Tezzbuzz Desk – Pakistan is being criticized on social media over a group photo of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. In the picture shared by the Prime Minister's Office of Pakistan, the picture of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was cropped. On social media, users surrounded Pakistan a lot regarding this.
After the controversy escalated, now the entire group photo of the same program, uncut and edited, has been shared from the official 'X' handle of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. In this picture all the leaders including PM Narendra Modi are seen on the stage.
PM Modi was missing from the first photo
Actually, the group photo of SCO leaders was posted from the social media account of the Prime Minister's Office of Pakistan. Leaders of many member countries were visible in the picture, but the picture of PM Narendra Modi was cropped.
As soon as the picture surfaced on social media, users started criticizing Pakistan. People raised the question as to why there was a need to edit the official group photo and remove the Prime Minister of India from it.
Interestingly, the picture of the President of Iran was not even there in the allegedly cropped picture, whereas Pakistan has been calling Iran its closest country.
If controversy escalates, share full picture
After criticism on social media, the entire group photo was shared from Shehbaz Sharif's X account. PM Narendra Modi and other SCO leaders are also seen in this picture.
At the same time, a picture related to the program was also shared by the Prime Minister's Office of India, in which Shehbaz Sharif and other leaders were clearly visible.
Pakistan was criticized a lot on social media regarding this entire matter and questions were raised on the decision to edit the photo.
PM Modi targets terrorism in SCO
Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the issue of terrorism prominently during his address at the SCO summit. He appealed to all countries to unite against terrorism.
PM Modi said that it is natural to raise the question whether open support to terrorism from some countries can be accepted. He said that India has been suffering the brunt of terrorism for the last four decades and many families have lost their loved ones.
He also mentioned the recent Pahalgam terrorist attack and talked about taking a clear stand against terrorism.
PM Modi also shared a picture related to his address at the SCO summit on social media. He said that now is the time to consider the agenda of SCO for the next 25 years.
Making India's stand clear, he described security, connectivity and opportunity as the three main pillars for SCO. Also emphasized on converting shared geographical location into shared opportunities.