Aaj TV English News - News https://english.aaj.tv/ Aaj TV English en-Us Copyright 2026 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:48:52 +0500 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:48:52 +0500 60 Lahore’s hockey stadium Astroturf removed for PTI jalsa https://english.aaj.tv/news/30294974/lahores-hockey-stadium-astroturf-removed-for-pti-jalsa <p><strong>The Astroturf for Lahore’s hockey stadium, said to be the largest in the world, was ripped out to prepare for the PTI’s meeting there scheduled for August 13.</strong></p> <p>PML-N’s Uzma Bukhari said that Imran Khan was a “badshah” and could do what he liked. He could set the whole country on fire, what is some Astroturf?</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ur" dir="rtl">جلسہ پاکستان تحریک انصاف,, لاہور ہاکی اسٹیڈیم میں کروڑوں مالیت کی آسٹرو ٹرف ہٹانے کا سلسلہ بے دردی سے جاری ہے,جس بے دردی سے اسے اتارا جا رہا ہے یہ ہرگز دوبارہ استعمال کے قابل نہیں ہو گی۔ <a href="https://t.co/jxQRnMJDeM">pic.twitter.com/jxQRnMJDeM</a></p>&mdash; Khawar Mughal (@khawar_M_Khan) <a href="https://twitter.com/khawar_M_Khan/status/1557367381479100416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>PTI’s Andaleeb Abbas said that new Astroturf would be arranged soon.</p> <p> <figure class='media sm:w-full w-full media--stretch '> <div class='media__item '><picture><img src='https://i.aaj.tv/large/2022/08/110741447c25bc0.jpg' alt='Journalist Khawar Mughal tweeted the videos on Wednesday' /></picture></div> <figcaption class='media__caption '>Journalist Khawar Mughal tweeted the videos on Wednesday</figcaption> </figure></p> <p>People reacted strongly to the visuals with one sportsman saying that for a “spectacle” for a few hours, Astroturf worth hundreds of thousands of rupees had been destroyed.</p> The Astroturf for Lahore’s hockey stadium, said to be the largest in the world, was ripped out to prepare for the PTI’s meeting there scheduled for August 13.

PML-N’s Uzma Bukhari said that Imran Khan was a “badshah” and could do what he liked. He could set the whole country on fire, what is some Astroturf?

PTI’s Andaleeb Abbas said that new Astroturf would be arranged soon.

Journalist Khawar Mughal tweeted the videos on Wednesday
Journalist Khawar Mughal tweeted the videos on Wednesday

People reacted strongly to the visuals with one sportsman saying that for a “spectacle” for a few hours, Astroturf worth hundreds of thousands of rupees had been destroyed.

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