Twitter trolls Fawad Chaudhry for saying Suparco sent Hubble Telescope to space

Social media is having a field day trolling Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry after he mistakenly said the Hubble Space Telescope was sent into space by Pakistan's aeronautics and aerospace research agency Suparco, instead of its US counterpart NASA.

Chaudhry, speaking in Geo News' programme Naya Pakistan, mentioned that "the world's biggest telescope … was sent by Suparco [Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission]".

The minister told talk show host Shahzad Iqbal: "… one of the ways to see is the Hubble Telescope, which is the world’s biggest telescope and was sent [into space] by Suparco, which is installed in a satellite.

"Then there are other satellites, and there are other [types of] technologies," he continued.

Twitter erupted into a volley of laughs and memes following the gaffe, as people mercilessly mocked the minister for his remarks.