Pakistani humour is usually dry and usually pointed at something serious. Almost nothing here is a joke; it is what people say instead of complaining.
“Coming down the pike they started to joke on each other, discussed their life and also went to commemorate the time they had together while partaking giggles.”

“Hassaan and Hadia with a smile on their faces now were happily looking at Anamta while Anamta was displaying them her pictures at academy.”

“Basila smiled herself, imagining her twenty-five-year-old father, running up to Laiba apa, to tell her he found his light.”

“As the sun disappeared below the horizon and the birds chirped whilst making their way home, she smiled at me, one last time and this time, I returned the smile.”

“” he smiled, “Are you going against her over the man she snatched from you or for the sake of the subjects that suffer under her reign?”

“John giggled and let the smile linger a bit on his face as he struggled not to lose his cool amidst the entertaining men.”

“” Candy emphasised, turning and facing the entrance to the cafe, she raised the phone again, this time at a ninety degrees angle, “Okay baby, smile!”

“The man, who once was friendly, helpful, full of joy and laughter, turned out to be a dull, blue, irresponsible and negligent who was always annoyed with his wife.”

“Coming down the pike, they shared jokes with each other and discussed their lives,commemorating the time they were spending together.”

“Moments later the door is shut behind me and I am lying back on the bed only this time with a smile drawn on my face.”

“Kauther has her mother's eyes and father's smile while Kaleemah looks a lot like Sumayah, her mother, with those pink lips, pointy small nose and a round face.”

“When she laughed, the world would laugh with her and when she wept; the whole world would want to comfort her.”

“Whenever Spring entered in the hostel’s room, all girls used to laugh at her messy, mysterious and confused look to make her feel uncomfortable.”

““All I’ve got to do is focus on Master and his memories and find myself sitting at the heart of a storm,” Kael told himself, almost laughing.”

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