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India Today
04-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Pakistani journalists clash at London cafe, abuse each other in viral clip
A heated argument broke out between two Pakistani journalists at a cafe in London. A video of the altercation, which went viral on social media, shows Safina Khan and Asad Malik involved in a shouting match and abusing each other as other people try to calm them clash occurred on May 3, during an event reportedly organised by Salman Akram Raja, the Secretary General of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and an aide of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan. advertisementThe journalists were verbally abusing each other's family and repeatedly used words like "pig" in the viral clip. In a tweet, Safina Khan alleged she was harassed and abused by Malik and other Pakistani journalists working for ARY News and Hum News and claimed they threatened to kill her. "During Salman Akram Raja's coverage, I was harassed and abused by Mohsin Naqvi, TV London reporter Asad Malik and ARY News reporter Farid, and Hum News reporter Rafeeq. They threatened to kill me," she wrote on social media."I reported in past to @AmmadYousaf, @Salman_ARY, @humnewspakistan, but no action was taken. These three reporters will be responsible if anything happens to me," she said, tagging the three reporters and Metropolitan Asad Khan dismissed the "false and baseless" claims levelled against him by Safina Khan and alleged that she started verbally abusing him and others without any provocation. "These are false and baseless allegations, consistent with her pattern of past behaviour. The facts are clear and supported by multiple eyewitnesses. During our meal at a restaurant, attended by journalists including Rafique Mughal (Hum TV), Saeed Niazi (GEO), Farid Qureshi (ARY), Naseer Ahmed (Geo), Sahira Khan (Hum TV), others and I, this individual began verbally abusing us without any provocation while sitting at a nearby table," he wrote on X. The heated argument laced with abusives has fuelled a debate about media ethics and workplace safety for journalists in politically charged environments. IN THIS STORY#Pakistan
Hindustan Times
04-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Pakistani journalists clash, hurl tit-for-tat abuses inside London cafe
Pakistani journalists, Safina Khan and Asad Malik, clashed with each other and hurled tit-for-tat abuse targeting each other. While some people around them tried to defuse the tense scene, others recorded the ugly scene and shared it on social media. Safina Khan, associated with NEO News, has been levelling allegations against Asad Malik and other Pakistani journalists who work for ARY News and Hum News. Khan also alleged that they had 'ganged up' and 'threatened to kill' her. The incident reportedly occurred during a press conference held by Salman Akram Raja, considered a close aide of jailed former Pakistan prime minister and ex-cricketer Imran Khan. Khan also wrote about the incident on X stating, 'I have also received more evidence, in which there was a formal plan for this event to be used to abuse me, raise slogans and even physically harass me from the people of PTI, but due to my patience and wisdom, that plan flopped and after that, these reporters themselves came forward and abused me and I was harassed at the workplace. Whatever happens, happens for the best. I had been collecting evidence against them for a long time, and finally I found it.' Also read | Had intel about attack on tourists but in Srinagar, around April 19: Officials Malik took to X and dismissed her allegations as 'false and baseless,' claiming that Khan abused them without provocation. 'These are false and baseless allegations, consistent with her pattern of past behaviour. The facts are clear and supported by multiple eyewitnesses,' he said. 'During our meal at a restaurant, attended by journalists including myself, Rafique Mughal (Hum TV) Saeed Niazi (GEO), Farid Qureshi (ARY), Naseer Ahmed (Geo), Sahira Khan (Hum TV), and others, this individual began verbally abusing us without any provocation while sitting at a nearby table,' Malik added.
NDTV
04-05-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
Video: High Drama In London, Pakistani Journalists Clash At Cafe, Abuses Fly
An ugly scene played out at a cafe in London last week as two Pakistani journalists clashed and verbally abused each other, showed a clip that went viral on social media. Safina Khan and Asad Malik used the choicest of abuses to target each other while others tried to defuse the situation. The incident occurred during a press conference of Salman Akram Raja, an aide of Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and Secretary General of Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf (PTI). Safina Khan, who lives in London and is associated with Pakistan's NEO News, has alleged that Asad Malik and other Pakistani journalists working for ARY News and Hum News ganged up on her and "threatened to kill" her. View this post on Instagram A post shared by NDTV India (@ndtvindia) "During Salaman Akram Raja's coverage, I was harassed and abused by Mohsin Naqvi, TV London reporter Asad Malik and ARY News reporter Farid, and Hum News reporter Rafeeq. They threatened to kill me," she wrote on social media. Asad Malik, who works for a UK-based outlet, has trashed Khan's allegations as "false and baseless". "These are false and baseless allegations, consistent with her pattern of past behavior. The facts are clear and supported by multiple eyewitnesses," he wrote on social media. He alleged Khan started verbally abusing him and others without any provocation. Safina Khan also claimed she had reported similar threats in the past, but no action was taken. Tagging the London police, she said these reporters will be responsible if anything happens to her. In an X thread, she also alleged that members of Imran Khan's party have been targeting her and even tried to carry out an "acid attack". The clashing sides were heard verbally abusing each other's family in the viral clip, with words like "pig" being mentioned several times. "If a man gets up and abuses me or my mother, I will abuse him twice as much as the women in his house. And the more you scream and abuse, the more you will get double the punishment," Safina Khan wrote in her post. She also shared a video posted by a handle called "Pakistani", claiming it was edited and posted by ARY reporter Farid Qureshi from one of his fake accounts.
