Web Desk: Moeed Pirzada and Shahbaz Gill, both facing cybercrime and sedition proceedings in Pakistan over what authorities describe as online hate speech and false propaganda, have started a controversy by attacking a public policy conference at Georgetown University and one of its speakers, Wajahat Saeed Khan.
Wajahat Saeed Khan again a controversial figure repeatedly trying to spread misinformation and disinformation campaign against high profile individuals of Pakistan’s current civil and military leadership.
The row centres on the Georgetown Pakistan Public Policy Conclave (GP3C), held on 15 November 2025 at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
Organisers describe the event as a forum for debate on Pakistan and its diaspora, jointly hosted by Georgetown’s South Asia Society and the Pak Futures Foundation.
In Pakistan, these ‘Moeed Pirzada and Shahbaz Gill‘ propagandists are named in FIRs filed by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency and the Federal Investigation Agency.
The cases accuse them of running anti-state social-media campaigns, spreading “fake and misleading information” against state institutions.
Both men are alleged to use their YouTube channels and X accounts to continually broadcast hostile commentary and false propaganda against Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership.
According to investigators this activity has harmed Pakistan’s reputation, undermined confidence in state institutions and risked provoking unrest at home by encouraging distrust and anger among viewers.
Despite their long history of promoting misinformation, the two online agitators turned their attention to GP3C.
In Urdu-language posts they questioned who was behind the conclave and hinted that some speakers were aligned with Pakistan’s “establishment”.
Their criticism did not cite evidence from the programme, funding details or the organisers’ public material.
Instead it relied on insinuation about motives and loyalties, echoing the pattern prosecutors say underpins the hate-speech and propaganda cases already filed against them.
On 15 November, Wajahat Saeed Khan responded on his X account.
Tagging Pirzada and Gill, he posted a photograph of himself sitting beside a skeleton and raising his middle finger to the camera.
In the caption, he wrote that the skeleton had taken their place at GP3C and was a “good replacement” because “he doesn’t wear a mask” and did not require fingerprints.
He ended the post with the hashtags #GP3C and #PakistanZindabad.
The tweet drew significant engagement online.
Critics say that by repeatedly attacking state institutions and policy forums in this way, Pirzada and Gill keep their social-media following and relevance alive while deepening polarisation and social tension inside Pakistan.
