A blue-eyed chaiwala is starting a new career as a model after a photo of the dreamy-eyed chap went viral.

Arshad Khan, 18, was manning a tea stall at the Itwar Bazaar market in Pakistan's capital city, Islamabad, when an aspiring photographer Jiah Ali captured him working.

Only four days after the image was posted on social media, Arshad has bagged himself a modelling contract with online retailer Fitin.pk.

Arshad Khan, 18, became an internet heartthrob after being photographed at work in Pakistan

It seems Fitin.pk hope his smoldering unkempt mane and stubble will attract some extra visitors to their site.

The internet sensation has even been spotted wearing a full suit with gelled back hair - the opposite of his laid-back look at the market.

Two days after the image was posted online, Arshad told Samaa TV that women were visiting him at the stall: 'About 30 to 50 girls came and met me, they took pictures with me.'

The photographer Jiah Ali, pictured above right, returned to the market where Arshad works to take a selfie after her photo went viral

But the model is taking everything in his stride. When the Samaa TV interviewer asked if he was open to acting in movies, Khan casually replied ‘sure I will.’Now

Now Arshad can be seen posing in a collection of tv series-themed tops on Fitin.pk.com, a retailer run by university students.

Social media users also saw this young man's potential, as his piercing stare has caused Arshad to trend on Twitter in several countries.

The shared adoration of the chaiwala has even led people to jest that it has smoothed tense relations between India and Pakistan over the counries' security.

One user wrote: 'India and Pakistan are divided by terrorism and cricket but are united by hot chai wala. Funny but true.'

'This chai wala is more popular than Mamnoon Hussain', said another.