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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
6 years
Guys shaadi season hai so here's my wedding story in a thread so you guys know that having apni marzi ki shaadi is possible. My guest list had 25 names: friends and parents. The venue was my terrace. The menu was chicken tikka, seekh kabab, pathooray chanay halwa strawberries.
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@RizwanTakkhar
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2 years
I'll never forget how in 2008 I went to Masoom's on M.M. Alam and we asked for their wifi password and the server said WONTILAYT and I didn't understand and asked him thrice and he repeated WONTILAYT WONTILAYT I gave up n asked him to write it down and he wrote 12345678
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
6 years
What I'm trying to say is. IT'S. OKAY. Sukoon karo. Do whatever you want ofc and whatever you can afford. But HAVE FUN. Be happy. Big or small, all weddings should just be HAPPY. Khush raho sab. Bye. (wedding pic added for saboot thanks)
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@RizwanTakkhar
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2 years
Hi guys. Just want to ask you all to be super careful with your health in Lahore. There's something going around causing insane fever, nothing showing up in tests of dengue malaria typhoid etc. I've been hospitalised for days and I'm still far from recovery. Been 12 days now.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
I like this place. Napier Lodges, Lahore.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Wanted chai for takeaway and Peshawar is so different haha I mean
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
Maybe Minal was sitting with Kylie
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
Nobody talks about how cricket is called BAT BOLL in Pakistani streets
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
5 years
I just photographed Mahira Khan. 😭❤️
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Waise looking at the track record, Sherry ka pata rakhna toh zaroori hai.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Janazay ke baad sab ko khana khilaanay ki koi zaroorat nahi hai.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
1 year
Aww McDonald’s.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
5 years
A bride sent us her wedding card today and it's a plantable card and there's instructions to plant it and water it and it'll turn into a plant. It's so cool haha love this!
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@RizwanTakkhar
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1 year
My mom had planted a fig tree outside my house. Mom dad used to have figs from it occasionally. Neighbour cut off the whole tree yesterday because its leaves were covering his gas meter. Didn’t ask me, didn’t trim the tree, bas chopped it all off. I’m absolutely done.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Hi guys. So there's this 20 year old room in our house and wife and I did a tiny renovation and we're kinda proud of it so here's a before and after. Still needs some finishing touches but yaay. ✌🏼
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
Why isn't anyone talking about how expensive Hardee's Pakistan is now. A superstar with medium fries and drink is for Rs. 1,700 now lmaooo. What the FUCK.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
4 years
It's called double roti because we saw the British making sandwiches using two slices of bread so yup. Not dabba roti. Fucking weirdos.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Delicious regret. Arif Chatkhara House, Lahore.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
4 years
Nashta: 2 eggs omelette in 1 tsp olive oil, a slice of brown bread, chai with no sugar. 🙂 Dinner: SPICY MCCRISPY ULTIMATE PRO MAX 20 NUGGETS KARAK CHAI EXTRA CHEENI MAARO
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
I miss you in Punjabi is called akhiyaan udeek diyan dil waaja maar da aaja pardesiya waasta ee pyar da aaja tenu akhiyaan udeek diyan sajna tenu akhiyaan udeek diyan
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Persian Poetry in English
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‘I miss you’ in Persian is ‘dilam barāyat tang shuda’ meaning, ‘your absence constricts my heart.’
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
Seven years!
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Garlic Bread is one the greatest discoveries in the history of the world
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Who taught Pakistanis that fabric is called STUFF
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
He applied to a bank in Dubai in 1971 for his first job. They wanted someone with typewriter skills and had an exam. Dad didn't have a typewriter so he drew the QWERTY keyboard on a paper, practiced typing for a month, BLINDFOLDED, in front of a friend. Passed exam.
