Car of Punjab Provincial Minister Azma Bokhari met an accident on Tuesday in Lahore. The accident happened when she was en route to Punjab University to attend an official event.
The event at Punjab University was organized to launch the scholarship program initiated by the Punjab Government. Provincial Information Minister Azma Bokhari remained unhurt in the accident. Following the accident, she continued the journey to the Punjab University in an alternative car.
Authorities have not yet provided further details on the cause of the accident. According to sources within the Pakistan Muslim League-N, the incident occurred near the Jail Road underpass as Bokhari was traveling towards Punjab University.
The accident occurred when the first car stopped causing the rickshaw to collide with three other cars.
Azma Bokhari is a close aide to Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz. She has been given the portfolio of information in the current PMLN-led provincial government. However, she is a staunch critic of PTI and regularly appears in television shows to condemn the opposition party, PTI.
Earlier, she was the target of an objectionable deepfake video. A video was released on social media claiming to be of Azma Bokhari in the video. She had filed the petition in the court against the fake video allegedly being used to malign her.
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Bukhari while addressing the media regarding her petition filed in Lahore High Court following the release of her morphed objectionable video. She said a vicious campaign had targeted her on social media.
Bukhari said she has submitted an application in court and mentioned the X accounts’ names in her petition. She said that some are local accounts while most of them are run overseas. Adding that the government has got a ‘fiber wall’ and tracking and tracing them is easier now.