--- title: "Interior Minister defends officials over buggy ride at Islamabad Independence Day parade" description: "Most outlets led with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi's defense of the Islamabad Police Inspector-General and Chief Commissioner following backlash over their appearance in a horse-drawn buggy at an Independence Day parade. Dawn and 24 News HD both highlighted the viral video and Naqvi’s public backing, though each used slightly different phrasing for the event’s location and nature. No other distinct framing or emphasis was present in the excerpts." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/3491-naqvi-defends-islamabad-ig-chief-commissioner-as-buggy-ride site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Interior Minister defends officials over buggy ride at Islamabad Independence Day parade pakistan · latest filing 16 Aug 2026, 8:22 PM PKT · 16 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi's defense of the Islamabad Police Inspector-General and Chief Commissioner following backlash over their appearance in a horse-drawn buggy at an Independence Day parade. Dawn and 24 News HD both highlighted the viral video and Naqvi’s public backing, though each used slightly different phrasing for the event’s location and nature. No other distinct framing or emphasis was present in the excerpts. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **24 News HD** — [Naqvi defends Islamabad IG, chief commissioner as buggy ride at D-Chowk parade sparks backlash](https://www.24newshd.tv/16-Aug-2026/naqvi-defends-islamabad-ig-chief-commissioner-buggy-ride-d-chowk-parade-sparks-backlash) · 16 Aug 2026, 8:22 PM PKT > Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has defended the Islamabad Police Inspector-General and the Islamabad Chief Commissioner after their appearance on a horse-drawn buggy at an Independence Day parade at D-Chowk triggered widespread criticism on social media. - **Dawn** — [Naqvi comes to CDA chairman, Islamabad IG's defence as carriage video draws flak](https://www.dawn.com/news/2023214/naqvi-comes-to-cda-chairman-islamabad-igs-defence-as-carriage-video-draws-flak) · 16 Aug 2026, 11:58 AM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing > Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday came to the defence of two government officials who drew flak after a video of them riding in a horse carriage during an Independence Day parade in Islamabad went viral on social media. In the widely circulated video, two officials, identified as Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman retired Lt Sohail Ashraf and the Islamabad Inspector General o... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [PM Shehbaz Displeased With Islamabad Officials' Buggy Ride at Independence Day Event](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4216-pm-shehbaz-expresses-dismay-over-independence-day-buggy) · 23 Aug 2026 · 8 outlets · 2 developments · 75% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 16 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.