Islamabad has also taken the fake news route to try and spread disinformation, but sometimes it just leads to hilarious consequences. The former Pak envoy to India was roundly mocked for his faux paus. Even though he deleted the RT, we all know the internet never forgets. Of course we shouldn't be surprised, given that Pakistan has precedent in mislabelling images, but that's the nature of the game when trying to drive false narratives - one tends to forget their own lies. The problem - the picture was from Palestine. Unreal times these, really. JohnnySins has been a plumber, a doctor, a teacher, an astronaut but Pak reduced him to a stone-pelter. How Kashmir Hour angered Pakistanis. Columnist Shobhaa De on rubbished the claims made by former Pakistan envoy to India Abdul Basit that he had influenced her to write the article where she "advocated plebiscite" in Kashmir in the aftermath of Burhan Wani's death. Speaking to ANI, De said that the only time she ever met Basit was during the Jaipur Literature Festival in January , when the former envoy attempted to make a conversation at a "publishing party" but was "almost as good as asked to leave".


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After Ex-High Commissioner mistakes porn star for Kashmir, the adult film star thanks him for new followers. Abdul Basit in an epic gaffe had mistaken the porn star's picture as Kashmiri pellet gun victim and retweeted it. Unreal times these, really. The porn star took to twitter to thank the former Pakistan envoy for making him more famous.
Abdul Basit, the former High Commissioner of Pakistan to India, on Monday, made an embarrassing goof-up in an attempt to convince the public that the Kashmiris on the other side of the Line of Control were being shot down by pellet guns. Except, the picture that he tweeted was that of popular adult film industry actor and YouTuber Johnny Sins. Twitterati, of course, did not let go of the opportunity to create memes out of this faux pas after Pakistan-based journalist Naila Inayat published screenshots of the post from her account. Unreal times these, really. Pakistani diplomat told us that you are.. WTF, literally!!
Ever since India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, the government and ministers of Pakistan have been vocal about the human right situation in the state and busy whipping up a war hysteria. However, a top bureaucrat of Pakistan went a step further on Monday in his hasty attempt to peddle an anti-India narrative, and gave the Twitterati a field day after he committed a faux pas on the micro-blogging site. Abdul Basit, former Pakistan High Commissioner to India, retweeted the picture of an adult movie star, mistaking him as a Kashmiri protester, according to reports. The minister retweeted a waggish post from the handle blundertarar with a still from an adult film starred by porn actor Johnny Sins. Unreal times these, really. JohnnySins has been a plumber, a doctor, a teacher, an astronaut but Pak reduced him to a stone-pelter. Tension spiked between India and Pakistan after New Delhi abrogated provisions of Article that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, on August 5. India's move drew strong reaction from Pakistan which expelled Indian envoy, suspended bilateral trade, downgraded the diplomatic ties and stopped all the cross-border train and bus services. India, however, categorically told the international community that the scrapping of Kashmir's special status was strictly its internal matter and Pakistan had no locus standi on the state. Home News World.