Shoaib Akhtar calls Pakistan secular state, gets brutally trolled for committing gaffe on Twitter

New Delhi: The removal of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif created a huge stir in the country, and the subsequent developments carry plenty of interest in the minds of not just the common people but also celebrities like Shoaib Akhtar.

The former Pakistani speedster shared a post on Twitter, showing their President Mamnoon Hussain administering an oath to new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi but seemed to have referred either of them as "Darshan Lal."

“A Hindu political leader Mr Darshan Lal is now a cabinet minister in Pakistan. This is our polite way of saying Pakistan is a secular state,” Akshtar captioned the post with the image.

A Hindu political leader Mr Darshan Lal is now a cabinet minister in Pakistan.This is our polite way of saying Pakistan is a secular state. pic.twitter.com/mbRS4BFm1p — Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) August 7, 2017

The gaffe soon became a topic of discussion as his followers started trolling him mercilessly. Some of the followers even started questioning his knowledge about politics, and others his IQ.

who is Mr.Darshan Lal in pic — Umar BajwA (@UmaBajwa) August 7, 2017

Hahahha — Salman PTI (I.K) (@itsSalmanPTI) August 7, 2017

I think he is confusing between mamnoon hussain — Qasim (@qasimbinnaseer) August 7, 2017

Dr. Darshan
from Mirpur Mathelo, District Ghotki Sindh
is now a cabinet minister in Islamic republic of Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/zk8p3EOGgY — Hina (@HinaKharal) August 7, 2017

Pakistan is Islamic state, not secular its more safe for other religions if we are Islamic instead seculars.. — Assad (@ASSADISTAN) August 7, 2017

So that's how you define secularism? Shoaib let's focus on cricket only — Hamlet (@MeeeZeus) August 7, 2017

I donot see Darshan lal in pic... — Nida Khan (@N_nida11) August 7, 2017

Mamnoon Hussain kab se Hindu hogaya, bhi. Khakan Abbasi Hindu hai kya? — Zahid Afridi (@zahidshahafridi) August 7, 2017

Is mamnoon hussain hindu?  — khan sb (@kaab001) August 7, 2017

Dimagh set hai? He's mamnoon hussain - President of Pakistan — Hamza Javaid Gosha (@Ask_Hamza) August 8, 2017

Akhtar then took to Twitter urging followers to focus on the message rather then questioning his IQ.

Friends, rather dan questioning my IQ plz concentrat on d message: We respect ALL religions. BTW oath pic in last tweet was a reference. — Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) August 7, 2017

"Friends, rather dan questioning my IQ plz concentrat on d message: We respect ALL religions. BTW oath pic in last tweet was a reference," Akhtar's second tweet read.