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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

One of my favorite threads

Daily Stoic

@dailystoic

3 years

Procrastinating "is the biggest waste of life," the Stoic philosopher Seneca wrote. "It snatches away each day...and denies us the present by promising the future." Want to stop wasting your life? Here are 8 Stoic tactics to beat procrastination🧵

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

A thread on graduating. Back in my senior year, as the time at LUMS came to end, I felt a certain unease. I don't know if others felt it. I certainly did. The feeling that something has to happen. That a void has to be filled. April started. And ended. Job hunt continued. 1/n

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

#NewProfilePic Passing out ceremony of the 44th STP

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جس نے بن مانگے عطا کیا، وہ مانگنے پر کیوں مایوس کرے گا۔ Stay hopeful. Keep praying 😊

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

Spent more than an hour on call guiding a uni batchmate about CSS, how to prepare, books to read etc. Motivated him, assured him of my constant support. A few days later, guy decides 'he doesn't want to appear in the exam' 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

10 months

My advice to CSS aspirants. Don't do it.

Syed Rizwan Mehboob

@syedrizwanmehb1

10 months

My advice to CSS aspirants. Prefer Foreign Service over PAS/DMG/PSP DC/DPO is max 5-6 yr. Rest its Add Comisnr ISHTMAL,DIG Tele, Secrtariat In FSP,U live abroad 10 countries;Limos;State Banquet;10 Downing;UN;Kids settle abroad & U meet Global creme de la creme vs Tehsildar/SHOs

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

Unwritten duties and unspoken obligations govern us.

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يَا أيَتُها النَفسُ المُطمَئِنَةُ ارجعِي إلَي ربَكَ راضيًةً مرضيةً "اے نفس مطمئنہ، اپنے رب کی طرف لوٹ آ،اس حال میں کہ تو اس سے راضی اور وہ تُجھ سے راضی" (سورہ فجر، آیت 27, 28)

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

You leave, and yet you stay. You leave, and you take a part of this place with you. The part that lives on in your memories. The part of you that lives on, in the memories of those you love. At the end of the day, its not the place, it's the people. 12/12.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

کیا ہے تو، کیوں ہے تو، سوچ ذرا

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@realuzairk

3 years

A beautiful end to military attachment. STP may have begun but I am still thinking about the time spent exploring Bahawalpur. What a treasure of a city ♥️

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4 years

"no cultural nights, only lonely nights" -a fellow from the 48th ctp

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

Woke up to find out my occupational group and I are the reason behind all social ills in Pakistan.😜

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

Restaurants opening from 10th august. Ab treat maangnay waalay sathiyon ko Kya bahaana banaya jaye? 🤔

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

Please please please learn to be happy for others. Your bitterness only hurts you, no one else🙏

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

With king @alamjunaid_

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

She fell in love with an IRS officer but it was very taxing

Rantings of a Civil Servant

@RantsCSS

3 years

she fell in love with a Customs Officer but it has taken its toll

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Uzair Ali Khan

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Victory is sweet when you have known defeat

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

#NewProfilePic

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

From KP to GB on horseback. A gruelling journey but totally worth it.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

Kabhi kabhi mein is tarah ke cheezein dekh ke sochta houn mein ne konsay CSS kia hai?

Tamur Usman

@tamar__lane

4 years

Bois CSS/PMS k baad apni gali me enter hotay huay... 😁 #CSS #PMS

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

Mustansar's novel 'Bahao' is one piece of literature you should all read. It is a slow narrative. But it's description of how a society decays at the hands of dogma, is harrowing yet moving.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

Had a conversation with my Alma Mater. CSS aspirants may find it helpful.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

A beautiful thought. We are very important (but only in our own minds)

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

How to disagree without being disrespectful. That's the number one course every institution needs to be teaching us young lot.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

Pursuit of happiness is a great movie. But the idea that you can be 'happy' by achieving a certain goal, or getting a certain title, is flawed. Hence, the idea that we are entitled to the 'pursuit' of happiness, not happiness itself.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

In the south, the air is thicker, the bonds are deeper, the words are sweeter.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

2 years

I once travelled three hours to attend a meeting where it was decided that no action will be taken on the matter under consideration. I then travelled back 3 hours. That's six hours of my life I'm never getting back.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

Saying "I hope I am edible" instead of "I hope I am audible" in a zoom meeting

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

How do you say goodbye? You expect it to be a grand sort of a thing. You were all meeting for the last time of course, but it was so mundane. You watch them leave, and then you get back to your game of cards. You promise to keep in touch, knowing full well the truth in that 8/n

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

The next morning. You are still thinking about that which is missing. You look around. This is not what goodbye has to be about. Do I just leave? Just like that? What about the big thing? And then it hits you. There is no void. 11/n.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

Hope you're all having a great Tuesday afternoon. Me? I am about to head into my 5th zoom meeting for the day🙂

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

For me, it was the sense of leaving home. Things were familiar here. A routine was set. Faces were known. Feelings were felt. Hearts were spoken for. This was nice, this was home. And yet, home felt incomplete. What could make this better, I would think, and how? 4/n

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

There are so many memories here. You try to relive them all. You can't. You want to stay, but you want to leave. You think about all that you left unsaid, all the things you never did. And now it's time for you to go. But you are waiting. For the big thing that has to happen 10/n

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

2 years

People really hate seeing someone else happy

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

A powerful image.

