Pakistani celebrities including singer-songwriter Ali Zafar, actor Humayun Saeed and several others voiced their support for legendary former speedster Shoaib Akhtar after his altercation on a PTV show with anchor Dr Nauman Niaz Tuesday night. He walked off the show set after being insulted by the anchor.

Many came to Akhtar’s defense after the incident, including celebrities such as Mawra Hocane, Ali Zafar Momina Mustehsan and Humayun Saeed.

It was a very shocking thing to watch, when the PTV director, Nauman Niaz told Akhtar on air to leave the studio over a disagreement between Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf. The host called Shoaib Akhtar over-smart and even rude for the disagreement.

Actor Muneeb Butt also took Twitter and asked why everyone feels it is necessary to behave like the prime minister of Pakistan.

Actors Humayun Saeed and Adnan Siddiqui took to Twitter to speak up as well and so did Senator Shibli Faraz.

Akhtar was a part of a show name Game On Hai alongwith guests West Indies batting legend Sir Vivian Richards, former England captain David Gower, former Pakistan women’s captain Sana Mir and former fast bowler Umar Gul.

The panel was discussing the Pakistan-New Zealand T20 World Cup match which Pakistan won by five wickets. In the discussion, Akhtar credited PSL’s Lahore Qalandars franchise for discovering Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf.

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When Niaz called him over-smart, rude and asked to leave, Akhter then announced his resignation from PTV and said he could not continue with the programme because of how he was treated on national television before walking off.

PTV’s administration took notice and formed a committee to investigate the incident, according to a statement posted on its sports channel’s official Twitter account.

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