ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb on Thursday faced interruption during a press conference when Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Uzma Kardar approached her and tried to take over the podium in the middle of the presser.
The PTI leader complained to the minister of conducting too lengthy press talk that forced her to wait in hot weather.
Uzma asked the federal minister that she had been speaking to the media for over an hour. “We are standing under scorching heat for a long time for our turn to speak to the media,” she added.
“State Minister’s presser is full of repetitions, we also have to speak,” she said.
The PTI workers also insisted Marriyum Aurangzeb to leave the podium.
Later, police personnel intervened and prevented the incident from escalating.
After resuming the talk, the angry federal minister dubbed the PTI as a party of gimmickry, drama and chaos.
She urged the Supreme Court to take notice of the incident.
PTI leader Faisal Javed spoke to media and said that Marriyum Aurangzeb took more time but our people should have kept their patience. He said that the PTI leaders such as Fawad Chaudhry were waiting with patience, the supporters should have followed them.
“Whatever happened wasn’t appropriate,” Javed added.
Earlier in May, PTI and PML-N leaders shoved each other and quarrelled over a dais as representatives from both parties fought over who would address the media first.
A PTI lawyer pushed the dais to the ground as surprised PML-N leaders looked on. Later, Naeemul Haque spoke to media personnel and said that he had brought the dais in order to facilitate communication with reporters.
“After their rude behaviour, we will not let PML-N leaders use this dais,” he said.
After talking to media officials, the PTI leaders took the stage dais away with them when the time came for Maryam Aurangzeb and Talal Chaudhry to speak.