Comments started pouring in as Facebook users noticed pink cat-like ears and whiskers had appeared on the heads of the minister and two accompanying officials.
There’s “a cat in the cabinet” one said. Others were more literal: “Shaukat Yousafzai looks like a cat — Meow meow meow,”.
The video — seen by an AFP reporter — was deleted minutes after the press conference from the official Facebook page of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, which is in power in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Images from the press conference were still available on social media.
Yousafzai confirmed the incident and told AFP it happened by accident.
“The cat filter was turned on by mistake” Yousafzai said, adding “let’s not take everything so seriously”.
“I wasn’t the only one — two officials sitting along me were also hit by the cat filter,” he joked.
The live stream continued with the whiskers and ears in place, even after the error was pointed out by users.
A press statement, issued by the PTI social media team said the incident happened because of “human error”.
“All necessary actions have been taken to avoid such incidents in future,” it said.
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