Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistani's envoy to the United Nations, recently posted a picture on Twitter of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan having a conversation with his British counterpart Boris Johnson.
However, Lodhi erroneously attributed the "foreign minister" title to Johnson, who was previously the UK's top diplomat.
— Hans Singh Rajput (@HansSingh13) September 24, 2019
Although Lodhi later took down her tweet, a lot of users by then had already taken a screenshot of it,.
Believe it or not but #Pakistan's permanent representative to UN does not know that Boris Johnson is actually the Prime Minister of UK. Not surprised that she is the same person who cut a sorry figure when she showed pictures of Gaza as those from #Kashmir. pic.twitter.com/w9yiT8IWd4
— Snehesh Alex Philip (@sneheshphilip) September 23, 2019
@sneheshphilip this is the plight of Pakistani Diplomacy. This woman is digging a grave yard day by day for Pakistan at the UNGA
— Pankaj Singh पंकज सिंह 🇮🇳 🌍 🇮🇱 (@Pankaj_nliu) September 23, 2019
Don't blame Maleeha Lodhi, UK has a new PM every day..
— Naila Inayat नायला इनायत (@nailainayat) September 23, 2019
@BorisJohnson you should be careful before you meet these fellow from onwards
— Apurv gupta (@Apurvgu68761514) September 23, 2019
Pakistans Ambassador to the UN Maleeha Lodhi @LodhiMaleeha proves Famous Pakistani LOW Educational Standards right 😂😂 #MaleehaLodhi pic.twitter.com/8rQ255r0Qo
— Rosy (@rose_k01) September 23, 2019
The massive troll-fest caused her to apologise for her mistake later in a tweet and cite a typo error behind it.
Sorry typo in previous tweet. Prime Minister Imran Khan Met British PM this morning. pic.twitter.com/Ufp9vz5Ent
— Maleeha Lodhi (@LodhiMaleeha) September 23, 2019
It was, however, not the first blooper from Lodhi on social media.
In 2017, she showcased a photograph of a scarred girl at the United Nations and claimed she was a victim of pellet guns in Kashmir. It was later found out to be of a 17-year-old Palestinian girl’s photo taken in Gaza in 2014 by award-winning photographer Heidi Levine.