@Syyeda14
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Tell me something about your father
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Good morning. First thought as I wake up: I absolutely love this Pakistan cricket team. All of them.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Pakistani men walk around staring at other men thinking "isay toh main maar loonga"
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
5 years
Waise saari Eid selfies dekh ke asal mein ye pata chala hai ke tum sab ke paas 1 kanal ke ghar hain with really nice entrances.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
5 years
THERE'S A POLICE CAR CHASING A CAMEL ON MAIN BLVD GULBERG LMAOOOO
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
I've been working for 14 years and it just hit me that I'll never be able to buy a new car in Pakistan on 100% cash. ANY new car. Just like most of our population I mean. DESPITE being in the income category of the top 10% maybe? What's the parha likha explanation for this?
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
4 years
Restaurants in Lahore are opening for dine in again lol and I don't think I even want to dine anywhere anymore. These months have changed me. I love being home, cooking, eating healthy, watching food shows while eating etc. Goodbye restaurants you've lost a pehelwan I'm so sorry.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
McDonald's Pakistan what is wrong with you how did you make such an amazing fresh burger
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
4 years
I'm at a Sindhi small town/village called Pano Aqil and there's a MCDONALD'S HERE??? I'll sacrifice my own life for Pakistan.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
Urdu teacher slapped me in 5th grade just coz I had my English book on the desk during her class. So 5 years later she put up a stall selling Pakistani henna at this fair. Called the cops on her that she's selling without a permit. THEY ACTUALLY SHUT HER DOWN LMAO.
@Lanaschild_
Jorjor wel🐾🍉🌱
2 years
Man, I gotta ask. What's the PETTIEST thing you've ever done?
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
4 years
HAYE MAIN MAR GAYI AINNA TASTY BURGER
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 months
Only the most jaahil people get to travel and see the world and that’s what makes me fucking sad.
@omar_quraishi
omar r quraishi
3 months
Bacon egg and cheese - bacon?! In Turkey?! Yeh kaisay?
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Waise hee yaad aaya I wore this long oversized black overcoat in Lahore once and these kids outside Mall 1 ran after me yelling KRISHHHH KRISHHHH
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
4 years
Yaar kitna SEX ho raha hoga
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
Ahh finally have time to make dinner. No gas. Ah chalo I'll make something in the air fryer then haha Power gone. I guess I'll take a shower now then eat after midnight ugh no choice No water. Can't turn on water pump coz no power. Wow I'll just die. Qabrastaan full.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Bechari desi brides want to do the first look with the groom like gora couples where the groom cries etc and our grooms just turn around look at the bride and act like kisi ne koi purani meme dikha di ho
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
1 year
Just had the greatest meal of 2023 in Lahore at the Observatory. Perfectly done HUGE T-bone steak with lovely smooth mash and super savoury creamy spinach and cabbage and the most beautiful tasting carrots. Plus this 40 layer kind of deconstructed lasagna of your dreams.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
4 years
Eid mubarak ❤️
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Honestly I'm so fucking scared of living here.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
1 year
No pain can compare to losing parents who spent their whole lives just living for you, loving you, fighting to survive for you. No words can heal. Nothing puts you back together. This is forever.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
4 years
coupcoupcoupcoupcoupcoupcoupcoupcoupcoupcoupcoupcoupcoupcoupcoupcoupcoupcoupcoup CHOLI KE PEECHAY KYA HAI
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
5 years
The biggest problem with loving your nephews and nieces more than your life is that eventually, their bitch ass parents will turn them into kachra kundi humans and you'll only sit back and watch the fucking show because they're not your kids.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
6 years
I set my max budget at Rs. 20,000. A friend lent his cooks, I bought the chicken and masalay from that money and helped prepare it all. Wife cooked khattay alu as a starter. Dad bought fairy lights n put them up on the terrace.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
4 years
In Pakistan, every diaper is called pamper.
