Bank Alfalah just fired an employee after journalist Hasan Zaidi called him out on Twitter for abusive behavior.
Fazeel Tajammul, the Unit Head Financial Reporting at Bank Alfalah, used abusive language after Hasan Zaidi’s critiqued of Imran Khan. In response, Hasan decided to find out where this man worked and get some retribution.
Anyone know which accountancy firm this Youthiya fudges figures for? Time to write to his bosses. pic.twitter.com/IhoeGI0U3N
— Hasan Zaidi (@hyzaidi) June 12, 2019
Eventually Hasan was able to do so and tweet out this.
Dear @BankAlfalahPAK, this man works for you? Is this the level of scum you employ? pic.twitter.com/u8HbCgNS2k
— Hasan Zaidi (@hyzaidi) June 12, 2019
Bank Alfalah promptly fired Fazeel, and released a statement explaining how his actions go against the code of conduct of the company.
— Bank Alfalah (@BankAlfalahPAK) June 13, 2019
This action has divided social media, with many attacking Hasan Zaidi for using his influence to get a man fired for his comments on social media. This got so bad that #boycottbankalfalah has been trending all morning.
I stand with people of Pakistan.
Boycott bank al falah on this shameful act! Stupidity is listening to others and not supporting your own employee.#BoycottBankAlFalah— Batool Zahra (@BatoolZ42288873) June 13, 2019
Hypocracy at its peak people like gul bukhari and Hasan zaidi are giving lectures on ethics filthy people ##BoycottBankAlFalah
— Sara (@Sara98838413) June 14, 2019
Some even pointed to Hasan’s past abusive language on twitter, and asked Dawn, his employer, to fire him.
Having said that, I believe @dawn_com has the same social media policy n employee code of conduct which shall duly apply on Hasan Zaidi to set the example for all journalists who are equally abusive. pic.twitter.com/mFy8mzn6aS
— Yasser Y. (@YasserS99) June 13, 2019
Other defended Hasan Zaidi, pointing out to the employees past abusive language directed to others.
Others just enjoyed the hastag, which you could only expect out of the twitterverse.
*me talking about closing my bank al falah account that has 700 rs*
Bank account: pic.twitter.com/qgnAYf4Vmm
— kazmi. (@HaayeShabbir) June 13, 2019
All in all, this moment shows to us a couple of things.
People need to be more careful what they say online. We think we have a certain privacy, even when we literally post on public sphere. Your actions have consequences. Conversation about privilege and power are important to have. Recognizing that too is important.
This #BoycottBankAlFalah is a case in point. Rather than trying to understand why this man's language was so offensive, those on his side are banding together to out-shame Hasan Zaidi & the bank. Seems like a downward spiral. (And I certainly am not blaming @hyzaidi for this.)
— Nida Kirmani (@NidaKirmani) June 13, 2019
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