Future Nostalgia

@burgraccountant @filbuddi @raftardotcom All film music at the time was Pop music. It was popular, it was mainstream. Rushdi wasn't the first to get a hit. Credit goes to Sohail Rana for cultivating experiments and preparing the next gen of Pop artists.

@Mmutee @filbuddi @raftardotcom Rushdie is almost unanimously recognised as the first pop singer in Pakistan regardless of his medium i.e. playback singing.

Before Spotify playlists, viral reels & Coke Studio, there was one Pakistani singer who made pop music mainstream. Who was it?

@burgraccountant @filbuddi @raftardotcom Film music.

@Mmutee @filbuddi @raftardotcom Go even further back & it would be Ahmad Rushdie.

@sama Dont have high hopes, but if you can take care of the AI problem, that would be pretty amazing.

what problem do you most hope AI will solve in the future? maybe we can help!

@filbuddi @raftardotcom Influential but not entirely a domestic project.

@Mmutee @raftardotcom go further back and it would be Nazia Hassan

@opinionatedpk @raftardotcom It was more due to the efforts of creatives like Ghazanfar Ali and Shoaib Mansoor which got the ball rolling. A few shows here, a few there. Gave breaks to all the big names.

@raftardotcom Pop was mainstreamed after NTM music competition and charts in the early 90s

@heart_ Why would you underestimate the power of good taste?

a dude from Pakistan is seeding a 1975 italian comedy movie 😂 wtf is going on even

@jiggywastaken Legend! some guy is trying to sell a similar product and people in comments mentioned you. Thanks so much for making it free.

i made a free macro for premiere pro that keeps your mouse perfectly straight horizontally!~ that way you dont have to pixel perfect those weird keyframe paddles. link in comments! 👇

@GongR1ght Slightly cringe but far from being brainrot.

BRAINROT CINEMA has reached Pakistan. I didn’t know Wasim Akram and his wife acted too lol.

@themaholupper Real problem is the 1.4B charged dhurandars (minus a few sane ones) right next to Pakistan, malicious and brainwashed into doing bad things

Randomly ended up seeing a few hours of Dhurandar 2 last night. Haven't seen the first one but honestly knowing this film was so well received despite being so incredibly stupid makes me happy Pakistan doesn't have a film industry.

@TOKCityOfLights Haven't watched any of your videos featuring this desperate commentator in years. Not before not now, would be great if you stop simping for her so hard.

Actress Mishi Khan reacted to Fahad Mustafa wearing shorts during an interview, pointing out the unequal treatment of men and women in Pakistani society over clothing choices. #TOKReports #FahadMustafa #MishiKhan

@hasn4na Is this sarcasm? Hard to see who is the victim here.

insane classism. They see them like they're subhuman or sum 😭😭😭😭😭😭

@hiyori13 Missing the Techno track

とてもハイコンテクストで国際情勢知る人しかわからないネタ。

@BackupYouKnow @MDUmairKh I am confused by double adjective. Is it former kafir or former ancestors?

@MDUmairKh Nothing new Hindu culture is old and must not Pakistanis behave like their former kafir ancestors

Welcome to India... Man and woman are being paraded on a donkey because they were in a relationship, while crowd is trying to hit her head with giant stones.

@Taimur_Laal Not a fan of these guys but I don't see the problem in their discussion. I understand the urge to ridicule them on merging religion and science, but don't understand what is wrong with this if viewed in purely scientific light.

An example of “Islamic science”.

This is how it pans out. If SBP increases the loan limit on cars, in-line with historic levels, then there would be a sudden surge in demand of these cars (which are predominantly imported - even locally assembled have 85% import content). So as demand increases, we import more cars. As we import more cars, we need more $$$, but we suck at earning $$$ to pay for this -- so we borrow some $$$. This goes for a few months, till we start running out of $$$ -- eventually leading to depreciation of PKR Congratulations - you trigerred yet another avoidable currency crisis by importing more cars. As PKR depreciates, everything starts getting expensive, and we get into yet another spiral of inflation All respect to @StateBank_Pak for holding the fort, and not giving into WhatsApp forwards, and not giving into loser demands of various industry associations.

A short thread of David Pollack's Vintage posters of Pakistani cities — early 1970s. 1 - Peshawar

@Huk06 Amazing podcast, positive and genuine with all the right questions.

I keep saying fashion can be a billion dollar plus export revenue stream for Pakistan. So much talent. If you don’t subscribe to Mubariz’s podcast you should. He’s literally chronicling modern Pakistan.

@CynthiaDRitchie Good voice and delivery but it doesn't sound like someone from the ad industry, not a voice over person, maybe an actor?

Pakistani friends - can you guess whose voice this is? Location: Karachi recording studio, several years ago….

@mahobili Gifts of the patriarchal society.

i just need one experience with a man where he doesn't freak out and assume that I am seeking a conversation with him with the intention of marriage. I build groups and communities to share stories and experiences. men fucking lose their marbles somehow at a simple convo. wtf