Former Pakistan envoy mistakes porn star Johnny Sins for Kashmiri protester

Ever since India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, the government and ministers of Pakistan have been vocal about the human right situation in the state and busy whipping up a war hysteria.

From the prediction of a “full-blown war” in October to the claims of having “tactical nuclear bombs as small as 125-150 grams”, leaders from the neighbouring country have been all out to mount pressure on New Delhi by their insensitive and provocative statements.

However, a top bureaucrat of Pakistan went a step further on Monday in his hasty attempt to peddle an anti-India narrative, and gave the Twitterati a field day after he committed a faux pas on the micro-blogging site. Abdul Basit, former Pakistan High Commissioner to India, retweeted the picture of an adult movie star, mistaking him as a Kashmiri protester, according to reports.

The minister retweeted a waggish post from the handle @blundertarar with a still from an adult film starred by porn actor Johnny Sins.

Basit was quick to undo his retweet, but the damage was already done.

“Johnny Sins has been a plumber, a doctor, a teacher and an astronaut but Pakistan reduced him to a stone-pelter,” read a jocular post which shared the screenshot of Basit's gaffe.

Tension spiked between India and Pakistan after New Delhi abrogated provisions of Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, on August 5. India's move drew strong reaction from Pakistan which expelled Indian envoy, suspended bilateral trade, downgraded the diplomatic ties and stopped all the cross-border train and bus services.

India, however, categorically told the international community that the scrapping of Kashmir's special status was strictly its internal matter and Pakistan had no locus standi on the state.