Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaaf Leader, Naeem Ul Haq, and Minister of Privatization, Danyal Aziz, made an appearance together yesterday on Tuesday, 23rd May at “Aapas Ki Baat”, a live show on GEO News.

Danyal Aziz made some inappropriate comments that resulted in a heated argument between the two and Naeem Ul Haq ended up slapping him.

PTI’s Naeem ul Haq slaps PML-N’s Danial Aziz in a live show #کون_لوگ_اوتسی pic.twitter.com/x39whhrBda

— Usman Manzoor (@usmanmanzoor) May 22, 2018

According to the details, Aziz called him a “thief” which was when he lost his temper and became violent.

Muneeb Farooq, the anchorperson of the show, kept trying to cool the two down, but it didn’t help. Pakistan People’s Party’s representative Nafeesa Shah, also a guest speaker at the show, left the show following the incident.

This was, however, not the first time this PTI leader has thrown a fit on-screen. Earlier in 2011, he threw a glass of water at a Pakistan People’s Party leader, Jamil Somro, during a live show and left the set.

People on Twitter have mixed ideas about the incident.

Some pointed out that this is no way to behave in a live television show. 

No matter how much I detest Daniyal Aziz, Naeem Ul Haq slapping him in live show shows how mentally unstable the latter is.. Kiya ghunday mawali ho ya leader? Would such people be able to maintain the sanctity of the House of Parliament

— Sherry (@CherieDamour_) May 22, 2018

Others requested Imran Khan to take disciplinary action against him.  

Is this guy crazy ? Is he suitable to be a tier one or two leader ? He needs psychiatric evaluation , intolerant behavior in politics is totally unacceptable @ImranKhanPTI would you take any disciplinary action against your gem Naeem ul haq who is famous for all wrong reasons https://t.co/t5ku3JOuDj

— Dr Humma Saeef (@HummaSaif) May 22, 2018

Some even applauded and praised Naeem Ul Haq for what he did!

Yes i hate Naeem ul Haq, No he did nothing wrong if he slapped Danyal he probably deserved it. #Overheard

— Godfather IV (@godfatheriv) May 22, 2018

This person pointed out that resorting to physical violence is not the solution no matter what!

Naeem Ul Haq resorting to physical violence when got short of arguments.. Imran Ismail boasting about it like its a thing so be proud of.. This is the kind of general leadership trend that leads to violent outages like that of Murad Saeed in the assembly #ہتھ_چھٹ_چور

— Sherry (@CherieDamour_) May 22, 2018

Marvia Malik, a trainee-anchor at Punjab based TV channel Kohinoor News has become Pakistan’s first transgender news anchor.

Marvia Malik is only 21, and has gone viral on Facebook and Twitter for all the right reasons. Her first on-screen appearance was on 23rd March 2018 and this step in Pakistan’s history was appreciated all over Pakistan.

Pleased by the gesture Marvia Malik expressed gratitude for the news channel for their approach, however she says that Pakistan needs to do more for the transgender community all over Pakistan. There aren’t enough career opportunities for the third gender. The conservative society does not completely accept them as active members and families feel ashamed to be associated with a transgender.

As Pakistan is moving towards becoming a more pluralistic society, the sense of tolerance is coming out on different platforms for the transgender society. The Senate on 7th March 2018 unanimously approved a bill for the protection of rights of transgender persons, empowering them to determine their own gender identity.

Marvia Malik graduated with a degree in Journalism from Punjab University, she applied for the position as she wanted to prove that people from the transgender community “are capable of any job, and can do anything they want.”

“I want to show the country that we are more than objects of ridicule … that we are also human,” she added.

The National Census in 2017 recorded the country’s transgender population for the first time, there are nearly 10,000 people who identify as transgender all across Pakistan.

There are great steps being taken for the transgender community all over Pakistan. Previously the KPK government entitled the transgenders for a driver’s license. Soon 15 driver’s license were issued to transgenders, with many individuals from the community flowing towards the local driving schools.

The bill empowering the transgender community in Senate has salient features that are welcomed with great optimism for people such as Marvia Malik and more. Pakistan is on its way to become a more unified society when it comes to transgender acceptance.

Let’s all join hands to make sure we turn Pakistan into a more accepting nation for our transgender society, to help them become an equal member of the society.