PTI releases official statement on K-P govt 'cat' filter blunder

LAHORE- A press conference called by Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa's Minister of Information Shoukat Yousufzai became a subject of hilarity after the person running its live broadcast on Facebook accidentally enabled... the cat filter!

A screenshot of the blunder went viral on Twitter and Facebook and reactions poured in.

https://twitter.com/sibkaifee/status/1139615191107297281

https://twitter.com/daanistan/status/1139629965341843456

https://twitter.com/_Mansoor_Ali/status/1139543376628502529

The video now has been deleted and replaced by a new video but pictures are still circulating on social media.  PTI has now released an official statement to clarify the matter. Taking to Twitter, it read, “Clarification regarding coverage of Press Briefing held by KP’s Information Minister Shoukat Yousafzai.”

The statement added, “Yesterday, whilst covering a press briefing held by KP’s information minister Shoukat Yousafzai, a cat filter was witnessed by the viewers which were removed within a few minutes.”

Claiming that it was a human error, PTI shared that necessary actions have been taken to avoid such incidents in the future. LOL! What actions are these? We'd love to know!

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