KHANEWAL: A drone camera hit Asifa Bhutto-Zardari in the face while she was standing on the container during PPP’s jalsa in Khanewal.
Following the incident, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari took his sister, Asifa, inside the container.
According to initial reports, Bilawal’s security team has caught the drone operator, while Asifa is being given medical aid inside the container.
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) long march towards Islamabad reached Khanewal on Friday.
The protest, aimed to oust the PTI government and Prime Minister Imran Khan, started in Karachi. It is being led by PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.
According to reports, Asifa has been shifted to Bilawal House Multan where a team of doctors and specialists will examine her.
PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz took notice of the incident and inquired Asifa about her health.
“Hope you are not hurt,” she wrote on Twitter.
According to The Express Tribune, Asifa sustained an injury just above her right eye and was suggested being shifted to Multan for treatment.
Later, while addressing the participants of the march, Bilawal confirmed that his sister was wounded after being hit by the drone.
The paramedic staff available at the venue suggested that she needed stitches but Asifa refused to be taken to the hospital and asked the ambulance staff to treat her with a bandage only, the PPP chief informed the publication.