By Newsdesk

A controversial TikToker has made headlines after releasing a private video of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif.

Following Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s arrest, Hareem Shah has gone on a campaign to expose politicians from the opposition party.

Shah shared a video where Sharif can be seen conversing with a woman in the reception area of a hotel, just before they went into a room together. While the woman’s face was mostly hidden, certain portions of the video provided brief insights into her appearance.

She claimed that the woman in the video is Sharif’s girlfriend.

The video was captioned: “Shehbaz Sharif’s two-hour long meeting with his new ‘girlfriend’ at a private hotel in London?

“First sat in the hotel lobby and drank tea for half an hour and then went to the room. Any shame?”

The video received mixed reactions, with most of the people criticising Shah.

Many leveled accusations against the influencer for encroaching upon Sharif’s privacy and urged authorities to take action on the matter. Some mentioned that the individual featured in the video was not Sharif.

The TikToker was also slammed for posting defamatory content that could harm reputation and several highlighted that the video was, in fact, dated back to 2017.

Shah’s post came a day after she issued a threat to reveal potentially scandalous videos involving Sharif. She announced: “I will release the first video of Shehbaz Sharif tomorrow at 12 noon for keeping Khan Sahib in jail illegally.”

“This time the video will play, not the video message.”

She said that her motive was to expose the former Prime Minister, alleging his involvement in a scheme to unlawfully arrest Imran Khan. It seemed that she intended to release more than one video.

Shah was first noticed by media outlets when she was seen visiting offices of high ranking officers in Pakistan during PTI’s rule. She has also posted several videos of meetings with government officials on her TikTok account.

After Imran Khan’s arrest earlier this month, she vowed to release “scandalous photos and videos of various political figures” for everyone to see.

On 7 August, 2023, she released a video allegedly involving a federal minister associated with the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), where it was shown that he had hosted a live mujra at his Islamabad home.

The footage showed a woman in a blue dress dancing seductively and framed portraits of PPP figures the late Zulfikar Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari could be seen in the background.

Shah, however, did not reveal which minister she was trying to expose in the video.