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'X's grandfather', who was Pakistan's first Twitter user? Interesting question from 'Grok'

Dr. Asim RazaEditor International & Diplomatic Affairs • Islamabad / Lahore Bureau
'X's grandfather', who was Pakistan's first Twitter user? Interesting question from 'Grok'

📌 Key Highlights & Quick Takeaways:

  • Who was the first person to use Twitter in Pakistan? The question sparked interest on X on November 11 when users from different countries s.
  • Regarding Pakistan, Grok flagged the profile of Karachi-based dentist and prominent blogger Dr. Awab Alvi, who has been on the platform sinc.
  • X user Saad Qaiser addressed Grok and asked who had the first X profile in Pakistan? Who was Pakistan's OG Twitter user?.

Who was the first person to use Twitter in Pakistan? The question sparked interest on X on November 11 when users from different countries started asking the artificial intelligence chatbot 'Grok' about their country's first Twitter user.

Regarding Pakistan, Grok flagged the profile of Karachi-based dentist and prominent blogger Dr. Awab Alvi, who has been on the platform since April 2007.

X user Saad Qaiser addressed Grok and asked who had the first X profile in Pakistan? Who was Pakistan's OG Twitter user?

To this, 'Grok' replied that one of the earliest known x-profiles made from Pakistan was that of Dr. Awab Alvi. According to Grok, he joined Twitter on April 27, 2007 and made his first post on the same day.

In the first post of Dr. Awab Alvi, it is written that "I have been surfing the Internet, but intend to sleep very soon."

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Dr. Asim Raza

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