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The question of how to tell a friend you actually no longer like them is quite a difficult one.

But Asif Raza Rana came up with an unusual solution to avoid hanging out with someone he couldn't stand.

Unfortunately for the 22-year-old government worker from Pakistan, he made his Facebook declaration public, inadvertently sharing his choice of a new best friend with the world.

The rather blunt graphic, complete with groovy word art, shows him shaking hands with his new friend Salman Ahmad Naqash, while two images of Mudasir Ismail Ahmad are struck through at the bottom.

The post reads: "I DECLARE THAT I LEFT MY PAST BEST_FRIEND ‪#‎MUDASIR_ISMAIL_AHMAD‬ ....Because he became very selfish, Proudy, and those who shows me Attitude, I keep them under my Foot...... Huuhhh.......

Now SAlman AHmad Naqash is my best friend......Its for information to all."

People quickly started sharing Asif’s message to Mudasir, which has likes and comments from all over the world.

(Image: Facebook)

Rana told BuzzFeed News that he decided to stop being friends with Mudasir because he would never make compromises in their friendship.

“Before Salman always thought that Mudasir was best for me,” Rana said. “When we — me and Mudasir — were often angry to each other, Salman always made a compromise between us, but when Salman and me were angry with each other, Mudasir never made a compromise between us.”

He said that even though people from all over the world are reading his message to Mudasir, he hasn’t heard from his now–ex-friend.

Maybe the recently-rejected friend has taken another look at the pictures of model Salman circulating online, including one showing him with a dreamy expression on his face as he pours wine on himself, and decided he's better not try and compete.

And Asif has still not put the whole issue behind him.

Posting online again yesterday, he said: "Friendship is not a toy to play, if we consider it toy to play, then we play with hearts in the name of friendship... friendship is the name of faith, the life is with the friends, I think that the life is nothing without friends."

And this morning, the musings continued with: "We should love to our friends and lovers, and should much more love to our haters and enemies, because we know by the haters and enemies that there is not only love in the world, there is also haters and enemies."

There could still be hope for Mudasir yet.