Journalist's question leaves Kasuri fuming

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 16 January 2014

In a heated exchange outside a special court, lawyer Ahmed Raza Kasuri accused a journalist of being an Indian agent. This incident occurred during the treason trial of former President Pervez Musharraf.

Summary

ISLAMABAD: Former President Pervez Musharraf's lawyer Ahmed Raza Kasuri (picture) Thursday called a Pakistani journalist an Indian, after being angered by a question.

"You sound like an Indian journalist. Shame on you. Shame on you... You have been sold. You are doing lifafa journalism," he said outside a special court conducting Musharraf's treason trial.

"It looks like you are being paid by someone. You seem to be a paid person. You are undermining Pakistan's commando?"

Musharraf's supporters also joined Kasuri and shouted "Shame on you." The question asked by the journalist representing Nai Baat newspaper could not be heard.
 

KEY POINTS:

• Ahmed Raza Kasuri calls a journalist an Indian agent.
• The journalist's question triggered Kasuri's anger.
• Supporters of Musharraf joined Kasuri in condemning the journalist.
• The incident highlights tensions in Pakistani media.
• Kasuri accused the journalist of lifafa journalism.