Actor Muneeb Butt and singer Jawad Ahmad have backed anchorperson Shahzeb Khanzada after social media videos showed him being harassed in public.
A man accosted Khanzada—who was shopping with his family—accusing him of acting against PTI founder Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi, and telling him to be “ashamed.” Khanzada walked away without responding.
PTI’s Shahbaz Gill later shared an old clip of Khanzada discussing Bushra Bibi’s Iddat case, claiming it justified the harassment: “This is the filth Shahzeb did.”
Butt condemned the “shameful act,” hailing Khanzada as a “credible, competent journalist.” Ahmad demanded the man be “booked by police,” stressing such political hostility must be penalized to protect differing beliefs.
Imran and Bushra—currently in arrest—were convicted in the Iddat case in February 2024, acquitted in July, but later detained over state gift sale charges.
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