A grand party was organised spending millions at Faletti’s Hotel Lahore to celebrate the birthday of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz who is currently present in London.
The video of Maryam Nawaz’s grand birthday party in absentia was shared on Twitter by a PML-N MPA Saadia Temur. The video showed a huge expenditure made for the arrangements of the grand event at the Lahore hotel even when she was not present in the country.
The caption of the video read, ‘Grand Birthday Celebration of Vice President PMLN ”@MaryamNSharif” was organized in Faletti’s Hotel Lahore. Members of Business Community, Civil Society & Renowned Personalities from different walks of life Participated.”
Grand Birthday Celebration of Vice President PMLN ”@MaryamNSharif” was organized in Faletti’s Hotel Lahore. Members of Business Community, Civil Society & Renowned Personalities from different walks of life Participated.#HBDMaryamNawaz pic.twitter.com/A0ehHIVvSj
— Saadia Temur MPA (@MPASaadiaTemur) October 28, 2022
Netizens showed outrage over the waste of money. A user wrote, “She is not here but you spent lacs to please her ?? and on top of it @MaryamNSharif is calling it sweet. Plz plz avoid wrong optics. We know you all have abundance of wealth to blow out but think of your ppl and their miseries while flaunting it.”
She is not here but you spent lacs to please her ?? and on top of it @MaryamNSharif is calling it sweet. Plz plz avoid wrong optics. We know you all have abundance of wealth to blow out but think of your ppl and their miseries while flaunting it.
— HussainMoona (@HussainMoona1) October 28, 2022
Another slammed the organisers, “That amount can be donated to flood affected areas where thousands are striving for the food. What a bad taste of our public representatives.”
That amount can be donated to flood affected areas where thousands are striving for the food.
What a bad taste of our public representatives.— Fatima Anwar (@fatimasadozai) October 28, 2022
“While 33 million flood affected Pakistani’s are displaced, homeless, jobless and hungry,” said the user.
While 33 million flood affected Pakistani’s are displaced, homeless, jobless and hungry.
— Sara Syeda (@saranmics) October 28, 2022