Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif became fodder for trolls for ‘looting the country’ and ‘citing health as an excuse to stay in England’ after a purported video of him arriving in a Rolls Royce car at luxury brand Louis Vuitton’s store in London went viral on Sunday.
While sharing the 18-second video, Twitter users, including leaders of Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), mocked the ex-prime minister with a sarcastic take on his visit and said the leader went to “collect his platelets count/ blood test results from London’s high end luxury designer shops”. The video shows Nawaz Sharif, who is seen wearing a mask, getting out of a car, and entering a store.
Saying Sharif is “responsible for the destruction of Pakistan”, a user wrote, “Nawaz Sharif shopping at the world's most expensive brand Louis Vuitton in a Rolls-Royce car worth half a million pounds (about Rs. 30 crores)!! He is responsible for the destruction of Pakistan.”
{{/usCountry}}Saying Sharif is “responsible for the destruction of Pakistan”, a user wrote, “Nawaz Sharif shopping at the world's most expensive brand Louis Vuitton in a Rolls-Royce car worth half a million pounds (about Rs. 30 crores)!! He is responsible for the destruction of Pakistan.”
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“Nawaz Sharif ran away from Pakistan to London with the excuse of health and platelets. Today Nawaz Sharif visited Louis Vuitton in his Bentley to collect his platelets count/blood test result,” wrote another.
Sharif, 73, was disqualified as the prime minister in July 2017 by Pakistan’s Supreme Court following a challenge to his office by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan based on the publication of the Panama Papers, which alleged that the Sharif family stashed away assets in London.