PHOTO: TWITTER
Police officers stuffing their faces with doughnuts is a stereotype we are all familiar with. But this time, it was not an NYPD officer but none other than US Secretary of State John Kerry who was spotted grabbing a bite of the popular breakfast snack.
The top US diplomat who is on a visit to Pakistan for a strategic dialogue with Pakistani officials posted a picture of himself on social networking site, Twitter as he visited a Dunkin Donuts outlet in Islamabad.
A little slice of home here in #Islamabad: @DunkinDonuts to start the day. pic.twitter.com/IOo0wlemTD
— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) January 13, 2015
Dressed in a blue suit with his grey hair combed back, the diplomat's decision to stop over and buy doughnuts also bodes well for the current talks he is having with the top civilian and military leadership of the country.
The diplomat's pit stop has also raised eyebrows as he did not indulge in a traditional Pakistani breakfast but a culturally popular American breakfast. And comes in striking comparison to elaborate breakfasts and meals for Pakistani officials during their meetings and visits.
The state-run Radio Pakistan also tweeted a picture of Kerry’s pit-stop at the doughnut outlet.
US Secretary of State @JohnKerry visits a local Bakery before starting the day in Islamabad pic.twitter.com/rUP9FUkaQb
— Radio Pakistan (@RadioPakistan) January 13, 2015
But that was not it, other people joined it commenting on their take of the diplomat’s tweet.
https://twitter.com/BinaShah/status/554888037017346048
Have been told that take a copy of this pic to your nearest Dunkin Donuts and they will pay your US visa fee pic.twitter.com/b5LDd4awDu
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) January 13, 2015
John Kerry is at a Dunkin Donuts somewhere in Pakistan. Somewhere in Pakistan, PM Sharif is eating Halwa Poori alone. pic.twitter.com/FFhawtqa12
— Shaheryar Mirza (@mirza9) January 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/ZaidJilani/status/554873368785465344
Did Kerry have the boston creeme or the glazed donut in Islamabad today? The world needs to know!!
— promotor fidei (@HadesInShades) January 13, 2015
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Well I miss my traditional breakfast (nashta),so why can't he?
That's the Dunkin Donuts inside the U.S. Embassy. The U.S. Embassy FB page has the info.
John Kerry in the open in ISB? Dreamers be dreaming.
First of all we need to just stop using phrases which contextually don't make sense to the majority of your audience. The sentence "Police officers stuffing their faces with doughnuts is a stereotype we are all familiar with." Not exactly. This isn't a stereotype in Pakistani context at all. I for one am not familiar with any police force that is stereotyped in Pakistan for munching donuts. For stealing and corruption, yes but not for grabbing a bite. So, let's first start to use terminology that makes cultural sense in our perspective.
Second, John Kerry is not a diplomat. He is a politician in his current role as US Secretary of State (equivalent to a ministerial post in Pakistan). News stories should be able to differentiate between the two.
I hope my comment gets published.
Lovely photo!
Eat Donuts, play Cricket and Leave.
Why not McDonalds ?......was it because they cancelled the use of Heinz Ketchup, world wide. Does anyone know how that turned out in the end.....did he send in the Marines :-)