Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif recently found himself inaugurating not a defence facility or a development project, but a US-based multinational pizza outlet in Sialkot’s cantonment area. With cameras flashing and floral bouquets being presented, the event initially appeared like a routine official function.

However, what seemed like a regular day on the minister’s calendar soon turned into a subject of public ridicule. Within hours of the inauguration, social media users began mocking the spectacle, questioning why the country’s defence minister was presiding over the launch of a fast-food outlet inside a military cantonment.