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‘Apni hi beizzati’: Asim Munir trolled for calling India a Mercedes, Pakistan a dump truck

Pakistani military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, is being trolled for comparing India to a “shining Mercedes” and his own country to a “dump truck”.

Published on: Aug 11, 2025, 08:42:45 IST
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Pakistani military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, is being trolled for comparing India to a “shining Mercedes” and his own country to a “dump truck”. Speaking at an event in Florida, Munir used a “crude analogy” to describe the conflict between the two countries.

Asim Munir made the remarks during a black-tie dinner he hosted for businessman Adnan Asad, Pakistan's honorary consul in Tampa. (AP/File photo)
Asim Munir made the remarks during a black-tie dinner he hosted for businessman Adnan Asad, Pakistan's honorary consul in Tampa. (AP/File photo)

Mercedes vs dump truck

“I am going to use a crude analogy to explain the situation,” Munir said, according to a report in The Print. “India is shining Mercedes coming on a highway like Ferrari [sic], but we are a dump truck full of gravel. If the truck hits the car, who is going to be the loser?”

(Also read: ‘If we think we're going down…': Pak Army Asim Munir chief makes nuke threat in US)

The Pakistani military chief was evidently trying to praise Pakistan as the less-polished but more-powerful neighbour — unfortunately for him, his choice of words had quite the opposite effect.

Social media users, hung on semantics, accused Munir of inadvertently admitting that India is better. Pretty soon, posts trolling the Pakistani military chief flooded platforms like X.

Asim Munir trolled for India-Pak comparison

“The only truth in Munir’s statement is that India is the Mercedes, and his country is the dump truck . The rest is delusion,” wrote one X user, referring to Munir’s threats of plunging “half the world” into nuclear warfare if Pakistan faces an existential threat in future with India.

“At least the know their reality....they are dump truck and nothing else...failed marshal admitted that they are pathetic,” another X user wrote.

One person asked why Munir was insulting his own country — “apne desh ki beizzati karwa raha hai,” he wrote.

Another used AI art to predict what would happen in a collision between a shining Mercedes and a dump truck.

“I thought it was a joke when I first read this. But no, this is real. Pakistan truly deserves Asim Munir as their Army Chief,” an X user quipped.

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    Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.Read More

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