PM criticized for sharing photos without giving credit to the photographer
December 7, 2020
Prime Minister Imran Khan is facing criticism for sharing photos of Gilgit-Baltistan on Twitter without giving credit to the photographer.
Pictures
of beautiful scenery of Gilgit-Baltistan were shared from Prime Minister Imran
Khan’s official Twitter account yesterday
At the
same time, the caption of the tweet said, “Before the onset of winter, the
colors of Gilgit-Baltistan, one of my favorite places on the planet.”
The colours of Gilgit Baltistan just before the onset of winter. One of my favourite places on this earth. pic.twitter.com/qdhGqkZ2Fx
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) December 6, 2020
The Prime
Minister’s tweet was well received and was liked and retweeted by a large
number of Twitter users.
However, a
photographer responded to the Prime Minister’s tweet by saying that his picture
was not given credit.
Photographer
Asmar wrote on Twitter “Thanks for sharing my photo, sir, but it would
have been great if the watermark hadn’t been cropped and I had been given
credit,”
Thank you sir @ImranKhanPTI for sharing my picture but it would have been great if my watermark haven’t being cropped & credits may have been given to me. https://t.co/HaeXsVQPbP
— Asmar’s Photography (@asmarhussain110) December 7, 2020
The
photographer’s tweet sparked a debate among many users over the PM’s refusal to
give credit to the photos.
A user
named Zulfiqar tweeted to report this tweet as it is a violation of the rules.
دوسروں کے کاموں پر اپنی تختی لگانے کے ماہر ہیں خان صاحب
— Fawad Rehman (@fawadrehman) December 7, 2020
Ahmar
Rehman wrote that the photographer should be given credit, this is wrong.
Credit should be given to the Photographer. That’s wrong.
— Ahmer Rehman (@shakhat) December 7, 2020
A user
named Saad Mohammad asked the photographer which of them was his picture in
which he said that the first picture was of him which was not given credit.
First one, with a Foreigner on bike.
— Asmar’s Photography (@asmarhussain110) December 7, 2020
A user
named Obaidullah wrote that plagiarism is a crime and a serious moral
violation.
Plagiarism is a crime and serious ethical offense.
— Obaidullah Rahimi Mashwani (@IamObaidRahimi) December 7, 2020
A user
named Laaleen wrote that this is a violation of intellectual property rights laws
by the Prime Minister’s Office.
That’s a violation of intellectual copyright laws. By the Office of the Prime Minister. Great example 😒
— 𝓛𝓪𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓮𝓷 لعلین✨𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀𝓼 (@laaleen) December 7, 2020
However,
on behalf of some Twitter users, Prime Minister Imran Khan did not claim that
the photos were his own.
Anas
Qureshi, a Twitter handle, said it was probably the fault of the person who
provided the photos to the prime minister.
It may have been the fault of person who provided these pics to Mr. PM
— ANS 🇵🇰 (@ansqureshi15) December 7, 2020
Larib Ali
Magsi said the prime minister did not claim to have taken the pictures himself.
Lol he just shared he didn’t claimed these pics as his own.
— Laraib Ali Magsi🦋 (@Laraib_Magsi) December 7, 2020
Remember
that the photo criticized by Asmar Photography was shared by him on Instagram
in October.
He said in
the post that this picture was taken in Wadi Nagar of Gilgit-Baltistan in which
a foreign blogger is riding a bike.