RAJANPUR: On Thursday, former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani fall while speaking to flood victims in the Punjabi district of Rajanpur.
On the tragic incident’s footage, Gillani is seen giving a speech to the flood victims as the stage collapses, causing him to trip.
The PPP leader, however, did not pause and carried on with his remarks while standing on the damaged stage.
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— Dialogue Pakistan (@DialoguePak) September 1, 2022
The former premier claimed that poor people’s homes had been ruined by severe flooding during his speech.
Gillani asked the government to create a special flood relief strategy and stated that a route from D G Khan to Fazilpur and Rajanpur needed to be built.
A day earlier, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz also fall off a stage while speaking to Rajanpur residents who had been impacted by the floods. Despite falling off the table she was standing on, the PML-N leader was unharmed.
Maryam stood on the floor and finished her speech.
