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Hina Parvez Butt heckled in London. Hina Pervaiz Butt, the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), claims that a group of PTI individuals heckled her while she was out in public in London with her son.
Ms. Butt criticized the PTI supporters and referred to them as “uncivilized” while posting the incident’s video on social media.
According to her, the PTI supporters cursed at her and threw bottles at her. She claimed that the nation’s reputation tarnished by such barbaric people.
پی ٹی آئی کے بدتمیز اور بدتہذیب لوگ اس حد تک گر گئے ہیں کہ لندن میں میرے بیٹے کے سامنے مجھ پر حملہ کیا، مجھ پر بوتلیں پھینکیں اور گندی گالیاں دیں۔ کیا یہ بد تہذیب لوگ ایسی حرکات کر کے پاکستان کا نام روشن کر رہے ہیں یا بدنام کر رہے ہیں؟ اللہ کا شکر ہے میرے لیڈر نواز شریف نے ہمیشہ… pic.twitter.com/AQri5sxB86
— Hina Parvez Butt (@hinaparvezbutt) August 13, 2023
One of the purported PTI supporters seen in the video cursing at a PML-N supporter on a London street.
Hina Parvez Butt seen standing outside a currency exchange business with her son in another video, while some onlookers refer to her as a “thief.”
Political figures and others have criticized the incident harshly.
Shireen Mazari, a former PTI leader and minister for human rights, “strongly condemned the filthy abuse and attack” directed at the PML-N leader.
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“Strongly condemn the filthy abuse & attack against Hina P Butt in London. No one shd stoop to the gutter level of Kh Asif & those of his ilk who have repeatedly abused PTI women (I was one such target) while PMLN & allied parties’ women remained silent or smirked. Criticism is acceptable but abuse of women is always unacceptable,” she wrote on Twitter.
Strongly condemn the filthy abuse & attack against Hina P Butt in London. No one shd stoop to the gutter level of Kh Asif & those of his ilk who have repeatedly abused PTI women (I was one such target) while PMLN & allied parties' women remained silent or smirked. Criticism is…
— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) August 14, 2023
Ahsan Iqbal, the leader of the PML-N, also criticized the incident and claimed that Ms. Butt’s hecklers were PTI supporters.
پی ٹی آئی کا یہ رویہ نہایت قابل مذمت ہے۔
— Ahsan Iqbal (@betterpakistan) August 14, 2023
پی ٹی آئی کے یہ فالوورز بیرون ملک قوم کی جگ ہنسائی کا باعث بن رہے ہیں۔
عمران نیازی نے ان لوگوں کے دماغوں میں نفرت بھر کے ان سے سوچنے سمجھنے کی تمام صلاحیت اور اخلاقیات چھین لی ہیں۔ جیسا لیڈر ویسے بد تہذیب فالوورز۔@hinaparvezbutt https://t.co/0sXjJDpC3s
Shaza Fatima Khawaja from the PML-N wrote in a social media post: “There’s a difference between freedom of expression/ peaceful political protest and harassing/ attacking/ stalking people you don’t agree with.
There’s a difference between freedom of expression/ oeaceful political protest and harassing/attacking/stalking people u dont agree with.
— Shaza Fatima Khawaja (@ShazaFK) August 14, 2023
We sincerely hope action will be taken against her to make London a safe place for everyone to visit and live.@MayorofLondon @metpoliceuk https://t.co/J7qoUI9521
Later, Hina Parvez Butt thanked the people for speaking alongside the incidents, saying that the matter was not about her but the reputation of Pakistan.