Prof. Hoodbhoy rejects Haroon Rashid's allegations

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 12 July 2020

Professor Hoodbhoy responded to allegations made by columnist Haroon Rashid, which he described as vacuous and baseless. He questioned the accountability of public figures making slanderous claims.

Summary

ISLAMABAD—Rejecting the allegations of columnist Haroon Rashid against him, Professor Hoodbhoy said he could do nothing but laugh at them as vacuous and baseless.

"As a reaction what one can say but laugh," Hoodbhoy said in a video interview. However, he wondered how a person on a television program with reach to the whole country could slander anybody and get away with it.

In his talk show Muqbil on 92 News, Haroon Rashid said Professor Hoodbhoy, who was fired from his job at FC College, Lahore, worked for the US Embassy. He alleged that he had worked against the interests of the country since 1985.

Hoodbhoy said that if he had been a spy for the spy agencies of the US, Israel, India, and Afghanistan, he would have been a wealthy man. He added that he could provide a trail of whatever he has earned to the Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR).

Towards the end of the video, on a lighter note, he adds that if there is hidden wealth in his name, he would be happy to discover it and share half of it with Haroon.

KEY POINTS:

• Professor Hoodbhoy rejects allegations from Haroon Rashid.
• Rashid accused Hoodbhoy of working for the US Embassy.
• Hoodbhoy claims he would be wealthy if the allegations were true.
• He provides a trail of his earnings to the FBR.
• Hoodbhoy humorously invites Rashid to share any hidden wealth.