on Twitter. He then showed that even Jamaat-e-Islami had mistakenly shown a map that showed Indian Occupied Kashmir as part of India.
However, Khanzada stressed, this does not mean that the people who made this mistake are a part of a greater conspiracy or that their patriotism can be questioned. These mistakes are just that: Mistakes. He said he would defend them if anyone made any allegations against them in this regard - and would even defend ARY’s news production team and anchors on this matter.
In any case, Khanzada said that if this entire controversy had hurt the sentiments of Pakistanis, he was apologetic - but he urged his fellow countrymen to differentiate between a mistake and “treason” and to recognise the propaganda being spread by self-serving elements who benefit from calling into question everyone’s patriotism. He welcomed feedback from all his viewers and thanked them for this and said he would continue listening to their voice.
Khanzada lashed out at those who hand out certificates of patriotism and freely label whomever they wish “traitors.” He also addressed the campaign launched against Geo News regarding them being “against Kashmir’s freedom.” Khanzada showed video clips from a period of 12 years, stressing that no channel had done more to highlight the cause of the Kashmiris and the atrocities committed by India in the region. He challenged anyone to show if any channel had produced even half of the content that Geo News had.
He put forward four questions - one, can the owner of a television channel determine who is a traitor and who is a patriot? Two, does a TV anchor have the right to hand out certificates of patriotism? Three, can those on social media create scales of patriotism? And four, can any social pressure groups determine such questions to suit their interests?
At the end of the show, Khanzada criticised ARY News’ top management for thinking they could question his patriotism, pointing out the various financial cases and scams they had been, and continue to be, involved in, including fraudulently filing for bankruptcy in the UK twice, should have a look at themselves before judging others.