker buses in london displayed banners featuring "Gwadar - The Gateway to Emerging Pakistan" (ami jaan 1000 bari sadqay jaye)

In all honesty, it was not propagating Gwadar as a destination, but as an investment hub.

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[Amaa'n]

Now everyone must be wondering, Fox what the hell are you doing, both organizations hav different leadership
well is that right???


According to Company house - UK record Diyar Homes (UK Marketing Ltd) was incorporated in 2020 (ran ad campaign in 2021)

It was incorporated by Syed Aqib Ali Hassan - a British Pakistani

Syed Aqib Ali holds director ship of not only Diyar Homes but is also the Director of CPIC - China Pakistan Investiment Corporation

CPIC UK Marketing Ltd - formerly known as China Pakistan Investment Corporation was incorporated in 2017 ( it is around same time EmergingPakistan.pk surfaced)

According to Company House Records, CPIC Uk Marketing Directors include

* Syed Aqib Ali
* Shaan Abbas - Same Shaan Abbas, whose name surfaced on Ad Campaign for Diyar Homes in 2021

Another Name that is affiliated OR used to be affiliated with CPIC was Syed Tahir Hussain - he was among the founding members of the Company

Lets look at who Syed Tahir Hussain is:

Syed Tahir Husain Schon​

Born to a PIA pilot, Syed Ather Husain on the 17th of October, 1956, Syed Tahir Husain Schon is elder brother to Nasir Hussain Schon of the Schon Empire. A Real Estate Mogul and a Business Magnate

Syed Tahir Hussain completed his under-graduation from Stanford University in Singapore and then did his Masters in Computer Science from the University of Karachi. As a youngster, Tahir Husain never missed any chance to learn more about the Political structures of Pakistan and took it as an opportunity to grow with the rise of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto

Directors of the Schon group flew to Dubai in 1997 in exile after the dismissal of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The directors of Schon group were known to have close contacts with her husband and former President Asif Ali Zardari. Many assets of the Schon group were auctioned by the Nawaz Sharif government. A deal was made with the government in 2005 and the Directors of Schon Group were allowed to come back to Pakistan. The Schon Group paid over 3 billion rupees to government of Pakistan in order to return from exile.


Now that we have introduced Mr Tahir and his alleged links with Zardari and Nawaz gang, lets get more into CPIC

Well - there is nothing much to talk about it, CPIC just like Diyar Homes is a business empire, looking to attract investment in Gwadar:

Few Take aways and interesting things to note are:

Zeeshan Shaw also runs / owns Diyar Homes:

Based on all the information collected & studied - it will be safe to establish that Ad Campaign "EmergingPakistan" is actually sponsored by afore mentioned entities and they are no so anonymous now

 

[Riz]

Pakistani should stop using those buses which contains the pictures of these two professional thieves

 

[Kompromat]

So its actually taxpayer funded.

 

[Falconless]

TfL allows foreign political campaigns on their buses?
Might be worth writing to them and the mayor for a clarification.

 

[Dalit]

What else did we expect? This is a routine practice by Noon donkeys.

 

[Sugarcane]

One thing i got out of current political fiasco and internal mess is that it brought me back to the forum. I can now focus what I like doing most, research, investigation & collecting information. Well ! here it is something new for everyone to read

Good decision, I also got frustrated but the I realized that actually now is the time to stand for Pakistan and future of my children.

Keep it up.