Pro-PTI, pro-PML-N guests air dirty laundry on Arnab Goswami's show

Two Pakistani guests ended up fighting and abusing each other live on air during the programme of warmongering Indian anchor Arnab Goswami on Monday, where they were invited to give their analysis on the April 22 Pahalgam attack in Indian-Occupied Kashmir.

Representing Pakistan on Indian channel Republic TV, Abdul Samad Yaqoob, claiming affiliation with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and Irshad Khan, who claimed to be associated with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), hurled accusations at each other live on air.

The verbal spat reportedly erupted when Irshad accused Yaqoob of speaking against Pakistani institutions.

“I am proud of being a Pakistani soldier. I feel sorry for the Abdul Samad Yaqoob type of shameless person who speaks against state institutions… His words will lead him to consequences,” Irshad said.

Yaqoob hit back, alleging that Irshad does not belong to the PML-N, but "is a stooge of an intelligence agency".

Yaqoob’s harsh language prompted Irshad to call him back "a PTI stooge". To which Yaqoob replied, “I am a soldier of Imran Khan.”

“You should be proud of being a Pakistani,” Irshad says to Yaqoob, to which the latter, while deflecting from the debate, brought the Pakistan national politics into the Indian screen. He began telling Irshad about the recent arrest of PTI worker Sanam Javed.

During the whole show, the notorious Goswami repeatedly tried to escalate the argument between the two, pushing for a more intense confrontation.

Moments later, PML-N’s Uzma Kardar joined the debate. Maintaining that Yaqoob had gone “bonkers”, she said, Yaqoob was a supporter of a man “who for more than three years kept saying ‘I am on one page with the establishment”.

With Kardar and Yaqoob at each other’s throats, Goswami chimed in, “Look at what’s happening inside Pakistan... these people are going to fight us. They're gonna attack us.”

Yaqoob descended to personal attacks on Kardar, calling her unworthy and age-shaming her.