Pakistani software consultant using humor to handle barrage of media demands
Here’s a series of tweets that Athar authored a few hours ago while dealing with a Reuters television crew:
Waiting for them to tie their cables around my hands and save us both some time 😛
Ok, the camera crew has graciously allowed me to maximize my TweetDeck again – earlier, it was interfering with their light settings.
I am being told to type and look like I am working – by the Reuters cameraman. This is the only purpose of this tweet. (I am a media puppet)
And so many different puppeteers have wanted a shot at pulling his strings that Athar has compiled an FAQ page, which you can read here. Down near the bottom, we see the man’s humor once again:
Q: Are you a CIA agent?
A: Only when playing games on my PC.
Q: Are you an ISI agent?
A: Not yet, but perhaps after an ‘: Abbottabad’ expansion pack is released.
Q: Are you an Al Qaeda agent?
(actually, I have not spotted any tweet asking me the question above. Strange.)
He may have trouble adjusting when life returns to normal.
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