In a bid to prevent an accident similar to Imran Khan’s fall from the stage, local Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leaders on Wednesday bulldozed a wall of a hockey ground to construct a brick staircase for a rally by former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif.
According to a private TV channel the wall of the Friends Hockey Club was bulldozed from one side on the pretext that DSNGs from TV channels would not be able to cover the rally live as they could not enter the hockey ground.
However, local leaders later admitted they wanted to prevent an incident similar to the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief’s 10-foot drop from a forklift on Tuesday by making a staircase for Shahbaz Sharif to climb up to the stage.
No action was taken by the local administration on the bulldozing of the wall of the city’s main hockey ground.
Shahbaz Sharif was holding rallies in Kamalia and Dera Ghazi Khan.
The party had earlier announced a suspension of their election campaign for a day in respect of Khan’s fall from stage in Lahore on Tuesday evening which led to serious injuries to the PTI chief.