Chilli milli bribes and startup extravaganza this week in Pakistan’s business and economics twitterverse
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he startups had a field day following Airlift’s announcement of their massive valuation, but other things were in store as well with Miftah Ismail making tall promises about changes at Ismail Industries in exchange for votes given to the PML-N. We also discuss occupational hazards for reporters, the Pakistani state’s favourite expats, and just how central Whatsapp is to - well - everything in our lives. Ariba Shahid brings you all this and more in this week’s social media roundup.
You know what to do
For the chilli milli
So that was all we needed to do? Get Miftah Ismail a seat in the parliament so that the chilli milli go back to being jawwwuicy and hopefully the number of cocomo increase? Well, Pakistanis can blame Karachi folks for not voting for him. However, we do not know if Ismail is using this as an incentive to get votes, or is extorting our favorite childhood goodies. What is next? Will our political will be held hostage to the number of cocomos in a packet? Or will we be promised the return of Khati Meethi Candy, Candyland ki Fanty in exchange for voting for the PML-N. Given the seriousness of the issue, we suggest the Election Commission of Pakistan look into this. We also suggest that the PTI make a formal complaint to the Competition Commission of Pakistan and say the PML-N is using beloved products in the confectionery sector to mess with them in the electoral politics segment.
Job first
Kind of confused because aren’t we supposed to dress for the job we want, rather than the job we have. But yeah, optics can come later. More important to get things done than to play adult dress up and pretend.
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We’re not going to say much, but if it’s your last day at a workplace you hate, you know what to do. There are other more creative things you could do as well, but those are perhaps things we do not want to discuss right here. Particularly since our bosses do read this magazine too.
