Pakistani politician, Hina Parvez Butt, was recently on the show ‘To The Point With Mansoor Ali Khan,’ where she was seen outraged over the fact that Mansoor, a journalist and the host of the show, alleged that she became a Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) due to her financial well-being.
She took to Twitter to express the same outrage, where she shared a video of her doing her best to shut down the host.
کسی کوحق نہیں کہ اپنے شو میں بلا کر ذاتی حملے کر کے بے عزت کرے۔میرے دل میں منصور کے لیے بہت عزت تھی لیکن کل انہوں نے اپنے شو میں جسطرح آن ایئر مجھے بے عزت کرنے کی کوشش کی وہ قابل مذمت ہے۔کسی خاتون کو کہنا کہ وہ پیسے کے بل بوتے پرایم پی اے بنی،سراسر ذیادتی اور نا انصافی ہے pic.twitter.com/dsrLeVGz8G
— Hina Butt (@hinaparvezbutt) January 15, 2020
During the course of her retort, however, she brought up the fact that she:
a) is a LUMSU LUMS graduate and
b) has a GPA of 3.98
She talked about a bunch of other stuff during the course of the small video as well, but our awaam found something to cling to and thus, the trolling began.
Some people couldn’t help but drag LUMS alongside
Hina Butt : i am LUMS graduate with 3.98 GPA
Ok LUMSU
— Shazziya Mehmood (@shaziyaaM) January 15, 2020
Indeed LUMS is LUMSU where people like Hina ParvezButt gets 3.98 CGPA 😂😂 https://t.co/xEasheIxbu
— NoooMeee (@MondaraTeh) January 15, 2020
Others thought it was a strange thing to add in an argument
LUMS !!! really? https://t.co/XBI0Grcqr6
— JahangeerThaheem (@JkThaheem) January 15, 2020
LUMS graduate? What to show off?
So called status symbols! https://t.co/CVE8yU0pUa— Amara Mukhtar (@amara_mukhtar) January 15, 2020
People pretty much didn’t get why she threw in her GPA and university
Ma LUMS graduate hoon 🤷♂️👏👏 https://t.co/51ss9qcpXF
— Führer (@FakeFuhrer) January 15, 2020
Hina but is LUMS graduate with 3.98 CGPA.
ME KIA KROON BRO….— JUNAYD TARIQ (@JUNAYDTARIQ1) January 14, 2020
Her sole purpose to respond to @_Mansoor_Ali was to inform that she is LUMS graduate with 3.98 GPA😜
— muhammad usman (@BeingUxman) January 15, 2020
Some wondered whether a 3.98 GPA from LUMS is a qualifying factor for a seat in the Provincial Assembly
And your defense was that you got a 3.98 GPA in LUMS?
Does everyone with a 3.98 GPA deserve a seat in parliament?#AskingForAFriend https://t.co/hfW6ZyfN0Q
— Bilal Lakhani (@MBilalLakhani) January 15, 2020
Hina, @_Mansoor_Ali wasn't insulting but polite. Being a LUMS graduate with 3.98 CGPA qualifies you for MPA reserved seat? That is preposterous. What is your political career or struggle before being selected for MPA reserved seat? Other qualifications then that your father is… https://t.co/dFtRPcQ83J
— M. Talaal Khalid (@omuhammadtalaal) January 15, 2020
a close aid, a friend of Nawaz Sharif. Degrees don't qualify the nominations. I admire and appreciate educated women in assemblies but they should come through proper channels with the same struggle a common political worker has to do to get ticket for MPA.
— M. Talaal Khalid (@omuhammadtalaal) January 15, 2020
Others questioned this “benchmark for superiority”
Why she is telling that she is a LUMS graduate ? Nd what to do with GPA 3.98 ??? I had a teacher from LUMS nd the one from a simple PU grad….hell of difference….the one from LUMS doesn't even knows how to teach, how to convey….what's the benchmark for superiority???
— Kamran Awan (@KamranA00817415) January 15, 2020
Some people took rather personal digs
Where did this come from? Is she saying It’s coz of Lums she has been chosen ?!!! Oh Come On! We all know u r the chamchi of the bhagori. What a joke. https://t.co/IhEQBeH2wh
— Tasneem Allibhoy (@TasneemAllibho1) January 15, 2020
The internet can truly be brutal and everything one says can (and often is) used against them. What do you think about this fiasco? Let us know in the comments.
