A picture of Suleman Shehbaz and his family having dinner with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and First Lady Emine Erdogan of Turkey.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is visiting Turkey on a three-day official visit with a high-profile Pakistani delegation. The picture of the dinner showed PM Shehbaz Sharif, Suleman Shehbaz, and Zainab Suleman having dinner with the President of Turkey and the First Lady.
“What a spectacular evening hosted by the honorable President @RTErdogan. It is always a pleasure to meet him and the First Lady. They always fill your heart with so much love and warmth. Thank you won’t be enough,” said Zainab Suleman in the Twitter post.
The picture instantly went viral and condemnation started pouring for the ruling family. People asked in what capacity Suleman Shehbaz Sharif is part of the official trip of the Pakistani delegation to Turkey.
Some asked why an absconder Suleman Shehbaz Sharif is enjoying state protocol. PTI leader Shireen Mazari took to Twitter and condemned the sitting government in her tweet.
“Don’t know what agreements r being inked but the question arises as to why ur son, an absconder, is part of official mtgs, etc in Turkey? U do know GoP/State of Pak is not ur personal fiefdom? With absconder’s presence officially u r violating all laws of Pak incl the official secrets act,” she said in a tweet.
In what capacity are you enjoying state protocol? Shame on you.
— Eimaan (@Cynosure100) June 2, 2022
Back in April, netizens had slammed the sons of Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif for attending an official government meeting in Saudi Arabia. Images of Nawaz Sharif’s son Hussain Nawaz and Shehbaz Sharif’s son Salman Shehbaz in the meeting are going viral.
Read more: Netizens slam Sharif sons for attending official Saudi meeting
This photograph speaks volumes on pathetic state of affairs!There is no FM or Min of State on foreign visit of PM?
Salman Shehbaz who does not hold any official designation & not even reside in Pak is sitting at head table & must have attended talks?
No lessons learnt from past? pic.twitter.com/kh8FQ7OY3l— SHAFAAT SHAH (@INFANTRY28) June 2, 2022
یہ مفرور ملزم پاکستان تو نہیں آتا مگر پاکستانی دوروں میں سٹیٹ گیسٹ بن جاتا ہے۔ اس کمال کاریگری کے پیچھے #وہ_کون_تھا pic.twitter.com/NWypb3zo4Q
— Imran Khan (@ImranRiazKhan) June 2, 2022
“Bring your kids to work” continues https://t.co/sPn08V1aZZ
— SAZ (@my55cents) June 2, 2022
Interestingly, Hussain Nawaz and Salman Shehbaz (who hold no government positions) also attended the meeting. This has irked social media users as they question the capacity in which they attended the meeting.
Furthermore, netizens are also recalling how Nawaz Sharif’s sons categorically rejected being Pakistanis as they hold British nationalities. Therefore, netizens, including PTI leaders, are questioning their representation in the PML-N government meeting with the Saudi Crown Prince.