New Delhi: It seems like Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan is getting used to get trolled and being embarrassed on social media doesn’t affect him anymore. The Pakistani PM on Friday tweeted a 7-year-old video of violence from Bangladesh and claimed it to be the case of police brutality against Muslims in Uttar Pradesh.
Moments after Imran Khan shared the video from his Twitter handle, Twitterati called out him for tweeting fake video and falsely linking it with CAA protests in Uttar Pradesh.
Facing backlash for peddling fake news, the Pakistani PM deleted all three videos from his Twitter timeline in which he falsely claimed that the UP police was carrying out “a pogrom” against Muslims in the state.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has deleted all three videos from his Twitter timeline in which he falsely claimed that Police was carrying out a pogrom against Muslims in Uttar Pradesh. https://t.co/NF7iDMliI9
— ANI (@ANI) January 3, 2020
“Indian police’s pogrom against Muslims in UP,” Imran Khan tweeted.
Fact-Check of the Fake Video:
The seven-year-old video showed police action against a group of people in Bangladesh. At one point in the video, a policeman could be seen holding a shield of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), proving it to be a scene from Bangladesh. The RAB is an anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh Police.
पाकिस्तान के प्रधान मंत्री तो ट्रोल आर्मी के चीफ़ निकले. बांग्लादेश के वीडियो को इंडिया का बता रहे हैं. #RAB तो बांग्लादेश पुलिस की anti terrorism यूनिट है @narendramodi https://t.co/cL9aMCY8nj
— Pankaj Jha (@pankajjha_) January 3, 2020
Uttar Pradesh police took a swipe at Khan over his misleading tweets
How UP police, Twitterati exposed Imran’s antics
“This is not from UP, but from a May 2013 incident in Dhaka, Bangladesh.The RAB(Rapid Action Battalion) written on the vests at 0:21s, 1:27s or the Bengali spoken, or these links would help you be better informed,” UP Police tweeted.
This is not from U.P, but from a May,2013 incident in Dhaka,Bangladesh.The RAB(Rapid Action Battalion) written on the vests at 0:21s, 1:27s or the Bengali spoken, or these links would help you be better informed.
1. https://t.co/Rp3kcKHz2K
2.https://t.co/zf7qk9bY7M@UPPViralCheck https://t.co/4krjmD38PK— UP POLICE (@Uppolice) January 3, 2020
Many social media users, including journalists, gave a quick reply to this fake and misleading tweet by Imran khan.
Fake fake fake. This obsession with India will only take you in 1 direction https://t.co/rBtykfSDvh
— Manak Gupta (@manakgupta) January 3, 2020
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) also slammed Imran Khan for peddling a seven-year-old violence video from Bangladesh as a case of what he claimed to be “Indian police’s pogrom against Muslims in UP”.
Tweet Fake News.Get Caught.
Delete Tweet. Repeat#Oldhabitsdiehard pic.twitter.com/MjFtzP0WHW— Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) January 3, 2020
This video can also be seen on Youtube:
This is how Twitter users trolled Imran Khan:
Pakistan PM Imran Khan is so geographically challenged that earlier for him Germany&Japan were immediate neighbours with a common border. Now he’s passing off a video from Bangladesh as that from India.
Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate. pic.twitter.com/JtgQqccAVj
— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) January 3, 2020
In Naya Pakistan Imran Khan should know; he is PM. Why posted fake video? ??♀️ https://t.co/Wvz7FPjxFP
— Veengas (@VeengasJ) January 3, 2020
Wait for it! Soon, @ImranKhanPTI will share Virat Kohli’s video of sensational batting with the caption “Best batsman of the world – Shahzad Ahmed”.
— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) January 3, 2020
Embarrassment@ImranKhanPTI
Once again thank you for this self goal and making Pakistan a laughing stock again
Meanwhile Pakistan is threatening the massacre of Sikhs #NankanaSahib pic.twitter.com/iH6ZeGQGg9— NAVDEEP ?? (@navdocIND) January 3, 2020
Shameful that the Prime Minister of Pakistan doesn’t even do basic fact checks and tweets old videos without verification. Irresponsible and dangerous @ImranKhanPTI
— Nidhi Razdan (@Nidhi) January 3, 2020
