Snober Abbasi Profile
Snober Abbasi

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Former journalist, working in communications for international development. Interested in human rights. Ex: @UN , @BritishCouncil , @ThomsonReuters & @USEFP .

United Kingdom
Joined July 2009
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Snober Abbasi
1 year
After getting through several months of chemo and cycles of treatment, my six-year-old nephew, Sherry, is cancer-free today. I hope this brings some comfort to anyone else who finds themselves in a similar situation. ❤️‍🩹
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Snober Abbasi
7 years
Arabic is one of the six most-spoken languages in the world. Violating a basic human right isn't justified. Speak up. #BoycottDelta
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Snober Abbasi
7 years
This is what you call insightful, timely and clever marketing. #NewUnitedAirlinesMottos
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Snober Abbasi
4 years
India has lost a great son. 💔 #IrrfanKhan
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Snober Abbasi
8 years
This is awful, senseless and unacceptable. #NotMyPresident #TrumpPresident #StillWithHer
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Snober Abbasi
3 years
🇺🇸: I love your nail colour. 💅 🇵🇰: Beta ap namaz nahin parti?
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Snober Abbasi
5 years
In 1950s, the govt hosted a concert in Punjab University to raise funds for flood victims. Organisers asked Noor Jehan not to sing “Mujh Se Pehli Si Muhabbat” because the govt opposed Faiz’s leftist poetry. She replied: “Then I will not sing at all.”
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Snober Abbasi
3 years
On a serious note, please stay in touch with your friends or family members who might be at risk of domestic abuse tonight, which increases dramatically when we lose a game. If you are at risk, call 109 for urgent support.
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Snober Abbasi
5 years
A guy just broke up with my friend because apparently her laugh was too loud. In his family, girls that laugh louder are described as indecent and characterless, which has influenced his decision. Masculinity so fragile that a woman only has to laugh to challenge it.
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Snober Abbasi
7 years
I can't believe that those people in the back literally said "bye" in a cheerful intonation. #BoycottDelta
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Snober Abbasi
3 years
Pakistani men sitting at home, waiting for female family members to cook and serve food.
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Snober Abbasi
4 years
Women aren’t your private chefs. Cook your damn food.
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Snober Abbasi
3 years
Pakistan... where the government bans TikTok but not child marriage.
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Snober Abbasi
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Snober Abbasi
5 years
My friend was beaten, left unconscious by her husband. She approached her mother-in-law for help, who instead speaking to her or helping her said: “beta, tum namaz nai parti na to iss waja se gharelo tashadud hota hai.” I mean no disrespect but really.
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Snober Abbasi
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In 2010, my mum was diagnosed with a terminal disease. It was the eve of Eid in 2011. She had only Rs 800 to buy new clothes for both of us. She bought me new pant & shirt, while she bought a used dress for herself from flea market (Landa Bazar) for Rs 50 My heart still breaks
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Snober Abbasi
5 years
In 1985, Iqbal Bano became a cult icon when she roused an audience of 50,000 people in Lahore as an act of resistance. She wore a black sari and sang Faiz's passionate anthem Hum Dekhenge. At the time, Zia had imprisoned the leftist poet Fiaz, banned his poetry and the sari.
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Snober Abbasi
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If they can do this to the spouse of a former PM, imagine the shitshow ordinary women go through in Pakistani courts. It’s precisely why, as a nation, we are in a state of complete mess.
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Breaking News: Imran, Bushra sentenced to seven years imprisonment in 'unlawful' marriage case Court announces reserved verdict; imposes fine of Rs0.5 million each on former premier and wife For more: #etribune #news #Latest
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Snober Abbasi
6 years
Dad sheds some wisdom. #JaagnaTohParega
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Snober Abbasi
1 year
This picture says it all, happy new year!
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Snober Abbasi
8 years
I have no words for #OregonUnderAttack . The fact that I heard it from a hashtag on Twitter before any news source blows my mind.
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Snober Abbasi
8 years
Biggest and Brightest: The first glances of rare #supermoon captured in sensational and stunning photos. #supermoon2016
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Snober Abbasi
2 years
Friends invited us over for biryani and this was what they served. I’m thankful for their effort but sorry, this isn’t biryani.
