ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA Sadaqat Ali Abbasi is facing backlash after a video of him giving away Rs500 to the volunteers distributing water in Murree has gone viral on social media.
In a video, MNA Sadaqat Ali Abbasi can be seen taking out Rs500 from his pocket and giving it to the group of 8 to 10 volunteers in Bansra Gali, Murree.
The video has gone viral on social media and the PTI lawmaker is being criticised over the provision of Rs500 to the 8 to 10 volunteers and asking them to share it equally.
and the Noble 500 Rupees note award goes to Sadaqat Abbasi! ???????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/hkc8MA9hFc
— Shahzeb Baig (@Shahzeb7) January 10, 2022
Sadaqat abbasi give 500 hundred in muree for water pic.twitter.com/h2ULoYTr6o
— Raja M Aamir janjua (@RajaMAamirjanj2) January 10, 2022
SADAQAT ABBASI HAS SOLVED ALL PROBLEMS OF MARREE, IN JUST 500 RUPEES. https://t.co/c9772MqBDo
— ANWAR FAZIL CHISHTI (@ChishtiFazil) January 10, 2022
Meanwhile, MNA Sadaqat Ali Abbasi said the video being shared on social media is of Sunday when he was returning to GT Road from Murree. Abbasi said he gave away Rs500 to the volunteers as appreciation who offered him a bottle of water on the roadside.
پوری وڈیو/ اصل کہانی
اتوارکوریسکیو ختم ہونےپرمری سے براستہ GTروڈ واپس آرہےتھے۔ان لوگوں نے پانی کی بوتل دی میں نے انکی پزیرائی کیلئے 500 دئےوہ لے نہیں رہےتھےکہ میں یہ نہ سمجھوں کہ وہ مددکےنام پر پانی بیچ رہےہیں اس پر میں نےکہااس سےکچھ اورلوگوں کو پانی پلادینا۔ باقی سوشل میڈیا نے؟ https://t.co/A37OwiJcrK
— Sadaqat Ali Abbasi (@Sadaqat_Ali) January 11, 2022