People familiar with the matter told CNN-News18 that Pakistani authorities changed the box outside but forgot to change the boxes inside. While the box outside read that the relief materials were being sent by Pakistan to aid Turkey in the aftermath of the earthquake, the boxes inside still carried the message that the material was sent by Turkey to Pakistan after the floods of June 2022. People on Twitter have been mocking Pakistan over the faux pas, with many even dubbing it a ‘Soan Papdi moment’. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose initial plan to visit Turkey in the aftermath of the earthquake was postponed, went to the country on Friday and expressed “heartfelt condolences". PM Sharif and foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari originally wanted to visit Turkey two days after the earthquake struck but were asked to postpone their visit as the government was busy with rescue and relief operations.

Source: Daily Nation February 19, 2023 03:06 UTC