Pak ex-deputy speaker attacked after PM-led delegation greeted with ‘chor’ slogans in Saudi | Video
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Supporters of Pakistan’s federal minister Shahzain Bugti allegedly attacked former deputy speaker Qasim Suri after a PM Shehbaz Sharif-led delegation was confronted by angry protesters in Medina.
Supporters of Pakistan’s federal minister Shahzain Bugti allegedly attacked former deputy speaker Qasim Suri in Islamabad on Thursday, shortly after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was confronted by detractors at Islam’s holiest of holy sites.
A video shared by Pakistani journalist Murtaza Ali Shah shows a group of men approaching Qasim Suri while raising slogans of “PTI Murdabad”. The former deputy speaker belongs to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) which was booted from power after its head Imran Khan lost a vote of confidence earlier this month. Notably, Suri had dismissed the no-confidence motion tabled against Khan in the National Assembly.
Before Suri can get away, the men surround and assail him. Fists fly, as do dishes and miscellaneous tableware.
Shahzain Bugti’s supporters in Islamabad attack former deputy speaker Qasim Suri in retaliation of what happened to Shahzain in Saudi. Very unfortunate. pic.twitter.com/q5ldqDpLJy
The attack came shortly after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his coterie of ministers were catcalled and jeered at by pilgrims at Masjid-e-Nabawi in Madina. Epithets like “chor chor” (thieves), traitors and beggars were hurled at them by the angry protesters, believed to be supporters of ousted PM Imran Khan and his PTI party.
