Pakistani politician Maryam Nawaz is a decisive figure. It’s quite like how all politicians are, really. But after the recent disqualification of her father, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and social media’s tendency to be brutal to everyone without discrimination, she got dragged on Twitter for showing off a birthday cake that wasn’t exactly what it was supposed to be.
So, it was Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s birthday yesterday
Turned 44 today ! https://t.co/SEdcq3eKR3
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) October 28, 2017
And there were many PML N fans who were sending her birthday wishes, gifts and cakes
#HBDMaryamNawaz
I wish your every day to be filled with lots of love, laughter, happiness and the warmth of sunshine. @MaryamNSharif pic.twitter.com/ePdjhwbPtM— Haroon Mughal (@hm81319) October 28, 2017
One such cake that Maryam showed off on Twitter was a cake with a leopard all over it
Behind the leopard cake, there was a stuffed cheetah and what appeared to be a stuffed lioness on top of the cake.
The cutest cake on my birthday from a genuine PMLN lover ? pic.twitter.com/M1Zr01pmAb
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) October 28, 2017
Interestingly, the political party that she is part of has a shair i.e. lion as the symbol which is NOT a leopard
Or a jaguar or cheetah, which also look quite similar.
And people noticed that
That's actually a Jaguar not a Lion… Oh forgotten it's PMLN… Party of Jahil Patwaris…
— Murtaza Zb ? (@murtazazb1) October 28, 2017
hien ajkal lions aise aa rahay 😮 cake par lion kam mouse zayada lag raha hai 😀
— Rj Hassan Raza (@RjSyedHasanRaza) October 28, 2017
Phir toh bhai trolls got together and hit back
haha and even spellings of Lioness are wrong they wrote "Loiness" ?
— ☆$¥яą I๓яąŋ☆? (@SyraMalik6) October 28, 2017
sherni bethi hai awam ka shikar kerne ko. haram khor.
— Shireen (@SulphuricAcid__) October 28, 2017
While some were making references to the recent ouster of her father
Itttu sa reh gya after disqualification pic.twitter.com/zCTIv7XppU
— ~ Zainab ~ (@GoStudyZaini) October 28, 2017
— THE LEADER (@AMARKHAN3380) October 29, 2017
Click to see the surprise ???????? pic.twitter.com/6Qdf7G8ex6
— ı кнαηтαsтιc ıll (@EyezOfSoul) October 28, 2017
This genius thought it was funny to call her out for being a mature woman
BIBI app ko 55 ween SALGIRA mubarak hoo
— Crissel gemstones (@Crisselgemstone) October 29, 2017
Many, many trolls resorted to calling the animal on top of the cake either a kutta or a donkey
That actually sounds like they might be trying to indirectly call her names and if that’s so, that’s not okay… if they were honestly just jokes, they’re funny.
Well that looks more like a Dog
— Saad (@ssiddiquionline) October 29, 2017
کیک پے تو کتا بنا ہوا ہے ، شیر تو کسی جانب سے معلوم نہیں ہوتا؟؟؟
— Yasir Khan (@5da8f6798abb4d4) October 29, 2017
kuta oper betha he?
— muhammad sajid yaqoo (@sajidzakey) October 29, 2017
This Could be a donkey Bibi
— Crissel gemstones (@Crisselgemstone) October 29, 2017
But this guy was pointing out something that needs real attention
Powerful people in Pakistan have routinely paraded endangered animals out in the streets as a show of their wealth and that’s animal abuse. But of course, who cares about that, right?
And we know from where it come from ?? pic.twitter.com/qgCqhZGmBm
— Nabeel Chaudhry (@chaudhry_nabeel) October 28, 2017
Khair anyway, happy birthday to Maryam Nawaz and here’s hoping that you become more respectful toward the aam awaam in your years ahead.
Cover image via: aljazeera.com