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Snober Abbasi
8 years
This is why his mama don't like you and she likes everyone. #KimExplosedTaylorParty
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There are more important things to talk about... Why can't people use their voice for something that fucking matters?
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Snober Abbasi
4 years
Google translate, “let us hang out" to Urdu. I am not kidding you.
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Snober Abbasi
5 years
Bilal Saqib invented the wheel that helps rural women roll a water tank instead of carrying it on their head. This solution reduces their risk to back pain and plans to add a filter in each wheel to purify the water. Don't hesitate to support our innovators. #DasaniHeroes
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Snober Abbasi
5 years
It’s my birthday today. With my favourite photo, I’d like to share a lesson I’ve learned: standing up for yourself against hatred is worth losing friends over.
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Snober Abbasi
9 months
And in Pakistan, you can’t even mention his name in schools. Our shared loss.
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Introducing you to the Abdus Salam Library 📚 The library was named to honour Nobel Prize winning physicist and Imperial Professor, Abdus Salam. Find out more 👇
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Snober Abbasi
6 years
Lesson learned, one should never order biryani in Brussels.
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Snober Abbasi
3 years
A white guy just looked at me on an underground train and lashed out “so many fucking foreigners everywhere”. My heart sank. I can’t believe what just happened.
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Snober Abbasi
4 years
Punjabi is such a beautiful language. It is unfortunate how the language is stigmatised and overshadowed by social and economic stereotypes.
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Snober Abbasi
5 years
The photo suggests that women who choose to wear a burqa do not have access to information which is quite deceptive. Wearing a bikini or burqa doesn't determine how eager one is to learn.
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Haven’t seen such powerful imagery in a while. This picture has me stumped.
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Snober Abbasi
3 years
Male on male rape and its shameful denial are an epidemic in Pakistan. The student could've been saved much earlier on. While Mufti's arrest is a positive sign, there's an underlying lesson for society to learn: Believe victims, including men, when they speak up about the abuse.
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Snober Abbasi
3 years
Extremely harsh penalties must be given to those monsters, who harassed a helpless girl in Minar-e-Pakistan. How many more women will have to be harassed, abused or attacked before the govt makes this issue a top priority of its public safety agenda?! Enough is enough.
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Snober Abbasi
8 years
Meanwhile, security at the airports of Egypt. #EgyptAir
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Snober Abbasi
3 years
This 'pawari ho rahi hai' song has done more for India and Pakistan relations than the elected leaders.
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Snober Abbasi
7 years
A society that has a bigger problem with a woman's outfit/smoking than what's actually going on in the country, never matures. #MahiraKhan
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Snober Abbasi
5 years
"In torn clothes of a woman, our culture sees her body, not her poverty." - Mashal Khan
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Two years ago, Shaheed Mashal Khan was brutally killed. Many who lynched him still walk free today. But our hearts are with Mashal always because the brave and defiant are never forgotten
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Snober Abbasi
3 years
I stare at this picture of my brother & me struggling to hold still in the arms of our parents who are no longer here. I wonder every day whether they exist somewhere. People, who meant the world to us, simply disappear from this world. How can worlds like these cease altogether?
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Snober Abbasi
4 years
What is Pakistan like for a woman? The picture explains it well.
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Snober Abbasi
3 years
“Owned”?! You’re not a product.
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Snober Abbasi
3 years
This picture gives me so much hope for my country. 💕
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Snober Abbasi
4 years
I wanna be friends with everyone who listens to Abida Parveen.
