Watch: This Pakistani version of the ‘Sonu song’ takes a dig at Nawaz Sharif

NEW DELHI: RJ Malishka’s “Sonu song”, a viral video which mocks Mumbai’s municipal authority over poor pot-holed roads, has gone viral in Pakistan after a group used it to comment on the recent political developments in the country. The group, Karachi Vynz, created an Urdu version of the Marathi folk song to take a dig at Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was disqualified by the the Supreme Court from the office due to corruption charges against him. The video features the comedians in a swimming pool, singing: “Immu hame aap pe bharosa sahi thaa” which means “we were right to trust you, Immu,” referring to Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan. “We aim to make people happy,” band founder Mansoor Qureshi told the BBC. “We keep tabs on what is happening on social media to get something exciting. We then play with it to make funny, interesting and amusing content for our viewers,” he added. Pakistan's Supreme Court had disqualified PM Nawaz Sharif for dishonesty and ruled that corruption cases be filed against him and his children over the Panama Papers scandal, forcing the embattled leader to resign. Imran Khan, Pakistan's leading opposition leader and petitioner in the Panama case, had hailed the verdict. "I am grateful to all those people who struggled with me, protested, or killed during our long struggle for this cause. It's the result for a united struggle that we are seeing this day ," the cricketer-turned-politician had said. "It is a moment of joy for whole of Pakistan because for the first time the Supreme Court has disqualified the most powerful man in Pakistan, who has been ruling for 30 years. The verdict has brought hope with it, the hope that we too can advance like other countries," he had said. (With inouts from PTI)