New York Post has shared a viral meme linked to recent Islamabad talks, where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is serving tea giving a humorous twist to high-level diplomacy.
The image shows a fictional scene inside a hotel in Islamabad. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seen serving tea. Around the table sit Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and US Vice President JD Vance.
The smiling odd couple are seated across from Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pours tea in the background showing how he has been left out of the big league.
The meme spreads fast on social media.
“Let me give you a bottom line to understand well the Pakistanis’ humor: ‘if humor could be monetized, we would be able to pay back all the IMF loans,” joked X user Jehanzeb Iqbal in a message to The Post, poking fun at the country’s national debt.
The hysterical American-made meme of a chubby, wild-haired Vance even appears in a few — replacing the face of Pehlwan Rewri founder Haji Mohammad Nazeer that appears on traditional boxes of the classic treat made from sugar, sesame seeds and ghee.
Online posters say the memes are all in good fun and offer a way to share Pakistani culture with the world.
“Pakistan’s AI meme game is stronger than any state department briefing,” X user Farhad Jarral told The Post.
“This is how we do soft power.”
The surge on socials illustrates the Pakistanis’ excitement at the possibility of the vice president returning to Islamabad for another round of talks with Tehran, locals said.
The memes mix politics with satire. It reflects growing online engagement around US–Iran negotiations hosted in Islamabad.
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