@cyclestand4
Mina Malik 🇵🇸
4 years
In Pakistan, every soft drink is “botal”
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
I'm on an Emirates flight that is barely 25% full hence the cabin crew cannot contain their happiness hahah the captain chimed in with LADIES N GENTLEMEN BOYS N GIRLS WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD everyone is just BEAMING
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
6 years
I borrowed 25 chairs from the neighborhood election committee lmao. I forgot dessert so @RizWanKenobi_ brought strawberries n ice cream. He also brought tables for the food. @HaseenaAtomBum and @hiranajam FLEW IN FOR THIS.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
5 years
We are all the same. We are all bullies. We all have cliques. We all live by ingroup and outgroup biases. My jokes are fine, yours are offensive. My sin is forgiveable, yours deserves death. Aise hee hai sab. Khair hai. We all live with it. We'll all die soon. Bye.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Most Pakistani women HAVE to make gol rotis to have some semblance of respect at home but men make this loralassi and it's so funny and cute oho he's trying hehehe natkhat chulbula bhaiyaaaa ❤️
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
To live happily in Pakistan
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
6 months
Oh no unfair vote count hogaya what a fucking surprise first time since 1947 unprecedented
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
6 years
My wife and I wore plain blue shalwar kameez (mom n sis paid for this as a gift). We all ate and talked till midnight when wapda cut us off. The whole shaadi then moved to Manji Munch DHA and then bas. Khush! Done!
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
Can't Elon donate like $100b to Pakistan and rescue us I mean why not
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
Hi guys I think it's a good time to point out that Queen Shae Gill was part of my portrait project years before you COMMONERS fell in line OK tsk I'm tired of bringing you all the best people in Pakistan
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@RizwanTakkhar
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2 years
Nobody talks about the common practice in Lahore where doctors arrive later than their starting hours then go for a 30 minute namaz break as dozens of patients wait past their appointment time.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
6 years
AND I FORGOT TO MENTION the cooks were by @lahorihousewife ❤️ and @mehravarr also showed up wow half my Twitter feed was there sorry if I'm missing someone.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Lahore.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
After thinking about yesterday's incident all day, I watched Arif Lohar live for the first time. Absolutely blew me away. The craziest band members ever, guitar solos in Punjabi folk songs, ultra loud bass, super crazy crowd control and dances. This was the Pakistan I knew.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
6 years
Desi men are like toilet paper. Absolutely useless in a desi household, full of shit when in a foreign country, no idea where this tweet is going but that's the point haina
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Yaar I finally watched Friends the whole show this year and it's so nice and easy to watch and funny also and 90s clothes uff and New York and such great actors. Idk why everyone hates on it lol khair. I need some Friends merch now. Propa fan.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Ameer log chai mix karte hain toh chamach ki awaz nahi aati
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
Stay out because donkeys are awesome and people who love donkeys and animals in general are awesome and you are NOT
@martctoberr
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2 years
i’m out.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
10 months
I was at Ali Azmat’s house for some work and his pool pipes had a leak so he asked me and my friend to help yelling PAP PHARRO PENCHO
@gothamhiphop
Joey
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What’s your favorite interaction you’ve had with a celebrity?
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@RizwanTakkhar
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4 years
Today I've been married to @palwashaminhas for 5 years hmm I still love her etc good scene hai
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
1 year
My wife has traveled to Dubai like 26 times since 2013 and I’ve been a resident on and off for 20+ years and yeah wife got a rejection for UAE visa this week. Despite flying 4 times this year already. What are immigration authorities generally thinking lmao.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Oh bhai burger couple outside Nando's you can give me all the looks you want I'm not lowering the volume on ISHQ KAMEENA
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
4 years
Punjabis have the weirdest adjectives to describe people CHIBBARH JEYA
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
Balgham is such a fascinating word it sounds exactly like what it is
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
Why did schools make us cover books in brown paper in the 90s? Do schools still do that? What's up.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
5 years
So I'm at this show recording and these celebs were telling a story of how unko set pe current lag gaya aur unpe coffee gir gayi and kisi tarha I stopped myself from screaming KOFFEE WITH KURRENT.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
We are so fucking lucky that we are alive to witness Shaheen Shah Afridi turn into an absolute legend.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
4 years
CANNOLI MENU GRAMMAR ERRORS LMAO FUCK YOU ALL #pettyriz #eatme
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Kabul Restaurant in Islamabad is the best restaurant in Islamabad across all cuisines and that's just a fact.
