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Imran Khan is upset that people are making fun of his chicken idea

Why is it okay when Bill Gates says it, asks Imran Khan

Updated 01 Dec, 2018

On November 29, Imran Khan gave a speech on his government's progress in the first 100 days of his tenure as Pakistan's PM.

He spoke about life as the new PM, tackling corruption... and chickens.

Guess which one Twitter latched on to?

Pakistani Twitter could not comprehend Imran's plans for the local poultry industry and seized the moment to have a laugh.

The memes and comparison began.

And people were not holding back.

Imran Khan clearly did not enjoy the humour and actually had a clapback ready in hand.

He called out his critics for their hypocrisy, posting an article about Bill Gates' poverty alleviation strategy involving poultry farming to empower impoverished families .

Says Khan in his tweet, "For the colonised minds ,when desis talk about chickens combating poverty they get mocked, but when "walaitis" [foreigners] talk about desi chicken and poverty it's brilliance!"

Despite continuous mockery, many did share the article and supported Imran Khan's statement. But perhaps had he phrased his plans for the poultry industry better, he wouldn't have been met with such humour. After all, Bill Gates didn't announce his plans during a political speech.

Also, chickens are kinda funny.

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Fastrack Dec 01, 2018 02:46pm

Love you sir. Ignore the opposition.

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Kashif Khan Dec 01, 2018 02:47pm

Don’t worry about the jokers Mr.Khan. You and those with you shall have the last laugh, InshaAllah

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Ash Man Dec 01, 2018 03:13pm

What’s needs to be understood is that giving out new ideas on a daily basis is not a good political idea. Trump tweets on a daily basis and people laugh at him too.

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Jawad Dec 01, 2018 03:19pm

Interestingly, I had read Bill's article when it was first published and was truly impressed at such a 'simple' solution to address poverty and better community building! Hence, I was certainly delighted (and was smiling!) when IK mentioned chickens in his speech! And yes I agree, providing a context is always helpful in explaining an idea or a solution! Hats off to IK! :-)

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moazi Dec 01, 2018 03:27pm

Great response by Imran Khan

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Khalil Dec 01, 2018 03:36pm

Desparate times demand despararate measures! There is no doubt most of the pak is living below the poverty line so the pm is rightly offering some basic and ground level advice to those in need. Those mocking must not forget: pakistan is among the poorest countries of the world and thats not FUNNY.

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bhaRAT© Dec 01, 2018 03:40pm

They are making mockery of the poverty actually. Only 'desi dimag' will do that!

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Saif Zulfiqar Dec 01, 2018 03:47pm

How many times looters and loosers will repeat same same things againa and again. We the supporters of Kaptan help him to raise the respect and economy of our beloved Pakistan. Ameen.

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Ruth Jilani Dec 01, 2018 03:50pm

what is the need to be understood. Every village house has already desi chicken and eggs without much fuss and speeches.

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Suryakant Agrawal Dec 01, 2018 04:00pm

Sir, you are a genius.

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Rizwan Dec 01, 2018 04:16pm

IK is now the PM of Pakistan he should focus on numbers -statistics -figures and policy planning .Give Pakistan a vision and direction. IK should not wast his time on egg chicken etc. Bill Gates is an IT Guru he not heading any country he can say and explain whatever he wants.

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Rubina Dec 01, 2018 04:27pm

So Imran khan is copying Bill gates idea?

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Adil108 Dec 01, 2018 04:34pm

@Ash Man I couldn’t agree more

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Pervez Dec 01, 2018 04:55pm

@Fastrack ignore the opposition this is a democracy bro. Though IK is a decent person he does not own the country.

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Youshay Dec 01, 2018 05:45pm

Tyson Foods began in 1935 with chickens. This was during the American Depression. John Tyson started selling chickens. Today Market Capitalization for this company is $21.07 BILLION. Let's make a difference too.

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Youshay Dec 01, 2018 05:51pm

@Rubina What's so wrong w coping good ideas? Please look at the huge impact it has to the people and nation.

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Ahmed Dec 01, 2018 06:56pm

That idea is a bit antiquated for 2018. Gates meant it for Africa. In those areas they can only raise organic chickens not farmhouse ones and they have to to take them to the city to get premium prices. Cottage industries would be a better idea for them than raising chickens.

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Altaf Noor Ali Dec 01, 2018 07:07pm

Any idea about the kind of inputs are required to produce a kilogram of chicken meat? I would expect that a chicken in its lifetime consumes hundreds of liters of water and many kilograms of fodder to get to its size. Only if we can consume chicken in moderation, it will be much health and environmental friendly too.

