Senator Rehman Malik. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Malik tweeted at the "US President" saying, "Mr President, here are the ground realities for your kind consideration."
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Mr President, here are the ground realities for ur kind consideration @RealPresidentDT https://t.co/0a0XLcSA25
— Senator Rehman Malik former Interior Minister Pak (@SenRehmanMalik) August 6, 2017
The parody account was quick to point out Senator Malik's gaffe saying, "Senator, with all due respect this is a parody account you can find our real 'President' at @realDonaldTrump"
https://twitter.com/RealPresidentDT/status/894230954281226242
Pakistanis were quick to react on Twitter over the major blunder by Senator Malik:
From parody to parody.
— Imran (@emran_pk) August 6, 2017
Lol pic.twitter.com/YpHCAuRUj7
— Afaq (@AfaqACCA) August 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/KingAhmedRaza/status/894261965467656192
This is not the first time Pakistani politicians have fallen victim to "fake news". In April, Senator Malik fell for The Express Tribune's April Fools' article which stated the Pakistani government was naming Islamabad's new airport after Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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In December last year, then Defence Minister Khawaja Asif directed a nuclear threat to Israel in response to a fake news report that quoted Israeli defence minister threatening to “destroy [Pakistan] with a nuclear attack.”
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