ISLAMABAD: Jamima Goldsmith, ex-wife of Prime Minister Imran Khan, British filmmaker, and journalist took to Twitter and urged Pakistanis to recommend the best Pakistani wedding song. It showed she has a keen interest in the Pakistani culture.
In a tweet, Jemima asked her millions of Pakistani followers to suggest her a “contemporary Pakistani song” that could be played at a wedding.
“Question for Pakistani Twitter: What is the best contemporary Pakistani pop song please that would play at a wedding?” she tweeted.
Within minutes of having been posted, the tweet garnered more than 250 retweets, almost 2,900 likes, and 900-plus replies as people flooded Jemima’s Twitter timeline with suggestions.
Even though Jemima specifically asked for a pop number, people came up with all sorts of recommendations.
A user named Salman Khan suggested his go-to Pushto wedding song.
One Twitter user, Javeria Masood anticipated that Jemima’s son must be getting married. But the suggestion was once again an old Punjabi folk song, “Latthe di Chadar.”
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