{"id":214769,"date":"2019-01-04T10:18:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T10:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=214769"},"modified":"2019-01-04T10:55:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T10:55:29","slug":"can-you-guess-the-national-sweet-of-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/can-you-guess-the-national-sweet-of-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Guess the National Sweet of Pakistan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you guys ever wondered what is the national sweet of Pakistan? It was always gonna be a tough one to answer, especially when you consider that we&#8217;ve got jalebis, kheer, siwayaan, rabri, and what not to contend with.<\/p>\n<p>This is a more divisive question than which political party you support to be honest.<\/p>\n<p>Leave it to the Government of Pakistan to put all those questions to rest. It has the final say on what is the most definitive national sweet of our times (until the next government comes in that is, but that is a question for another day).<\/p>\n<p>So ladies and gentlemen, we present to you The National Sweet of Pakistan\u00a0\u2122 :<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Poll Question: What is the National Sweet Of Pakistan?<br \/>Answer: The right answer is Gulab Jamun. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zL0jgnjX06\">pic.twitter.com\/zL0jgnjX06<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Government of Pakistan (@GovtofPakistan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovtofPakistan\/status\/1080116435827871744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bet you&#8217;ll be making a run to that nearest Darbar-e-Shireen now to grab a bite of this heavenly brown sweetmeat won&#8217;t you? The\u00a0<em>Gulab Jaman\u00a0<\/em>is king. And you better not miss when it comes to the King.<\/p>\n<p>But hold on a second. This being Twitter, naturally people are gonna have o.p.i.n.i.o.n.s. \u2122 so lets have a look at what they&#8217;re saying regarding that one King of Desi Sweets.<\/p>\n<p>Well there are some contenders to the throne obviously:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How is that incorrect? Written as National <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lxPA2jayIC\">pic.twitter.com\/lxPA2jayIC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Abu Ahmed \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0 (@RaffiHassan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaffiHassan\/status\/1080154695115640832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some of us take no prisoners when it comes to sarcasm:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rejected&#8230;..Only Kheer Woh bhii Fauji&#8230;Rok sakoo to Rokloo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xx3wcet6Vd\">pic.twitter.com\/Xx3wcet6Vd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Salman (@salmanayub302) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/salmanayub302\/status\/1080327743986909184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Taking care of the king is never easy, as this tweet proves it:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My heart goes with it too, brain says it&#39;s unsafe n takes too much out of us in terms of<br \/>Energy in making them<br \/>Man hours<br \/>Health, when they melt in mouth<br \/>I cant put them in pocket \ud83d\ude1a<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; I N T U I T I O N (@mualim786) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mualim786\/status\/1080139592634900480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So let me ask you. Do you think Barfi and Ladoo were robbed? Or do you think Mr. Jaman deserves the crown? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you guys ever wondered what is the national sweet of Pakistan? It was always gonna be a tough one to answer, especially when you consider that we&#8217;ve got jalebis, kheer, siwayaan, rabri, and what not to contend with. This is a more divisive question than which political party you support to be honest. Leave it to the Government of [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/can-you-guess-the-national-sweet-of-pakistan\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":214782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1606,1292,1291],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-214769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-food","8":"category-humor","9":"category-social-media"},"wps_subtitle":"The real question that needs to be answered. 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