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?

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۔ pic.twitter.com/jxQRnMJDeM

— Khawar Mughal (@khawar_M_Khan) August 10, 2022

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

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.