Dear Twitterati, Pakistan thanks you for making 2016 bearable

Ours is a nation with a strappy sense of resilience that stands smiling in the face of relentless challenges.
Fatima Raza | December 31, 2016



Decades later… in classrooms… with high speed internet (if PTCL ever catches up), children will be studying the history of our beloved homeland, Pakistan. With pride, they will be taught how our country boasts strengths like having the most formidable army in the world (take that India! Hope you’re not thinking of another hopeless ‘surgical’ operation), having nukes (yes India, at least ours work), the quietest president in the history of the world and, of course, having the sassiest sense of humour on the face of this earth.

Ours is a nation with a strappy sense of resilience that stands smiling in the face of relentless challenges that come its way. Revamping our sorrows with a zesty taste of wit is one of our most commendable features. And when we talk about humour, the first platform that comes to mind is Twitter, the lord of all that is cheeky and amusing.

Let’s wind up 2016 by paying tribute to these Twitter gurus who put a positive spin on current events and kept Pakistanis convulsing with laughter hither and thither, all year round.

1. I want to start with one of my personal favourite. Presenting the Desi 007; his name is Bond, the Sheikh Bond!



2. When we were empathic about an ‘unhealthy’ infatuation; it’s okay India… all is fair in love



3. It’s alright… we all think about the chief sometimes



4. Trying to save roza from bae like:



5. When Lala asked for creative help



6. Predicting Indian war tactics




7. Or downright crossing our neighbour



8. We’re funny even when we’re dropping some logic bombs



9. When Photoshop was murdered ruthlessly



10. Please review uniform choices



11. Make some noise for the Pindi boys



These are just a few gems from the treasure trove of hilarious tweets that creative Pakistanis put out there. I hope that this year (which went by so fast) was made a bit more bearable through some wit and fun that has been shared here today.

Keep on rocking Pakistanis, you are a lovely folk. Hope we all have a rocking new year with more Twitter fun and positivity.

Or 2017:
WRITTEN BY: Fatima Raza

The writer is a Research Associate at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, and holds an MPhil in International Relations 

The views expressed by the writer and the reader comments do not necassarily reflect the views and policies of the Express Tribune.

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