With the hype surrounding Ertugrul Ghazi, no wonder everyone’s trying to cash in, but none like Hina Butt’s comparison between the founder of the Ottoman Empire and her PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz.
The former parliamentarian’s tweet had the Internet in splits and doubling over with laughter. Hina Butt compared the leadership of a man who built the Ottoman Empire from scratch to the potential heir to Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N).
I am watching Ertugrul nowadays & I see Maryam Nawaz has similar leadership qualities as him.Her Strong belief in God,her Courage to not give up,Her conviction to Stand on her principles even when everyone is against her,her ability to differentiate between Right&Wrong #Ertugrul
— Hina Parvez Butt (@hinaparvezbutt) May 13, 2020
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Of course, netizens let their sense of humor shine at this moment. The comebacks were not coming in slow.
https://twitter.com/HGulzar/status/1260870930240278529?s=19
Ji, Halima ki bhi Kayi tribe tou kya Seljuk main bhi koi property nahi thee. https://t.co/vXreFciSDh
— Junaid Akram (@junaidakram83) May 14, 2020
https://twitter.com/Shujaatsays/status/1260838579875581954
People really got creative from memes to polls.
Forget the ERTUGRUL that ain’t for you watch this instead pic.twitter.com/aNxl7PTRsv
— ابُو عبداللہ ★™ (@jaral_shahid) May 14, 2020
https://twitter.com/RaufSaqib3/status/1260757897820151808
اشرفیوں کا ڈھیر کددوغلو کے خیمے سے برآمد ہوئے تھے یہاں مریم کے پاپا اور چچا سے برآمد ہو رہے ہیں
لہذا خدا کے لئے اس مرد مجاھد کو بخش دیں
کہاں کائی قبیلے کے سردار کا بیٹا ارطغرل
اور کہاں
کھائی جاؤ قبیلے کے سردار کی پھولن دیوی pic.twitter.com/gQdkxVrmRI— Aquil Malik (@aquilmalikJP) May 14, 2020
Maryum Nawaz ko Dekh Kar konsay TV characters mind mein atay
— 🇵🇰Shakeel🇵🇰 (@ShakeelSNK) May 14, 2020
https://twitter.com/NumanAzizPAk_/status/1260720009820635141
Hina Butt was cleverly trolled with subtle jabs to blunt comebacks.
Indirectly you want to say Ertugrul was corrupt and a liar? No way. Please respect our heroes at least.
— Eimaan (@Cynosure100) May 14, 2020
They are taritor just like gundouglo, karatoigar and Nasir.
— Ahsan (@aliahsansays) May 14, 2020
https://twitter.com/Fallibilist1/status/1260907545184604162
This wouldn’t be the first time PML-N workers took the comparisons too far. Remember when they compared Maryam Nawaz to Harvard grad and Oxford alum Benazir Bhutto?
They say good poetry is timeless. This politically charged poem was written by Habib Jalib for Benazir Bhutto when she was resisting dictatorship. The wheel of history moves in peculiar, unexpected ways. Yesterday @MaryamNSharif recited these lines after her conviction. pic.twitter.com/3nzmeTLEJR
— Raza Ahmad Rumi (@Razarumi) July 7, 2018
Maryam Nawaz is not Benazir Bhutto. Benazir was a class apart. Also she wasn't papa ki parri.
— Baji Please (@BajiPlease) July 8, 2018
Then there was that time Maryam Nawaz compared her father Nawaz Sharif to Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsi.
Egypt’s 1st democratically elected President, charged with ‘espionage’, ’leaking state secrets’& ’insulting the judiciary’. Charges every elected representative faces before being thrown out. It is how you’re remembered & honoured by history& posterity that matters. You win. RIP. https://t.co/DQNcO5VPRI
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) June 17, 2019
Remember the ridicule that brewed?
https://twitter.com/Mohamma20341383/status/1140670409857294336
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Former PML-N parliamentarian Hina Butt is known more for her fashion and style skills than her politics. While we expecting the commercialization of the fame of Ertugrul Ghazi in Pakistan, this tweet by Hina came out of nowhere. At least the internet had a field day with it.
