29 Pakistani Twitter accounts you should follow

Twitter Bio: Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

At 2.12 million followers, this is Pakistan’s biggest Twitter handle – and who wouldn’t want to follow arguably the country’s most popular politician.

 

 

Twitter Bio: Minister of State for Water & Power, President PML(N) Youth Wing Punjab

When he is not the water and power minister, defending the government’s loadshedding on Twitter, he can be seen engaged in some rather vigorous banter, especially with those who belong to opposition parties.

 

 

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One of Pakistan’s best-known actors – equally known for her English gaffes – but usually blunt and outspoken. Reading her tweets also provides for some welcome comic relief at times.

 

 

Twitter Bio: Strategist on strategic geostrategic strategy. Self celebrated writer, self awarded award winner. Twitterist. Insightful. Interests: Current and other affairs

Nobody does satire on Pakistan’s foreign and security policies as well as Dr Majorly PhD. It’s surprising that no one in television has yet asked him to do a show, or maybe Dr is too sophisticated for TV.

 

5. @saroorijaz

An account that initially tried to parody a leading English language columnist (Saroop Ijaz), it has now come into its own – known for coining and popularizing the term ‘libidos’ for Pakistan’s liberals.

 

Read: Pakistan sought to block content from 125 Twitter accounts in 2014

 

Twitter Bio: Artist, Content Writer & Speaker. An optimist who is physically challenged & differently able.

She may be physically-challenged but that doesn’t get in the way of this artist, content writer and motivation speaker from living life to the fullest.

 

 

Twitter Bio: Pakistan's slightly rotund, slightly gormless, slightly bitter, top order batsman. Parody.

Probably the best parody Twitter account related to Pakistan cricket. A must-read especially during the ongoing cricket World Cup.

 

Twitter Bio: i only listen to the whisper within my heart. physician,poet,professor, peace activist,artist,author,actor & axe-man , https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dewaa…

The grand old man of Pakistani music – a founding member of two of its biggest music bands, still going strong with his support of various social and humanitarian initiatives in Pakistan.

 

 

Twitter Bio: Twitter for Airports of Pakistan - Islamabad (ISB) | Lahore (LHE) | Karachi (KHI) | Peshawar (PEW) | Quetta (UET) | - Unofficial - For details, @jawadmnazir

Essential for Pakistanis who are on the move and need to get up-to-date and accurate information on flights and airports in general.

 

Twitter Bio: Tweets do not necessarily reflect policy of the organization https://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk

How can anyone not follow the military spokesman’s Twitter account in a country where the institution is so powerful and greatly influences official policies.

 



 

Read: Modi on TIME's list of 30 most influential people on the Internet

 

Twitter Bio: Advocacy-Policy-Research Twitter managed by -Bolo Bhi Team @sanasaleem, @fariehaaziz, @jehan_ara, @madiha_latif, & @UsamaKhilji

An Internet rights advocacy group run by some very industrious and diligent activists.

 

 

Twitter Bio: Author. Translator. Storyteller. Publisher

Musarraf Farooqi is an accomplished storyteller, author (his books have been included in various shortlists for prestigious literary awards), translator (best known for translating the Urdu classic The Adventures of Amir Hamza. His twitter feed is a no-holds barred look at Pakistan’s cultural and literacy space.

 

Twitter Bio: Creating awareness about urban strays and wildlife in Pakistan. Tweets by co-founder Mahera Omar @afewmofilms

Twitter feed of the Pakistan Animal Welfare Society – engaged in rescuing animals and speaking for their rights in a country where even ordinary humans have no one to look out for them.

 

A former newspaper editor who has served as Pakistan’s ambassador to the US twice, and once to the UK. She has now has been appointed ambassador to the UN.

