PPP leader Asifa Bhutto-Zardari was injured after being hit by a drone camera during the party’s anti-government march in Punjab’s Khanewal on Friday, video footage aired on television showed.
The video showed Asifa, who was standing on top of a container with her brother and PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, leaning back as she tried in vain to get out of the way of the drone.
Drones fitted with cameras were being used for media coverage of the march. don news tv The report said that Asifa went inside the container after hitting the device.
Bilawal’s security staff caught the drone operator after the incident don news tvIn which Bilawal is quoted as saying that it is not clear whether the incident was an accident or a result of deliberate action.
Punjab government spokesperson Hasan Kharwar said the government responded immediately after the incident.
He tweeted, “Rescue 1122 team and duty doctor Dr. Babar (General Surgeon at DHQ Hospital) who was posted next to the container immediately went into the container. Ms. Asifa Zardari had minor injuries on her eyebrow and bruises on her hand. ” ,
Kharwar said the drone “allegedly belonged to a media house”.
Addressing the marchers, Bilawal said that Asifa was injured in the incident and the paramedical staff recommended her to be taken to the hospital. But Asifa refused and insisted that she be treated only with a bandage, he said.
Later, Asifa’s sister Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari shared a picture of her with a bandage on her forehead.
After the incident, PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz said in a tweet that she hoped Asifa was not hurt and prayed for the safety of all those involved in the march.
ppp started Its anti-government march, led by Bilawal, will take place on February 27 at the tomb of Quaid-e-Azam in Karachi. march participants are traveling to Islamabad and Project Passing through 34 cities and towns has to reach the capital by March 8.