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Social media celebrity Nasir Khan Jan garnered massive support after he was bullied at the morning show “Naya Din” on a private TV channel. While netizens slammed host Muhammad Shoaib for disgracing Jan as a guest they also appreciated the latter for keeping his cool throughout the show.
ناصر خان جان کہتے ہیں محنت سے باڈی بنائی ہے، دکھاؤں گا تو ضرور۔۔۔ @kiranaftabahmed @mshoaib336 @Nayadinsamaa pic.twitter.com/ZUvK7CpD4q
— SAMAA TV (@SAMAATV) May 6, 2019
Later, Jan posted a video on his Facebook page in which he opened up about the incident and also thanked his followers for supporting him. Khan Jan later said in the post, “I am so thankful to you all for the comments and posts that supported me and my right to speak.”
“I am filled with gratitude because of the positive response and I really hope that in the future I get the same positivity. It is my job to entertain you all and I will keep doing that to spread the positivity.”
During the interview, the host of the show continuously ridiculed the social media sensation calling his videos vulgar and unethical and kept addressing Nasir in a high pitched tone with no regards for journalistic ethics. He also schooled the hosts of the morning shows on the respect and dignity of the guests.
“When you invite a guest on your show, please respect them. If you treat them with respect, more will happily come on your shows. I wasn’t aware of the questions I would be asked and what would happen on [Naya Din].”
He adds, “Whenever we go on a show, we hope to get a positive reception and to be treated nicely because they are representing us. We don’t expect them to degrade us and ruin our image.”
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A few days ago, the video of the morning show host insulting Nasir Khan Jan went viral on social media. The video, however, irked the netizens who demanded the host to apologize to Khan.
This is pretty shameful – I know morning shows are not doing well on most channels, but this one on Samaa takes the cake – invites a guest only to insult him – copying this from Arnab Goswami I presume who has perfected it to an art – credit to Nasir Khan Jan who kept his cool pic.twitter.com/p90ecYwcor
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) May 7, 2019
“This is pretty shameful – I know morning shows are not doing well on most channels, but this one on Samaa takes the cake – invites a guest only to insult him – copying this from Arnab Goswami I presume who has perfected it to an art – credit to Nasir Khan Jan who kept his cool,” a journalist, Omar Quraishi lauded Khan for his calm responses.
https://twitter.com/mshoaib336/status/1125660504939278336
Muhammad Shoaib replied to the online criticism with a tweet saying “I respect criticism and silence is my best response. Watch complete show, live sessions afterwards and then follow haters. Simple.