It looks that Deputy Commissioner Islamabad, Hamza Shafqaat is on vacation from Twitter until his account is sorted out. DC Islamabad was known for his jovial Twitter presence but that’s been put to a halt for now.
Its not Twitter who is to be blamed here. According to new orders from the Interior Ministry of Pakistan, social media use should be curbed.
The Interior Ministry has directed officers with a large Twitter presence and following to deactivate their Twitter accounts. They’ve also been prohibited from giving statements on other forums.
“DC Islamabad takes down his twitter account as Interior Ministry directs its officers to stop interacting with media. Officers were also advised not to give any official view/comment on any other forum.”
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His twitter account is de-activated on Interior Ministry notification signed by Admin..
Story started with an interaction with some random person used to call himself a journalist and now doesn’t even belong to media. #TwitterMissesDCisb #DCIslamabad pic.twitter.com/qjS68H85kT
— 🫠 يَهْدِ قَلْبَهُ (@HiraASiddiqi) December 21, 2019
Of course, this didn’t stop the conspiracy theorists.
https://twitter.com/AtozaiAbid/status/1208128873839370242
The odd thing here is that while DC Islamabad has been prohibited from interacting with people on Twitter, district commissioners from other cities continue to do so.
Why was DC Islamabad singled out? That’s what Hamza Shafqat’s fan-base is demanding to know. This could possibly be due to the fact that DC Islamabad directly answers to the Interior Ministry while other district DCs do not.
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The officer had a huge Twitter presence not just because of his Twitter shenanigans but due to his approval rate as an officer in Islamabad.
Making comments on government policies is one thing and being available literally 24/7 to respond to any issues of common citizens a another. The blanket ban doesn’t make any sense #DCIslamabad #TwitterMissesDCisb
— W a h e e d (@DrWaheedAsghar) December 21, 2019
His fault is that he interacts with public on daily basis and tries to solve every minor & major issues on the complaints done on social media? We want him back twitter, #Islamabad wants him back on twitter! #TwitterMissesDCisb pic.twitter.com/afzmPOedv7
— X-istan (@Xistann) December 20, 2019
Dear @ShehryarAfridi1 sb "JAAN ALLAH KO DAINI HAI" KAM AZ KAM @hamzashafqaat ka #DCIslamabad ka ogfivial account tu dc sb ko dai do..
Waisay sharam nai aai aik kaam karnay n information dainay walay banday k sath yai salook??@ImranKhanPTI sb plzz look into it..— bitter truth😎 (@ZeeKhan86747442) December 22, 2019
The people have spoken and their demand is clear. #TwitterMissesDCISB
Resolve back #Dcislamabad account#TwitterMissesDCisb
— Marwan Ali Khan (@MarwanAliKhan1) December 21, 2019
We want @dcislamabad account back.#DCIslamabad
— 🇵🇸داؤد (@Iknow_myflaws) December 21, 2019
We want DC back on Twitter#DCIslamabad #TwitterMissesDCisb @hamzashafqaat @ImranKhanPTI pic.twitter.com/6a4Jncx9jb
— 𝑵𝒂𝒆𝒆𝒎 𝑻𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊 (@NaeemTogervi) December 21, 2019
Freedom of Speech is everyone’s right as an individual and as an organisation.
..#TwitterMissesDCisb #DCIslamabad #— Capital Adventure 💕 Explore Pakistan (@DrAbdullah786) December 22, 2019
Some fans are even suggesting a rebellion.
@hamzashafqaat We can have WhatsApp group , instead of twitter….We trust you and you want to change … so lets start that. #DCIslamabad
— KMK Khan (@007_kmk) December 22, 2019
