Journalists, political leaders and people belonging to different walks of life, including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan have slammed the harassment of anchorperson Shahzeb Khanzada in a public place.
Shahzeb Khanzada faces public humiliation.pic.twitter.com/EvZTTA8oMo
— Faizan (@faizannriaz) November 16, 2025
The condemnations came after a video emerged on social media showing the senior journalist being heckled while he was busy shopping with his family abroad.
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However, during the incident, Khanzada maintained his cool and avoided any confrontation.
Dear PTI supporters,
If there’s anyone you should be heckling right now, it’s Musa Maneka, not Shahzeb Khanzada
This spoilt, entitled brat (Khawar Maneka & Bushra Bibi’s son) literally shot a poor, underpaid domestic worker in the leg just for removing his bedsheets. Shameful pic.twitter.com/uXiEf2diGv
— Muneeb Qadir (@muneebqadirmmq) November 16, 2025
“That was a sad incident, and I certainly don’t approve of it. It was very unfortunate that Khanzada sahib was booed while he was abroad with his family,” Gohar said in a statement.
Speaking on Geo News‘ programme “Naya Pakistan”, Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar termed the incident “highly condemnable”.
“On behalf of the state, I assure Shahzeb [Khanzada] that we will trace who that man [harasser] was. It cannot be that someone is with [their] family and is harassed,” Tarar remarked.
Punjab’s Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb also slammed the incident as “shameful” while calling it a “yet another filthy reminder of the mob mentality Imran Khan has carefully bred within PTI”.
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“This crowd does not lack manners, they were never taught dignity, decency or basic humanity. Their entire existence feeds on confrontation, chaos, and bullying. This is not politics it is brute thuggery masquerading as activism,” the politician wrote in a post on X.
Meanwhile, Khanzada, who hosts Geo News’ programme “Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath”, also tweeted a video stating that: “This is classic Shahbaz gill. When he was Minster he ws caught lying several times and here again he is lying. I m reporting court proceedings but this is what I said just before it in the same show. these trolls actually dont care abt facts even if they go in favour of Imran Khan.”