Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Wednesday said that he had not entered politics like “Bilawal Bhutto Sahiba”, drawing flak from hundreds of social media users, who termed the statement “disgustingly sexist”.
Addressing a public gathering in the Wanna town of South Waziristan, the premier said that whoever rises to power after a long struggle is empowered by Allah. “And such a person fears no one.”
“I didn’t enter politics like Bilawal Bhutto Sahiba, who inherited his mother’s party. I have reached here after a lot of hard work,” he said.
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PM Imran’s statement took over the internet by storm and here’s what people have to say about it.
Seems like PM slipped his tongue again and called ‘Bilawal Bhutto Sahiba’. How much more can he stoop low? Disgusting and shameful. Smol man in big Office
— Z (@zainnwho) April 24, 2019
Absolutely disgusted by this below the belt attack on a political opponent. pic.twitter.com/s0EXIrX3LY
— Maria Memon (@Maria_Memon) April 24, 2019
Saying Bilawal Bhutto Sahiba is not cool @ImranKhanPTI
— Naveed Nadeem (@naveednadeem91) April 24, 2019
You are a Prime Minister. Not a sarak chaap.
Very, very small. Calling Bilawal Bhutto Sahiba (madam) doesn’t belittle him at all. It just demonstrates Imran Khan’s lowness, indecency, and sexism. An insult to the office of the PM.
— Gul Bukhari (@GulBukhari) April 24, 2019
#PrimeMinisterImranKhan pic.twitter.com/FnrYQZuuz4
Imran calls Bilawal 'sahiba'. Unbecoming for a Prime Minister to say something so crass, sexist and cheap.
— Ashar Jawad (@AsharJawad) April 24, 2019
Meanwhile, some preferred to take it as another “slip of tongue”, which the PM made headlines for during his visit to Iran, twice.
I think again a slip of tongue of IK, he said “Bilawal Bhutto Sahiba”. Right?
— Ray (@iKarachiwala) April 24, 2019
@ImranKhanPTI just said Bilawal Bhutto "Sahiba" (changing his gender). Slip of tongue???????
— Zeeshan Muneer (@zishanmuneer) April 24, 2019