Newly inaugurated Gwadar stadium recently hosted its first friendly match between Showbiz Sharks and Gwadar Dolphins that was spectated by several celebrities besides those who were part of the teams including Fakhr e Alam, Ali Zafar, Faysal Qureshi among others.
Shared by journalist Hasan Zaidi, here’s what happened:
Just heard a shocking story about the celeb PR trip to Gwadar. Apparently, an ASF guy had accidentally fallen from one of the control towers at Gwadar airport and was badly injured. Authorities there had given him initial medical attention and then put him on the plane that…>
— Hasan Zaidi (@hyzaidi) February 23, 2021
…had flown the celebs in, so he could be rushed to a hospital in Karachi. But according to the story, the leader of the PR team threw a fit, saying the plane was a charter and and could not take the injured ASF guy, bec it would compromise the celebs’ privacy or something. …>
— Hasan Zaidi (@hyzaidi) February 23, 2021
…None of the ‘celebs’ stepped in to argue otherwise. After this the poor guy was offloaded from the plane, with difficulty. And the authorities then had a police mobile take him 14 hours via road to Karachi.
If this story is correct, this is the height of insensitivity.
— Hasan Zaidi (@hyzaidi) February 23, 2021
And people are demanding answers:
Pakistani celebs for you https://t.co/iw3skmBtZ5
— Ayesha (@ayishaikon) February 23, 2021
People were hoping that the injured official was well:
A life of a poor ASF guy put in danger to protect the privacy of celeb.
That is the class mindset.— Ayub Minhas (@daribaalam) February 23, 2021
People were tagging the celebrities to see what they had to say:
@falamb3 you need to respond to this.
— Syed Munib Hadi (@syedmunib) February 23, 2021
Thread is directed to you @falamb3
— Adeel Kadri (@AdeelKadri1) February 23, 2021
Is this true? @falamb3 @faysalquraishi @AliZafarsays @Anoushey_a https://t.co/Oh21vf6MA1
— Absa Komal (@AbsaKomal) February 23, 2021
@Anoushey_a @NADIAHUSSAIN_NH @Xxhalay
If this is true… https://t.co/3vr1YRGhfQ— Aasma (@AasmaQamer) February 23, 2021
@faysalquraishi https://t.co/GATPoqiTQY
— Qaisar Roonjha (@QRoonjha) February 23, 2021
@Anoushey_a did this happen? https://t.co/N5GIZ6a2sL
— Mian Mobeen Shafaat (@mobeenshafaat) February 23, 2021
People were in disbelief and hoped the story was not true:
Hasan, can this be fact checked? Find it hard to believe anybody would do this to an injured person. What privacy? Every minute of every day is instagrammed!!!
— Fareshteh Aslam (@Fareshte) February 23, 2021
How shameful! Let’s hope there is a good explanation for this (though hard to see how this can be twisted)
— Dr Kazmi 💙 (@DrMurtazaKazmi) February 23, 2021
People wanted all the celebrities involved to be named and shamed:
Name and shame all the celebs present over there. https://t.co/5TMJzEgYkV
— Usama Zafar (@Usama7) February 23, 2021
Whoever did it must be named & shamed!!!! Full stop https://t.co/1FTgUfje6N
— Qasim (@qasimfaraz) February 23, 2021
People weren’t surprised:
In no way this surprises me. I can easily expect that. https://t.co/FkKHWP67Vu
— Rida (@ridaalodhii) February 23, 2021
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It’s hard to believe they’re worse in real life than they are at acting. (If true, if not true they’re equal in both) https://t.co/xNiPqhfdKK
— Arhum (@arhuml92) February 23, 2021
People were calling them classist goons:
classist goons in this country. https://t.co/XsgPMvPIXk
— fz.a (@herebewit) February 23, 2021
People were appalled:
If this is true, then Lanat on whoever that person was. How someone can be this insensitive is beyond me. Hoping and praying that the ASF guy gets well soon InshAllah. https://t.co/ID3C4EGOXs
— khan (@narmstrongcelt) February 23, 2021
People were also shocked at the lack of basic healthcare in Gwadar:
Thread about negligence, cruelty, the lack of hospitals in Gwadar and a group of entirely unrecognisable and cheesy so-called 'celebs' https://t.co/hDK6K5yZPr
— 𝓛𝓪𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓮𝓷 لعلین✨🎙📚💻🎥🌍 #AuratMarch ♀️ (@laaleen) February 23, 2021
2019 HRCP report on the state’s abuses in Balochistan had pointed out that the govt. hospital in #Gwadar doesn’t have qualified specialist doctors, CT scans & functioning lab equipment. No wonder the hapless ASF man needed to be driven to Karachi when celebs disallowed an airlift https://t.co/xlnwbjtyvC
— Mohammad Taqi (@mazdaki) February 23, 2021
Means there is no hospital in Gawadar 🤐
Think About the locals living there utter shameful govt of Balouchistan and Pakistan https://t.co/5lHZExmAg7
— Rashid Malik (@TheRashooAwan) February 23, 2021
While the story hasn’t been confirmed or denied by any of the people involved, we hope the people in question take notice of the situation and respond.
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