Okay, enough is enough.
Imran Khan fucked up a little bit yesterday.
The title Sahiba isn’t derogatory;
The attempt to use it as an insult is.
Not only to women – but to everyone.Pakistan expects better from its Prime minister… pic.twitter.com/oKonDD5rDs
— Shahzeb Khanzada (@shazbkhanzdaGEO) April 24, 2019
Addressing Bilawal Bhutto as ‘Sahiba’ to a public gathering in South Waziristan, our Prime Minister has been on the receiving end of quite a bit of a hate since then.
Journalists, anchors and intellectuals from all over the country have been expressing their disappointment with regards to the speech, all over social media.
In very poor taste to refer to @BBhuttoZardari as "sahiba" i.e. madam, by #PMIKinWana
Would've been undesirable by anyone but #PrimeMinisterImranKhan stooping to this level, new low in #Pakistan politics
— Meher Bokhari (@meherbokhari) April 24, 2019
And just when we thought things would begin to die down, Bilawal threw a metaphorical wrench in the plan.
In efforts to make Imran Khan look worse, Bhutto shared a tweet to expose ‘Imran Khan and his facilitators.’
The great Abdul Sattar Edhi exposing Imran Khan and his facilitators. #PMSelect https://t.co/3NQvZGmZHs via @YouTube
— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) April 25, 2019
The tweet contained footage of an old clip of Edhi confirming that ‘Imran Khan’ had once threatened his life during the time of Benazir’s reign.
For a little while, Bilawal’s plan seemed to be working as Pakistanis were taken aback by the accusations made towards our PM.
Imran Khan & Hamid Gul conapired to kidnap #Edhi to topple Shaheed Benazir Bhutto's Government
Y A A L L A H Y A R A S O O L
B E N A Z I R B E Q A S O O R pic.twitter.com/L4QOjvYz9j— Mehboob Burfat (@burfat_mehboob) April 25, 2019
#ImranKhan & Hamid Gul conapired to kidnap #Edhi to topple #SMBB's govt- Actually 22 years struggle of #PMselect @ImranKhanPTI was to conspire against political leaders by help of dictators & he is still working as their Puppet.#PMSelect#بدزبان_وزیراعظم pic.twitter.com/n72xR7YEjm
— Rehan (@NEWS_BILAWAL) April 25, 2019
However, that quickly changed when Pakistanis began to realise that the ‘Imran Khan’ being referred to by Edhi in the tweet was in fact General Imran Ullah Khan of Balochistan, not our current Prime Minister.
After that realisation, things have been unravelling rather quickly. Not so much in Bilawal’s favour.
Oye Jahil Jiyale!
Edhi Sahab is talking about Gen R Imranullah Khan who was made governor Balochistan by your mother. Imran Khan had formed PTI in 1996 and he was not a political force at that time. #DefectedZardari https://t.co/T0RiXWs6QL— Ali Raza (@AliRazaTweets) April 25, 2019
Yeah, not so much in his favour at all.
This is Imranullah Khan …. who threatened EDHI ….
What are you an idiot ?!!? pic.twitter.com/iv0ykA3rjS— Syed Ali (@Ali_answers) April 25, 2019
This Tweet of yours confirms my belief that you are as ignorant of history as you are of the conditions of Sindh.
The Imran Khan under discussion here is General Imran Ullah Khan and not the current PM. https://t.co/iS1BkyOHcp
— Arsalan (@ArsalanSAli) April 25, 2019
Edhi sb is talking about General Imran Ullah Khan.https://t.co/6Qmg7e8cmZ
Not Imran Khan.
Sindh really has stunted growth issue. pic.twitter.com/5MYQg5LfPv
— Umar (@umar8528) April 25, 2019
Duh! Pay your researchers so they can do a better job. This is a video clarified many times in past as Edhi Sb refering to Gen Imran Ullah Khan.
Go do something useful instead of playing on twitter all day. https://t.co/NjNFPdEmh6— Saffina Ellahi (@SaffinaEllahi1) April 25, 2019
Baby who advised u to tweet this! 🙈
The #ImranKhan that Edhi Shb referred to in the video was actually Lt. General Imran Ullah Khan.
After his retirement he was appointed as the Governor of Balochistan by Former #PMSelect Benazir Bhutto in 1994. https://t.co/GscMPV0npE
— Arsalan Sahiba (@ArsalanISF) April 25, 2019
This political power play made by Bilawal might have been made with solid intentions of bringing justice to himself by bruising Imran’s reputation, but pretty much did the exact opposite.
And what’s funny here, is that the exact same thing happened to Imran yesterday when he tried to throw Bilawal under the bus by calling him ‘Sahiba.’ This whole situation is absolutely ridiculous and just goes to show that if you fight fire with fire, you just end up with a bigger, messier fire.
Bilalwal just played his next move by bringing in a deceased philanthropist in to tackle Imran and his ‘facilitators.’ All we can do is hope that the next move made is one to end the game.
Have you seen the tweets around Edhi? What do you think of Bilawal’s tweets? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
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