Who Is Marriyum Aurangzeb? Pakistani Minister Heckled In London In Viral Video

Pakistani politician and minister Marriyum Aurangzeb was heckled in the streets of London by overseas Pakistanis. Videos of the minister being criticised for paying foreign visits amid the devastating floods across Pakistan went viral.

Aurangzeb is currently in London as a member of the Pakistani delegation for the 77th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.

The Minister of Information and Broadcasting was followed out to the streets and Pakistanis shouted ‘chorni, chorni (thief, thief)’ after her. One heckler shouted at Aurangzeb through a megaphone as she continued to nonchalantly sip her drink.

Reportedly, Marriyum Aurangzeb was heckled by supporters of the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and former prime minister Imran Khan.

Aurangzeb later took to Twitter to speak about the incident. She described it as the “toxic impact” of former prime minister Khan’s “politics of hate and divisiveness”. She added that she stayed and answered all of the questions the hecklers had.

In some of the videos, Aurangzeb can be seen asking the protestors to have a dialogue with her rather than heckling her. She said, “This attitude is harmful to the image of Pakistan. You asked me three questions and I have answered them all. This is a way of having a decent conversation.”

Who Is Marriyum Aurangzeb?

• Marriyum Aurangzeb is a Pakistani politician from the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), one of the three major political parties in the nation.
• She is a member of the National Assembly and the current Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting in the Shehbaz Sharif ministry.
• The Shehbaz Sharif ministry was formed after Sharif was nominated Prime Minister following a vote of no confidence in Imran Khan.
• Aurangzeb had previously served in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting three times. She served from October 2016 to July 2017, from August 2017 to April 2018, and from April 2018 to May 2017.
• Aurangzeb’s mother Tahira Aurangzeb is a politician and health visitor. She provided urgent care to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s mother.
• In 2016 she was appointed the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting for the first time. She was inducted into the federal cabinet of then-Prime Minister Sharif.

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