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DavidIslamabad

  1. Wonderful pageant taking place on the Thames to mark the Queen's Jubilee. Watching on BBC about 23 hours ago via HootSuite
  2. @Documentally it is, but the weather at over 40 deg C is something else! 1:29 AM Jun 2nd via HootSuite in reply to Documentally
  3. Wonderful fruit season in Pk! Lunch rounds off with black cherries, apricots, a peach and some mango 1:07 AM Jun 2nd via HootSuite
  4. TGIF! It's been a hard week. Next week my successor is in Pk for hand over. Does he have any idea what he's taking on?! 8:02 AM Jun 1st via HootSuite
  5. BBC News - Afghanistan's supergran crimebuster on wheels bbc.in/JvvsA6? A story to warm your heart. 7:12 AM May 28th via Tweet Button
  6. Error message. My network connect session will time out in 71582676 minutes. That's over 134 years. Thanks Microsoft! 8:19 AM May 25th via HootSuite
  7. @uaanwar Great stuff! Worth a RT 6:34 PM May 22nd via HootSuite in reply to uaanwar
  8. RT @uaanwar: Video by @awanzain on British Youth Activists in PK assisting @ilmpossible steering group youtu.be/5yZ6zt390tE 6:33 PM May 22nd via HootSuite
  9. Israel in Peril zite.to/JkIgum via @zite interesting book review 8:01 PM May 18th via Zite Personalized Magazine
  10. Suffering from a sprained wrist. Problem is, I can't remember spraining it. 4:24 AM May 18th via HootSuite
  11. popperfont.net/2012/05/06/ike… How to assemble a particle accelerator 7:27 AM May 7th via HootSuite
  12. I'm being spammed by PTI. 24 tweets in 20 min. UNFOLLOW! 6:02 AM May 6th via web
  13. Lovely walk up Mukshpuri. Shame that some walkers can't take their rubbish along with their memories. twitpic.com/9i1azz 5:07 AM May 6th via Twitpic
  14. BBC News - Viewpoint: Binyavanga on why Africa's international image is unfair bbc.in/JCDZz8 - so true 9:30 AM Apr 24th via Tweet Button
  15. @ConsultantHead Returning to BC London soon, to work with @SusanDouglas70, as Head of Schools. Interesting in a different way. 1:14 AM Apr 19th via web in reply to ConsultantHead
  16. @ConsultantHead @PlaceFarm Try moving to #Pakistan. We could offer more exciting headlines 1:07 AM Apr 19th via web in reply to ConsultantHead
  17. @SusanDouglas70 @david4thfloor doesn't have quite the same interest feel as @DavidIslamabad. Will think about it! 12:59 AM Apr 19th via web in reply to SusanDouglas70
  18. Education Without Borders huff.to/I0uDgx via @HuffingtonPost 12:41 AM Apr 19th via Tweet Button
  19. The Rise of the Killer Drones: How America Goes to War in Secret zite.to/HN72kJ via @zite 10:50 AM Apr 18th via Zite Personalized Magazine
  • Name David Martin
  • Location Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Bio Director British Council Pakistan, formerly Hungary, Zimbabwe, Palestinian Territories, Nigeria, Manchester and London. Married, Sally 1988, 3 children
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