Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar on Thursday condemned the reported incident involving veteran TV actor Mohammed Ahmed on the set of a drama serial and proposed a mentorship programme for emerging artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Taking to his official X handle, the information minister said the incident had highlighted the need for greater guidance and professionalism within the television industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“What happened with Muhammad Ahmed, senior TV artist on the set of a drama serial, is not only condemnable but highly deplorable”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI would like to offer a solution in the form of a mentorship programme for young TV artists headed by senior TV artists like Ahmed sahib <\/em>or a council on the same format,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tarar further said he would convene a meeting of television artists to seek suggestions on the proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The minister said the initiative was aimed at encouraging experienced performers to mentor younger artists and fostering a more respectful and professional working environment in the country\u2019s entertainment industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tarar\u2019s statement came days after Mohammed Ahmed, in a recent podcast, recounted an incident in which he said a lead actor much younger than him allegedly ridiculed him on set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ahmed said the actor reminded others that he had once assessed his acting abilities before telling a producer he was “alright”. He also described an incident in which the actor took a portable fan from another cast member and pretended to style his hair while calling others to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After videos allegedly linking Fahad Sheikh to the incident surfaced on social media on Wednesday, he apologised to Ahmed, saying “half-baked stories” were being used to “set a narrative”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fahad also said he had apologised to Ahmed before the controversy emerged. “He is my senior, I am not ashamed to ask for his forgiveness publicly,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd if Ahmed sahab thinks my personal apology was not enough for him, then I apologise to him on this platform as well. I hope you don\u2019t keep any grudges against me because I would [never] think of insulting my seniors in any case,\u201d wrote the actor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar on Thursday condemned the reported incident involving veteran TV actor Mohammed Ahmed on the set of a..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-3.png",700,708,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-3-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-3-297x300.png",297,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-3.png",700,708,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-3.png",700,708,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-3.png",700,708,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-3.png",700,708,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8642,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8640\/revisions\/8642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}