On Tuesday, AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi criticized Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Asim Munir, labeling them “stupid jokers” after they were seen with a counterfeit memento related to Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos. This operation was Pakistan’s response to India’s Operation Sindoor, and the fake memento presented to Sharif by Munir featured a painting resembling Chinese military drills. The event was attended by key figures such as President Asif Ali Zardari and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar.
Speaking from Kuwait, where he is engaged in diplomatic outreach following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor, Owaisi said the Pakistani leaders “need brains to copy.”
#WATCH | During an interaction with the Indian diaspora in Kuwait, AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi says, " Yesterday, the Pakistani Army chief gifted a photo to the Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif…these stupid jokers want to compete with India, they had given a photograph of a 2019… pic.twitter.com/xJoaBo6zhO
— ANI (@ANI) May 26, 2025
He added, “These stupid jokers want to compete with India. They gave a photograph of a 2019 Chinese Army drill, claiming it was a victory over India. This is what Pakistan indulges in. They cannot even gift a proper photograph.” He further mocked, “We used to hear in childhood that ‘nakal karne ke liye akal chahiye’ (Copying requires intelligence). In nalayako ke pass toh akal bhi nahi hai (These worthless people don’t even have brains).”
Since the Pahalgam terror attack, Owaisi, Hyderabad MP, has frequently criticized Pakistani officials for their involvement in terrorism against India. This incident involving the fake memento is not the first time Pakistan has circulated misleading information about its military efforts against India.
In a similar case, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on May 15 cited a fabricated article supposedly published by the UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph praising the Pakistan Air Force. Dar claimed the article described the PAF as “feared, respected, and remarkably efficient,” with the headline “Pakistan Air Force: The undisputed king of the skies.”
However, Pakistan’s own publication, Dawn, debunked the claim after fact-checking the viral image. Dawn highlighted several inconsistencies such as spelling errors, abrupt sentence jumps, and language mistakes, concluding that “The image of the British newspaper is fake and no such article has been published by the outlet.”
Following the precision strikes carried out by Indian armed forces on May 7 under Operation Sindoor against terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the Pakistani army launched counterattacks on Indian military bases between May 8 and 10. Islamabad claimed to have inflicted significant damage on Indian military assets, a claim strongly denied by New Delhi.
