Journalists Asad Toor, Gul Bukhari Exchange Allegations
The female journalist accused anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan was behind the attack on Asad Toor
Britain-based Pakistani journalist Gul Bukhari triggered a brawl on Twitter with freelance journalist Asad Toor after she claimed to know the attackers and both exchanged allegations.
The assault on freelancer in his apartment in Islamabad infuriated the journalist community.
Amid the situation, Gul Bukhari shared a Vlog and accused that anchorperson at GNN Imran Riaz Khan was behind the attack on Asad Toor.
She cited that Asad had criticized Imran Khan quite frequently in his vlogs and the latter held grudge.
The journalist said in her Vlog that two of three assaulters were from military intelligence while one was Imran’s personal bodyguard.
Lekin iss saray fasanay mein asal baat yeh hai, ke jabb tak Pakistani army ki khufiya agencies Shamil na hoN, koi geela teetar yeh kaam nahi kar sakta impunity ke saath. Iss liye mujrim fauj he hai.
Who was the mastermind of the attack on Asad Toor https://t.co/Nw7fL5xVrh
— Gul Bukhari (@GulBukhari) May 31, 2021
She claimed that the suspects deliberately used ISI’s name to dispel suspicion on them.
She advised the viewers to watch Asad Toor’s Vlogs to find out why she was so certain about the anchorperson’s involvement in the attack.
In response, Asad Toor called Gul Bukhari’s claims a ‘plethora of lies’.
He said added that it was a propaganda to damage his case, adding that he was waiting for the police investigation to complete.
That story is completely false and just a propaganda to weaken my case. Police is still investigating my story and I’m waiting for their conclusion, meanwhile all other theories making rounds on social media are just a “service” to my assailants to protect them and bail them out! https://t.co/ESTGe093Kk
— Asad Ali Toor (@AsadAToor) June 1, 2021
After this, Gul Bukhari returned with denial of propaganda allegations and questioned Asad how he could call her claims false if he did not know the assailants.
Asad, I am not in the propaganda business. And you should have had more ethics than to call my story a “service” to your assailants. If you don’t even know who attacked you, how did you call this completely false? On what basis? And what is your case exactly? https://t.co/0alROugBzS
— Gul Bukhari (@GulBukhari) June 1, 2021
