Karachi: From the past several years, mainly after a sudden emergence of Social media, its importance and huge impact in forming public opinion has taken this form of media upto the sky.
While, it has benefited people in many aspects but in the meantime it has also afflicted many segments, especially the politicians, sports, media and showbiz personalities.
The same happens with an image, showing Shahid Afridi giving autograph to a female fan on her hand. The image has widely been criticized within the social media without giving a thought that the image might be fake or edited one.
One of the main issues prevailing in the blood of our nation is the wrong use of emotions, we are high on rhetoric, low on realism. If emotionalism could do it for us, we would have been the undisputed, ultimate superpower of the world since August 14, 1947.
We must first ensure the authenticity and credibility of anything before disseminating it. Otherwise, we are burdening ourselves with the hell fire.