Meet Pakistani social media's angry parrots
NFP illustrates arguments on social media in Pakistan that have become a set of predictable knee-jerk reactions.
Nadeem F. Paracha
Published
August 4, 2016
Arguments on social media in Pakistan have become a set of predictable knee-jerk reactions:

























Disclaimer: This article is categorised as satire.
Nadeem F. Paracha is a cultural critic and senior columnist for Dawn Newspaper and Dawn.com. He is also the author of two books on the social history of Pakistan, End of the Past and The Pakistan Anti-Hero.
He tweets @NadeemfParacha
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KShaikh
Aug 04, 2016 11:46am
#Epic
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Hasan
Aug 04, 2016 11:46am
Really Enjoyed. NFP follows Pakistani social media of all hue and cry very keenly including but not limited to: ultra liberal and ultra nationalistic and Ultra religious
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Erum
Aug 04, 2016 11:49am
loved it! NFP does a Tarantino on local social media.
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Pak
Aug 04, 2016 11:53am
Social media is spreading more hate then love. We need to control this.
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Ahmad
Aug 04, 2016 12:04pm
Hilarious, but so true. NFP is right. All of these have become predictable knee-jerk reactions.
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Mehreen
Aug 04, 2016 12:05pm
Couldn't be summed up better!
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Syed Kaleemullah
Aug 04, 2016 12:06pm
Quorum thinking of nation.
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JK
Aug 04, 2016 12:12pm
Well done. Thats exactly what social media has become. Spend 3 days on social media about current issues and you come out an irrational zombie
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Ali
Aug 04, 2016 12:22pm
hahaha. very realistic
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Asfandeyar
Aug 04, 2016 12:30pm
LOL this was just too much. Thank you from a non beef eating, Kashmiri, Balochi, totally blah, malala, bun kebab, ramazan, boot polish, lifafa, infidel. Je Suis humanity.
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SQ
Aug 04, 2016 12:33pm
Brilliant as always.
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kashif
Aug 04, 2016 12:36pm
Spot on !
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truth prevails
Aug 04, 2016 12:36pm
Stay away from social media...
Don't watch news...
Don't read newspaper....
Don't go behind politicians...
Stay away from debates on religion...
And you will find that you are living in one the best countries of the world!!
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Prashant Shukla
Aug 04, 2016 12:41pm
Absofreakinglutely Brilliant !! :-)
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APakistani
Aug 04, 2016 12:56pm
hahahahahhaaaa
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majid
Aug 04, 2016 12:56pm
GOLD!!
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Hannibal
Aug 04, 2016 01:01pm
Couldn't agree more!!! You will see this plenty on Facebook, defense forums, social media . Brilliant depiction Mr. NFP after a long dry spell :)
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kranti
Aug 04, 2016 01:09pm
lol...Super
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Asif Kashmiri
Aug 04, 2016 01:20pm
Brilliant - loved it as always
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nv
Aug 04, 2016 01:25pm
NFP, u r great..... :-)
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Apache
Aug 04, 2016 01:27pm
BLOCKED! BLOCKED! Perfect ending!
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Zulu
Aug 04, 2016 01:31pm
good one......this is happening all over internet and other media...including here!!!!!
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Mumbai Indian
Aug 04, 2016 01:32pm
LOL... Reminds me of TV debates on one of Indian news channels.... Easy to guess which one..
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Umair
Aug 04, 2016 02:12pm
Haha! NFP at very best.
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ak
Aug 04, 2016 02:24pm
Supremely Awesome.
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Surya Kant
Aug 04, 2016 02:36pm
Good one...
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AZAAD
Aug 04, 2016 02:53pm
HAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAAH
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Complusive Obsessive Virgo
Aug 04, 2016 02:55pm
@Atul uff you're doing exactly what the article is about :p
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umair arif
Aug 04, 2016 03:07pm
very true
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Muhammad Ahmed
Aug 04, 2016 03:20pm
Its pretty good satire; however reality is that even with knee jerk reactions we have at least visibility to both sides of arguments. The sane and peaceful voices may not go viral but they at least leave a small footprint opening doors for further discussion.
