KARACHI: In a baffling slip of the tongue, Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah on Saturday momentarily appeared to forget the name of famed qawwali maestro Amjad Sabri, when he accidentally said "Junaid" as he fumbled to recall the name of the assassinated qawwali star.

“A very successful and respected Qawwal ‘Junaid’ was a very good man,” said Shah on the Sindh Assembly floor, before going on to announce a Rs10 million grant for the family of the deceased and a government job for his widow.

Shah, 83, was interrupted by members of the opposition, to which he reacted in a rather unsporting manner.

“I did not make a mistake with your name,” he shouted, facing opposition benches before continuing with his address. Several television channels speculated that the aged minister may have mixed Sabri's name up with singer turned televangelist Junaid Jamshed who had in the past been in the headlines for being accused of blasphemy.

The minister was quick to check his mistake, and swiftly condemned the assassination of Amjad Sabri, who was killed in a targeted attack on Wednesday.

Unsurprisingly, Twitter users were quick to catch his faux pas, with one sarcastically saying his confusion is an accurate reflection of the province's state of education.

Comedian Ali Gul Pir too didn't spare the chief minister, and asked who should claim the funds announced for the slain singer.

Another user, however, did point out that the CM did not name Junaid Jamshed but simply a "Junaid", a mistake which may have been the result of a long day of fasting.

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Not very long ago, another PPP leader made a similar slip when she accidentally called party co chairman Bilawal Bhutto "shaheed" instead of the late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.