Legendary broadcaster, writer, and poet Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari died at the age of 71 on July 12th. However, one newspaper outlet mistook him for Imran Khan’s Special Assistant, Syed Zulfi Bukhari.
As you can imagine, trolls took matters in their own hands.
A picture of the newspaper story has been circulating around on social media. Remembering the first director-general of Radio Pakistan, they attached a picture of Zulfi instead of Z. A. Bukhari.
Let’s take a look:
This is our press. Poor Zulfi 🤦 pic.twitter.com/h0w4TnpKJz
— Azam Jamil اعظم (@AzamJamil53) July 13, 2020
The reactions on this post were hilarious and people couldn’t help but take a jab at this huge blunder.
https://twitter.com/qsheikh/status/1282686261443141633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1282686261443141633%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgulfnews.com%2Fworld%2Fasia%2Fpakistan%2Fpakistan-newspaper-observes-death-anniversary-of-imran-khans-special-assistant-zulfi-bukhari-attracts-trolls-1.1594825664772
Sometimes one is really lost for words. 😳🤐
— Mahira Ali (@MahiraA67566583) July 13, 2020
However, some people rightfully pointed out that the snippet could have been photoshopped.
If this isn't photoshopped then what newspaper is this?!
— Sobiah Qureshi (@SobiahQ) July 13, 2020
A few Twitter users have named and shamed some local newspaper outlets but nothing has been confirmed yet. We don’t know for a fact if this story was a part of any publication.
But one thing is for sure: PTI’s Zulfi Bukhari is very much alive and healthy.
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