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Zuhair Khan
Aug 04, 2016 03:28pm
ahaha lol Nice
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Digvijay
Aug 04, 2016 04:17pm
Superb
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Usman
Aug 04, 2016 04:26pm
that was fast
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Shah Muhammad
Aug 04, 2016 04:53pm
* Nice Humour
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siddhaarth
Aug 04, 2016 04:57pm
Nice!
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sindhi
Aug 04, 2016 04:59pm
Superb
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S P Das
Aug 04, 2016 05:49pm
Simply fantastic!
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Vague Buster
Aug 04, 2016 06:15pm
Why they are using word "Balochistan" I am from Balochistan, everything is OK there. Separatists don't make even 1% of Balochistan's total population.
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Satish
Aug 04, 2016 06:30pm
Perfect....
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Sukhbir K Maggu
Aug 04, 2016 06:51pm
Tusi Great O.
Nadeem, you are wonderfully gifted, you have given me a great start on this day.
Regards
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Mehkan
Aug 04, 2016 08:42pm
NFP wow! You are too good!
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Mir kareem jan
Aug 04, 2016 09:22pm
Good one Mr. Nadeem Paracha,
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Ajay Joshi
Aug 04, 2016 09:29pm
Thank God for some sanity and rational. Need more responsible journalists in main stream Media.
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Abdul Baloch
Aug 04, 2016 10:30pm
I'm from Balochistan, nothing is going on here. We don't want anything but staying in with pakistan We will never want to be part of anything but Pakistan. Pakistan Zindabad! Khair Pakistan! We are in the Army, Navy and Airforce and very much part of Pakistan. Love Pakistan Pakistan Zindabad!
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Anonymous
Aug 05, 2016 12:28am
Hahahaha.... Fan from India.... It's time for all of us to take this easy.... These trouble makers are not even 1% of population....
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Rajesh
Aug 05, 2016 03:09am
Ha ha ha this is funny and true!
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ani
Aug 05, 2016 04:47am
Bought a smile on my face. Thanks, Nadeem :-)
I usually get annoyed by the amount of hate in FB. It's really amazed me that you could find hate in such hate too!
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imran Khan
Aug 05, 2016 04:49am
really good one Again and Again and Again
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Sumit
Aug 05, 2016 10:56am
Simply great!
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skandan
Aug 05, 2016 11:31am
good one!!!
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Think Sensibly
Aug 05, 2016 02:58pm
I had good laugh! Je Suis mars x Je Suis Pluto...hahahah. Thanks NFP.
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zarar
Aug 05, 2016 03:12pm
Pakistan and India are democracies(so called) everyone has a right to say anything he wants we should respect this right not make fun of it.
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Capt C M Khan
Aug 05, 2016 07:56pm
hahahaha...nice NFP....to the point.
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Azhar Khan
Aug 05, 2016 09:11pm
Really enjoyed. Please do not try to control social media. At least this way the debate continues.
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Ali Azam
Aug 06, 2016 02:57am
ALA!!!!
MACHO!!!
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Ketan
Aug 06, 2016 06:43am
I am your fan. For strange reason, I saw your article after long time.
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Anil Sharma
Aug 06, 2016 10:46am
Though verbose and extremely wordy,your article make Sense,as usual,Nadim bhai
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Mohammad Nazir Tabassum
Aug 06, 2016 01:28pm
There are multiple reasons to praise Nadeem Paracha. He dares to take up issues hardly any one else could dare in Pakistan. His way of portrail of specific issues transcends his personal bias, based upon the facts. He is a prolific writer and gives a new life to the past events in the history of Pakistan. Informative, deeply investigative, inductively analytical.
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Rathore
Aug 06, 2016 10:19pm
Beautiful .. Creative
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Jawaid kamal
Aug 07, 2016 04:26am
It is like pakistani Fox News .
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