Aamer Hayat Bhandara 

@AamerBhandara

3 years

😞

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

You'd see acquaintances leave, and you'd know this was probably the last time you were seeing them. There was one person who you shared a careem with once. Another you borrowed a tie from. Another was your groupmate in Soph year. And they were all leaving, just like that. 7/n

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

سُخن گو بہت ہیں، سُخن آشنا کوئی نہیں

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

Then May started. Job applications, assessment centers, farewell dinners, late night chaye sessions. Yet, there was a sense of foreboding. That something big had to happen. That somehow, I was not living my best life. Everyday was the same, yet different. Each day counted 2/n

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

A city that has my heart

Ambreeeen..

@Nostalgicc_A

3 years

Lahore at 5am in the early morning! ❤️

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

Greetings from chitral

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

"Know your case." This is the best work related advice I ever got.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

Some people say everything, yet say nothing. Others say nothing, yet say everything.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

Please welcome @TalhaAsadKhan_ , the prince of Baffa and the chief secretary of the 44th STP, as he has joined twitter today.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

But then, it's your day to leave. You walk back to the dorm after fajar, all alone. The campus is empty. Everyone has left. You take a detour to the khokha windows. And you stand still. Take in the silence. Look at the place. Take it in. That bench, this window, that tree. 9/n

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

The decisions that the powerful make in regard to the powerless define who they are.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

In university, you learn to write beautiful essays merging complex ideas and developing meaningful discourse. At work, you learn to condense complex issues into simply worded emails so that the other person doesn't reply "pls book calendar to discuss"

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

What we earn is directly proportional to the complexity of problems we solve. And we earn many things; money, respect, prayers and occasionally anger.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

2 years

* وَتُعِزُ مَن تَشَاء وَتُذِلُ مَن تَشَاء

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

Exams came. Ended. Life at lums was over. Fellows poured out, some left the very night of the last exam. Others left a few days later. A few like me lingered on for another week. For what reason? I think we were still chasing the void. This was the hardest part. 6/n

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

It felt as if our hearts knew the answer, but they wouldn't tell. Perhaps one more chaye samosa at PDC. Perhaps one last nighter in IST. Maybe one last batch night to remember. But it was all the same, nothing different. The taste of each experience all too familiar. 5/n

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

We just didn't know how to make it count, or so I thought. Some of us were headed to nice cushy jobs. Others searched for nearby apartments, as they prepared to jump down the CSS rabbit hole. Everyone was headed somewhere, and yet none of us wanted to leave. Why? 3/n

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

1 year

I will never understand why one public sector department decides to create 4 groups on WhatsApp. And share the SAME SHIT PDF DOCUMENT on all 4 groups And then One of their clerks will send it SEPARATELY in chat. And it will be the most MUNDANE shit ever

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

The biggest plot twist was when I saw my elitist uni fellows land dev sector job. Same people who would look down on everyone who didn't speak with an accent were now masquerading as saviors. I guess elite people are the same everywhere. Performative activism, zero substance.

Alina Shigri

@alinashigri

4 years

Is this how you show support for the rape victim? @sarwatgilani @FriehaAltaf did you guys not realize that it was in bad taste to joke about an issue that has everyone enraged?

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

"Every lie incurs a debt on truth, and sooner or later, that debt is paid."

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

Two large-scale projects from the developing world in 2021 A. India's vaccine rollout - aims to vaccinate 300 million people by June B. Punjab universal health coverage; the whole province might have free healthcare by end of 2021.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

Heaven would be an old book store I think.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

2 years

I think the biggest advice I would give to my 22 year old self is to make my own decisions and listen to no one about my choices. That way I would have no one to blame but myself..and that is still better than wallowing over how someone else is to blame for your troubles

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

میرے داغِ دل سے ہے روشنی، اسی روشنی سے ہے زندگی مجھے ڈر ہے اے میرے چارہ گر، یہ چراغ تو ہی بُجھا نہ دے

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

2 years

I will never understand people who derive pleasure from abusing their powers. What twisted complex has led you to deriving pleasure from someone else's pain? Even more so, these people are usually normal, kind human beings in their daily lives, but afsari ka زعم ruins you.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

I don't think there is any word I hate more than 'conceptual framework'..

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

Diving into this reading by Ayesha Jalal. Wish me, and my attention span, good luck.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

Thank God I don't have school tomorrow.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

Everyone appearing in 2021 should read this document carefully, especially the following points; Examiner 1 point a Examiner 2 point b Examiner 3 point a Examiner 4 point a Thank you @nehel_hafeez once again for sharing this

Nehel Hafeez

@nehel_hafeez

4 years

For advice on the Essay Exam in CSS, it’s best to read the examiner’s report that FPSC has uploaded on their website. Very important to read this out thoroughly to understand what is required!

