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After Meesha Shafi, More Females Allege The Singer Of Sexual Harassment

April 21, 2018 18:21·
Ali Zafar refutes allegation of harassment against him

Ali Zafar refutes allegation of harassment against him

"If the allegations are made despite a fight, we should keep the backgrounds of two artists in mind as to what is the past of Ali Zafar and of Meesha Shafi", he said. Inappropriate contact, groping, sexual comments should not fall in the grey area between humour and indecency. On Thursday, singer Meesha Shafi alleged Ali Zafar sexually harassed her and named him as a repeat offender, claims which Ali Zafar has "categorically denied" in a strongly worded statement. Osman Khalid Butt supported Meesha Shafi and wrote: "A woman breaks her silence about abuse, withstands character assassination & further abuse on social media, her story turns into memes and tone-deaf jokes that trivialize the issue, she fears ostracization - but sure, she did it for the cheap publicity". Denying about taking sides, Actor Maya Ali has shared, she respects Ali for the person he is and wishes for the truth to come out. I don't want to be too explicit.

Following Ghani, a LUMS Alumni named Maham Javaid lauded Shafi for her bravery and narrated an incident from "many years ago" when Ali "tried to kiss her cousin". I felt it, and I knew what happened. However, there has been no response (to Momina Mustehsan's tweet) by the Pakistani singer, who earlier said he intends to take legal assistance against Meesha Shafi.

She continued by saying that the whole issue is about the relationship of trust that men take too casually with women.

Ali Zafar refutes allegation of harassment against him

She added that women are afraid to go public with their tales of sexual harassment because of the prevalent culture of victim-shaming. "There is also enormous social pressure to 'not say anything", and keep matters like this private because some people may immediately question the woman's character, for their own defense, and drag women through courts and humiliate them, knowing fully well that it is impossible to prove cases of physical harassment, hence forcing some women to eventually have no option but to pull back their cases. "This affects families, lives, careers, all of it", the singer wrote.

Singer Momina Mustehsan requested Ali Zafar and other men to take responsibility of their actions if they are at fault. "Obviously you spend no time listening to women when they talk about how widespread harassment is in our society", tweeted Pakistani columnist Bina Shah. Don't be scared. They are strong because we are weak - lets change that.

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