Islamabad:
Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Saturday that the man seen in a viral video falling from a container during a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protest in Islamabad is “perfectly fine”.
Speaking to media, Tarar said the man suffered minor injuries in the incident, as reported by Dawn.
The viral video, shot during a protest at D-Chowk in Islamabad, shows men dressed as security personnel wearing riot gear pushing a man off a stack of three shipping containers.
The PTI supporters demanded the release of their leader and party chief Imran Khan.
The protests turned violent on November 26 and PTI supporters faced heavy tear gas shelling by security forces.
According to Dawn, a photographer took a photo of a man hanging from the edge of a container with men in uniform standing above him.
A video of the incident also went viral, sparking several claims on social media, with some posts claiming the man had died.
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Refuting these claims, Minister Tarar said: “Propaganda was spread that a person offering prayers was killed by being pushed down. He is a resident of Mandi Bahauddin and is completely fine. His video has surfaced; he suffered an arm injury and is bandaged. “
Tarar further claimed that the man was recording a TikTok video as part of a challenge with a friend and was not saying any prayers at the time, as reported by Dawn.
Earlier, Awami National Party (ANP) President Aimal Wali Khan called for a ban on political parties that incite violence, including PTI, Dawn reported.
Addressing a press conference along with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi at the ANP Central Secretariat in Wali Bagh, Khan said on Friday that PTI has been working in an undemocratic and non-political manner since its inception and has always encouraged people to turn violent to behave. manner.
Terming PTI as “waste that needs to be disposed of” he said that the state of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had imposed PTI for the last twelve years but such decisions did not yield good results as reported in the Dawn report.
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