A morphed image of Pakistan's PM Imran Khan as a Beggar or "Bhikari"

Pakistan, which is already having a tumultuous time in getting the international community to accept their take on Kashmir, became the butt of jokes online when it turned up that Google Images was showing Pak PM Imran Khan’s image when one searches the term ‘Bhikhari’ (Hindi for beggar).

Pakistan, which is already having a tumultuous time in getting the international community to accept their take on Kashmir, became the butt of jokes online when it turned up that Google Images was showing Pak PM Imran Khan’s image when one searches the term ‘Bhikhari’ (Hindi for beggar).

Hopefully, Google CEO Sundar Pichai – who’s an Indian-American – won’t be blamed for Google’s algorithm that threw up this challenge.

A week earlier, an onion seller had sarcastically remarked: “Just 3-4 days are left for Eid and the market looks so dull. We depend on India for vegetables and onion, which is so essential to cook food on EiD. I am sure, the price of onion and all will increase further. What does Imran Khan want us to eat? Grass?”


Pakistan has been staring down the barrel of a balance of payment crisis for more than a year. The country depends on India for the imports of essential food items, such as onion, tomatoes and chemicals. And with EiD around the corner, the common man in Pakistan could end up burning a hole in the pocket.

Incidentally, when you type 'Bhikhari' on Twitter, you also end up with Imran Khan's Twitter handle. 

This is what u get from google on typing bhikhari pic.twitter.com/tk3Bupuy9r— Rajesh Mishra (@RajeshM28723876) August 17, 2019

Just typed Bhikhari on Google ..look what I found @ImranKhanPTI Sorry for you pic.twitter.com/5h7F5AZWfB— Naveen Dubey (@naveen_elex) August 17, 2019

#bhikhari type bhikhari and go to image. pic.twitter.com/PYXRiag6m7— Harima Kenji #blueforsudan (@HarimaK01618863) August 16, 2019

#bhikhari type bhikhari and go to image. pic.twitter.com/JZNDVg3qTS— Nayan Kumar (@NayanSorath) August 18, 2019

Lol #pakistan 's real face #imrankhan #bhikhari @Google shows accurate results. Here's proof search for yourself pic.twitter.com/v0BotN4qlH— Srinidhi Bhat (@SrinidhiBhat45) August 18, 2019

#Bhikhari in google search pic.twitter.com/ARSe8GjxHA— Ditto Dot (@DotDitto) August 18, 2019

This is how Twitter Respond.. When you click on trending #Bhikhari the account you will see pops up of #ImranKhan pic.twitter.com/tjplvo0XYx— I_bring_change (@LeaderKurup) August 18, 2019

Please stop a trend as insulting as #Bhikhari
I strongly condemn such hashtags and as @TajinderBagga says, no one should tweet on this trend. So, will you? pic.twitter.com/xnD2BhVOA2— Hena Prasun (@Hena19) August 18, 2019

Nothing can make ur day more funnier than this pic.twitter.com/Uo8D5WQ7fJ— shalini sharma (@Sharmashalini05) August 18, 2019