RAWALPINDI: As a nail-biting US presidential election comes to a close, people in Pakistan and around the world unleashed a flurry of funny memes and tweets about some of the highlights of the election.
Pakistan’s Twitter mill saw nostalgic parallels to its own politics, especially when President Donald Trump alleged voter fraud before vote counting had even concluded.
Here’s a compilation of our top five.
1. Pakistani journalist Ali Mooen Nawazish could not help but zing the country’s own political antics with a tweet about Trump calling for "containers-“ the de facto barriers at the heart of every Pakistani political crisis.
2. This video meme of Trump dancing to the Pakistan People’s Party anthem went viral
3. Digital artist Digink created a widely shared meme of a satirical Joe Biden tweet with lyrics from Pakistani band Josh calling on everyone to do "bhangra,” a popular Punjabi dance.
4. Digital artist The Daft Draft created a parody of Times Magazine, ‘Whine’ Magazine with Trump on the cover, featuring one of the most recognizable quotes in South Asia from Bollywood film ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.’
5. With voting concluding, one Pakistani Twitter user created a satirical Trump tweet with an Urdu slogan which means 'Respect the Vote' associated with Pakistan Muslim League-N’s Nawaz Sharif.
