Published 18:01 IST, September 28th 2019

Imran Khan's 'President Modi' goof-up at UNGA cracks up Twitter

Pakistan PM Imran Khan's 50-minute speech at the 74th UN General Assembly on Friday had many goof-ups, but the biggest was him addressing 'President Modi'

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Pakistan PM Imran Khan's 50-minute speech at 74th UN General Assembly on Friday had many goof-ups, but biggest was one when he addressed PM Modi as 'President Modi'. Apart from his long, threatening speech which exceeded his stipulated 15-minute time limit, this particular slip-up by cricketer-turned-politician has amused Twitter. This was Imran Khan's maiden speech at UNGA. Twitterati have expressed ir amusement at PM Modi's sudden 'promotion' to President.

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Here are some of best reactions to Imran Khan's slip-up:

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Imran Khan calls PM Modi 'President'

Earlier on Friday, while talking about his first interaction with PM Modi after being elected as Pakistan's Prime Minister in 2018, he said, "Immediately, when my party came to power first thing we did was reach out to India. I spoke to President Modi and said look, we have similar problems. highest number of people reside in this sub-continent."

Imran Khan's UNGA address

Addressing 74th United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters, New York, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Kahn, on Friday, predicted 'ar Pulwama' when restrictions in Kashmir are completely lifted. He admitted to Pakistan's backing for Mujahideen and country's flimsy ecomy. He blamed India for its current standing at FATF. He also made an absurd Hollywood reference to defend terrorism, stating possibility of a terror attack in Kashmir. Curiously, he repeatedly brought up his former cricket career and rambled on for 50 minutes at UNGA.

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Here are list of Pakistan PM's top mentions in his 50-minute long UNGA speech:

  • Islam - 70 times
  • Pakistan -24 times
  • Terrorism - 23 times
  • Kashmir - 21 times
  • India - 16 times
  • Money - 14 times
  • 9/11 attack -12 times
  • Modi - 12 times
  • Prophet -11 times
  • RSS - 10 times

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17:44 IST, September 28th 2019