So, last year Khalil-Ur-Rehman Qamar fell prey to a major controversy when during a live interview he verbally abused Marvi Sarmad and talked ill about her on live television. Many of our celebrities came forward and talked against Khail-Ur-Rehman Qamar who is considered to be the biggest name when it comes to scriptwriting in Pakistan. Mahira Khan was also one of those celebrities who spoke up against Khalil-Ur-Rehman Qamar courageously even though Mahira has played a leading character in the drama serial Sadqay Tumharay which was based on KRQ’s own life story.
In a recent show “Ghabrana Mana Hai” host Vasay Chaudhry read out the tweets of Mahira Khan. The first one in which she commented on Khalil-Ur-Rehman Qamar’s act and the second one was a follow-up and had some contradictions with the first one.
I am shocked at what I have just heard and seen!! Sick to the core. This same man who abused a woman on tv is revered and given project after project because of what? We are as much to blame if not more for perpetuating this thinking! #khalilurrehmanqamar
— Mahira Khan (@TheMahiraKhan) March 4, 2020
I personally think it’s imperative that those that stand with the idea of standing up for your rights should write and speak with clarity. A lot gets lost when we try to match jahaaalat with jahaalat, abuse with abuse. There MUST be a difference.
— Mahira Khan (@TheMahiraKhan) March 4, 2020
Talking about two of her contradicting tweets Mahira said: “The first tweet obviously there was very much anger and it was instinctive. But the second tweet was probably after I went through what people were saying. This is the biggest problem that if someone is abusing we feel like abusing in return. That’s why it is said that it is imperative that if we are talking about feminist rights and rights for women and equality because we have to talk about a very important subject. And it was a very big thing for me to say what I did about Khail Saab because I respect him as a writer I have done one of his beautiful plays and again I am separating the artist from the person. But can we do that, that’s the question, it’s a difficult call. And you know what happened when I tweeted, two sides were completely against me and I was like dude no one has the guts to even do this. And I did it because I truly believe that the kind of things he said wasn’t right.”
