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‘Will Run A Train To Los Angeles, If Allah Wills’: Pakistan’s Railway Minister On Being Mocked Over Faulty LED Board
Swarajya Staff
Oct 07, 2019, 11:35 AM | Updated 11:35 AM IST
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Pakistan’s Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed jocularly implied in a recent interview to a Pakistani news channel that if Allah wills, his Ministry would run a train to Los Angeles,
This statement came in the backdrop of the Pakistani Railways getting mocked for displaying “Los Angeles” on the LED display board of one of its trains.
Who says Pakistan Railways has not reached new heights under Sheikh Rashid? pic.twitter.com/4nrPGsjzkh
— Hasan Zaidi (@hyzaidi) October 6, 2019
This had led to many mocking Pakistani railways for this technical gaffe.
Pakistan Railways has advanced so much that their train is going to Los Angeles via Sukkur ðð Very soon under Sheikh Rashid Ahmed & Ch* Fawad Hussain it will now surely reach the Moon too ððð #PakistanRailway #LosAngeles pic.twitter.com/c3SHiC0kQA
— Rosy (@rose_k01) October 6, 2019
Pakistan had recently started a new train which travels to Los Angeles. ð pic.twitter.com/TtE3uOLQpv
— AVNIJESH (@Avnijesh) October 5, 2019
This incident was also covered by various Pakistani media outlets, following which the Railway Minister decided to respond.
Allah ne chaha tu Los Angeles bhi ja saktay hain: Railway minister.
— Naila Inayat नायला à¤à¤¨à¤¾à¤¯à¤¤ (@nailainayat) October 6, 2019
pic.twitter.com/aNJ4wBKrIu
The Railway Minister claimed that the “computerised train” was sabotaged by mischief makers who manipulated the display board to type Los Angeles and publicised it on social media.
After asserting that there is noting great about this incident, the Railway Minister said that, “we can also go to Los Angeles if Allah wills”.
Recently the Railway Minister had made news when he had got an electric shock while attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a rally.
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