A video is making rounds on Twitter showing senior PTI leader Asad Umar having what appears to be a heated discussion with Hammad Azhar in the presence of party chief Imran Khan on top of their container, prompting Twitterati to offer their own interpretations of the scene.

The video was also tweeted by PML-N’s lawmaker Kheal Das Kohistani and retweeted by PML-N’s Twitter account, claiming that “the rioters are now confronting each other”.

The footage has also been retweeted by scores of users.

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