 

 

Twitter Bio: Represents citizens of Gujranwala in National Assembly of Pakistan ~ RTs are NOT endorsements ~ Roshan Pakistan is nearer everyday, Inshallah

Khurram Dastgir Khan is Pakistan’s commerce minister and a rising star in the ruling PML-N party. He is very active on his Twitter feed and tweets often about non-official things like paintings at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

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Twitter Bio: Security Matters in the Middle East Africa Pakistan Afghanistan ask@norbalm.com

Karachi-based security consultant Norbert Almeida's Twitter feed is a must-follow if you want the latest updates on the law and order situation, and which routes to avoid.

 

Twitter Bio: Foto...Faato...Faatographerr! ie a Pakistani Shutterbug, Artist, Jeweller and opinionated Radio Jockey on CityFM89 (I click therefore you are)

One of Pakistan’s foremost photographers, who tends to chronicle his daily life via pictures on his Twitter feed.

 

 

Twitter Bio: Multimedia Journalist - Feature Writer. Amateur Photographer. RTs ≠ Endorsements.

A multimedia freelance journalist who tends to tweet some very interesting pictures of contemporary Pakistan and the one gone by, mostly via architecture.

 

 

Twitter Bio: His mom. Former Op-ed Editor (Daily Times, Pakistan). Columnist. Veritas vos liberabit. Words matter. ...as certain as the sun rising in the east.

A former op-ed editor, now a freelance columnist and a mother of a teenager to boot, Mehr has an opinion on just about anything and isn’t afraid to air it.

 

 

Twitter Bio: Publisher, Foodie, Football addict CEO of HELLO! Pakistan @hello_pak abusers will be muted; tedious fools too

Publisher and CEO of Hello! Pakistan – tweets on social and political events as they happen.

Read: We are terrible at dealing with trolls and abuse, admits Twitter CEO

 

Twitter Bio: Vice President PPP. Former Pakistan Amb to the US/Fed Minister. Chair Jinnah Institute.Will take a bullet for the motherland but hope r children dont have to.

A former information minister and one of Pakistan’s leading progressive voiceswho has also served as Pakistan’s ambassador to the US. She also heads an Islamabad-based think tank.

 

Twitter Bio: Actor/Anchor/Educationist/Ma/Activist/Foodie writer,lov art,music,dogs,Nature,Peace!Awed by atoms,Universe,literature!100%LahoriKudi!ProudPaindu/Learning/Barca!

A well-known stage and TV actor, Nadia Jamil’s Twitter feed shows that she is more than just a celebrity – an independent female voice on Pakistan’s Twitter.

 

 

Karachi Feminist is a Karachi-based professional, mother and raconteur-at-large.

 

Twitter Bio: committed to the soil for life

Criticised in the past for being part of the Musharraf regime, this single mother is now again a Member of Parliament and was recently put in-charge of the Benazir Income Support Programme (with an annual spending budget of Rs118 billion).

 

Twitter Bio: Re tweets and Quotes are not Endorsements.

A former intelligence officer, Asad Munir knows Pakistan’s conflict-ridden areas like the back of his hand.

 

 

Twitter Bio: In a zombie apocalypse my choice of weapon would be a sword. A part of me lives in Westeros. In reality I slave away camouflaging flaws in the human mouth

Nadia’s Twitter feed is a usually very witty take on life as a woman in contemporary Pakistan.

 

 

Twitter Bio: Ameer Jama'at e Islami Pakistan

Sirajul Haq heads Pakistan’s largest religious party the Jamaat-e-Islami. Following his tweets can help gain insight into a crucial part of Pakistan’s contemporary political sphere.

 

 

Twitter Bio: They call me Boom Boom and I love the title. Brains behind #SAF For Cricket and commercial info contact my manager @aces_sports

Hate him or love him, Pakistan cricket wouldn’t be what it is without [the currently badly-out-of-form] Shahid Afridi.

 

 

29. @fbhutto

Twitter Bio: 'My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music' Vladimir Nabokov'

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's granddaughter always has something interesting to say.