Imran Khan claims 58 countries support Pakistan. UNHRC has 47 members

Within a short time several people started pointing out the error and poking fun at Pakistan PM Imran Khan.

Updated on: Sep 14, 2019, 11:07:03 IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Trisha Sengupta

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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s latest tweet on United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meet in Geneva has turned into a source of laughter for Twitter town. He tweeted - In the meet 58 countries joined Pakistan against India’s decision to revoke Article 370. Guess what, there are only 47 members in the UNHRC.

In this Saturday, July 21, 2018 file photo, Pakistani politician Imran Khan, chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, arrives to address an election campaign rally in Islamabad. (AP)

Tweeple, however, didn’t spare Imran Khan. Expectedly, within a short time several people started pointing out the error and poking fun at Pakistan PM Imran Khan. Here’s what they tweeted:

Previously, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan found himself in a similar soup when, at a conference, said that Germany and Japan are immediate neighbours who share a border. “Germany and Japan killed millions of their civilians until after the Second World War when they decided that they would have, on the border region of Germany and Japan, they had joint industries,” Khan had said.

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