An Indian tabloid apologised for reporting that Atif Aslam named his kid Alhamdulilah.

Is this an important lesson on proper punctuation or understanding obvious context? You decide.

Remember when Atif Aslam announced the birth of his second child and we were all over it?

Well, Indian tabloid Desi Martini also shared the happy news, except they got a little confused about the child's name.

Perhaps it was the lack of punctuation (no, it wasn't) or the lack of awareness for very obvious norms on the part of the writer but the site originally reported that Atif Aslam had named his son 'Alhamdulilah' because of the singer's caption, "Our new arrival Alhamdulilah."

People were quick to not only call out the silly mistake but also make a point about how unaware the site is for letting this happen...

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