Netizens trolled Radio Pakistan on Sunday after it committed a major gaffe in its bid to get even with India.
After Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) and Doordarshan started to include the Gilgit-Baltistan region and Muzaffarabad in their weather forecasts, Radio Pakistan tweeted with maximum and minimum temperatures in Ladakh, albeit with a major error.
In a series of tweets, Radio Pakistan provided the weather details for all the regions in India occupied Jammu and Kashmir. But in one tweet, a major goof-up attracted many Twitter users. "In Ladakh maximum temperature is -4 degree centigrade and minimum temperature is-1 degree centigrade," the tweet read.
Social media users were quick to point out the mix-up of the words ‘maximum’ and ‘minimum’ by Radio Pakistan’s Twitter handle. Twitter users soon pointed out that -4 degree centigrade was actually lower than -1 degree centigrade and cannot be the ‘maximum’ temperature.
“This is the result when math teachers are part time suicide bombers and terrorists,” wrote one of tweeter user.
One twitter user commented “India started Weather Forecast of Bangladesh in 1970 & one year later East Pakistan became History & Bangladesh was born. History will repeat itself in PoK & Gilgit Baltistan. Pak army start preparing from today itself”.
One user pointed that the people in Pakistan did not know the difference between the maximum and minimum. Another user advised Pakistan to follow India correctly, even if they intended to follow the country blindly.
"In #Ladakh, maximum temperature is -4 degree centigrade and minimum temperature is -1 degree centigrade," read the tweet. Another tweeted “India started Weather Forecast of Bangladesh in 1970 & one year later East Pakistan became History & Bangladesh was born. History will repeat itself in PoK & Gilgit Baltistan. Pakarmy start preparing from today itself’.
One Twitter user said, “It's high time for you to engage yourself in Education and schooling rather than militancy. See your officials don't even understand what's Max and what's Low.” Another tweeted, "Wrong... max should be -1 and minimum should be -4." "Ye tweet padh ke Pakistan ki maximum aukat aur minimum IQ pata chal gayi..(After reading the tweet one gets to know Pakistan's maximum status and minimum IQ)," read another tweet. Another tweeted, “This is what happens when you divert all the money to terrorism from education.” "RIP common sense!!! -4 max and - 1 min??? Kon se gole se Science padhe ho???" another Twitter user wrote.
Radio Pakistan's tweet aimed at levelling scores with India triggered a flurry of funny posts with some using memes featuring Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah's photo.
Many others, with their tweets, schooled Pakistan to not copy their "daddy" - a reference used by many trolls since the country was born out of India in 1947.
The IMD move to include PoK, Gilgit and Baltistan and Muzaffrabad in the Jammu Kashmir sub division comes days after the Pakistan Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Islamabad to amend a 2018 administrative order to conduct general elections in the region. The move came close on the heels of Pakistan Supreme Court's decision to let its government hold elections in Gilgit-Baltistan. India had lodged a protest with Pakistan, asking Islamabad to immediately vacate all areas under its illegal occupation. The Gilgit-Baltistan Order of 2018 provided for administrative changes, including authorizing the Prime Minister of Pakistan to legislate on an array of subjects.