In what appears to be a rather confusing episode, it has emerged that the official Instagram account of the Pakistani government is following an account titled ‘мαиσ вєℓι ??’, purportedly run by one Maham, among the total 14 accounts it follows, including President Arif Alvi, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan and his teammates.
While it is not yet confirm who the handler of the account is or why it is followed by the government of Pakistan, netizens seem to be having a field day coming up with theories as to why does the official government handle follows it.
Among other users followed by the official account are:
President Arif Alvi
PM Imran Khan
Information Minister Shibli Faraz
Radio Pakistan
PM’s ex-information aide Asim Saleem Bajwa
Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Foreign Office of Pakistan
PM’s aide in capacity of Minister of State Zulfi Bukhari
Ministry of Overseas and Human Resource Development
Kashmir Committee Chairperson Shehryar Afridi
PM’s aide on Youth Affairs Usman Dar
The complete list can be viewed here.
UPDATE: Later in the day, The Current was informed by sources that someone from the government’s social media team had accidentally followed the account.
They further said that the Instagram account had now been unfollowed.
