{"id":73933,"date":"2025-05-04T13:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T13:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/73933\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T13:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T13:21:10","slug":"verbal-spat-between-pakistani-journalists-in-london-cafe-goes-viral-trending-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/73933\/","title":{"rendered":"Verbal spat between Pakistani journalists in London cafe goes viral | Trending News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A press conference in London turned chaotic when two Pakistani journalists, Safina Khan and Asad Ali Malik, were caught on camera in a heated exchange that quickly escalated into a verbal spat. The incident, which took place during an event addressed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Salman Akram Raja, reportedly a close aide of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, has now gone viral on social media.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/section\/trending\/\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viral<\/a> video, Khan and Malik can be seen hurling abuses at each other while onlookers attempt to diffuse the tension. Khan later shared the clip on her official X handle, claiming she had been \u201ccornered\u201d during the press event by journalists Fareed from ARY News and Rafeeq from Hum News.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"lazyloading\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"lazyloading-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/track_1x1.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/track_1x1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" style=\"display:none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey also started speaking over me while I was asking questions,\u201d she alleged in her post. \u201cIf anything happens to me, I hold these journalists responsible, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>In another statement, written in Urdu, Khan expressed outrage over expletives used for her during the incident. \u201cI heard someone\u2019s mother being abused, not for myself. There was no such thing as honour among these shameless men. The one who abused the mother of senator journalist Azhar Javed from Youth was being slapped while sitting down. When I could not tolerate the abuse of Azhar Javed\u2019s mother, how could I remain silent after hearing the abuse of my own mother?\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ur\">\u0622\u062c \u067e\u06c1\u0644\u06d2 \u0641\u0631\u06cc\u062f \u0642\u0631\u06cc\u0634\u06cc \u060c \u0627\u0633\u062f \u0645\u0644\u06a9 \u0627\u0648\u0631 \u0645\u063a\u0644 \u0646\u06d2 \u0633\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u06a9\u0631\u0645 \u0631\u0627\u062c\u06c1 \u06a9\u06cc \u0645\u06cc\u0688\u06cc\u0627 \u0679\u0627\u06a9 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0645\u062c\u06be\u06d2 \u0646\u0627\u0635\u0631\u0641 \u06a9\u0627\u0631\u0646\u0631 \u06a9\u0631\u0646\u06d2 \u06a9\u06cc \u06a9\u0648\u0634\u0634 \u06a9\u06cc \u0628\u0644\u06a9\u06c1 \u0645\u06cc\u0631\u06d2 \u0633\u0648\u0627\u0644 \u067e\u0648\u0686\u06be\u062a\u06d2 \u0648\u0642\u062a \u0628\u0648\u0644\u0646\u0627 \u0634\u0631\u0648\u0639 \u06a9\u0631 \u062f\u06cc\u062a\u06d2 \u062a\u06be\u06d2 \u067e\u06be\u0631 \u062c\u0628 \u0644\u0627\u0633\u0679 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0633\u0648\u0627\u0644 \u06a9\u0631\u0646\u06d2 \u06a9\u06cc \u06a9\u0648\u0634\u0634 \u06a9\u06cc \u062a\u0648 \u0628\u06be\u06cc \u0645\u0631\u0632\u0627 \u0627\u062e\u0644\u0627\u0642 \u0633\u06d2 \u0646\u0639\u0631\u06d2 \u0644\u06af\u0648\u0627 \u06a9\u0631 \u0645\u062c\u06be\u06d2 \u0631\u0648\u06a9\u0646\u06d2 \u06a9\u06cc \u06a9\u0648\u0634\u0634 \u06a9\u06cc \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0646\u06c1\u0627\u06cc\u062a \u0635\u0628\u0631 \u06a9\u06cc\u0633\u0627\u062a\u06be \u0633\u0628\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GRlggafACO\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/GRlggafACO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Safina Khan (@SafinaKhann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SafinaKhann\/status\/1918427338972582053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In response, Asad Ali Malik, a UK-based journalist, dismissed her claims. \u201cThese are false and baseless allegations, consistent with her pattern of past behaviour. The facts are clear and supported by multiple eyewitnesses,\u201d he stated in a post on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thread: These are false and baseless allegations, consistent with her pattern of past behavior. The facts are clear and supported by multiple eyewitnesses.<br \/>During our meal at a restaurant, attended by journalists including myself, Rafique Mughal (Hum TV),<br \/>(Video in thread)<br \/>Part_1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dugBEOfjJg\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/dugBEOfjJg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asad Ali Malik (@AsadAliReporter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsadAliReporter\/status\/1918400858775273945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Khan further claimed that PTI supporters have been harassing her online and in person, even alleging that there had been an attempt to carry out an acid attack against her. \u201cAn acid attack was even carried out, but I was neither afraid then nor will I be afraid now. If a man gets up and abuses me or my mother, I will abuse him twice as much as the women in his house,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>She also accused ARY News reporter Farid Qureshi of manipulating the video footage and sharing an edited version from a fake account. In her X post, she reshared the original clip uploaded by an account named \u201cPakistani\u201d and alleged that Qureshi was behind the altered version circulating on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A press conference in London turned chaotic when two Pakistani journalists, Safina Khan and Asad Ali Malik, were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,24262,257,36644,36645,36643,5776,16,15,416,31204],"class_list":{"0":"post-73933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-indianexpress","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-pakistani-journalist-fight","14":"tag-pakistani-journalist-fight-video","15":"tag-pakistani-journalists-fight","16":"tag-trending","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-viral","20":"tag-viral-videos"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114449775552638899","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}