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Sanjeev Dec 01, 2018 08:22pm

Has the problem of what came first ,the chicken or the egg been solved.

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tarik Dec 01, 2018 08:36pm

No matter what you say or good you do the corrupts will criticize you. Just ignore them.

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josef Dec 01, 2018 08:36pm

@Rubina - better than copying NS' ideas!

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Dr.Sadaf Dec 01, 2018 08:49pm

We trust you IK, just follow your vision.

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Osman Dec 01, 2018 08:58pm

Love how human he sound in his tweet. Previous leaders sounded like corporate leaders.

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DR T AHMED Dec 01, 2018 09:12pm

its laughable.why these leaders interested in twitters rather then concentrate on role given.

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Zohaib Dec 01, 2018 10:29pm

@Rubina What's wrong with that?

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NK Dec 01, 2018 10:44pm

Dear PM implement the scheme with full planning, guidance, responsibility and supervision to keep it on track. If it is a success it will automatically smackdown your critics

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AW Dec 02, 2018 01:24am

I know it sounds funny and people make fun of it but the wise will understand. We need to figure out how to feed 207 million people including protein rich food for children to eliminate stunted growth problems. Food security is a highest priority for any nation. China attained food security before opening its doors to the world in 1988. Growing food (poultry is part of it) could create micro business opportunities for the poor. It can not only provide a respectable livelihood to many poor families and also contribute to national food security. We also need the women to engage in micro businesses. Farm grown poultry in punjab is fully controlled by Hamza Shahbaz Sharif . As the people gain knowledge, the demand for natural & organic food is rapidly growing and the Prime Minister’s vision is on the correct path. Farm grown poultry is spreading diseases and needs to be strictly regulated until we start producing natural poultry in bulk for a healthy nation.

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GLY Mendon Dec 02, 2018 01:25am

Imran Khan is great. Yes, chicken can be a multifaceted solution for impoverished population. In Bangaldesh and India microfinancing has made huge improvements in village life especially of Women. So small small ideas are needed for improving peoples life in stages.

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Rehan M Dec 02, 2018 02:00am

Get desi chicken, in front of wickets, on a cricket pitch, in stadium, in Lahore. Get a fast bowler, a spinner, with a U Turn. Bowl chicken out or maybe LBW. Buy eggs at market to complement meal. End of match, start of dinner. Salute Imran Khan.

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Talha Dec 02, 2018 04:19am

@Rizwan Bill Gates might be an IT Guru while IK is PM of Pakistan but did you know that the net worth of Microsoft is 752 billion USD while the entire 2017 GDP of Pakistan was 305 billion USD. IK and Pakistan sadly don't even have the resources that Bill Gates and Microsoft alone have. Crooks from the previous governments have left us in a state where simple yet effective solutions such as the poultry one suggested by IK have become the need of the hour to provide some relief to the most poor of our country.

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Rohit Sharma Dec 02, 2018 04:50am

Mr Khan, what's appreciable about you, is you aren't trying to be politically correct all the time. First step to solving any problem is recognizing there is one. Pakistan is lucky to have a PM who has a vision to solve those problems with ideas that involve the common man of Pakistan.

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usman Dec 02, 2018 09:53am

@Ahmed what do you think your population is very well above GDP ? IK is absolutely correct

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Haji Dec 02, 2018 10:02am

This is called micro-financing, nothing is wrong with it. At least he is thinking of poor people. He cannot give them buffalos or cows. Keep marching IK.

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Rizwan Dec 02, 2018 12:40pm

sir this is an old idea and was implemented by Noon League and still it is going on...

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Salman Dec 02, 2018 12:50pm

Well, when Bill Gates talked about Eggonomics and Chicken, he was not a prime minister. His idea, whatever it may be,never got implemented, although being the richest person alive, he could have done it. And after this idea, he never aspired to be a political leader,

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Sunil K Lakhanpal Dec 02, 2018 01:41pm

just do it....ignore the political loose talks..

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Divakar Dec 02, 2018 01:53pm

@Rubina :Copied Modiji also .

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Abdul Majid Dec 03, 2018 12:26am

let the opposition mock sir. You have given best ideas but unfortunately Pakistani nation can not differentiate good and bad. you are very sincere, we are with you and pray for your success.

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Farhat Iqbal Dec 03, 2018 11:09pm

Another idea practiced in Latin America and the Philippines is to grow vegetables on roof tops in split plastic bottles. We too could do it.

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