How Adeel Hashmi Became Pakistan’s Public Enemy Number One

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is due to undergo bypass surgery this Tuesday and social media is full of well wishers sending good thoughts to the PM and his family.

In the midst of it all, Adeel Hashmi tweeted this.

Adeel hashmi ne tweet pr apologize kiya 1/2 pic.twitter.com/ENVVnC1IE2

— Pti Spain Official (@ptiespofficial) May 30, 2016

Needless to say twitter exploded, with people from either side calling out Adeel Hashmi on his rather unscrupulous tweet.

Some threatened to switch service providers and shit hit the fan

https://twitter.com/AmjadHafeez3/status/736823182972354560

This guy officially certified Adeel’s kanjar status

@AdeelHashmi3
You have proven that you are a certified Kanjar#Kanjar #کنجر

— Arshad Shahzad (@ArshadShahzad) May 29, 2016

This lady was in utter disbelief

https://twitter.com/NatalyaKamal/status/736993829501476865

Then came this lecture on morality and ethics

Adeel hashmi doesn't belong to an uneducated class his tweet reflects that only education doesnt make us literate

— Maleeha Khawaja (@maleehaomarkh) May 29, 2016

Difference of opinion doesn't mean that we lose sight of humanity,compassion kindness adeel hashmi&many people like him should realize this

— Maleeha Khawaja (@maleehaomarkh) May 29, 2016

There was also confusion about which Adeel made the tweet

https://twitter.com/ranaadeem/status/736826087100055553

And somewhere along the line it went from Adeel to Adil!

However after much hate, Adeel Hashmi took down the tweet and publicly apologized.

Dear all. Let me say it again; It was a thoughtless tweet. I should've known better. For those friends who got hurt, I sincerely apologise.

— Adeel Hashmi (@AdeelHashmi3) May 27, 2016

Some called for it all to end, because people still kept on with their criticism

Guys, he's saying sorry. Lets cut him some slack shall we? https://t.co/Bl1ulVrbcA

— Saadify (@saadify) May 29, 2016

And this guy’s apology bar is set way too high

very rude way of apologizing not acceptable

— Muhammad Arslan (@ArslanButt87) May 29, 2016

Voices of support echoed in the twitter-sphere

No need to apologize. U expressed wat u felt. It was a tweet of century!
Par excellence and pure genius.

— Roasted Kukarr (@MohsinX22) May 28, 2016

https://twitter.com/iKarachiwala/status/736296655289475072

But, there was no end in sight to the name calling though

https://twitter.com/KhawarIkhlas/status/736939676909613057

Then this guy shows up, totally in love with Adeel Hashmi

@DunyaNews in the divine words of Adeel Hashmi
"Wishing Pakistan a quick recovery from its PM"

— Roasted Kukarr (@MohsinX22) May 29, 2016

At the end of the day, the tweet is gone and he apologized. There shouldn’t be any more cause for anger, right?

Cover Image via: Adeel Hashmi

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