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The video was shared on November 7, 2024, in an Urdu-language\u00a0X post<\/a> that accuses army chief General Syed Asim Munir of disrespecting Pakistani women yet “falling to others’ feet when abroad”.<\/p>\n The accompanying clip, which was viewed more than 370,000 times, appears to show the army chief reaching over to touch the knee of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.<\/p>\n Touching someone else’s knee is considered an expression of respect in Pakistan;\u00a0 government officials will sometimes touch<\/a> the knee of a political opponent or ally to solicit their support\u00a0(archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n The Urdu word “bachalo (save me)” is superimposed in the top-left of the clip, while “Bilal Ai” is written in the top-right.<\/p>\n The video was shared by an account which has previously posted content in support of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan<\/a>, who fell out with the country’s influential military establishment just prior to his ouster in April 2022\u00a0(archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n The military looms large over Pakistan’s political landscape<\/span>, with generals having run the country for nearly half its history since partition from India in 1947.<\/p>\n