Renowned author Paulo Coelho defends Maryam Nawaz's faux pas

Renowned writer Paulo Coelho (left) and Maryam Nawaz. — Instagram//Twitter/paulocoelho/@pmln_org

A gaffe of the lingua and misquoting of facts are not uncommon successful Pakistani authorities — from kanpien tang rahi hain to "Germany and Japan sharing borders", Pakistan has seen astir everything. However, the latest faux pas has grabbed not lone section attraction but besides garnered planetary traction arsenic a world-famous writer was involved.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice-President Maryam Nawaz seemingly mispronounced the sanction of the Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho — who has written respective planetary bestsellers including The Alchemist.

The PML-N supremo's daughter, during an interview, mispronounced his name, calling him "Paulo Coedo".

"Like there's Paulo Coedo, he's a Brazilian author, whom I work with overmuch joy. [He's] written [The] Alchemist and Warrior of Light," Maryam said.

Not agelong aft the interrogation was aired netizens jumped astatine the error.

One idiosyncratic Tweeted: “Lo g Paulo “Coedo” nawan writer aa gya maidan wich. [There you go! A caller writer Paulo “Coedo” has been revealed.]

Another said: Relax everyone. Y’all misheard shishtar [sister] @MaryamNSharif, she didn’t accidental Paulo Coelho but Paulo Coedo.”

Another cheeky tweep wrote: “I similar Al-Platelets caller by Paulo Coedo and you?”

One idiosyncratic had a deeper investigation to share, writing: “Maryam saying Paulo Coedo and calling fabrication person to world has its place. But remembering the names of truthful galore writers is besides a large task for her. It happens. However, if the speech astir a publication does not spell beyond "I similar it", past recognize that it is not yet clip to interaction these books.”

However, successful an absorbing crook of events, radical pulling the politician’s limb truthful relentlessly did not beryllium good with The Alchemist-novelist himself and helium came to the PML-N leader’s defence, shutting down critics.

"I marque mistakes precise often successful pronunciation of overseas names, truthful don’t beryllium critical," the writer tweeted.

Twitterati — not beryllium truthful easy quietened past began flooding the novelist’s station with comments, bringing him up-to-speed connected the country’s governmental scenario.

One idiosyncratic speaking successful favour of the PML-N person shared a speedy clang people connected her being the girl of a “three times premier minister.” Another warned Coelho to brace himself for “PTI’s impact.”

However, respective commenters — intelligibly not fans of Maryam — spewed vitriol against the erstwhile premier minister’s girl and their party, calling them “con-arstists”.

Coehlo, till the work of this story, did not respond to immoderate of the comments.