After partition, many big poets and writers migrated from India to Pakistan. Because of this, very rich literature is available to be read in that country also. There is a famous poet there, John Elia, one of his couplets is – “You have a desire to decorate my room, there is nothing in my room except books!” Now, in a country whose poets say such a couplet, you can imagine how fond the people there would be of reading and buying books. However, these days posts from different accounts are going viral on social media, in which it is being claimed that a book fair was recently held in Pakistan, in which only 35 books were sold (Pakistan book fair 35 books sold), whereas People ate 800 plates of biryani. Is this claim true? Let us tell you.
Posts related to this news are going viral on social media. (Photo: Twitter)
A news related to Pakistan has been shared on different handles of the social media platform Twitter, which is making people laugh a lot. The post claims that only 35 books were sold in the recently held Lahore Book Fair. Media organizations like Hindustan Times and Dainik Jagran have also given space to these news on their websites. According to media reports, more food items were sold than books in the book fair.
It has been claimed in all the viral posts that 800 plates of biryani have been sold. (Photo: Twitter)
Only 35 books sold?
People ate 1200 plates of shawarma and 800 plates of biryani. Along with Indians, Pakistanis were also seen trolling the people of their own country on social media. A Pakistani Twitter account named Front Page Pakistan shared a post related to this incident. Many people said that it seems people had considered it a food fair and not a book fair. Now the question arises whether this is really so?
After all, what is the truth of the viral post?
today english tv A Pakistani website named has rejected this claim. According to the report, Pakistani actor Khalid Inam saw a post related to Lahore International Book Fair on social media about two days ago, in which this claim was made. Without checking the credibility of that post, he shared it on social media, after which his post went viral. Since then, other media organizations have made news on this claim. Speaking to BBC Urdu, Inam said that he does not confirm that the claims made in the post are correct. He also apologized for sharing false information. This report of the website shows that these claims going viral on social media are wrong.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: October 23, 2024, 14:25 IST