Yesterday, the people responsible for keeping heritage sites preserved in Sindh shared the news that they have ‘restored’ old heritage sites. Except there was one problem.
People were angered to see the beautiful historical sites ‘whitewashed’ in the name of preservation.
But leave it to Pakistanis to make fun of their own calamities like no one else. Everyone has now taken to Twitter to share their version of what ‘restored by Sindh govt.’ looks like.
Background
Before we get into the memes, here’s what happened. Sardar Shah, the Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities in Sindh took the initiative of preserving and restoring important historical sites.
Restoring sites means bringing them back to their original state, but what people got was a white-washed version of them. Let’s take a look:
Needless to say, people were pissed and took to their social media to express their dissatisfaction.
God! Height of incompetence! Whitewashing the historical characteristics of these heritage sites is criminal vandalism not restoration! @UNESCO Pls intervene to stop this idiocy before there is nothing left of our past to pass onto our children 🙏🏽 https://t.co/gcIHHczYwN
— Barrister Hasnain Mirza, MPA (@barhasnainmirza) August 11, 2020
A meme is born!
The efforts put into ‘restoring’ old heritage has now turned into a meme trend. And people now have their own interpretation of what restoration might look like [if handled by Sindh govt. (we are kidding!)].
Government officials soon deleted their tweet on the ‘restoration’ of historical sites, but that did not stop people from trolling them. Let’s take a look some of these hilarious memes making rounds on social media:
restored by sindh govt
Before After pic.twitter.com/8ydUgtaNVt
— r (@ambbhat) August 12, 2020
Restored by Sindh Government pic.twitter.com/hn95CNVeOV
— اسد (@zarathustra_3) August 12, 2020
Getting restored by Sindh gov
Before After pic.twitter.com/1bDdQCAV2k
— Peshawari Elite (@SfeakerSb) August 12, 2020
https://twitter.com/le_sabre54/status/1293488007409008640?s=21
https://twitter.com/ronin212/status/1293532258293383176?s=21
Restored by the Sindh government pic.twitter.com/cgGR7BzNvE
— People’s Commissar (@faisal_parla) August 12, 2020
Before and After getting restored by Sindh Govt. pic.twitter.com/KnRuDYauQB
— F🦋 (@fatimabashir211) August 12, 2020
Restored by Sindh Government pic.twitter.com/XoTZ5JWB4w
— sugar kaka (@sugar_kaka) August 12, 2020
Restored by Sindh govt. pic.twitter.com/VLnJTVDFfP
— Ali (@Bhuut_) August 12, 2020
Restored by Sindh Government pic.twitter.com/lnnDCWb4ZO
— Jason khan momoa (@Itsyourkhan) August 12, 2020
Restored by Sindh government pic.twitter.com/LaTkDsIvhH
— Rizwan (@Rizwow) August 12, 2020
https://twitter.com/syedxaidi110/status/1293567234397396994?s=21
Restored by Sindh government pic.twitter.com/zLaTGk9yWR
— S (@PsychedSam) August 12, 2020
Literally, literally restored by Sindh Government! pic.twitter.com/RSp2pqahj2
— اسد (@zarathustra_3) August 12, 2020
https://twitter.com/mnrodoh/status/1293492949167280132?s=21
Restored by Sindh government. pic.twitter.com/WyFDy46Ler
— Ahmad Baig (@MAhmedbaig) August 12, 2020
https://twitter.com/ronin212/status/1293451705988915201?s=21
Restored by sindh government pic.twitter.com/adD3qHvUOl
— Advocate Mr. Tim Apple (@soul_faceless) August 13, 2020
https://twitter.com/bulldog_away/status/1293727951742210050?s=21
https://twitter.com/marrysubhi/status/1293683926938968064?s=21
Original historic rEstOred by sindh
Piece: govt: pic.twitter.com/FDfApryjr6— Chairman of the Board (@ChoriShuda) August 12, 2020
Restored by Sindh Government pic.twitter.com/0DrMhao1qq
— A (@I_am_AB___) August 12, 2020
Restored by Sindh Government pic.twitter.com/eFVIZ5vRWW
— CM(Common Man) (@CMofPanjab) August 12, 2020
Restored by Sindh Government pic.twitter.com/sK4UDtZUlC
— Jason khan momoa (@Itsyourkhan) August 12, 2020
What’s your version of restored by Sindh Govt? Share it with us in the comments section.
Disclaimer: These memes are not meant to hurt anyone.
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