Host Iqrar-ul-Hassan often goes around being a daredevil exposing frauds on camera. Recently, a clip went viral in which he is seen slapping a man in the midst of a sea of people. The entire thing was recorded and now making the rounds on the internet. From what it seems, the video is a snippet from the TV show and he apparently caught a bad guy and thought it to be okay to slap him while he was at it.
People were quick to pick this up and condemned this act by Iqrar-ul-Hassan.
ایک اینکر کو کس نے اجازت دی ہے کہ وہ ایک شہری کو تھپڑ مارے بے شرم انسان خود کو بدمعاش سمجھتے ہیں۔بھاشن دیتے وقت اپنے کرتوت بھی یاد رکھا کرو @iqrarulhassan pic.twitter.com/H8GzdsbBt1
— Hoorain Pervaiz 🇵🇰 (@HoorainPervaiz) May 22, 2021
People were pissed at Iqrar ul Hassan, questioning his morals and his authority to hit someone
یہ کیا بکواس ہے😡 پہلے @iqrarulhassan نے اس بندے کو تھپڑ مارا پھر باقی پبلک نے بھی اسے مارا، یہ کہاں کی تہذیب ہے جناب اقرار صاحب، کس نے آپکو یہ حق دیا ہے کہ کسی بھی شخص کی یوں تذلیل کریں!!! جو بھی معاملہ ہو آپکو کوئی حق نہیں تھا کہ اس شخص پر ہاتھ اٹھاتے!!
— Yasmin Faiz (@yasu_adv) May 22, 2021
Some even called him a “mobster” for committing such an act.
He is not anchor, he has become a Violent Terrorist now, he commits violence in public and incites people to violence, promoting Mob violence. What if this Mob had gone out of control?
— Fawad MD (@FawadMd1) May 22, 2021
Some suggested that he should have been punished for the slap.
اقرار الحسن کو اسی وقت چوک میں الٹا لٹکا کر جوتے مارنے چاہئے تھے
— Sardar Abdul Rehman.. وزیراعظم مریم نواز (@SardarAbdulRe16) May 22, 2021
While the general public reacted to the video, social media personality Nasir Khan Jan also tweeted his reaction to this video. He shared his sheer disappointment with the anchor and called him out for being reckless.
This is very shameful for @iqrarulhassan . Kuch b ho ap mic or camera pakr k public mai ek banday ko Thappar maar rahe hain . I dont expect this from u sir . Public to hai hi jahil lakin ap aisa kaisa kr skte hain . U hurt me and many Pakistani seriously https://t.co/tnTRJfhdEE
— Nasir Khan Jan (@NKJModel) May 22, 2021
Many people praised Nasir Khan Jan for talking about Iqra-ul-Hassan and his actions.
Wow nasir khan jan sb you proved yourself to be a wonderful man along with legendary model. https://t.co/UPnPE9Gskh
— Engr Irfan Wazir (@engr_IrfanWazir) May 22, 2021
Even celebrities are cursing @iqrarulhassan. Shame. https://t.co/uOCqxsFtTe
— Khattak Zad🇵🇰 (@KhattakZad) May 22, 2021
While others were disappointed to witness something like this as they considered Iqrar-ul-Hassan to be their role model.
Shame on u Iqrarulhassan!!That’s y I called u the Celebrity of the Twitter and one of most favourite candidates for pk 15 Dir(L)in the next upcoming election NKJ.. https://t.co/UGK4ksJY3j
— Drshahzadzahir (@drshahzadzahir) May 22, 2021
Soon after the video caught attention, Iqrar ul Hassan also responded to the backlash. He shared his side of the story in a tweet along with a video. We advise viewer discretion.
بارہ سالہ بچی کو باندھ کر اس کی برہنہ ویڈیو بنانے والے شخص کو میں نے تھپڑ کیوں مارا ؟ صرف وجہ بتا رہا ہوں، اپنے اس عمل کا دفاع نہیں کر رہا۔ یہ ویڈیو دیکھیں گے تو آپ کو اندازہ ہو گا کہ میری جگہ آپ ہوتے تو آپ بھی یہی کرتے، پھر بھی میرے ہاتھ اُٹھانے کا کوئی
جواز نہیں۔ مجھے ندامت ہے pic.twitter.com/FczNVlK2nO— Iqrar ul Hassan Syed (@iqrarulhassan) May 22, 2021
With the video that he shared, Iqra-ul-Hassan explained that this man was committing a heinous crime by abusing a minor girl and blackmailing her on top of it.
He claimed that he is not defending his action and regretted slapping this man but considering what that man did he could not help but hit him. As a response to his video many people sided with him claiming that they were sure there was a solid reason behind his action.
مجھے یقین تھا کوئی نہ کوئی معقول وجہ ہو گی تب ہی آپ جیسا شخص اس طرح جذبات میں آیا۔
پتا نہیں لوگ کب تک بنا دونوں سائیڈ کا موقف جانے بنا بس ون سائیڈ سٹوری پر طوفان بدتمیزی برپا کرتے رہینگے۔
اللہ تعالی ہم سب کو ہدایت عطا فرمائے۔ آمین
— M. Saad Arslan Sadiq (@Arslan_Sadiq) May 22, 2021
میں ہوتا تو اسکا قیمہ بنا دیتا۔۔وضاحت دینے کی ضرورت نہیں
— ALI-PTI (@abdulalialvi) May 22, 2021
I am so proud of you 🙌
I was damn sure koi aisi waja zaroor hoga jis ki waja say ap nay hath uthaya but the way you have accepted your mistake & apologized… Literally I'm speechless !
More power to you brother. Salaamat rahain hamesha 😇— Azka Dar💕(Janbaaz) (@dar_azka) May 22, 2021
More power to you for helping innocent citizens of Pakistan. I am Glad you’ve cleared it and apologised for your actions.
— Ihtisham Ul Haq (@iihtishamm) May 22, 2021
Despite the justification, some people were not convinced.
Dont justify yourself yu r not a justice but a curse on society, no one is above law yu are beating a person n inciting mob against him, should have handed him to polic with evidences, no one in country allowed to take law in their own hands..what is Police for??
— Zarrar Anzal (@_ZarrarAnzal) May 22, 2021
تمھیں تھپڑ مارنے کی اجازت نہیں ہے۔تم قانون کو ہاتھ میں نہیں لے سکتے ۔
اس طرح تو یہ ملک جنگل بن جائے گا ہر شخص خود ہی سزائیں دے گا۔— Ahmed Bhatti (@AhmedBhatti20) May 22, 2021
The incident has turned into a heated debate with some siding with the anchor while others condemning the act. What are your thoughts on the issue?
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