ISLAMABAD: The minister for information has urged the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to initiate legal action after a military critic apparently accused top actors Sajal Ali, Kubra Khan, and Mehwish Hayat of being used as “honey traps” by the top brass of Pakistan Army.
According to the Associated Press of Pakistan, Marriyum Aurangzeb condemned the “character assassination campaign”, saying “the entire society must condemn those who are promoting the culture of such malicious campaigns aimed at character assassination and spreading insolence and incivility.”
Her statement came after Adil Raja, a retired Pakistan Army major, claimed in a YouTube video that some of the nation’s female actors were used by the military to trap politicians.
He didn’t name any actors but he ended up revealing the actors’ initials.
Soon after the video went viral, social media users were quick to make assumptions that the actors in question are Ali, Khan, and Hayat.
“It is very sad that our country is becoming morally debased and ugly; character assassination is the worst form of humanity and sin,” Ali wrote in a tweet on Monday.
It is very sad that our country is becoming morally debased and ugly; character assassination is the worst form of humanity and sin.
— Sajal Ali (@Iamsajalali) January 2, 2023
Hayat, who plays the role of Aisha in Ms Marvel, also called the allegations “baseless”.
“Shame on you for spreading baseless allegations and insinuations about someone you know nothing about and even bigger shame on people who blindly believe this bullshit,” she wrote on Instagram.
“But this stops and it stops now! I will not allow anyone to defame my name in this way anymore.”
According to the state-owned agency, Aurangzeb said actors are not only an asset of the country but its identity at an international level due to the status they have earned in society through their hard work and stardom.
She regretted the “character assassination” of women who achieve a status in life, be it journalism, politics, art or any other field. The minister slammed those who only care about the honour of their own mothers and sisters but not of other women.
“The way some persons abused others for a difference of opinion, launched a vile attack on women and [were] involved in disrespecting and harassing others’ mothers and sisters, showed how they themselves have been brought up,” the minister said.
