Government officials have been accused of staging photo ops to deflect from their failure over the Murree tragedy. Social media users said that the officials seemed more concerned with optics than providing actual assistance.
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar perhaps received the most criticism online, when several videos of him touring the snowy Murree mountainside circulated on Twitter.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) official account posted a video of the minister with the following post: "Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Bazdar left Islamabad for Murree Chief Minister Usman Bazdar will visit the snow-affected areas of Murree Chief Minister Usman Bazdar will be briefed about the rescue and relief operation in Murree.
https://twitter.com/PTIofficial/status/1480084634528534530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1480084634528534530%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aaj.tv%2Fnews%2F30275778
However, many felt that the efforts from the chief minister amounted to too little, too late.
Another wrote, "The drama of activating the machinery by going to the victims in the ground wearing boots is still better than the drama of this helicopter."
https://twitter.com/ASY53/status/1480236479649656838
https://twitter.com/dukeahmad/status/1480121936197951489
People on social media were upset at the unnecessary expense of a helicopter ride, especially as the country edged on the verge of a recession.
https://twitter.com/salarzai_/status/1480116556575117314
Another commentator noted, "Now, when the people needed it, no institution came forward except the army Now the lives that were lost due to their insensitivity did not come back In the next winter after calling the meeting today, this indifference will remain again"
https://twitter.com/RaziCh512/status/1480159478485950468
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar perhaps received the most criticism online, when several videos of him touring the snowy Murree mountainside circulated on Twitter.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) official account posted a video of the minister with the following post: "Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Bazdar left Islamabad for Murree Chief Minister Usman Bazdar will visit the snow-affected areas of Murree Chief Minister Usman Bazdar will be briefed about the rescue and relief operation in Murree.
https://twitter.com/PTIofficial/status/1480084634528534530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1480084634528534530%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aaj.tv%2Fnews%2F30275778
However, many felt that the efforts from the chief minister amounted to too little, too late.
Another wrote, "The drama of activating the machinery by going to the victims in the ground wearing boots is still better than the drama of this helicopter."
https://twitter.com/ASY53/status/1480236479649656838
https://twitter.com/dukeahmad/status/1480121936197951489
People on social media were upset at the unnecessary expense of a helicopter ride, especially as the country edged on the verge of a recession.
https://twitter.com/salarzai_/status/1480116556575117314
Another commentator noted, "Now, when the people needed it, no institution came forward except the army Now the lives that were lost due to their insensitivity did not come back In the next winter after calling the meeting today, this indifference will remain again"
https://twitter.com/RaziCh512/status/1480159478485950468