Whether it was celebrity gossip or a tweet ridiculing the Sharif brothers, Twitter could always rely on former Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer for funny quips.
Taseer’s humorous tweets professing self-adulation, and especially those directed towards his daughter Sara Taseer were certainly amongst his finest.
The best thing about these Tweets is that they were uncensored and relentless – he was not afraid to laugh at himself or anyone else and did it with a great sense of wit.
The following list of select Twitter updates from the late governor’s profile encompass his lighter side.
(Tweets have been proofread for readability)
THE LIGHTER SIDE OF TASEER
- Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik have knocked off the electricity crisis... Thank God!
- Doctors have become an endangered species... I am going to recommend a wildlife fund to take out the panda and put in the Pakistani doctor.
- I suggest calling ALL party heads and not just Nawaz Sharif, who will look like he's swallowed a frog.
- For the last 48 hours I've been trying to sell Pakistan to US investors in the background of Kasab - now Faisal Shehzad !Chalo himat na haro
- My wit is not appreciated by all. Someone agitated 'no governor in the universe Twitters like you’. I took it as a compliment.
- Twitter is off my BB so I'm using my iPad, I assume my silence must have been devastating.
- After my interview on Dunya TV tonight I will consider opening an exclusive ST fan club. Minimum requirement under 80 with a heartbeat!
- Burdens of state must have damaged my brain pattern.
- Most politicians I have followed on twitter give dull dreary motivational messages with no attempt at wit or originality. Why?
- I'm surprised to see Nawaz Sharif complaint at Babar Awan using private planes as he and Sharif family use Governor Punjab plane like a rickshaw.
- My daughter Sara is going to Spain to watch the football final! Somebody forgot to tell her it is in South Africa!
- Sharifs are transporting Paul the Octopus to Raiwind to predict their future! I’m afraid he may end up in their Paya if he tells the truth.
- Initially I was targeted by PMLN, Islamic fundo hate groups etc. Now its Hindu lunatics RSS and Pak haters. I must b doing something right!
- PM spoke for 3 minutes to give General Kiyani 3 year extension… Suppose he had spoken for 10 mins?!
- Tried for Angelina Jolie to accompany me to Muz'grh but got Farzana Raja. Sare khawashat pure Nahin hote.
- I’ll send Sheikh Rashid RT @smitaprakash: So Jolie went to Pakistan, can we have Brad Pitt here. I mean we got floods too, you know.
- Thank God I left today RT @marvi_memon: I hav entered seraiki speakin territory Sep 9
- I'm amazed that the simplistic pathetic remarks to my JOKE that Sarah Palin can't tell difference between a KOREAN and QORAN! Humor?
- I think Angelina Jolie who donated $100,000 for Flood victims is the real "daughter of Pakistan".
- Watching horror movie on HBO or Rana Sanaullah Ijaz Haq Ikram Sehgal on talk shows? Chose HBO its less scary.
- Just don’t push me over the LOC! RT @marvi_memon: @SalmaanTaseer U r cordially invited. U must make a dhoohandaar speech. My only demand.
- Perhaps the best thing Nawaz Sharif ever did was declare Sunday the national holiday.
- Sorry I discuss people RT @husainhaqqani Great minds discuss ideas average minds discuss events small minds discuss people Eleanor Roosevelt.
- Abdul Razzaq is the Asma Jehangir of one day cricket.
- A thief stole my credit card a week ago but I didn't report it because I saw he was spending less money than my wife. True!
- I've decided to sacrifice something dear to me for Eid. Where are you Sara?
- Its 6 am child reciting naat on Masjid loudspeaker to tune of "Muni badnam ho gaye darling tere leye" when does this madness stop?
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Even he could not stop himself to praise Nawaz Sharif....
All you deserve is our prayers. An irreplaceable man :)
Gosh, take us back to the Pakistan of the 70's. Far away from these self serving officious Quran thumping people, where tolerance and acceptance was a way of life and people of various faiths could either mingle or choose not to, but were left alone to practice their religion. Mr. Taseer, you are sorely missed. Rest In Peace. I hope that your sacrifice was not in vain. God Bless.
A beautiful example of my darling father and his hilarious teasing. He kept our home our lives our hearts alive with laughter fun and energy. I miss him with all my heart. Sara Taseer
Salman is ought to be Missed. Sir, you will live in our hearts forever !
@Waqas: Why? Maybe it was true. Who knows. Lighten up and get a life.
So ture on Munni Badnaam , We all know many naats on TV are to the tune of old Mohd Rafi songs and most of the time listeners like me start remembering the verses of the song rather than the naat
They have killed a genuine genius of Pakistan. Inna Lilla wan inna ellahe raj'eon.
RIP Salman Taseer
@Waqas: Sadly the governor was right there. Every friday before the khutba I hear children reciting naats on the masjid's loudspeaker and I can always easily relate to them a Bollywood tune. This is very common and some of the naats on older tunes are quite famous as well. So better point your fingers at the 'composers' of the naats rather than the man who pointed out the truth.
Waqas,
Don't be ridiculous. Taseer was criticizing these people for making a naat using the tune of "munni badnam hui". He was speaking out against this disrespectful practice.
People like you are so eager to present their own opinions, they don't even make the effort of trying to understand the other person first! But you're not alone. That's the sad story of every Taseer-hater I've come across.
ahahahahahhaha hilarious...
Bravo!
Missing your tweets badly Salman Taseer! I left twitter after you left and cried for many days whenever I saw your replies on twitter
@Waqas: It IS true Waqas. Anyone who has been up in the wee hours of the night can testify to spotting a Bollywood tune or two. I guess you should direct these emotions to those in the mosques that allow such things to happen, not to Salman Taseer. For all his flaws, he was a man who called a spade a spade!
No doubt man had humor, best are, Octopus in Mian Sahib's bowl of Paya, almost Sara Sacrificed and when it comes to usage of credit card, thief is better than wife.RIP Governor.
Brilliant! no other Pakistani politician is in his league when it comes to humor and wit. #Respect
Lol
Wasn't his twitter operated by SobbiaSaleem?
You are surely missed, Salmaan!
wow his tweets are quite interesting :-)
A thief stole my credit card a week ago but I didn’t report it because I saw he was spending less money than my wife. True!
Lolz...