Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member Shahbaz Gill and former PTI minister Fawad Chaudhary had a rare public disagreement on X (formerly Twitter) after the latter appeared on Gharidah Farooqi’s show.
After Fawad shared a clip from the GTV show on X, Gill termed her a “journalist-like tout” and said that appearing on her show was an “insult to this entire movement.”
Fawad replied by writing that journalists and politicians are a permanent reality. “Space should be given to those who oppose your point of view,” he stated.
Gill, however, remained adamant. Naming Zahid Hussain, Muhammad Malik, Benazir Shah, Arifa Noor, Hamid Mir and Muhammad Hanif as people who “criticise us vehemently and we respect them”, he again targeted Gharidah.
“This woman is not a journalist. She did not carry out journalism. She carried out filth.”
He then went on to say that some hands are stained by “the blood of our people”.
“They will be held accountable,” he concluded.
Gharidah Farooqi has repeatedly alleged that she has been targeted on social media by PTI-affiliated accounts, both during the party’s ruling period and afterwards.







