What’s the confusion around Imran Khan posting a picture of his relatives at the Round Table Conference in 1930?

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan is being called out by netizens for misrepresenting the truth after he shared a photograph with two of his relatives present at the 1930 Round Table Conference.

Khan posted a photograph on social media on August 8, and wrote: “The historic Round Table Conference London 1930 with both Quaid i Azam & Allama Iqbal present.”

“The picture is pride of my family because my grandfather’s brother Mohammad Zaman Khan (after whom Zaman Park was named) and my khaloo Jahangir Khan were also present (second and third from left).”

The historic Round Table Conference London 1930 with both Quaid i Azam & Allama Iqbal present. The picture is pride of my family bec my grandfather's brother Mohammad Zaman Khan (after whom Zaman Park was named) & my khaloo Jahangir Khan were also present (2nd & 3rd from left). pic.twitter.com/n2SlR5XUbO
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) August 7, 2022

Netizens were quick to point out that neither of the two relatives mentioned by Khan was ever present at the Round Table Conference and that Khan had mixed up the relations.

پہلے فیصلہ کرلیں کہ زمان خان صاحب والدہ کے چچا تھے یا دادا کے بھائی؟ یا 1930 والی کانفرنس میں والدہ کے چچا تھے اور 1932 میں دادا کے بھائی (والد کے چچا) ؟
لیکن تصویر تو ایک ہی ہے🤣
کیا comedy ہے یار pic.twitter.com/APJmLx50cC
— sherry (@CherieDamour_) August 7, 2022

Real photo of that conference @ImranKhanPTI once again caught spreading fake information https://t.co/RE1WvQEisQ pic.twitter.com/8NyQWb1uYc
— Aamir Rizvi 🏹 (@RizviAAli) August 8, 2022

@ImranKhanPTI is clearly lying through his teeth. Here is a complete list of the attendees shared by Yousuf Nazar sb. Sir Cowasji Jehangir from Bombay attended this conference not Jahangir Khan, his uncle. Cc @yazdanifauzia https://t.co/UwvirtMfmk https://t.co/ezkfw3HsPI
— Tariq Bashir (@Tariq_Bashir) August 8, 2022

Imran Khan is a Pathalogical liar. He needs psychiatric treatment for a fairly long time. There is no one named Zaman or Jahangir in the list of participants in the round table conference in 1930 in London. https://t.co/pYf90bqZX2
— Noreen Haider (@Madadgar) August 8, 2022

https://twitter.com/GuruKithayHai/status/1556532471780737026?s=20&t=iz-yO5EU-YdZDYpda_7-tQ

And this is how you #makeuphistory. Shabash! https://t.co/P9IBL7opBX
— Yaqoob Khan Bangash (@BangashYK) August 8, 2022

https://twitter.com/FJavedAbbasi/status/1556436832803487745?s=20&t=iz-yO5EU-YdZDYpda_7-tQ

However, after much debate, it has also been assumed that the picture in question could have been from another event and not the Round Table Conference itself. There were three Round Table Conferences from 1930 to 1932. The picture shared by Khan was from sometime between 1930 and 1934 in London and happened to be from a dinner that also had Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Iqbal in attendance.

Good God. For the last time, here goes:
Are IK's relatives in that photo: YES
Is it London: YES
Was that an RTC: 99.99 pcnt NO.
What was the timeline: Had to be some time before 1934 and post 1930. I would think 1932.
What was the occasion: we'd have to hold a séance for that.
— Zebunnisa Burki (@zburki) August 8, 2022

What’s the confusion around Imran Khan posting a picture of his relatives at the Round Table Conference in 1930?

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