A video of former Pakistan minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad is going viral on social media where he was seen spitting during a live television debate. The incident has left the Pakistanis disgusted with the minister’s gesture.

Netizens in splits over former Pak minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad’s spit on live TV debate

At least eight people were killed, including four policemen, and over 250 were injured in clashes between supporters of a radical Islamist party and the police in Pakistan’s Punjab state, prompting the Imran Khan government to deploy paramilitary forces for two months to control the situation.

Pakistan: 4 cops among 8 killed, over 250 injured in clashes between proscribed Islamist group and police

Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, who is Pakistan's interior minister, commented on the cancellation of Pakistan vs New Zealand cricket series as he said that security forces had received "no reports" of a threat against the NZ team that travelled to the South Asian nation.

'A planned conspiracy': Pakistan's interior minister reacts after New Zealand abandon cricket tour