How Pakistanis trashed fellow countryman Faisal Qureshi for all that nonsense he puked on India

Let’s make one thing clear, we don’t have anything personal against this Pakistani guy named Faisal Qureshi who calls himself a ‘geek’, is known as an actor and was recently caught by the sensible citizens of his country while he was trying to launch a devastating attack on India just by ejecting his fake American accent-wrapped sputum miles ahead into the other side of the border (Seriously?!). But, that doesn’t make us stop ourselves praising this guy for his recent monkey act (you just can’t afford to miss his screeching and chest-thumping) which proves that he truly is a versatile actor.

You must agree with us if you have watched this:

His histrionics are so gripping that Indians, instead of going for the recently released movie Phantom, are now watching this video. This Pakistani’s overnight popularity (be it for all wrong reasons) in India is being judged very closely by his countrymen.

Here are two such sensible citizens Faraz Talat, a doctor from Rawalpindi, and Noman Ansari, a writer and film critic, commenting about his extra-ordinarily astounding spitting skills:

Excerpts from Faraz Talat’s original article published in Dawn:

Faisal Qureshi’s rant targeting Saif Ali Khan is not ‘patriotism’

Regrettably, it happens often in our countries where freedom of artistic expression remains limited; and getting offended by even mildly unflattering depiction of one’s country as a cause of cross-border strife, has achieved the status of a national hobby. Far more obnoxious, however, was TV persona Faisal Qureshi’s 12-minute video in response to an ignorant, yet harmless statement by Saif Ali Khan.

Brazenly stuffed with threats and counter-threats to India’s integrity as sovereign neighbour, the video embodies the worst of Pakistan that the nuanced arbitrators and rationalists here have long battled.

Using ad hominem attacks galore in place of real argument, Faisal Qureshi launches a puerile diatribe against Saif, at times in a mortifying baby-voice.

He flatly dismisses the claim that watching pirated movies is common in Pakistan. A show of hands, all readers below 35 years of age who think a ‘torrent’ is just another word for a ‘rapid stream of water’?

He proudly states that Pakistanis don’t like spending their money on “ghatiya” Indian movies; evidenced, of course, by recently packed theaters all across Pakistan playing Bajrangi Bhaijan.

He chides India for having no capacity to respond to Pakistan’s (justified, by his assessment) attacks on Indian soil, and smugly throws in a Tiger Hill, Kargil reference. Blissfully, he ignores the fact that India has nearly twice as many troops as Pakistan, with a clear head-start of 24 years in militarising atomic energy.

A good part of the video is spent fulminating against a contentious line in the film delivered by Saif Ali’s Khan’s character as he vows to infiltrate Pakistan for killing terrorists hiding here; treating it as the actor’s personal aspiration.

Qureshi’s inability to distinguish an actor from his character is as absurd as a person refusing to attend Heath Ledger’s funeral for his role in blowing up a hospital and nearly killing Batman.

In fact, the sanest part of the video, is the 100-second clip of Modi’s interview by Karan Thapar, being served as Qureshi’s argument-by-proxy.

Faisal Qureshi puts his raging misogynism on exhibition for both our nations to marvel at, by using female words like “sahiba” and “bachi” to degrade Saif Ali Khan and delegitimise his stance.

Portraying Indo-Pak conflict as a territorial dispute among siblings, he purposely jibes India as the ‘behen’ in the relationship. 

We have a responsibility to be able to distinguish patriotism from blind nationalism, and messages such as these being aired from both sides of the border, do nothing but maintain our fondness for mutually destructive warfare.

Excerpts from Noman Ansari’s original article published in The Express Tribune:

Dear Faisal Qureshi, just stop the hypocrisy. Please.

Your video was even more offensive than the film you were targeting, which certainly takes special doing.

I have never seen such a potent combination of misogyny, sexism, and misdirected saber rattling, packed into a 12-minute long video. It is as if Junaid Jamshed, Hamza Ali Abbasi, and Aamir Liaquat had a baby. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the cartoon show Captain Planet, but I imagine these gentlemen held up their rings, combined their powers, and formed you.

Your attempts to belittle Khan by repeatedly calling him ‘behan’ (sister) and ‘bachi’ (little girl) are so demeaning, I bet even Jamshed is sitting at home thinking,

“Dude, that’s a little sexist.”

And we are talking about Jamshed, Qureshi. Yes, you’ve made Jamshed ‘women shouldn’t drive’ Jamshed seem like a champion for women’s rights by comparison.

In my experience, men who mock the masculinity of others are often insecure about their own.

Finally, my biggest concern after watching your latest video is how you are labelling those who disagree with you as being against Pakistan.

No, Qureshi, we aren’t against Pakistan, we are against you. I am not sure who you think appointed you Captain Pakistan, but there were no elections, Captain Steve Rogers.

In the end, Qureshi, I am just disappointed. You are a journalist, and in a country considered the world’s most dangerous for journalists, your thinly veiled threats to please the masses are irresponsible at best.

In his attempt to malign India and its countrymen, this pugnacious imbecile only ends up underselling his own country. An example of what happens when a monkey gets a microphone!

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