Pakistan PM trolled for taking umbrella from woman official amid heavy rain

Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif landed in France on Thursday to attend the New Global Financial Pact Summit. A video posted by the Pakistani Prime Minister’s Office shortly after his arrival has recently stirred a debate on social media. In the clip, Pakistan’s PM could be seen arriving at the Summit on a rainy day. Soon, he took an umbrella from a woman official escorting him and walked into the venue, abandoning the lady amid heavy rain. While the video went viral in no time, some social media users were quick to call it an ’embarrassment’.

The incident took place when Sharif arrived in Paris for a two-day summit on the New Global Financing Pact. A protocol officer was waiting for the PM with an umbrella as it was raining when he arrived at Palais Brogniart, as seen in the video. She was left soaking in the rain after Sharif spoke to her and left with the umbrella. And with this, the Pak PM came under heavy criticism.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif arrived at Palais Brogniart to attend the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in Paris, France. #PMatIntFinanceMoot pic.twitter.com/DyV8kvXXqr

— Prime Minister's Office (@PakPMO) June 22, 2023

Online Debate 

After this, Twitter users began criticising the Pakistan PM for his behaviour. One of the users wrote, “There is something called manners. Once a lady offers an umbrella u suppose walk along the lady in the umbrella the way she was walking along.”

https://twitter.com/SurpriseDay272/status/1671800550059397122

Some others called it an embarrassment for the nation.

National embarrassment for #Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif