Close X
Thursday, November 28, 2024
ADVT 
India

'You Are A Thief, Don't Deserve To Represent Us’: Pak Envoy Maleeha Lodhi To Un Heckled At Event In US

Darpan News Desk IANS, 13 Aug, 2019 07:16 PM

    Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi had to leave from an event after a man heckled and accused her of corruption, saying "You are a thief and don't deserve to represent Pakistan".

     

    In a video, Ms Lodhi is seeing evading questions raised by the Pakistani national during a UN event in New York.

     

    While the diplomat was apparently addressing mediapersons, the man, who seemed enraged, was heard asking whether she had a minute to answer his questions and then without waiting for a reply asked: "What are you doing from the last 15 to 20 years. You are not representing us".

     
     

    Maleeha Lodhi asked him to stop, to which the man replied he will not as it is not against the law and, moreover, because he is a Pakistani.

     

    The diplomat composed herself and chided him for the manner in which he put forth the questions. She further said that she would not respond to his questions.

     

    As Ms Lodhi began to leave, the questioner heckled her by saying: "You guys are stealing our money, you guys are thieves and you don't deserve to represent Pakistan."

     

    The man tried to follow her, while, people present at the venue attempted to calm him down. As Ms Lodhi was leaving the venue, the man yelled: "Shame on you. You have been eating money all these years."

     

    Social media users did not miss the opportunity to question the diplomat, who has also served as the Pakistan Ambassador to the United States.

     

    "She has enough of living in America send her back to Pakistan," commented a user.

     

    Some accused her of misusing the taxpayers' money and asked her to go back to Pakistan.

     

    "She is enjoying privileges and perks on our tax money. She is only master to organise cultural events while being a permanent envoy of Pakistan in UN, she is an utter failure of our ''parchi system," said another user.

     

    Twitter users also praised the person who hurled the pointed questions at Ms Lodhi.

     

    "Salam hai bhai, jis ne sawal kiya... Shabash (Salute to the person who dared to ask such question)," read one Twitter post.

     

    "Yes that man is absolutely right, she has done nothing for us at UN for last fifteen years, What is she doing there," another Twitter user wrote.

     

    "Point that has never been raised in fact," reacted another person.

    MORE India ARTICLES

    Trigger-Happy UP Police Compel Gangsters To Flee To Delhi, Haryana

    Trigger-Happy UP Police Compel Gangsters To Flee To Delhi, Haryana
    The phone conversation between two Delhi-based gangster recorded by the police speaks volume about the trigger-happy police of Uttar Pradesh.

    Trigger-Happy UP Police Compel Gangsters To Flee To Delhi, Haryana

    If Not Sonia, Congress Old Guard May Want Priyanka Gandhi To Lead

    If Not Sonia, Congress Old Guard May Want Priyanka Gandhi To Lead
    The Congress may be veering towards Priyanka Gandhi becoming the new party President to end the current impasse

    If Not Sonia, Congress Old Guard May Want Priyanka Gandhi To Lead

    Dawood's Nephew Arrested In Mumbai In Extortion Case

    The Mumbai Police have arrested underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's nephew Rizwan Kaskar in connection with an extortion case, an official said on Thursday.

    Dawood's Nephew Arrested In Mumbai In Extortion Case

    Kulwant Singh Kohli, Hotelier Who Introduced Butter Chicken To Mumbai, Dies At 85

    Kohli, who was appointed Sheriff for one term in 1998, is survived by his wife, Mohinder Kaur, sons Amardeep, Gurbaxish and daughter Jasdeep Kaur.    

    Kulwant Singh Kohli, Hotelier Who Introduced Butter Chicken To Mumbai, Dies At 85

    Amarinder Singh Yet To Decide On Sidhu’s Resignation

    Amarinder Singh Yet To Decide On Sidhu’s Resignation
    Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is yet to take a call on Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation from the state Cabinet, official sources said on Thursday.    

    Amarinder Singh Yet To Decide On Sidhu’s Resignation

    Indian Students Caught Up In Visa Row Find Support Of UK MPs

    Indian Students Caught Up In Visa Row Find Support Of UK MPs
    The students are all embroiled in a scandal of alleged cheating in the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), a compulsory requirement in some student visa cases dating back over five years.

    Indian Students Caught Up In Visa Row Find Support Of UK MPs