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Snober Abbasi
4 years
Pakistani TV channels have gone ahead and have given the virus a face. 🤦‍♂️
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Snober Abbasi
4 years
⚡First vlog: let me teach y'all how to cook biryani in 34 seconds. 📢Nothing is surprising about men taking responsibility in the kitchen. Cooking isn't macho, it has been gender-blind most of our history. So help out your sister, mum or wife. Please show some love.👨‍🍳🍚
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Snober Abbasi
7 years
Apparently, a Pepsi ad is getting more attention than a gas attack on children in Syria. A black day for humanity. #Syria
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Snober Abbasi
2 years
Our street, pretty in pink – we have more to rejoice than just the end of winter. 🌸🌸
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Snober Abbasi
9 years
Together we're stronger Together we are not afraid Together we rise and shine. #ParisAttacks
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Snober Abbasi
3 years
This morning, my father passed away. He was a caring husband, a loving father and a generous grandfather. Although he had a challenging life, he taught us to be hopeful, kind and hardworking. We'll miss him dearly. Please keep him in your prayers. Thank you.
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Snober Abbasi
5 years
This biryani looks like it has recently returned from overseas with a fake accent.
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Snober Abbasi
5 years
In 2015, she passed away while I still had six months to graduate and start earning. I could never do anything as meaningful yet as simple as what she did for me on that eve of Eid. For this very reason, there will always be a void in my heart, which can never be filled.
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Snober Abbasi
2 years
Instead of asking if it's a girl or a boy, a more appropriate question would be to ask whether the baby is healthy.
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Snober Abbasi
4 years
I’m not gonna keep this laung. I made some pulao and I turned out so good that I can’t believe it. The taste and aroma remind of savour foods.
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Snober Abbasi
5 years
I was craving for chapli kebab so I decided to start from scratch and make some. They are a bit spicy but so delicious.
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Snober Abbasi
7 years
The amount of abuse Ms. #AyeshaGulalai is receiving for voicing her concern, is the reason why countless Pakistani women never speak up.
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Snober Abbasi
5 years
This @Uber driver asked me to cancel the ride upon arriving and realising that I am not a girl. He said he thought that “Snober” would be a girl.
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Snober Abbasi
5 years
A rishta aunty asked my friend to remove her dupatta so they could see her body and hair. There should be a ban on such demands.
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Snober Abbasi
8 years
Note to journalists: he did not hijack plane "due to exwife", he hijacked plane due to violent, misogynistic sense of entitlement #EgyptAir
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Snober Abbasi
5 years
Women are considered fragile but I have never seen anything as easily woundable as a man's ego.
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Snober Abbasi
4 years
Who the hell eats gulab jamun with knife and fork?!
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Snober Abbasi
4 years
Me hiding from the plans I made with friends weeks ago
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Snober Abbasi
4 years
Naked legs are considered so mysterious in Pakistan, people have to take photos without consent and show the entire nation to prove they exist.
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Snober Abbasi
2 years
Thirty years ago today, two people got together and now I have to work every day…
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Snober Abbasi
5 years
Back in the day, Noor Jehan was taking many political and societal taboos in her stride. Many people who belong to the same industry from across the border should take some notes if they’re done venting, got it? OK?
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Snober Abbasi
8 years
Here's what I expected to capture vs. what I ended up capturing. #Supermoon #Supermoon2016
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Snober Abbasi
6 years
Just met Ali (age 13) who cleans cars windshield at a signal in Islamabad during the night and goes to school in the morning. He refuses charity when I offered, instead requested if he could clean the windshield. It is 4°C right now and he works #TumhariMehnat ko salam, beta 💔
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Snober Abbasi
4 years
If I got laid every time Hamza Ali Abbasi made sense, I'd still be a virgin.
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Snober Abbasi
7 years
"In torn clothes of a woman, our culture sees her body, not her poverty." - Mashal Khan
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Snober Abbasi
7 years
Whoever painted this artwork on a wall in Karachi, deserve an Oscar. Such talented individuals must be recognized. #MeriShaanMeraPakistan
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Snober Abbasi
9 years
To the French cabbies who switched off their meters and got everyone home safe last night 👏👏👏👏 #ParisAttacks
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Snober Abbasi
7 years
Omg. I can’t believe who I bumped into! OMG! This year, for me, has been completed. @ImranKhanPTI
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Snober Abbasi
2 years
A friend recently lost her mother. I rang to offer my condolences. But we stayed on the call without saying a word as if we found some shared comfort in the silence, knowing there wasn’t anything we could have said to calm our relentless hearts. Piercing, remorseful silence.
