‘Pervez Musharraf one of biggest stars of Facebook’
Headlines Thursday, February 11th, 2010Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, whose popularity is quite unmatched on social networking website Facebook, has been declared “Connector of the Day” by CNN.
“Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is becoming one of the biggest stars in Facebook. His personal Facebook page has more than 127,000 fans and he regularly answers questions and posts status updates,” reads a note put up on CNN.
Musharraf, who signed up on Facebook sometime in October last year, has become very popular across the board.
According to Musharraf’s own snapshot of his fans according to age, location and gender, he has about 100,000 Pakistanis following him on Facebook.
As of February 1, he also had 629 Indian fans, with 258 based in New Delhi.
Musharraf has been taking pains to answer almost all questions put to him by his fans and followers.
It was on Facebook that he first admitted he had made a mistake by promulgating the National Reconciliation Ordinance, a graft amnesty that benefited President Asif Ali Zardari. The NRO was recently struck down by Pakistan’s Supreme Court.
During the past week, Musharraf has been hounded about the case of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani national who was recently convicted by a US court for attemting to kill American military personnel.
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on Feb 11 2010. Filed under