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PTI's Fayyaz Chohan just made some very insensitive remarks about kids with special needs

PTI's Fayyaz Chohan just made some very insensitive remarks about kids with special needs

And their parents. For an Information Minister, Chohan is surprisingly misinformed.
17 Mar, 2020

You guys remember Fayyaz Chohan right?

Yep, he's the same PTI member who had to resign from his post as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information and Culture due to mounting criticism after he made some pretty racist remarks.

Not sure why but he was reappointed in December and has now landed in hot water once again.

During a recent press conference in which he was meant to talk about the coronavirus, Chohan made some extremely ignorant and insensitive remarks about people with disabilities, and their parents.

"Whoever adopts an idealogy like "Apna sub kuch banta, bhaar mein jaye janta" (I am entitled to everything, forget about other people), God punishes them, and we see that in our society such as handicapped and differently-abled children being born."

He went on to imply that this was a divine "azaab" on corrupt and immoral human beings.

Thankfully, another PTI minister, Shireen Mazari was quick to call him out

People holding public office have a responsibility

It's morally repugnant to make comments like these when people with disabilities have fought this very stigma

Lets focus on inclusion of marginalised communities instead of indulging in ableism, shall we?

Comments

ukasha rajpoot Mar 17, 2020 07:01pm
Always test your luck and a person once.
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Saleem Chandasir Mar 17, 2020 08:35pm
Why this person is allowed to speak in public? Stop listening him
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Concerned Mar 17, 2020 09:23pm
Anyway no one will ask for the resignation as he is from PTI and so all of his sins are forgivable.
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Sy Ajmal Ali Nizami Mar 18, 2020 12:21am
Shame on you Chohan.
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M. Saeed Mar 18, 2020 12:21am
It is repeatedly being proved and shown on media that, Fayyaz Chohan himself suffers from a very serious type of ableism that he has no control on. He easily gets away from normal and forgets what he is, why he has been in position that he holds and refuses to remember why had he been made to resign before.
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Tatheer Mar 18, 2020 12:22am
I had never thought PTI had such illiterates like this person I thought stopped at Shaikh Rasheed but they have worse than him.We elected these illiterates I don’t know somebody said he used to live on some Dargah so it is his mentality the type of people he lives with. These are special children if they have some problem we as a society are bound to care and help them grow up to become normal persons of the society,we have such illiterates who call this curse we all know he is a bigger curse on the society than the children.
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Faisal Mar 18, 2020 12:51am
at least his party is disowning his comments. not that it justifies his action but just speaking about accountability.
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Ejaz Khan Mar 18, 2020 01:02am
Think before you speak ,please. You are the info minister. Be sensitive.
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Assad Raza Mar 18, 2020 01:03am
Not sure if he meant to appear as racist. From what I have heard, I do not see much wrong as he not generalizing but associating few things bestowed as curse sometimes on those who are corrupt morally or financially. If he meant otherwise, indeed it was shameful.
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RAja Raman Mar 18, 2020 01:23am
What can you expect from PTI leader ?
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Jo Mar 18, 2020 02:10am
A prime minister appoints people not on merit but chums. You can't be so ignorant and get away with this. Have the guts and sack this vile Fayyaz Chohan. Doesn't deserve any position or privilege.
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Omer Malik Mar 18, 2020 02:40am
PTi 101.
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Asif Mar 18, 2020 02:42am
People like him deserve no mercy, and IK needs to get his party in line with what he has been preaching to the entire country. It is beyond me, at times IK talks about strict while not including such thugs and idiots in his party only gives fuel to the opposition.
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John Mar 18, 2020 04:11am
IK has such callous insensitive illiterates in his cabinet, what can you expect from the country .
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Pplaris Mar 18, 2020 05:29am
Fayyaz Chohan is a loose cannon. He never thinks before he speaks. He must be removed from his present position and should not represent PTI in any capacity.
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Faiza Irfan Mar 18, 2020 05:30am
Highly irresponsible and insensitive of him to give such wrong comments -
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Hamid Shafiq Mar 18, 2020 06:14am
PTI don’t need any enemy or opponent because these type of person destroy the Party by its own self and join another party
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Mumtaz Ahmed Shah Mar 18, 2020 09:22am
He does not deserve to hold such an important portfolio .(Texas)
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shoaib Mar 18, 2020 09:50am
His previous job was to defend govt against opposition remarks through witty jokes and slang comments. Now when you bring him to front to discuss serious matters he has no idea what he is talking about at all.
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blunt Mar 18, 2020 09:58am
This man has no values. like leader, like minister!
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SAB Mar 18, 2020 10:03am
He should resign or better still he should be kicked out of the ministry and of course the party also.
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kamal Mar 18, 2020 10:53am
very low remarks
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Faseeh ullah Irshad Mar 18, 2020 11:34am
he has apologized for this!
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Haider Mar 18, 2020 11:51am
This minister (Chohan) is not capable of making any educated comments because this is his class. Why PTI keeps such incompetent people in its cabinet. I think, I know the answer, to insult opposition politicians. Since their caliber is just to bad mouth the others then keep them for that purpose, don't make them spokesperson or ministers.
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Rabia Saeed Mar 18, 2020 01:26pm
He doesn't deserve to hold his seat our such rubbish remarks.
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Sa Mar 18, 2020 01:38pm
And our so called " Tehreek-e-insaaf!" Party continues to cling on to this ignorant pile of rubbish. It's a pity to see that People in his position can actually get away with such insensitive remarks!
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Faiza Irfan Mar 18, 2020 08:13pm
He shouldn’t be given a mike any more - He needs to learn basic human decency first - Very shameful and callous and hurtful comments!
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Mahmood Ahmad Mar 18, 2020 10:41pm
Can someone please please stop him from public speaking!!
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Ali Mar 19, 2020 12:29am
Very insensitive and inhuman.
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John Mar 19, 2020 01:08am
Such feeble minded ministers have no place in the cabinet, IK take notice.
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S.Ahmad Washington D.C. Mar 19, 2020 01:25am
Nothing could be more despicable than his insensitive remarks about innocent beings!
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AZAM AKBAR Mar 19, 2020 02:30am
Ms. Shireen Mazari, You are admirable.
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Laila Mar 19, 2020 12:10pm
Socalled elected people making discriminatory, ignorant, backwards, misogynistic, sexist, defamatory comments in public, with no regards for morals or their seat, really makes me wonder. Where are we headed? Some even resort to violence. All of these incidents are public record. Easily found by a simple google search. These are not people who should be running things, when they can't even run themselves. Yet they are in parliament.
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