Tag: Prime Minister Imran Khan

  • PM Imran Khan’s Ramazan routine

    PM Imran Khan’s Ramazan routine

  • Salary reveal: Fawad Ch was earning more as anchor, lawyer than as minister

    Salary reveal: Fawad Ch was earning more as anchor, lawyer than as minister

    Federal Minister for Science & Technology Fawad Chaudhry
    has revealed that he was earning way more as a television anchor and by practicing
    law in the past than at present as a minister.

    “A minister’s salary is Rs345,000, out of which the house rent is Rs90,000. We are paid Rs255,000 after that,” he tweeted while replying to a person who had asked him his salary amid massive budget cuts by the government.

    His salary at present is way less than the one he received as a television anchor for a private media outlet, as a known fact is how stalwarts like Fawad earn in millions while hosting shows.

    The same has been confessed by Fawad himself earlier. Speaking to a private media outlet in October 2018, he had said his income as a minister is way less than what he was getting as an anchor.

    When asked if he has any regrets after assuming office as a
    minister now that he doesn’t get any time to perform other duties, Fawad had said,
    “It is true that we have hefty engagements as ministers but our salaries are
    also very low.”

  • Imran Khan’s role in Indian elections; dinner with Modi?

    Imran Khan’s role in Indian elections; dinner with Modi?

    An image has been shared multiple times on social media alongside the claim it shows Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi dining with his Pakistani counterpart, Imran Khan.

    The claim is false as PM Imran’s photo has been doctored to make it appear as though Modi is sitting beside him, reported AFP Fact Check, a blog that focuses on fact-checking in response to the multiplication of disinformation online.

    The post’s Hindi language caption translates to English as:
    “The one with the green cap looks a little familiar.”

    Meanwhile, another picture breaking the internet showed Indian National Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in Modi’s place.

    The Hindi language caption of that image translates to
    English as: “Who is this eating chicken biryani beside Miya Imran? Now the
    people will judge. This is Pappu’s condition.”

    Miya is an honorific for Muslim males, while Rahul Gandhi is
    often referred to as “Pappu” – which means “fool” or
    “simpleton” in Hindi – by supporters of the ruling Bharatiya Janata
    Party (BJP).

    A reverse image search on Google found the image was doctored from this photo, which was posted on Twitter on July 5, 2015. The photo shows PM Imran dining with his then-wife Reham Khan.

    Modi’s BJP has been accusing the Congress of playing for Pakistan.
    It has even claimed that Islamabad “wants to fix the polling results in favour
    of Congress”.

    Things, however, took an unexpected turn after PM Imran said
    there was better chance of peace between the neighbouring countries if
    hardliner BJP was elected to power.

    The statement was not very well received by a majority of
    people right before the general polls in world’s largest democracy. Congress said
    Pakistan had “now officially allied” with Modi and voting for him was “a vote
    for Imran Khan”.

    Seeking votes in national defence’s name and aggression towards Pakistan ahead of elections is not new to Indian politicians. The outcome of the 2019 general polls will also give a verdict on Modi’s hyper-Hindu nationalism that raised his nationalist BJP to power in 2014.

  • Indian parliamentarian all praise for PM Imran

    Indian parliamentarian all praise for PM Imran

    Indian National Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has praised Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan for remembering the King of Mysore, Tipu Sultan, on his death anniversary, Hindustan Times reported.

    The Lok Sabha member took to Twitter to praise PM Imran for the interest he shows in the history of the subcontinent.

    “One thing I personally know about Imran Khan is that his interest in the shared history of the Indian subcontinent is genuine and far-reaching,” he tweeted.

    “He read; he cares. It is disappointing, though, that it took a Pakistani leader to remember a great Indian hero on his punyathithi,” Tharoor added.

    The tweet came after the premier paid a tribute to Tipu Sultan on his death anniversary on May 4.

    “Today 4th May is the death anniversary of Tipu Sultan – a man I admire because he preferred freedom and died fighting for it rather than live a life of enslavement,” PM Imran had tweeted.