Twitter Alert: Ayodhya and Musharraf

Bollywood celebs tweet in on the Ayodhya verdict, while Pakistanis focus on Musharraf's party launch.

There’s been a lot of traffic on Twitter this week with celebrities using the micro-blogging site to discuss all that has been going on in the last few days. Bollywood celebrities are tweeting about the Ayodhya verdict being reached, while Pakistanis are using Twitter to discuss former president Pervez Musharraf’s launch of his All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) party in London.

On the other side of the globe Hollywood celebrities are facing different problems with Paula Abdul making an effort to stop bullying, “October is National Bullying Prevention Month. I say we encourage, accept and uplift everyone as human beings this month and always,” she posted.

On another front Demi Moore aka Mrs Kutcher is promoting new film Catfish, “For all those (who are) confused, the movie Catfish is not a scary movie. (I am) confused (as to) why the advertising is selling it that way. It is intense and honest.”

We present the top 10 tweets of the week.

Shah Rukh Khan

Equal distribution of land hopefully will lead to equal acceptance of each other’s belief. (I am) happy at (the) maturity and patience (my) countrymen have shown

Atiqa Odho

APML is launched and history has been created. So proud of all the work the APML team did yesterday in all four APML events and wonderful how the media supported it. Thank you all - Pakistan first!

Amitabh Bachchan

The joy of being back in front of the cameras, the studios, the crew and production ... infectious! Would never want to give it up

Ashton Kutcher

Until you make peace with who you are, you’re never happy with what you have

Karan Johar

Am I sensing Twitter fatigue? Has the herd mentality bug attacked twitter verse and now backtracking? Or is it just me?

Priyanka Chopra

It will take a little time to fully decipher the ruling. What you are seeing are instant reactions to the key points. But it’s important to understand it in entirety. And as I keep saying ... keep the peace ... it’s our nation at stake

Jemima Khan

A quote to make you gnash. Pervez Musharraf: “As long as military exists and is strong, nothing will happen to Pakistan.”

Conan O’ Brien

The White House is proposing a way to spy on suspects while they’re online. The plan is called “Signing them up for Facebook”

Crystal Bowersox

Ha! Just woke up from a dream that Katy Perry and I were talking. Not sure why …  but it makes me giggle a little bit

Ellen DeGeneres

Join Team Ellen! Right now it’s to raise money for breast cancer research, but maybe later we’ll play capture the flag

Published in The Express Tribune, October 4^th, 2010.