In a recent interview, veteran actor Mahmood Aslam shared how fake news about his death affected him and his loved ones. He began by acknowledging that people are allowed to joke around, though not at the expense of hurting other people.

"I feel that playing with someone's feelings is very wrong," the actor said. "You know, because of this fake news, I was awake the entire night up to 6AM. People were calling me up and I kept reassuring them that I am indeed alive." Mahmood revealed that some of his colleagues even stopped shooting to immediately check up on him. "They couldn't believe the news, like how could this even happen? They had only met me recently, too. Oftentimes, you know what to expect when someone is unwell, but this was understandably too sudden for them."

The misinformation didn't stop at work, however. It spread like wildfire through the Aitebaar actor's relatives as well. "My daughter found out through her in-laws, and she began panicking. So she called her mother while I was in Karachi, and my wife assured my daughter that she had talked to me only five minutes ago and that Alhamdulillah I was all right." For those disseminating such grave rumours, Mahmood had only one thing to say, "All I want to request is that please don't spread something without thinking it through."