Since the government’s decision to ease lockdown, the COVID-19 situation has become rather despondent in Pakistan. n order to come up with a solution, the Governor of Punjab, Chahudary Ghulam Sarwar, and wife his invited TikTok stars to the Governor House to raise awareness about the current pandemic. The meeting was attended by top TikTok users including Kanwal Aftab, Zulqurnain Sikandar, Sehar hayyat, Warda Javaid, Daniya Sohail and Haider Ali who spoke about the current situation and shared their input on how the platform can be better used to raise awareness among masses to stop the spread of misinformation.
The thought behind the idea was that since the app has a massive reach in Pakistan and content creators are followed by urban as well as rural netizens, spreading of a public service message via the app may prove to be a good idea.
However, shortly after the news came out, Twitter went ablaze with all sorts of Tweets. Some supportive and some not-so-supportive! Many were of the view that doctors should’ve been invited and given this initiative to spread awareness on the matter while only a few raised their voice in favour.
Here’s what’s happening…
https://twitter.com/Aymiish/status/1268807890019782656
https://twitter.com/Jamal26682405/status/1268747039522934784
https://twitter.com/FizaZahraRajpot/status/1268748953002049536
https://twitter.com/manihammad/status/1268537789408313349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1268537789408313349&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aaj.tv%2Fenglish%2Fentertainment%2Ftiktok-influencers-in-pakistan-to-raise-awareness-about-covid-19%2F
https://twitter.com/SDhussain_678/status/1268813732441993217
https://twitter.com/Alyy_shah/status/1268793485706043393
https://twitter.com/SidraRizvi16/status/1268818523599634432
https://twitter.com/samreen_14/status/1268809340833726465
https://twitter.com/salmangopi/status/1268821327806373893
https://twitter.com/saleem_maira/status/1268515745388023808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1268515745388023808&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aaj.tv%2Fenglish%2Fentertainment%2Ftiktok-influencers-in-pakistan-to-raise-awareness-about-covid-19%2F
https://twitter.com/cspsanaullah/status/1268750739855327232
https://twitter.com/JahanZaibb_/status/1268522077230899205
https://twitter.com/eqra_Malik897/status/1268781793102135296
While Twitter stays divided on the matter, let us know what your opinion is. Was it a good move to call TikTok influencers to the Governor House to raise awareness about the rampant virus? Let us know by dropping a comment on our Instagram page.