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Snober Abbasi
4 years
Pakistanis are more outraged by a woman twirling in a mosque than thousands of children sexually abused by clerics in the same place.
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92 News HD Plus
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Video at Wazir Khan Mosque: FIR lodged against Saba Qamar, Bilal Saeed
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Snober Abbasi
7 years
when your dad isn't James Bond but close enough.
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Snober Abbasi
6 years
Amir Liaquat won and Jibran Nasir lost. Need I say more about where we headed?
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Snober Abbasi
6 years
Take that, India. #PSLFinalinKarachi
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Snober Abbasi
6 years
Sunsets are a proof that ending can be beautiful.
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Snober Abbasi
3 years
Imagine the fear when you'd rather cling to a flying plane than live under the Taliban rule in your own country.
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Snober Abbasi
3 years
Men apologising to women for wrongdoings: 🇺🇸: sorry I was wrong. 🇵🇰: bibi
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Snober Abbasi
8 years
It doesn't matter who wins tonight because we've won what we aimed for. We've showed the world what we actually are. Thanks #PSLFinal 🇵🇰
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Snober Abbasi
4 years
Conclusion: it is easier to make biryani than to please everyone.
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Snober Abbasi
4 years
Why do the likes of Tariq Jameel link floods, earthquakes & pandemics to women's modesty? Why do they forget that it's a man who raped 9 yr old Zainab, it's a man who marries 1 in 5 girls before they're 18, it's a man who raped women's corpses, it's a man who hits 9 in 10 women?
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Snober Abbasi
9 years
A world demonstrably saddened, shaken, but standing in solidarity against horrific #ParisAttacks .
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Snober Abbasi
6 years
I am rooting for Justice (R) Nasira Iqbal for being considered and (hopefully) eventually becoming Pakistan's first female President. She is also the daughter in law of Allama Iqbal.
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Snober Abbasi
7 years
Let the visit of Ronaldinho and Friends to Pakistan be the message for all those who point fingers at our nation. #UniteForFootball
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Snober Abbasi
7 years
These superhero costumes have never been attempted in Pakistan before; the materials look very 'Hollywood' style. #ProjectGhazi
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Snober Abbasi
3 years
🇺🇸: OMG, this city is so pretty. 🇵🇰: yaar Islamabad pakistan lagta hi nai hai.
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Snober Abbasi
3 months
being a woman in pakistan is actually an act of resistance
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Snober Abbasi
7 years
Before you comment on #MahiraKhan 's dress/smoking, please go ahead and check your browsing history. Period.
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Snober Abbasi
5 years
Veena blamed #SaniaMirza for taking her son out to a sheesha cafe, while disregarding that Shoaib Malik is equally accountable. In response, Sania - an ambassador for gender - belittles Veena for exercising her right to choose what to wear. Who won? Patriarchy, misogyny.
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Snober Abbasi
7 years
They died at a place where they should be the happiest they have ever been. ❤ #Manchester
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2 years
A smile after a 23 km hike around Buckinghamshire.
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Snober Abbasi
7 years
The only time Pakistan isn't divided in 4 provinces is when we're playing against India. #AllEyesOnFinal
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Snober Abbasi
5 years
Faiz is said to have been so impressed by her daring act – as well as her masterful rendering of the poem – that he gave up his proprietary rights over the poem in her favour: “Mujh se pehli si muhabbat now belongs to Noor Jehan,” many a public conversation quotes him as saying.
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Snober Abbasi
4 years
Imagine a mosque originally built over a cathedral was turned back into a church? Hagia Sophia is an ancient, cultural heritage site, which is equally important both to Muslims and Christians. It should remain a museum.
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Snober Abbasi
3 years
I’m watching Meghan’s interview with Oprah on @StarPlus .
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Snober Abbasi
7 years
Just saw an aunty in F-7 scolding a begger in English. Pakistani elites, I tell you.
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Snober Abbasi
7 years
Roughly 221 million people speak Arabic worldwide. Would it be a problem if it was Spanish, French, or any other language?! #BoycottDelta
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