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@RizwanTakkhar
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2 years
Everytime someone in Lahore shows me something in their possession that's been passed down to them from their great great great grandparents I just keep thinking how it must feel to be in a family that's been so financially stable for CENTURIES lol.
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@RizwanTakkhar
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2 years
I thought I'm a burger bacha grammarian for life angraizi speaking elitiya but I couldn't make sense of a single sentence Ali Noor has said in his response to the harassment allegations.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
Lahore Airport is the only place here that believes in equality. Ameer ghareeb everyone gets that lund lounge.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
Agar maa baap itni tarbiyat kar rahe hain aur poora mulk fakhar se hamaray family system ki baatein karta hai toh poori qaum itni lund kyun hai discuss
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
2 years
Guys do you agree that there's a seedha and ulta side of toast, roti, paratha etc.
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@RizwanTakkhar
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3 years
I haven't listened to Hasan Raheem properly but here's a Pakistani musician being loved by hundreds of thousands of people. Someone who is constantly making music, performing live, making people happy. Why the FUCK would you hate them?
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
4 years
At this point I don't even remember why we wanted 2019 to end kya hua tha pichlay saal?
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@RizwanTakkhar
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3 years
There better be an empty fucking stadium for the Australia New Zealand final OK you farigh fucks
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@RizwanTakkhar
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2 years
A lot of you are exactly like the one pot korma
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@RizwanTakkhar
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5 years
Official sneak peeks! #hamzainab 📷
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@RizwanTakkhar
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4 years
Keema makronice. Pakistan.
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
3 years
Netflix trends don't represent the Pakistani population at all of course we all know that. Our people are pious, God-fearing, women-respecting, non corrupt, law-abiding, human rights radiating gifts to mankind.
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@RizwanTakkhar
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3 years
I'm sharing my favorite photo of them OK love
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DoodleBob
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There you go guys! DMing everybody separately was going to take ages! A huge shoutout to @RizwanTakkhar for taking beautiful pictures of us and being so so so lovely & accommodating
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Story time. There was this huge fruit market in Dubai (Hamriya) in the 90s where dad would take us every week. One time we waited too long in the car, I didn't know how to find him, huge market etc then I heard a SNEEZE and walked like 100m in that direction and there he was.
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4 years
That bike kiss video is super sweet. Wish we could normalize love lol.
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3 years
If Aitchison College good why country fucked
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5 years
My 8 year old niece is more intelligent and articulate than I was at 18. Talks about movies, comics, world affairs, streetwear brands etc. Goes for swimming, volleyball, is learning the ukulele and violin. Matlab. Mar ja Rizwan nikammay.
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@RizwanTakkhar
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5 years
There's a family of 50 having lunch at Dera. Insane amount of selfies and group photos going on. Everyone looks happy. Acha hai. I wish I had pleasant relatives that we could meet.
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@RizwanTakkhar
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1 year
For a country where 99% of people wear shalwar kameez it’s insane how horrible the quality of shalwar kameez is at even the expensive stores lol
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@RizwanTakkhar
Rizwan.
5 years
Just saw two different moms at Emporium slapping their already crying 1 year old kids. Na karo paida. 🙂
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Rizwan.
2 years
Aamir Khan spent 15 years trying to get the rights to remake Forrest Gump into Laal Singh Chaddha but couldn't spend 1.5 months learning real Punjabi?
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6 years
Okay so I went to Jan's Deli in Peshawar a couple hours ago. I asked the server if they have a smoking area. He's like yup it's outdoor follow me. We followed him. He brought us to the street. The street. Smoking area. NO. FUCKING. CHILL.
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@RizwanTakkhar
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3 years
Peshawar is so beautiful just check this view ❤️
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5 years
We met a pug today her name was Pugli and it was a good day ❤️😭
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4 years
38 waist
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