Pakistan: Imran Khan’s lawyer, PML-N Senator engage in fistfight on live TV

NEW DELHI: Pakistani news channels have once again become the talk of the town as the talk shows turned into a wrestling ring between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s lawyer Sher Afzal Khan Marwat, and Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) Senator Afnan Ullah Khan.
In the video, the two were engaged in heated arguments that ended up using abusive language when all of a sudden lawyer Marwat attacked the senator. Eventually resorted to slaps and started punching each other.
After a few kicks and punches were exchanged before the duo, the TV crew present there had to intervene and separated them before any further damage could take place. Both leaders continued to verbally abuse each other even after being separated. This video clip of the studio fight went viral and later Senator shared the video on his X, formerly known as Twitter, account.
Sharing the video on X, Afnan Ullah Khan said that he does not believe in violence but is a “soldier of Nawaz Sharif”.

“Marwat attacked me in the talk show yesterday, I believe in non-violence but I am Nawaz Sharif’s soldier. The trick that has been put on Marwat is an important lesson for all PTI and especially for Imran Khan, they will not be able to see the shape, they will have to wear big black glasses,” the senator said through his post on X.
Meanwhile, lawyer Sher Ali Khan Marwat in a post said that the TV show host was “spreading misinformation” about the “unpleasant incident”.
“He is spreading rumours that my opponent was a superman. He is not telling the reality which is that Afnan Ullah ran away from the studio and took shelter in a nearby room, which I came to know after watching his programme today,” Marwat said. He also added that he plans to “initiate a defamation case and criminal complaint” the senator.
This is not the first time that such an incident has taken place on a talk show set.
In 2021, former PPP lawmaker Abdul Qadir Mandokhel and then-PTI leader Firdous Ashiq Awan, who has now joined the Istihkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP), were involved in a fight, as per Geo News.
The incident’s video then went viral, in which the two could be seen getting into a heated verbal exchange on a television show.
In the verbal duel during the show, Mandokhel accused Awan of committing corruption.
Watch Viral video: Pakistani leaders thrash each other during live debate on TV channel