Maryam Nawaz, like most politicians, has often been the butt of jokes by Pakistanis, which is why not many people were surprised when she again found herself in the spotlight recently.
Maryam Nawaz just landed herself as the butt of many, many jokes after her recent comments on social media
It all started with a tweet by Uzma Zahid Bukhari, a fellow PML-N politician who praised Vice President of PML-N, Maryam Nawaz, for calling an impromptu crowd in Islamabad. Maryam replied with, “Uzmi mein khud hairan ho gai” and expressed her absolute surprise on being able to get such a crowd despite the fact that it was raining and early morning. Of course, there was also the threat of coronavirus but she conveniently forgot about that (like literally almost everyone in Pakistan).
What might have been a harmless comment by Maryam, soon became a Twitter trend, as people attached all sorts of jokes.
https://twitter.com/inoxent___irfa/status/1301072936221249537
Pakistanis, being habitual trolls, quickly set out to make hilarious memes out of it
Pakistanis hardly miss the opportunity to troll anyone. Even better, if it’s a politician like Maryam Nawaz. Soon, tweets upon tweets with funny memes and one-liners started pouring in on Twitter.
When you accidently forget to put your makeup on… #عظمی_میں_خود_حیران_ہوگئ pic.twitter.com/MbLmyPFEjL
— RJ Aamir Hussain (@AamirHN) September 2, 2020
This crowd is together for this..🤪🤪😜🤪#عظمی_میں_خود_حیران_ہوگئ pic.twitter.com/MIzDVxF8w3
— FAIQ AWAN. (@MuhammadAniqAw3) September 2, 2020
Please promote arrange marriages 😂🤣 #عظمی_میں_خود_حیران_ہوگئ pic.twitter.com/8i51R6qUEB
— Sohaib Ali (@Rais_Perhar) September 2, 2020
People were quite quick to call out the theatrics by Maryam Nawaz
People thought her use of wording was quite dramatic, even though, a lot of pictures have surfaced since then where the place she is holding the jalsa doesn’t even look that filled with people.
NO one
Literally no one
Le Maryam Nawaz:👇🙈😹#عظمی_میں_خود_حیران_ہوگئ pic.twitter.com/IDfQbSyk2V— Samshine (@sanafoodi) September 1, 2020
Drama Miss world of the year 😂#عظمی_میں_خود_حیران_ہوگئ https://t.co/3k5jDk7r5P #عظمی_میں_خود_حیران_ہوگئ pic.twitter.com/aMkQtYDTey
— Sarfraz shah (@Sarfraz74635520) September 2, 2020
Of course, Nawaz Sharif took a few hits too
Because, why not?
Maryam nawaz actually mean: Uzma i'm so shocked to see papa roaming around in London without platelets in such a dabang mood, what level of heroism is this😱#عظمی_میں_خود_حیران_ہوگئ pic.twitter.com/T36O5Y0sfP
— Sikandar Hayat Mirza (@sikandarmirza26) September 1, 2020
https://twitter.com/Wasim5533/status/1300829253806837760
https://twitter.com/A7H_K/status/1301034319184625665
People also related the Maryam Nawaz jokes to their own situations
Well, all the jokes weren’t aimed at Maryam Nawaz. A few took that hashtag to express their own emotions on certain things…
Uzma : I am with my university friends😂😂#عظمی_میں_خود_حیران_ہوگئ pic.twitter.com/BheDGNoBTL
— KİÑĞ ŽĂÏŃ 💪😎 (@1HumanRights2) September 1, 2020
When u accidentally open front camera… #عظمی_میں_خود_حیران_ہوگئ
— Usman Malik (@UsmanShazi) September 2, 2020
https://twitter.com/Imaan18524017/status/1301043822961590272
Uzma herself was not spared from the memes
Naturally, as the person who was the catalyst for starting this trend, Uzma had a few memes directed her way too. People joked about how she must be feeling right now.
#عظمی_میں_خود_حیران_ہوگئ
Meanwhile Uzma pic.twitter.com/wDK8TkX1UG— Azhar Munir (@_Azhar_Munir) September 1, 2020
https://twitter.com/Hardcorepak/status/1301038550708891648
While some may be obviously be offended at their favorite politician getting trolled, at least it’s nice to realize that she isn’t being trolled for any corruption charges or political incompetence, so at least this is something harmless. Right?
Do you think it’s all fun and games or are people going too far because of a simple comment? After all, surely Pakistanis have better things to do, one would assume. Let us know.