Politicians and other influential members of society who are occasionally exposed to scandals or viral moments have long captured the attention of Pakistanis.
The list of South Asian politicians making headlines for the wrong reasons keeps growing, with the most recent name to do so being the country’s foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto, who recently went viral on social media.
The Bhutto scion was recently caught on camera smoking while attending the World Economic Forum summit in the ski resort city of Davos.
A zoomed-up clip which was apparently shot from a hand-held device from inside a building started doing rounds on the internet showing the PPP leader, holding a cigarette and taking a puff, while his bodyguards were spotted taking their positions.
The clip soon went viral on the microblogging platform with many social media users expressing surprise at the rare sight of the famous political leader engaging in such a selfish habit.
As Bilawal has yet to respond to the clip, social media users are chattering on the topic with their different takes.
Pakistan has one of the highest smoking rates in the region and the habit is causing around 166,000 deaths every year in the country out of which 20 percent of casualties are due to second-hand smoke.
