Imran Khan Asked The World For Debt Relief Amid COVID-19 But Some Journalists Were Only Interested In His Tracksuit

Prime Minister Imran Khan appealed to the developed world to give debt relief to developing countries like Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Prime Minister, while addressing the international community in a video message underlined the additional challenges that developing and underdeveloped countries faced while controlling the coronavirus outbreak.

In the developing world, apart from containing the virus and dealing with the economic crisis, our biggest worry now is to save people from dying of hunger. The dilemma on the one side is to save people from Covid-19 and on the other to save them from dying of hunger due to prolonged lockdowns.

In the face of the COVID-19 challenge, it is hard to deny the relevance of Imran Khan’s debt relief message.

However, instead of the content of Khan’s communique, some journalists were only interested in the tracksuit that he wore while speaking to the international community.

Journalist and PM Imran Khan’s former wife, Reham Khan led the critical pack.

I’m not sure what Reham Khan was more concerned about, Imran Khan wearing a tracksuit or wearing a “dreadful” one!

Investigative journalist, Farrakh Durrani, wanted to know if any other world leader had worn casual clothes while addressing the international community…

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…While Cyril Almeida had trouble wrapping his head around a Prime Minister appealing to the world in PJs.

Syed Talat Hussain on the other hand put his journalistic talents to use by posting a collection of images in which Imran Khan could be seen discharging official business in – you guessed it right – the same green tracksuit.

I mean I get why the green tracksuit was not the most appropriate attire to don while speaking to the international community, I’ll give the journos that much! BUT what I don’t understand is their fixation with what the Prime Minister wore rather than what he had to say.

With the pandemic playing havoc with the global economy, countries like Pakistan are most at risk of financial devastation going forward. Given the gravity of the situation it would have been a good idea for the journalists to comment on the overall quality of the PM’s message rather than focusing entirely on his choice of clothes, no?