LAHORE – Russian journalist Sophie Shevardnadze is ‘shocked and surprised’ by her popularity among Pakistanis after her interview with former cricket hero and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan.
Thousands of Pakistanis have followed the TV journalist associated with the RT International Television network for watching the interview.
Sophie interviewed the PTI chairman a few days ago and was all praise for him on Twitter.
In a series of tweets, the journalist called Imran “oh-so-handsome and just as smart” as well as “persuasive and charismatic”.
“The oh-so-handsome and just as smart @ImranKhanPTI talks to me today – on Afghanistan, Pakistan and whether it’s fair to blame the Afghan War failure on Taliban who hide out in the Tribal Areas,” she tweeted.
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Shevardnadze also tweeted a funny video of her and Imran running their hands through their hair simultaneously.
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The TV anchor’s tweets gathered a lot of attention and many responded to her.
A Twitter user suggested, “You will have to come again in August to interview him when he takes oath as PM Pakistan.’
To this, Shevardnadze replied, “I hope so.”
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She also expressed shock at the “reaction that Imran Khan interview got” and shared a video to thank Pakistanis for following her.
“Well I’m (almost) speechless at the reaction that @ImranKhanPTI interview got. I’m honoured by all the mad attention this is getting,” she said.
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During the interview, Imran said the United States uses Pakistan “like a tissue paper”.
“For Pakistan, unfortunately, the economic situation is not that strong right now. The country is actually going through an economic crisis. So American sanctions would be damaging. But I mean, is this justice? Is it fair? Is this how the US would use a country like a tissue paper and when it thinks it doesn’t need it anymore it just casts it away? I think it’s very immoral,” Imran said during his interview with RT’s Sophie Shevardnadze.
