Policemen Or Actors? Karachi Police Officers In Hot Waters Over TikTok Videos

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Policemen or actors? Karachi police officers in hot waters over TikTok videos

Senior officials of Sindh Police ordered an inquiry against policemen and sought a report within three days.

Karachi (Pakistan Point News – 29th January, 2019) TikTok has become a popular social media platform as people continue to use the app for making dramatic videos.

The app allows the users to create and remix short videos. TikTok has become quite popular in Pakistan in recent months and its videos often go viral on other social media sites.

A large number of users, mostly youth, use it to upload and browse lip sync videos and memes.

The app is addictive while its use has landed certain people in trouble.

The TikTok fever has now spread among the officers of Karachi police as they uploaded videos doing actions on songs in the background. The police uniform and police van were also used in the video.

Just as the TikTok videos of the police officers went viral on social media, people had heavily criticised the police department.

Taking notice of the videos, senior officials of Sindh Police ordered an inquiry and sought a report within three days.

Earlier, an SHO of Pakpattan landed himself in hot waters after his TikTok video dancing with a model went viral.

The authorities took an action against SHO Arshad after the videos surfaced and launched an inquiry against him. When the matter came into the attention of Pakpattan DPO Maria Mehmood, she suspended him from duty.

Meanwhile, a female member of Airport Security Force (ASF) whose video dancing on a Bollywood number went viral on social media was suspended for two years.

The ASF staffer had uploaded her video where she was dancing on ‘Nakhra tera ni’ wearing her uniform.

Mahnoor Sheikh

The writer is News Editor, Pakistan Point. She has graduated in Mass Communication and has worked in various media houses