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Collecting, curating, translating and visualising everything related to Pakistani history and folklore! Find us @folkloristan on Instagram

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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Motifs in Makli✨
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Dragon Carpet illustration + a set of dragon flashcards✨
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
An appreciation post for silver - the people’s metal✨ We see people embracing it in unique ways, each piece of adornment as beautiful as the next.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Folks working on curation in museums or archives, we need a little bit of advice! Please reply to the tweet if you’re down to chat. Reshare for reach please! #archives #museums #curators
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
India has violated the ceasefire. Beginning with gun and artillery fire violations at the LoC, a missile has been fired at Wah Cantt which was successfully intercepted. Multiple explosions have been heard in Peshawar. AD systems have been activated and drones are being shot down.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
A ceasefire has been announced. Will it be upheld? That remains to be seen. It rained missiles on multiple Airbases in Pakistan until the last minute of the talks - the most notable attacks were on Shahbaz base, Jacobabad, and Jamshoro. A pilot and three airmen were martyred today evening.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Operation Bunyan al Maroos has been concluded. Pakistan has warned India against further aggression.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Operation Bunyan al Maroos has been concluded. Pakistan has warned India against further aggression.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
India’s S400 system has been destroyed. Pakistan Air Force has crossed the LOC all the way to Sri Nagar. There are reports of 2 Indian jets being downed, near Sialkot and Samhani - details awaited. It is raining drones on Islamabad once again.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
India-Pakistan War Updates: An Indian Rafale has been shot down over Sialkot, Pakistan.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Pakistan has destroyed an Indian supply depot in Uri using Fatah-II missiles.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Footage of Pakistan’s retaliatory strike on Udhampur Airbase.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Pakistan has launched Fateh-1
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Twenty six Indian military sites in Jammu Kashmir have been targeted by Pakistan.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Pakistan’s response begins. India’s Brahmos stockpile at Beas has been wiped out. Pathan Kot Airfield and Udhampur Airbase have also been attacked.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Pakistan Tonight: A drone struck Okara Sutlej School. Neelum Valley under heavy attack. Gujarat and Sialkot under heavy fire. A ballistic missile hit Narowal. Airports in Sukkur and Rahim Yar Khan have been hit.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
It’s raining Kamikaze drones in Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Pakistan has retaliated. Strikes at Gujarat and Beas, India.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Multiple blasts in Karachi.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Four drones have been shot down in Peshawar.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
One night of living through explosions and I understand why journalists in Gaza have stopped posting about everything else.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Indian Missiles have also hit Afghanistan.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Islamabad: Blast near Lethrar Road - 3:35 am Explosion in DHA Sector J Two explosions heard in F-7 (3:35 and 3:41 am) Multiple explosions heard in Peshawar. There is word that the Airport has been attacked.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
3:35 and 3:41 am. More loud bangs in Islamabad.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Murid Base, and Shorkot Air Base have been targeted. All Air Force assets remain safe. All six missiles which hit Shorkot were intercepted.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Pakistan Air Defence has intercepted a ballistic missile at Noor Khan airbase, Rawalpindi. A fire has broken out following the interception. Atleast four blasts have been heard in Islamabad in the past 10-15 minutes.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Rawalpindi/Islamabad are under attack right now: A drone has crashed on the rooftop of a house in Media Town. Sirens are going off in Bahria Enclave and parts of Rawalpindi. Projectiles have been seen in the sky near Lethrar Road on the Expressway.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
War is upon us.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Harop drones have also landed in Ghotki and Cholistan. The count stands at 31 drones as of now.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The morning has been a shower of Israeli-made Indian Kamikaze drones. - Karachi - Islamabad - Rawalpindi - Lahore - Gujranwala - Gujrat - Nankana Sahib - Attock
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Indian aggression on Pakistan continues. Explosions have been heard in Gujranwala. Parts of Rawalpindi and Islamabad and blacked out. All flights to Lahore are being diverted. 4 SAM’s have been fired in Amritsar by India during a drill, one of which may have downed an IAF jet.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Pakistan Air Force has shot down 05 fighter aircraft being flown by IAF. This includes 03 Rafael planes, an SU-30 and a MIG-29. So far, Indian Media has confirmed 3 fighter aircraft to have “crashed” - for unknown reasons. Footage from Punjab, India.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
We don’t need heads from DC. The sloppy statements coming in are not welcome. US policies have indirectly caused this escalation - now sit this one out. Pakistan will retaliate. It has too. Not retaliating = inviting more Indian aggression.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The update is now six Indian planes being downed, with 3 confirmed kills with evidence for two Rafales and a Sukhaoi.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Footage from one of the Indian missile strikes in Pakistan. The ban on Twitter in Pakistan has also been lifted temporarily. Artillery exchanges are ongoing. An Indian outpost in Neelum Valley has been captured. Firing is still ongoing in Chalhana, Kath Chogli and Dudhniyal.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
35 Pakistani civilians have been injured as a result of Indian missile strikes in Pakistan. 8 civilians have been martyred.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
- All air traffic in Islamabad and Lahore has been suspended for the next 48 hours. - All flights are being diverted to Karachi. - Three Indian fighter crafts have been downed. - Sri Nagar Airbase in Indian-Occupied Kashmir has been targeted by Pakistan.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
To those of you who don’t know - Pakistan is also at war against itself. The current regime in Pakistan took power after a US-backed coup during the Biden regime and have zero legitimacy among the people. They will happily escalate to save face, and to keep Khan in prison.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
India-Pakistan updates: - An emergency has been imposed in Punjab. - All educational institutions are to remain closed tomorrow. - The public has been asked to prepare for a blackout, with lights out in Muzaffarabad and curfew in Lahore. - Islamabad has been sealed.
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I condemn the horrific terrorist attack in Pahalgam — but no conclusive evidence has been presented linking Pakistan. India’s unprovoked strike on Pakistan is a violation of international law. With both being nuclear powers, this is reckless & a grave threat to regional peace.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The last time the USA intervened in an India-Pakistan conflict was when they forced Pakistan to de-escalate, during Kargil, in 1999. That was 26 years ago. India and Pakistan have been in multiple conflicts since then.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Yes, they did. In March 2022, India fired a Brahmos Missile at Khanewal, and later claimed it was “an accident” - the missile was unarmed (or so they say).
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The first of the martyred and the injured.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Turning international law into a joke to give Israel a free-pass for Genocide has resulted in other countries, like India and the UAE thinking they can also bomb civilians in Pakistan and Sudan respectively and get away with it. Not to mention USA is continuing to bomb Yemen.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
India fired 9 missiles on five Pakistani cities at midnight. The first Pakistani martyr of the war is a child. Pakistan has begun retaliating. Sri Nagar Airbase has been targeted, along with artillery fire across the LOC.
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
‏نَصْرٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَفَتْحٌ قَرِيبٌ
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
The art vs the artist - women from the history of Urdu literature😍 #languages #digitalart #urdu #southasia #pakistan
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Sneak Peek into our exhibition on Urdu history starting next month: A poster incorporating the calligraphy of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal Emperor. The red stamp by is inspired by historical references of his royal seal. 📍: Old Althams, Scotland Rd, Nelson
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Folkloristan @folkloristan.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
A short note on the history of Nastaliq typography.
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