Video Game or Real Life? Pakistani Politician Confuses GTA V Clip For Real Thing

When a video game is mistaken for the real deal.

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Sometimes being ignorant of something can make you a laughing stock. This is exactly what happened with Khurram Nawaz Gandapur, Secretary General of Pakistan’s Awami Tehreek Party recently. All because he shared a clip from a video game (GTA V) and confused it for a real thing.

The  Pakistani politician recently took to Twitter to share a video of an aeroplane escaping a collision with an oil tanker on the runway.

Although, the video happens to be from the popular video game GTA V, The lawmaker thought it to be real and was truly impressed with the pilot’s daredevil skills.


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GTA V Is Still Kicking Around

After realizing his mistake, Khurram Nawaz Gandapur deleted the tweet. But you know what happens once its out on the internet.

Twitterati were quick enough to grab a screen shot of the deleted tweet.

Here’s the actual clip from the game:


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Gandapur Gets Brutally Trolled

The Twitterati hardly misses a chance to troll someone, especially when it’s a celebrity or a politician involved.

The Pakistan Awami Tehreek leader was brutally trolled after his mistake.

https://twitter.com/dokaurikaadmi/status/1147509515727720448?s=19

Another tweeter blamed the yawning ‘generation gap’ for the politician’s mistakes.

Someone also suggested that perhaps its not too late to get into Grand Theft Auto (the video game, not real life kind!).

https://twitter.com/Neeraj33806161/status/1147692684620050433?s=19

About GTA V

GTA V is the fifth installment of the uber successful Grand Theft Auto video game series. The game was released back in September 2013 by Rockstar Games for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

It is considered a cultural tour de force by many. After all, GTA V is the second best selling video games, with 21.3 million copies being sold to date.


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