Bollywood
The Pakistani actress was trolled and slut-shamed online after some pictures of her smoking a cigarette were leaked online. A similar incident happened with Mahira Khan too earlier
Updated : Jul 24, 2018, 03:36 PM IST
Pakistani actress Saba Qamar was attacked by trolls online after private photos of her were leaked. The photos show Qamar in a sheer shirt while holding a cigarette in her hand. The pictures were taken while the Hindi Medium actress was taking a cigarette break in the middle of a photo shoot.
Once the pictures were leaked, several people online started trolling and attacking the actress, saying that what she was doing was wrong because smoking was against her religion and position as a woman and that she was shaming the Muslim community.
She was also incessantly harassed by others who commented on her clothes and how revealing they were. The actress also received comparisons to Mahira Khan, who faced similar problems when some pictures of her clad in a white backless dress taking a cigarette break with Ranbir Kapoor made it to social media last year.
Saba Qamar has also begin following Mahira Khan, Is she even Muslim anymore ?? pic.twitter.com/yq6DAKAbWu
— M Hanzala Tayyab MHT (@OfficialHanzala) July 19, 2018
Saba Qamar, Mahira ko beat karne ke chakkar main nangi ho ke bhi phir le gi
— شیخ صاحبہ (@BlahBleh_) July 20, 2018
Bhai essa hai inka din e imaan paisa hai that's it
— Shahnawaz (@dars313) July 19, 2018
Saba qamar ko jitna ab zoom in kr k dekha hy itna pehle kbhi nai dekha
— Rao Absar (@MohdAbsii) July 20, 2018
While Saba herself hasn’t commented on the leak just yet, several of her co-stars and friends have come forward to defend Qamar and shut down the haters. These include Aijaz Aslam, Adnan Siddiqui and Baaghi co-star Osman Khalid Butt. There were several others who came to the actress’s defense, pointing out that slut-shaming is wrong and cigarettes and smoking harm everyone, regardless of gender.
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Came through what’s being called BTS images of my colleague and a friend #SabaQamar’s recently done photoshoot which is spreading on social media like wildfire, I’m deeply saddened by this act, this is not us and we shouldn’t take pride in it in any manner! #support #friendship pic.twitter.com/T17zud6k90
— Adnan Siddiqui (@adnanactor) July 20, 2018
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In fact, why don’t we let Qamar tell you herself?
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