{"id":258498,"date":"2020-04-17T13:55:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T08:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=258498"},"modified":"2020-04-17T13:55:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T08:55:56","slug":"rehman-malik-makes-another-thoughtless-mistake-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/rehman-malik-makes-another-thoughtless-mistake-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Rehman Malik Makes Another Thoughtless Mistake on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When our politicians are a national embarrassment how can we blame people in other fields. A recent example is Senator Rehman Malik and his search for the deceased child labor activist, Iqbal Masih.<\/p>\n<p>When a Twitter user tweeted a tribute to Iqbal Masih, Senator Rehman Malik straight out asked for his contact details.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UStGtNe6VJ0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">liberated bonded laborer<\/a> passed away in 1995. meaning Rehman Malik didn&#8217;t even take the time to Google his name.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenRehmanMalik\/status\/1250901476366573574<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/rehman-malik-gets-trolled-for-praising-adult-stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rehman Malik Gets Trolled For Praising Adult Stars<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Of course, netizens were quick to call out the Senator&#8217;s ignorance. They were even appalled and irked by it.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/mahwashajaz_\/status\/1251034724891533312<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/iam_sidrah\/status\/1250904256548347904<\/p>\n<p>No wonder. He could have at least tried to figure out who this brave child was.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shuntimes\/status\/1250951410562273290<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/22yds\/status\/1250908085675339778<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/umr_rex\/status\/1250915929120223232<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/daguywhocooks\/status\/1250946287924588544<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Badar_KY\/status\/1250909803808985088<\/p>\n<p>He was trolled for not even trying.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/antifatwa\/status\/1251018633133920256<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/HamzaTeeeple\/status\/1251045154863173634<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/champagne_lassi\/status\/1250975106999951361<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/theSSheikh\/status\/1250908256538632192<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"tl\" dir=\"ltr\">Aise shughal k bina ye lockdown kese guzre ga.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u062e\u0679\u06a9 \u0635\u06cc\u0628 (@kkhattaksays) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kkhattaksays\/status\/1250954092639399939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After some brutal trolling, Rehman Malik tried to set things right, by asking for Iqbal Masih&#8217;s family&#8217;s contact details.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">May God bless his soul in peace \/ i would like to recommend post death award for him and can I have some details of his family or any contact <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uT1NI8ofTh\">https:\/\/t.co\/uT1NI8ofTh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Rehman Malik &#8211; Official Legacy (@SenRehmanMalik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenRehmanMalik\/status\/1250903618531794950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">pl DM me the details and inform how can i help <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rjS3M1TnOr\">https:\/\/t.co\/rjS3M1TnOr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Rehman Malik &#8211; Official Legacy (@SenRehmanMalik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenRehmanMalik\/status\/1250904376996237313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At that point, the damage control wasn&#8217;t much help.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i was director FIA then not in the politics sir <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dr7Ek9JHW3\">https:\/\/t.co\/dr7Ek9JHW3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Rehman Malik &#8211; Official Legacy (@SenRehmanMalik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenRehmanMalik\/status\/1250904149237080065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/video-game-or-real-life-pakistani-politician-confuses-gta-v-clip-for-real-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video Game or Real Life? Pakistani Politician Confuses GTA V Clip For Real Thing<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Not only was Rehman Malik&#8217;s ignorance embarrassing, he was slammed for his lack of effort in doing right by Masih&#8217;s family.<\/p>\n<p>Masih was killed in 1995, and that too during a government of which Rehman was a part of. Trying to do things right for Masih&#8217;s family after 24 years is a case of too little too late.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He was gunned down back in 95. Not before he helped free 100&#39;s of children in slave labour. <br \/>Child labour laws are there on paper but  no one enforces them. Child slavery still exists in pak. I hope Gov&#39;t looks into this enforces it. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImranKhanPTI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ImranKhanPTI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UsmanAKBuzdar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UsmanAKBuzdar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MashwaniAzhar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MashwaniAzhar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u062f\u0631 \u0628\u06c1 \u062f\u0631 (@FS26119) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FS26119\/status\/1251051508516429824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">sir so sorry to know  and forgive me my ignorance on this <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jTCht7eDXZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/jTCht7eDXZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Rehman Malik &#8211; Official Legacy (@SenRehmanMalik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenRehmanMalik\/status\/1250903959088386048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time a politician has been trolled for their ignorance. Nor is this the first time Rehman Malik was trolled for not getting his facts straight, yet he just doesn&#8217;t seem to learn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When our politicians are a national embarrassment how can we blame people in other fields. A recent example is Senator Rehman Malik and his search for the deceased child labor activist, Iqbal Masih. When a Twitter user tweeted a tribute to Iqbal Masih, Senator Rehman Malik straight out asked for his contact details. The liberated bonded laborer passed away in [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/rehman-malik-makes-another-thoughtless-mistake-on-twitter\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":258538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1298,2199,1291],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-258498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-featured","9":"category-social-media"},"wps_subtitle":"Will he ever learn?","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rehman-Malik-Iqbal-Masih-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rehman-Malik-Iqbal-Masih-758x424.jpg",758,424,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rehman-Malik-Iqbal-Masih.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Ummara Sheraz","categories_name":["Culture","Featured","Social Media"],"title_text":"Rehman Malik Makes Another Thoughtless Mistake on Twitter","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=1298,2199,1291&exclude=258498","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258498"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=258498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}