Published 00:13 IST, September 28th 2019

Imran Khan goofs up at UNGA; calls Indian PM as 'President Modi'

In the 74th session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in his 50 minutes blunderbuss speech made several goof ups

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In 74th session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in his 50 minutes speech made several goof ups, one of m referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as ‘President Modi’. 

Imran Khan threatens 'ar Pulwama' in his 50-minute UNGA address

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In addition to negligent reference, Imran Khan called Pulwama attack an orchestration of India.

Imran Khan said, “a Kashmiri boy who was radicalized by Indian security forces blew himself up on an Indian convoy, immediately India blamed us.” 

Fearmongering over condition in Kashmir, Khan predicted that re will be a bloodbath when curfew in Kashmir is lifted. He claimed that 900,000 troops who are in Valley to maintain peace, will shoot at Kashmiris retaliating against abrogation of article 370. Curiously, Pakistani Prime Minister referred to J&k as 'Kashmir' and t 'Indian Occupied Kashmir' which is general stance of Pakistan.

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Prime Minister Imran Khan's maiden speech to UN General Assembly went on for about 50 minutes, far exceeding 15-20-minute time limit that leaders are expected to adhere to while making ir national statements during busiest time in United Nations Headquarters. Out of 50-minutes that he spoke from podium of UN General Assembly hall, half of his speech was on India and Kashmir, drumming up hysteria about nuclear war.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was fourth leader to address General Assembly on Friday, spoke for about 16 minutes, succinctly talking about India's development nda and country's focus on initiating ambitious programmes aimed at improving lives of t only 1.3 billion people of India but serving as an example to nations and citizens across world.

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PM Modi's UNGA speech Vs PM Imran Khan's speech

Contrasting PM Imran Khan's 50-minute long speech, India's PM Modi wrapped up his entire speech within  allotted 15 minutes. PM Modi used global st to reaffirm India's commitment to fight against terror, climate change. He also showcased India as a global leader in terms of cleanliness, renewable energy and development. On or hand, Khan fearmongered over Pakistan's helplessness to counter-terror due to its own corruption, threatened looming terror attacks and blamed UN for t interfering in India's internal issue of abrogating article 370. He also touched barely upon Pakistan's contribution to world and only blamed India for Pakistan's current predicament.

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Imran Khan exceeded his time limit of 15-20 minutes while blabbering his anti-India rhetoric, with red light constantly blinking. India has stated that it will use right to reply option to Imran Khan’s speech in UNGA. 

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23:26 IST, September 27th 2019