Khalil-Ur-Rehman crossed every boundary after he blatantly abused his fellow panelist in a live show. He made the most derogatory comments on the character of Marvi Sirmed who is a well-known feminist, analyst and activist.
The anchorperson of the show, Ayesha Ehtesham not even once tried to stop Khalil-ur-Rehamn fo being rude but rather she stopped Marvi Sirmed for speaking in her defence.
The anchorperson Ayesha Ehtesham received backlash from social media for doing injustice. She has come forward and apologized for hurting her viewers.
In a tweet, she said, “What happened yesterday in my show was an extremely sorry state of affairs. I could not imagine things will turn out to be so rough and abusive.”
“I was completely taken aback which might have affected my ability to condemn abusive/sexist remarks there and then,” she added.
She explained that she could not stop both the parties due to a lot of screaming and shouting and she apologized from her viewers.
— ayesha ehtesham (@ayeshasohaileh4) March 3, 2020
The Executive Director of New News, Nasrullah Malik also apologized to Marvi Sirmed. He promised that strict action will be taken and condemned the behaviour of Khalil-ur-Rehman on the live show.
He tweeted, “Please accept my sincere apology on the incident which happened today on our screen. Being Head of NEO NEWS I am extremely sorry for that and strict action will be taken. We condemn the behaviour of Khalil Qamar.”
@marvisirmed Please accept my sincere apology on the incident which happened today on our screen. Being Head of NEO NEWS I am extremely sorry for that and strict action will be taken. We condemn the behaviour of Khalil Qamar.
Nasrullah Malik
Executive Director
NEO NEWS— Nasrullah Malik (@NasrullahMalik1) March 3, 2020