A Pakistani anchor confused Apple Inc with fruit during the live programme recently and became a laughing stock on social media.
A video clip of the incident went viral after Pakistani journalist Naila Inayat posted it on Twitter. In the July 4 incident, the anchor can be seen chatting with a panellist who was talking about the American tech giant, but the former thought the latter was referring to an apple (fruit).
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In the clip, while talking about Pakistan’s financial conditions, the panellist said: “Alone Apple’s business amounts to more than the whole of Pakistan’s annual budget.”
Assuming that the panellist was talking about the fruit, the TV anchor said: “Yes, I have heard that even one apple is very expensive.” At this point, the startled panellist corrected the anchor, saying: “We are talking about Apple phones here, not the fruit.”
Apple business and types of apple, just some regular tv shows in Pakistan.. pic.twitter.com/3Sr7IBl7ns
— Naila Inayat नायला इनायत (@nailainayat) July 4, 2019
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Retweets, likes and of course, a hilarious discussion followed after the video surfaced on Twitter. “An “Apple” a day keeps brain away,” read a tweet while another said, “Ok now moving away from goats, cows , oil well next buzzword is apple…”
Sample these responses:
Yaar uski sundarta dekho, dimag to sabhi k paas hota hai. Masum bachhi bichari.
— Kamalnarayan Rai (@kamalnarayanrai) July 4, 2019
Hats off to the man!! What control!! Had I been there would have probably fallen off my seat laughing 😂
— Siddhartha Das (@sidharthone) July 4, 2019
an apple a day keeps steve jobs away
— Mohammad Ali Tunna (@MdAli10veer) July 4, 2019
Ennu apple khilao
— INDIAN FOOTBALL FANS (@imprasadj) July 4, 2019
Bhukhi hogi bechari.. khali kaam karate ho paise nhi dete..kam se kam apple hi khane ko de dete 🤣😂 https://t.co/lZaFoySuXH
— संदीप_Vyas 🇮🇳 (@SirSandeep_) July 6, 2019
In an earlier embarrassing incident, the government of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province live-streamed a meeting, but the person running its live broadcast on Facebook accidentally activated the cat filter.