Since ISRO’s Chandrayan-II’s final date, Pakistan’s Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhary has enthralled one and all – Indian and Pakistani – with his delightful takes on science, technology, India’s moon mission and life in general.
Since ISRO’s Chandrayan-II’s final date, Pakistan’s Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhary has enthralled one and all – Indian and Pakistani – with his delightful takes on science, technology, India’s moon mission and life in general.
He was it again recently as per a viral video which shows him saying: “Papad nai bele ki zarurat hai. Chand nazar aa zata hai, exactly uski location pata hoti. “
The video appears to be from a news program where he is explaining why Pak isn't considering sending a mission to the moon.
pak minister @fawadchaudhry says as the moon is clearly visible from here there is no need to waste fund on researching about it pic.twitter.com/N8jJXMak2a
— Chowkidar Hardik (@Humor_Silly) September 12, 2019
Showing the usual class we’ve come to expect from members of the current establishment, Fawad Chaudhry had tweeted: “Awwwww..... Jo kaam ata nai panga nai leitay na..... Dear “Endia”
This led to a host of angry reactions from both Indian and Pakistani Twitter users who wondered how the science minister of a nation could be so ‘anti-science’. Another Pakistani user pointed out that India had Rs 900 crore to spare for such a mission while all Fawad Chaudhry had was his Twitter account.
A third user pointed out the travesty, that a science minister who couldn’t spell ‘satellite’ felt it necessary to mock others.
Over the next few days, Chaudhary continued to tweet inanities.
Better than Chandrayaan na atleast it flutters,wave and float in the air:) and also you don’t need to spend 900 crore to get https://t.co/4Gll4bB5h8
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) September 11, 2019
1. Fawad Chaudhary's marital tips
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On Monday, Pakistan’s ‘science and technology’ minister was again the subject of online mirth and general mockery after an old tweets of his went viral.
The learned man had tweeted in 2012: “Marriage at the right age & a gd wife saves 40 GB of space on your computer.”
Marriage at the right age & a gd wife saves 40 GB of space on your computer..
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) February 10, 2012
Space mission redefined. https://t.co/sPNc35DkNF
— Naila Inayat नायला इनायत (@nailainayat) September 8, 2019
That's the kind of Space Science a Science & Technology minister should specialize in. https://t.co/Ck1WApktsi
— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 (@RoflGandhi_) September 8, 2019
Pakistan's Science & Technology minister doing some really deep 'Space' research https://t.co/9M9qAqdgqt
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) September 8, 2019
Priorities of Pakistan's Science and Technology Minister are absolutely sorted https://t.co/bswnScyvqY
— Monica (@TrulyMonica) September 8, 2019
I am afraid to ask what is the “right age” for the said “good wife”. The honourable minister of science and technology of our western neighbour may not be able to answer it. https://t.co/WBt9jN3zdt
— Harsh Gupta मधुसूदन (@harshmadhusudan) September 8, 2019
You need 40 gb space for porn. Man you need help. https://t.co/usmC0cTSeJ
— मराठी माणूस (@marathiputra) September 8, 2019
2. Pak astronaut praises ISRO
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Hailing Indian scientists for their Chandrayaan-2 mission, a Pakistani scientist has congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for their second lunar mission.
In an exclusive conversation with WION, Pak astronaut Namira Salim, who is also the first Pakistani woman to go into space has hailed and lauded ISRO's effort for trying a soft landing of Chandrayaan-2 on moon's south pole.
Congratulating ISRO, Pak astronaut said that taking the decision for a soft landing on moon's south pole was in itself a "giant leap for South Asia as well as for the entire global space industry."
Further praising ISRO, Namira Salim said, "As a global citizen, I congratulate India on the landing of Vikram Lander on the Moon. India's mission to the moon is about the contribution they have made to the international Space industry and for the benefit of mankind."
Also Read: Chandrayaan-2: Connection with Vikram Lander not yet made, all possible efforts underway, says ISRO
3. State of Pak's Space Agency
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Pakistan Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry was quick to take a jibe at the Chandrayaan 2, terming the spacecraft -- which the debt-ridden country is far from capable of developing -- as a mere "toy". Now let us look at their space programme.
Pakistan's National Space Agency SUPARCO (Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission), which was set up in 1961, took 50 years to launch its first communication satellite into the orbit by using Chinese-made launch vehicle, that too with aid from a subsidiary of China Aerospace and Technology Corporation.
The agency was established eight years before the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Decades hence, while the ISRO made world records such as sending 104 satellites in space in a single launch in 2017, Pakistan's space agency has witnessed series of failures and setbacks.
