Ex-Pak envoy Abdul Basit mistakes porn star for J&K pellet-gun victim
Ex-Pakistan envoy Abdul Basit (File Photo/Facebook)
New Delhi: In an embarrassing gaffe, former Pakistani High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit, retweeted the picture of an adult movie star, mistaking him to be a Kashmiri protester who lost his vision due to pellet injury.
The ex-envoy’s tweet became the centre of jokes after being highlighted by Pakistan-based journalist Naila Inayat who posted screenshots of Basit retweeting the post on Twitter.
Former Pakistani high commissioner to India Abdul Basit, mistakes Johnny Sins for a Kashmiri man who lost vision from pellet. Unreal times these, really. pic.twitter.com/9h1X8V8TKF
— Naila Inayat (@nailainayat) September 2, 2019
Basit had retweeted a waggish post from the handle @blundertarar with a still from an adult film starring porn actor Johnny Sins.
Inayat tweeted: “Former Pakistani High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit, mistakes Johnny Sins for a Kashmiri man who lost vision from pellet. Unreal times these, really.”
I m very very hurt Abdul Basit … U have just hurt d sentiments of a billion porn lovers all over d world by telling "johnny vaiyaa" has been blinded by pellets ?????jo log porn dekhte hai aapko unki baad duayein lagsakti haii???kripya mafi maang leyy turant?? https://t.co/FpUIttE6w4
— SaswataBiswas (@jewel_rimo) September 3, 2019
The Twitter screenshots that Inayat had shared showed Basit retweeting a tweet with a picture and a message: “Yousuf from Ananthnag…lost vision due from pellet…pls raise your voice.”
The former envoy later deleted his tweet.
— JOJY THOMAS ?? (@JoTho20) September 2, 2019
Lol pic.twitter.com/IPAi9hSljn
— Anand Prakash Dwivedi (@anandpdwivedi) September 2, 2019
Meanwhile, Naila’s tweet went viral and has been retweeted as well as circulated widely across social media and has garnered over 10,000 likes so far.
Published on: Sep 3, 2019 at 19:12 IST
IANS
