LAHORE: Pakistan government has achieved a unique achievement as*Government of Pakistan’s officiallink>link>Facebooklink> page has secured a spot amongthe “Top 10 Most Active Governments on Facebook”.
According to a globally reputed study conducted by Burson Cohn and Wolfe,and first shared by Twitter handle @Twiplomacy, the Pakistani governmenthas been named the seventh “most active world leader” on the socialnetworking giant with 6,875 posts in the year 2017 and an average of 16updates per day.
It is worth mentioning here that the proactive behaviour of the country’sgovernment organisations on social media has reached a new high within thepast seven years with the government aiming to “revolutionise” theInformation Technology (IT) industry, especially in Punjab. Some of thelaudable acts of the incumbent government include the establishment of theDr Umar Saif-led Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) that hasassisted not only the federal government at instances, but also broughtabout the much needed reforms in the world of IT in Pakistan whiledigitising records, providing ease of access to the people and leaving thecountry’s digital footprint in the modern IT world.
The Botswana government tops the said list with 15,251 posts, while thegovernment of Pakistan is preceded and succeeded by the governor of PuertoRico, Ricardo Rossello (6,949 posts) and the Russian Foreign Ministry(6,035), respectively.
In a separate list by Twiplomacy, United States President Donald Trump hasbeen named “The Most Interactive World Leader”, with Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi securing the second place in the list. Meanwhile, CanadianPrime Minister Justin Trudeau, in the list sits at the seventh position.
According to the list, Donald Trump posts an average of five times per day,more than twice as much as the Indian prime minister and, since January 1,2017, his page has accrued 204.9 million interactions (comments, likes andshares), almost twice as many as Narendra Modi with 113.6 millioninteractions.
On Wednesday, another study named “World Leaders on Facebook” by the sameorganisation had said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the most“liked” world leader on link>link>Facebooklink> , much ahead of US PresidentDonald Trump.