'Koi sharam hoti hai': Fazlur Rehman turns Khawaja Asif's famous line on him in the NA

For years “koi sharam hoti hai, koi haya hoti hai” has belonged to Khawaja Asif. On Wednesday, 28 October, Maulana Fazlur Rehman borrowed it, pointed it straight at the defence minister across the National Assembly floor, and got the whole House laughing. By Thursday morning the clip was everywhere and hashtags like #مولاناکی_للکار were trending in Pakistan.

What did Fazlur Rehman say to Khawaja Asif?

The JUI-F chief was talking about the meeting held in Tehran on Monday, where Field Marshal Asim Munir sat with Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin to meet Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. It was the first time representatives of the Makkah defence pact, signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye in August, had met Iran’s leadership.

Fazl’s point was simple: a defence agreement is being discussed in Iran, and the defence minister is sitting here in Islamabad. “Khawaja Asif sahib is also present here,” he said, before asking whether the foreign and defence ministers had some other duty to attend to. Then, looking at Asif, he delivered the line: “Koi sharam hoti hai, koi haya hoti hai.”

Asif smiled and stayed in his seat. Members on both sides laughed.

Why is the clip going viral?

Because the line is already a meme. Asif first fired it at PTI lawmakers in the National Assembly years ago, and it has lived on in reaction videos, WhatsApp stickers and comment sections ever since, usually aimed at anyone caught doing something cheeky. Hearing it said back to the man who made it famous, in the same House, is what made people hit share.

JUI-F Senator Kamran Murtaza posted the moment on X with a one-line caption, and the video had thousands of likes within hours.

What else was in Fazl’s speech?

The joke was the shareable bit, but the speech was mostly serious:

• He accused the government of misusing the Constitution when it imposed an emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 11 October, saying power there was transferred “by force”.
• He called on the government and opposition to sit at one table and agree a new Charter of Democracy, warning that “the capacity for tolerance has ended”.
• He said he had tried to defuse PTI’s march on Islamabad and that Deputy PM Ishaq Dar later phoned him to say the cabinet did not agree with his proposal. That is Fazl’s account; the government has not given its version of the call.
• He questioned law and order in Balochistan.

Speaker Ayaz Sadiq let him finish but said unparliamentary words would be struck off, and one sentence was removed from the record. Supporters of the JUI-F say parts of the speech were cut, which is where the #سنسرڈ_پارلیمنٹ_نامنظور hashtag comes from; the Assembly has not said anything beyond the expunged sentence.

What did the government say?

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhary replied that governor’s rule in KP will last six months and that the emergency covers only a few districts hit by terrorism. Asif has not answered the jab in the House so far. If he does, expect him to reach for his own line one more time.