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

How to become culture? Asking for a friend

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

"جب دوستی بہت پرانی ہوجائے تو گفتگو کی چنداں ضرورت باقی نہیں رہتی اور دوست ایک دوسرے کی خاموشی سے بھی لطف اندوز ہو سکتے ہیں" پطرس بُخاری

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@TaimoorGhik

3 years

Patras Bukhari once beautifully said “Dost wo hai jis k sath bethay huay guftugu na ho rhi ho Lekin Dil musarat mein ho k pehlu mein koi apna betha hai”

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

Don't think too much

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

Beautiful

Dr Inam Waheed Khan

@nobody14151617

4 years

انسان کی توہین کیوں پروردگار کو ناپسند ہے؟

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

2 years

Rescue 1122 is one department that has consistently proven it's commitment and ability throughout the province. Their discipline is unmatched.

SidraSattar

@SidrasattarO

2 years

A tribute must be paid to our rescue 1122 services which are serving and helping us in every kind of calamity and disaster.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

1 year

ACship is about surviving till tomorrow

Sir Humphrey Appleby

@YesSirHumphrey

1 year

Diplomacy is about surviving until the next century. Politics is about surviving until Friday afternoon.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

A few years ago, a person in India posed as a trainee officer and spent six months in the Indian civil service academy. Got discovered only when visiting Indian president's security staff scrutinized list of IAS probationers. Hard to imagine that happening here😂

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

A win in dark times

DBTV

@dbtv_live

3 years

History is being made in Pakistan as Justice Ayesha A. Malik will be appointed the first female judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Never has there been a female judge in the apex court. A win for Pakistan and Pakistani women! #JusticeAyeshaMalik #SupremeCourt

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

Can I make this beat my new ringtone? So catchy 😅

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

2 years

Everyone walks around wearing their insecurities on their sleeves. You just have to look closely.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

'Paralysis by analysis' is better than paralysis due to a 'lack of analysis'.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

1 year

I think a lot of us discount the spirit of goodness our people have. A few days ago, an old baba jee comes up to me distressed about how his CNIC keeps showing him as ineligible for atta. I explain to him how the card has to be scanned without which I cannot help him. 1/n

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

A beautiful message. I request every aspirant to look at not just the successes, the highs and the wins but to look at the failures, the defeats and the low moments. You CANT lose, as long as you're willing to learn from your mistakes.

Junaid Alam

@alamjunaid_

4 years

I was ranked 14th in CSS-2019 which had it's own challenges: - failed in CSS-2017 - not allocated in GB Competitive Examination 2017 - could'nt progress beyond the preliminary stages of a multitude of vacancies via FPSC [1/n]

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

2 years

There is no quick fix. In fact, there is no fix. It's beyond repair now. Quit hoping.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

A comprehensive book on governance reforms. One of the best I have read in a while. The lesson is simple: Even small interventions succeed if implemented with vigor.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

Nur Mehel

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

Literally me when DG Saab asked us to read the economic survey

Oreo Meow (fashion icon era)

@SerBrownLegend

3 years

Me having to read the Federal Budget 2021-22 to stay in the loop:

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

2 years

To ensure all children have a chance to choose the life they want to build. That's what matters. All else is distraction.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

2 years

A little hut up in the mountains

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

Don't be stupid

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

Say what you want about the city, it's smog and whatnot. But it's always always a pleasure to return to lahore💕

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

1 year

Aap aaye hain mujh se milne Thehriye, mein bula kar lata houn..

سید حسن♡

@friendlesshun__

1 year

Once jaun elia said?

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

I am so glad the mute button exists. Something similar should be introduced for WhatsApp groups to mute particular participants.

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

✅💯

Makhdoom Shahab-ud-Din

@ShahabSpeaks

3 years

کبھی کبھی لٹ جایاکریں جب شدید موسم میں کوئی ریڑھی والا 30 روپے کی چیز 50 روپے میں بیچ کر آپ کو لوٹنا چاہے تو لٹ جایا کریں

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2 years

Congrats to all those who cleared the css exam this year! 🎉🎉 So exciting to see many from Lums joining the service

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

The function of knowledge is to comprehend in order to change.

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@realuzairk

3 years

We cannot control the evil tongue of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them -Cato the elder

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

2 years

🤫👀👀👀

Jake Anbinder

@JakeAnbinder

2 years

What profession has lost the most prestige as a result of its members having access to twitter?

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

Anyone else feel there should be more hours in the day? 24 just isn't enough🧐

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

2 years

This bastard should be removed from service and taken to task

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

2 years

بہت سے لوگوں کو پڑھنا چاہیے، مگر وہ لکھ رہے ہیں

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

4 years

"How noble this city must be for we have spent four hundred years trying to finish it off and we still have not succeeded"

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

Bhai aaj kal haalaat theek nai😜

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Uzair Ali Khan

@realuzairk

3 years

What a beautiful place!

Karim Shah Nizari

@shahnizari

3 years

Amazing pakistan ski heaven Broghil valley having 7 months long winters. Only way to survive is to fight with the harsh weather conditions.

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Uzair Ali Khan

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2 years

Grace 💚

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