Marriyum attributes shoe incident to Imran's culture of hate speeches

Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb speaking to private channels severely condemned the incident of shoe throwing at Nawaz Sharif and said that all the politicians and other stakeholders would have to move forward with a collective thought to prevent the recurrence of such happenings otherwise they could become a common sight in the class rooms, schools and market places. She said that today's incident was the outcome of the culture of violence and the slogans like drag them out, pick them up and pull them down introduced by Imran Khan during the last four and half years. Marriyum said "When a leader stands and talks like that it changes, nurtures and forms mindsets and behaviours of millions of people"
The minister said that the politicians would have to think seriously that transforming the difference of opinion into hate syndrome would be a misfortune for the whole society. She said that no words would be enough to denounce the incident not because it happened with Nawaz Sharif but because the emerging trend in the society was very worrying.
Marriyum welcomed the condemnation of the incident by political leaders and Imran Khan and remarked that it was imperative to go beyond that and integrate that thinking with their behaviours. She said that a leader should choose his words carefully adding that Imran could not come up with any performance during the last four and half years except making provocative speeches.
The MOS said that the issue did not relate to any one party and it was imperative for the leaders to realize collectively that their behaviours were bound to be reflected in the society. She said that the media, particularly those who sat on the TV channels in the evening should play their positive role along with the government to change the attitudes and behaviours of the people.
Marriyum observed that Khawaja Asif and Ahsan Iqbal faced similar occurrences but they pardoned those who were responsible for them because they were the followers of the prophet (PBUH) who always preached forgiveness adding that the people should fashion their lives in conformity with his sayings and the way he lived his life. The minister said that people should learn a lesson from today's incident and try to inculcate the virtue of tolerance in their lives. She wondered what would the international media be showing and saying about that happening and emphasized the need for individual and collective efforts to prevent them.