Friend Request To Sharmeen's Sister Costs Doctor His Job

A doctor at Agha Khan University Hospital(AKUH) has allegedly been fired for sending Facebook friend request to one of his patients, the sister of Oscar Winner Sharmeen Obaid. Sharmeen took to social media and expressed her disapproval of the incident. She wrote that her sister went to the AKU emergency and doctor who attended to her tried to add her on Facebook. She added that the doctor had messed wtth the wrong family and she would definitely report him as harassment needed to be stopped. A blogger shared a post of message written to him allegedly by doctor's friend, wherein the latter laments firing of a kind, hardworking father of four. .

Highar Dad, founder of Digital Rights Foundation termed it a harassment. In-charge FIA cyber cell Karachi said sending a Facebook friend request which could either be accepted or rejected was not harassment. Blackmailing or sending obscene material through messages or posts is considered harassment.