Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, on Wednesday, was trolled after he posted a quote by Rabindranath Tagore on his official Twitter account, but attributed it to Lebanese writer and poet Kahlil Gibran.
He posted the inspirational quote on Twitter that read: "I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy," reports NDTV.
He captioned the quote saying: "Those who discover and get to understand the wisdom of Gibran's words, cited below, get to live a life of contentment."
Imran Khan trolled for wrongly attributing Rabindranath Tagore's quote to Kahlil Gibran. I think the day is not far when Oxford will request Imran Khan to stop maligning the university's image and return the degree peacefully.#خلیل_جبران_نے_کہا #ImranKhanPrimeMinister https://t.co/vQYQybNOQ2
— Aizaz Shah ? (@aizazshah_) June 20, 2019
The original quote, "I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy," however, is by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
However, Twitter was unforgiving.
"Prime Minister, I think these are Tagore's words," Pakistani journalist Azhar Abbas replied to the tweet.
"Is he really prime minister or wha? Don't even check whose quote it is before tweeting philosophy-related quote?," another tweet read.
"Nice quotes but these are Shri Rabindranath Tagore's words," Twitter user Manoj Agrawal said. Another Twitter user added: "Khan saheb, this is Tagore's quote. You seriously need an educated and informed social media team."
Who looks after @ImranKhanPTI 's social media department? And speech writers too..He gives every reason to get trolled like, quoting Ravindranath Tagore's lines as Khalil Gibran's. Some people believe from the name that Khalil Gibran was a muslim!!!https://t.co/JJxfxAIUZg
— Sandeep Sapre (@SandeepSapre2) June 19, 2019
Imran Khan was trolled earlier this month after he "broke protocol" when he met Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit.
In a video—widely shared on Twitter—he was seen speaking to the Saudi King's interpreter, and then walking off before the message could be translated, leaving the Saudi King alone.
He was severely criticized, both by his countrymen and citizens of Saudi Arabia, for apparently disrespecting the king.
He also made a gaffe at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit held in Bishkek last week, when he sat while everyone else stood—to welcome the head of states entering the hall—at the opening ceremony of the celebrated summit.