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

The social media team of KP earlier streamed a press conference on Facebook with the ‘cat’ filter enabled

The social media team of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was on the receiving end of online jokes after it streamed a press conference – of provincial ministers – on Facebook with the ‘cat’ filter enabled.

A user viewing the live stream pointed out the error and the admins of the page to “turn of the cat filter as the minister had turned into a cat”.

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

https://twitter.com/nailainayat/status/1139583166115540992

https://twitter.com/SlylySimple/status/1139749965691944961

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

https://twitter.com/Ahsan_H_Durrani/status/1139573195932078080

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https://twitter.com/MustafaBaloch_/status/1139641325589028864

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https://twitter.com/PakhairRaghlay/status/1139577498424025088

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PTI has now issued an official statement on the matter. Taking to Twitter, it read, "Clarification regarding coverage of Press Briefing held by KP’s Information Minister Shoukat Yousafzai."

https://twitter.com/PTIofficial/status/1139837433116147715

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 was removed within few minutes."

Calling it a human error, PTI shared necessary actions have been taken to avoid such incidents in the future.

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