Reuters reveals photo of Trump-backed Pennsylvania candidate Mastriano in Confederate uniform

Government

27 August 2022, 5:22 pm. 1 minute

Reuters set the U.S. political news agenda this past weekend and exclusively revealed that Donald Trump-backed Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano posed in a Confederate uniform for a 2013-14 faculty photo at the U.S. Army War College, where he worked. Obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request after reporters learned of its existence, the photo went viral on social media. The image impacted Mastriano’s campaign, exposing him to another point of attack from Democrats and some Republicans in a U.S. state that plays an outsized role in presidential politics. Even fellow Republican Larry Hogan, Maryland’s governor, said the photo could be “disqualifying” for Mastriano.

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INTACH, Art Kanara Trust to hold photo story contest

Dr. Mohan, also a science enthusiast, blogger, trekker, nature lover and wildlife conservationist, passed away on January 11 this year

Dr. Mohan, also a science enthusiast, blogger, trekker, nature lover and wildlife conservationist, passed away on January 11 this year

The Mangaluru Chapter of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) and Art Kanara Trust have organised “Under 30 Photo Story Contest” in the name of Late Krishna Mohan, a surgeon and an eminent photographer from Moodbidri.

Any photographer, photojournalist or writer aged between 16 and 30 from across the world may participate in the contest, revolving around the theme, “Metaphors of Physical and Emotional Spaces”, focusing on people, places, nature and wildlife, history, sports, food and culture of Coastal Karnataka, including Kasaragod in Kerala and the Malnad region.

Original photo essays have to be submitted before September 20, said a release. Shortlisted contestants will be invited for online interaction with the jury. They will be required to submit high-resolution images. Prizes will be announced in December this year.

Winners will be given awards in the name of Dr. Mohan (popularly known as Krishi), who mentored hundreds of students and photographers. Dr. Mohan, also a science enthusiast, blogger, trekker, nature lover and wildlife conservationist, passed away on January 11 this year.

The top four winners will get certificates with cash prizes of ₹20,000, ₹15,000, ₹10,000 and ₹5,000, respectively. Merit certificates will be given to shortlisted authors and co-authors. An exhibition of the prize-winning photo series will be held in the city.

Entries may be submitted individually or in collaboration between two authors, one as a photographer and the other as a writer. The stories can be in English, Kannada or Tulu, between 600 and 1,500 words, using not less than 10 and not more than 15 photographs. Photographs can be shot on a DSLR or a smartphone.

For details, contact Nemiraj Shetty on Ph: 9986366355 or Rajendra Kedige on Ph: 9480014812 or email artkanaratrust@gmail.com.

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Photo of Imran Khan’s relatives is not from 1930 Round Table Conference

The 1930 Round Table Conference. — Twitter/ImranKhanPTI

Social media users and commentators are calling out former premier Imran Khan for misrepresenting the truth after he shared a photograph showing his relatives seated purportedly at the 1930 Round Table Conference.

Khan had posted the photograph on social media on Sunday evening, with the caption: “The historic Round Table Conference London 1930 with both Quaid i Azam & Allama Iqbal present."

"The picture is pride of my family because my grandfather’s brother Mohammad Zaman Khan (after whom Zaman Park was named) and my khaloo Jahangir Khan were also present (second and third from left).”

Internet sleuths were quick to point out that neither of the two relatives mentioned by Imran Khan were ever present at the Round Table Conference[s].

A look at the list of delegates present at the conference, available on the website of the UK’s Open University, confirmed this.

While the online sleuthing too led to some more confusion, with people also assuming the gentlemen in question did not make part of the photo, the most likely explanation for the misrepresented image is that the two relations — Imran's maternal grand-uncle and Imran's khalu — were present sometime between 1930 and 1934 in London and happened to form part of a dinner that also had Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Iqbal in attendance.

Anything else would be conjecture.

For clarity: Imran’s maternal grandfather — Ahmad Hassan Khan — had three daughters: Iqbal Bano, Mubarak Khanam, and Shaukat Khanam.

Bano married General Wajid Ali Burki, while Mubarak married Jehangir Khan, who was a cricketer.

He played for India during the British Raj and is remembered for an incident when his ball struck and killed a sparrow during a match at Lord’s Cricket Ground.

The list hosted by the UK’s Open University of the delegates at the Roundtable Conference does not mention the presence of any "Mohammad Zaman Khan" or any variation of this name — so there is little doubt that neither of these gentlemen ever formed part of the RTCs.

This is not the first time Imran Khan has shared this photograph with similar incorrect information.

Earlier, he had shared the image in 2018 on Independence Day, mentioning that Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Iqbal were sitting next to his relatives.

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