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Social media flooded with trolls for Imran's comment, 'trees produce oxygen at night'

By IANS | Updated: November 28, 2019 16:20 IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan drew social media attention after claiming in a speech that trees produce oxygen at night.

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The clip was captioned, "Trees produce oxygen at night: Einstein Khan shows the minister addressing an audience."

The Pakistan PM is heard saying, The video starts with him saying, "70 feesad jo green cover tha, vo kum hua, 10 saalo ke andar. Uske nateeje to aane the, kyunki drakht hawa ko saaf karte hai, oxygen dete hai raat ko. Carbon dioxide ko absorb karte hai". (70 per cent of the green cover has been chopped in the last 10 years. We will have to face the repercussions of that because trees clean the air, they give out oxygen at night. The trees also absorb Carbon dioxide.)"

One user wrote, "Trees produce 'Oxygen' at night & not 'carbon dioxide'; fresh gyan from Pakistan's Wazir-e-azam."

"I have great respect to you being an Oxford graduate!! See my son's , grade 7, biology lesson !!!", added another.

One remarked, "Thank you Oh Lord, for ensuring that this gentleman was not my History or Geography teacher..."

A twitter post read, "I think, those trees planted at the border of Japan adjacent to Germany produce oxygen at night. @ImranKhanPTI @OfficialDGISPR @peaceforchange. Plz check this guy is pass-out from @UniofOxford name Imran Khan (Prime minister of Pakistan)."

Another post read, "So, maybe this is happening in Pakistan. But, in India and the rest of the world normally, trees don't produce oxygen at night."

( With inputs from IANS )

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