PM Imran Khan’s Twitter account misquotes Allama Iqbal’s poem; left us wondering who operates it!
PM Imran Khan is a popular figure on the micro-blogging siteTwitter with 11.9M followers.
And being head of a state’s account we don’t expect any blunders and misquotes shared from it.
However, a day ago PM Imran Khan’s Twitter account misquoted Allama Iqbal’s Poem and left us wondering who operates it!
“This poem by Iqbal reflects how I try to lead my life. I urge our youth to understand and absorb the poem of the great Iqbal and I guarantee them that it will release their great God-given potential that we all possess as His greatest creation Ashraf ul Mukhluqat”, says the caption on the tweet with an image of the poem.
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This poem by Iqbal reflects how I try to lead my life. I urge our youth to understand and absorb the poem of the great Iqbal and I guarantee them that it will release their great God-given potential that we all possess as His greatest creation Ashraf ul Mukhluqat. pic.twitter.com/oyxkTlMrdc
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) June 6, 2020
However, the poem shared does not belong to Allama Iqbal, and netizens could not let this blunder pass.
حالانکہ میں اور ڈاکٹر @mazdaki نے 2016 میں بھی یہ اشعار پوسٹ کرنے پر کپتان کی کلاس لی تھی. لیکن سُدھرنے والے کہاں سُدھرتے ہیں 😑 https://t.co/VjMtLFHXzr
— Zeeshan Khattak (@khattak) June 6, 2020
This poem is not Iqbal’s & is not in any of Iqbal’s books. Probably lifted from the internet, where many amateurs attribute their ‘poems’ to well known poets. Sad that the Prime Minister of Pakistan does not even have a staffer who knows his supposedly favorite poet’s work. https://t.co/rABuJ5OoB9
— Husain Haqqani (@husainhaqqani) June 6, 2020
PM sahib this poem was written by Assad Maroof not by Allamah Iqbal https://t.co/hxRqFZxegC
— Hamid Mir (@HamidMirPAK) June 6, 2020
you misquoted the country’s national poet and got instantly exposed for the unlettered, shallow airhead that you are. Don’t rationalize it, delete the tweet if not your account https://t.co/262wUMx977
— Mohammad Taqi (@mazdaki) June 6, 2020
قومی شاعر پر کسی اور کی شاعری مسلط کرنا۔ آپ بلاشبہ اپنی زندگی اور حکومت دونوں اسی طرح گزار رہے ہیں۔ آدھ پکی معلومات اور لاعلمی کی بنیاد پر۔ نیم حکیم اور نیم ملا کا امتزاج- https://t.co/6SLne55eUa
— Dr. Nauman Ul Haq (@naumanuhk) June 6, 2020
اب یوتھیوں پر فرض ہو گیا ہے وہ اس کو علامہ اقبال کی نظم ثابت کر دکھائیں https://t.co/PyCpaqnhiu
— Faysal Chaudary (@Faysal_Chaudary) June 6, 2020
And after facing backlash, the person behind the post shared a clarification in a tweet saying, “I stand corrected – this is not Allama Iqbal’s poem but the message conveyed is what I have stood by and tried to follow and if our youth absorbs this message it will release their great God- given potential that all of us possess as His greatest creation Ashraf ul Mukhluqat”.
I stand corrected – this is not Allama Iqbal's poem but the message conveyed is what I have stood by and tried to follow and if our youth absorbs this message it will release their great God- given potential that all of us possess as His greatest creation Ashraf ul Mukhluqat. https://t.co/SvDVrakc5d
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) June 6, 2020
