Minister trolled for misstating facts about national anthem
The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Published
August 17, 2022
LAHORE: Federal Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb was trolled on social media for presenting wrong facts about the launch of the national anthem.
Talking to the media ahead of the Independence Day, Ms Aurangzeb had said first prime minister of the country, Liaquat Ali Khan, launched the national anthem in 1954. Now Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would relaunch the national anthem after 68 years, she added.
The minister was trolled on social media for her glaring mistake as Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated in 1951, some three years before the first launch of the national anthem. Ms Aurangzeb, however, did not apologise for her mistake so far.
Published in Dawn, August 17th, 2022
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bofur
Aug 17, 2022 10:57am
alternative facts by the kellyanne conway of Pakistan
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Zia Uddin
Aug 17, 2022 11:14am
She is a disgrace to Pakistan. She should be sent to some college to learn about Pakistan history.
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Artist
Aug 17, 2022 11:14am
So these thinking brains have a vision for this nation. Needless to say darkness is here to stay!
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Zahid
Aug 17, 2022 11:15am
If Liaquat Ali Khan by some miracle launch the National Anthem in 1954 why cannot he do it again in 2022 ? We the reader will prefer him then PM Shehbaz.
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Mirza Baig
Aug 17, 2022 11:19am
Iliterate like their leader and others in their party.
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Agha Asad Raza
Aug 17, 2022 11:20am
Totally dumb woman. Unfit for the position she is holding.
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Syed A. Mateen
Aug 17, 2022 11:22am
It was slip of Marriyum tongue and people should not make fuss out of it.
Imran Khan while he was PM during his press conference in Tehran have joined borders of Germany and Japan and have said that Germany and Japan have killed millions of people of each other until the II world war was over and have declared these two countries are next door neighbours of each other have joint industries at their respective borders.
Therefore, Marriyum slip of tongue should not be used as her incapability.
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Rambo
Aug 17, 2022 11:25am
while other nations are busy making the economy stronger, we are busy in regenerating anthems .... says a lot about leadership. dumb
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Texas Ranger
Aug 17, 2022 11:29am
Ms Aurangzeb is clueless.
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An Outsider
Aug 17, 2022 11:34am
Because she’s a true patriot
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Delta 1
Aug 17, 2022 11:42am
Zero intelligence, zero credibility, zero knowledge. Only reason she is in power is because the Americans believe that we deserve corrupt leaders
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Tahku
Aug 17, 2022 11:42am
How much more evidence do we need that the PDM fraud has no interests in Pakistan. PDM and their accomplices are a complete embarrassment for the nation, who comity ye to leech upon national resources.
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Sami
Aug 17, 2022 11:47am
I always wondered as child our National language is Urdu but national anthem is in Persian.
Is persian our language or we Pakistani all persians by birth?
There is only one Urdu word i.e. KA all others actually Persian.
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Akhtar Husain
Aug 17, 2022 12:07pm
Ms Minister. Such mistakes are not acceptable. Next time come prepared.
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Abdul Hameed Gul
Aug 17, 2022 12:16pm
The rulers are completely in disconnect with history and masses.
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ST
Aug 17, 2022 12:22pm
She looks like a lego character . Talking all without any sense.
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nouman
Aug 17, 2022 12:22pm
She is famous for spreading lies so its not really a surprice
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Ali Sabir
Aug 17, 2022 12:42pm
@Agha Asad Raza, ......... Agree.
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Hassan
Aug 17, 2022 12:53pm
this is what happens when you don't have merit in the country
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Hasnain Haque
Aug 17, 2022 01:24pm
What do you expect from illiterate people appointed through nepotism.
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insaafian
Aug 17, 2022 02:06pm
next she will tell you that shehbaz discovered Pakistan!
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AYAZ Shah
Aug 17, 2022 02:26pm
@Syed A. Mateen, please don't compare IK with this intellectually incapable person
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Mirza Baig
Aug 17, 2022 02:44pm
@Syed A. Mateen, No knowlege at all.
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bhaRAT©
Aug 17, 2022 02:49pm
She should play Candy Crush a bit less and learn history more!
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F Nawaz
Aug 17, 2022 03:01pm
Wrong completely. It was Nawaz Sharif who penned the anthem even before he was born.
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Laeeq
Aug 17, 2022 04:13pm
All praises and credits to her master Shabaz Sharif, no matter facts are other wise?
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AHAQ
Aug 17, 2022 04:27pm
"Ms Aurangzeb, however, did not apologise for her mistake so far.", as expected always
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AHAQ
Aug 17, 2022 04:30pm
@Syed A. Mateen, So now someone has taken the role of becoming her apologist
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Cancel culture
Aug 17, 2022 07:02pm
She has no interest in Pakistan, she will live abroad once the looting is done!
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Syed A. Mateen
Aug 17, 2022 07:24pm
@AYAZ Shah, Do you think statement given by Imran Khan during Tehran's press conference about Germany and Japan are next door neighbours was correct?
How can one expect from the learned PM of Pakistan to have no knowledge of geography and give statement in press conference and that too in a foreign country which was aired in the entire world.
What would people in the world have thought about Imran Khan's capability and intellectual capacity when he said so?
Don't be blind to follow the cult.
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haris
Aug 17, 2022 07:35pm
@Syed A. Mateen, Dear Mr. Mateen, IF that was the slip of tongue then why didn't she admit it till yet. Acoording to her, she was correct. That's the problem between your leadership and our leadership.
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Ahsan Gul
Aug 17, 2022 08:25pm
What an imbecile person as a minister? How can we expect that besides receiving huge amounts of salaries each month they are doing any good for Pakistan?
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R. Azhar
Aug 18, 2022 09:13am
How can the National Anthem be “relaunched”??!! This doesn’t make any sense at all. Utterly absurd!
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Dr Khurram
Aug 18, 2022 01:14pm
@Sami, Urdu language is made up of many languages including persian so what's the issue?
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