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‘PakFacts’ trends on Twitter, spreading awareness about our neighbouring country

Whenever one hears a phrase called facts about a country, one associates them to be about the culture, demographics, history, geography, food and people of that nation. When it comes to facts about India, people talk about the ancient culture, rivers, diverse languages and traditions, a blend of various geographies, the spices and curries. We can go on..

So if you thought #PakFacts to be a similar effort then you are slightly mistaken. It is of course a bit difficult to speak in depth about a nation which was born 69 years ago and broke into two 45 years back. Unless of-course you wish to talk about a military state which specialises in exporting terrorism, in that case ”one life is not enough”.

As you might have guessed already, the hashtag #PakFacts was an effort by tweeples to satirically mock all the shortcomings of our neighbouring country. So here are a few comments to lighten you mood:

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