LAHORE – Senior journalist Haroon ur Rasheed lands in trouble over theissue of the leaked audio tape of his conversation.
He is in hot waters after an audio clip of his phone call misbehaving witha police officer went viral on social media.
He has expressed regret over losing his temper during the conversation.
In the leaked clip, which is now the talk of the town, the veteranjournalist can be heard inquiring a police officer named Rehan about adetainee, Nadeem Abbas.
During the conversation, Rasheed, who is in China for past four days,citing sources claimed that the accused is innocent and is being torturedin police custody.
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The policeman, in response, said that the accused is on physical remand, towhich, the journalist said: “Your IG will see you.”
Amid the exchange of heated words, Haroon ur Rasheed lost his temper andcall the police officer *Gadhey ka bacha *(son of a donkey). The policemanlost his temper at such abusive language and ended the call, asking thejournalist to come and meet him.
As the clip went viral, social media users including members of journalistcommunity started criticising Rasheed over his rude behaviour with theofficial.
