London: A British-Pakistani stand-up comedian was recently probed by the police after he used a derogatory term in his act “Meet Abu Hamsta and Paki Bashir”. The comedian, Jeff Mirza was dressed as a butcher ‘Paki Bashir’ at the show. He was questioned by the Edinburgh police after they received a complaint from a man of Pakistan origin, who claimed he was offended on seeing the ‘Paki’ word in a poster, the Daily Star UK reported.
Mirza, on seeing the man at a police station in Edinburgh, tried to explain him why it was okay to use the P-word. He said, “I told him my daughter, four, had been racially abused while playing at Valentines Park in Ilford and for many years after that, I had been angry when I heard that word.”