A viral video shows that on Friday, when Ahsan Iqbal, the federal minister for planning and development, entered a restaurant, he was heckled by a group of PTI supporters.
As people began sharing the video on Twitter, the incident’s visuals—in which pro-PTI supporters could be seen hurling insults at the minister—took social media by storm.
Many Twitterati criticised the incident and labelled it a sign of the rise of political intolerance.
The incident happened at a well-known fast-food restaurant that the lawmaker had gone to for dinner. Iqbal later posted on Twitter that “a family — who apparently considered themselves elites and supported PTI — clashed with me.”
He added that as a response, other diners at the restaurant began chanting anti-PTI slogans. “Instead of holding a dialogue with me, they started chanting slogans,” he wrote.
آج بھیرہ میکڈونلڈ میں ایک یوتھین فیملی سے مڈبھیڑ ہوئی جو بظاہر خود کو ایلیٹ سمجھتی ہے مگر مکالمہ کی بجائے جاہلوں کی طرح نعرہ بازی شروع کر دی۔جب یہ نعرہ بازی سے باز نہ آئی تو لوگوں نے بھی نعرے لگا دئیے “گوگی پیرنی کا حساب دو”
— Ahsan Iqbal (@betterpakistan) July 8, 2022
جیسا جاہل اور پاگل خود ویسے ہی پیروکار پیدا کر رہا ہے۔
Imran Khan, the chairman of the PTI, was criticised by Iqbal for inciting hatred in people, and he added that his supporters “are following suit” just like their idiot and insane leader.
The planning minister further tweeted in response to a condemnation tweet: “These people, who claim to be literate, are actually ignorant and fascist just like the followers of Hitler.”
He added that such individuals are the compelling evidence of PTI’s “mental bankruptcy” and that neither they nor we would submit under their influence.
شکریہ عامر عباسی!
— Ahsan Iqbal (@betterpakistan) July 8, 2022
خود کو پڑھا لکھا سمجھنے والے یہ افراد اصل میں جاہل ترین اور فاشسٹ ہیں جیسے کہ ہٹلر کے پیروکار تھے۔ ہم ان جاہلوں سے مرعوب ہونے والے ہیں نہ دبنے والے۔ یہ اپنے ذہنی دیوالیہ پن کا چلتا پھرتا اشتہار ہیں۔عمران ممنوعہ فنڈنگ والوں کے کہنے پہ معاشرہ polarise کر رہا ہے۔ https://t.co/P3ZAXe1Qjk
