Veteran journalists Shaheen Sehbai and Muhammad Malick clashed on X, exchanging sharp words over political claims, sparking a heated debate on media ethics, credibility, and growing rivalries within Pakistan’s journalism landscape.
Courtesy JournalismPakistan.com | Web Desk | Published September 08, 2025 at 06:25 am
ISLAMABAD — Veteran journalists Shaheen Sehbai and Muhammad Malick locked horns on X (formerly Twitter), triggering a storm of reactions across Pakistan’s media and political circles.
The dispute began when Sehbai claimed that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders had agreed to extend Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir’s tenure.
“Turmoil in Noon League: What’s happening — one day a meeting took place and it was revealed that Noon League leaders have decided to keep Asim Munir in power even longer — Rana Sana said the decision has been made — Muhammad Malik didn’t ask a second question and got himself humiliated,” Sehbai wrote.
The post, he later admitted, upset longtime friend and colleague Malick.
“From my tweet, my friend, my colleague Muhammad Malik got very upset and angry, who knows what all he wrote and the DM he sent me was burning with fire… I haven’t backed down from my words but I am trying to cool down his anger,” Sehbai added.
Malick responded with a stinging rebuke, dismissing Sehbai’s relevance.
“I decided a long time back to never respond to desperate irrelevant morons and since you more than qualify on all three counts Shaheen, you don’t deserve a real response either. But will give you one parting advice: seek medical help cause you need it… just look at what you have become… bhai!” Malick posted.
Sehbai stood his ground, firing back with equal force.
“Yes Sir I have med advice which is good. I left Pak 30 years ago … You keep adjusting yourself … Don’t get ghussa bhai, you are intelligent but dishonest. Do some soul searching.”
The clash underscores how personal ties and professional rivalries are now playing out in public. With one senior journalist speaking from the safety of the United States and the other operating from Pakistan’s capital under compromises, the episode reflects how seniority often takes a downturn when offense becomes the main weapon.
Who was right and who was wrong? That judgment rests with the readers.
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这俩老记者真是火气大，互不相让。网上吵来吵去，感觉就像小孩子吵架似的。不过话说回来，他们以前关系好像不错，现在怎么就为这点事闹得不可开交了？真是看不懂。