Tag: viral tweet
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Elon Musk offers $43 billion to acquire Twitter
Elon Musk has submitted a takeover bid for Twitter, offering $54.20 per share, days after becoming the group’s largest shareholder. This is an offer worth more than $43 billion. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Mr. Musk described this as a “best and last offer,” reflecting a 54 per cent premium over the…
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Humayun Saeed turns down Indian girl’s marriage proposal
Humayun Saeed, who was recently awarded the Pride of Performance from President Dr Arif Alvi for his contributions to the drama and film industries of Pakistan, received a marriage proposal on social media from an Indian fan. “Will you marry me? I know you are married,” wrote the user on Twitter. “But kya hi karun…
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People cannot stop arguing over whether Pakistani culture is more like Turkey or India
The Pakistan Day celebrations at Parade Avenue in Islamabad, which took place on March 25 caught everyone’s attention this year for a different reason. The unusual thing that happened was a performance by a Turkish musical band, who played the theme song of Diriliş: Ertuğrul’s on the occasion. Referring to the performance, a Twitter user said:…
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Twitter reacts to Nur Jehan’s ‘kiss with another woman’ video
Throwback videos are all the rage these days and a video of Pakistani Icon, Madam Nur Jehan has gone viral on Twitter. Why? In an old movie, she can be seen kissing another woman. The scene is apparently from the movie “Neend” which was directed by Hassan Tariq and was released in 1959. The cast…
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Pictures of Switzerland tagged as North Waziristan trending on Twitter
This tweet from Khalid Wazir, whose bio on the popular social platform says that he is a ‘Pushtun, Engineer-Photographer’ has gone viral. Khalid tweeted pictures of Switzerland saying, ‘My cows, Razamk North Waziristan’. The tweet went viral and was misleading. Khalid tweeted the pictures and then, replying to his own tweet said: In an obvious…