Recently it was reported that a fake Facebook account of Inspector General (IG) of police, Sindh, A.D. Khwaja was maintained. Sindh Police spokesperson said that all the details, uploading, sharing, and content on that Facebook accounts were fake and baseless.
Police spokesperson said that creating any Facebook profile of anyone particularity of policemen was not only an offence but was a punishable crime.
It is common in Pakistan that fake profiles/pages on Facebook, twitter are created. Some do it to mislead people whereas some do it to give news, updates regarding that person/organization.
In 2014 Pakistan’s Army & ISI Lodged Complain Against Fake Facebook Pages
Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government has done quite a good job in Pakistan as they have created profiles/pages of officials and organization. However it is both of these governments should properly market these profile as we remember what recently happened with Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak and Darren Sammy.
https://twitter.com/Smart_Kashmiri/status/724877376614715392
There is some misunderstanding b/w @JAfridi10 and Pervez Khattak.
(Darren Sammy – Pakistani Nationlity Issue)#Fake pic.twitter.com/CX73CJt0gi— Javed Afridi FanClub (@JavedAfridiFC) April 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/nadeemmalik/status/722032441272188929
Sindh, Balochistan provincial government and Government of Pakistan must instruct all it’s department/organisation to create accounts on social media and properly manage it also.
All the fake Facebook/Twitter account of Government officials and organizations must be reported to concerned department of Facebook/Twitter.
By Mubashir Mahmood. He tweets as @mubashirmahmood