KARACHI – Veteran actor Firdous Jamal has been heavily criticised ever since he made ageist remarks about Mahira Khan on Faysal Qureshi’s morning show. Many celebrities came out in support of the Mahira Khan.
Reacting to the matter, Pakistani acclaimed producer Momina Duraid, who penned a lengthy note on Instagram and declared that her company, MD Productions “will not work with Firdous Jamal again in any capacity because of his ‘Sexist’ remarks on Mahira Khan.”
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Son of Jamal, Hamza Firdous, responded to the post of Momina Duraid and began a hashtag in support of his father, which began trending on twitter.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/lifestyle/mahira-khans-dignified-response-to-firdous-jamal-officially-makes-her-the-queen-of-hearts/
Hamza took to twitter to support his father and wrote, “I stood today for my father. On our behalf, the matter was already closed. But it was reopened by Momina Duraid to ban Firdous Jamal in a very disrespectful and abusive way. #Supportfirdousjamal.”
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/lifestyle/shaan-shahid-is-not-pleased-with-firdous-jamals-ageist-comments-about-mahira-khan/
Later With the hashtag #Letsbringoutpride, actor Shaan Shahid was quick to tweet back in support of Firdous and other senior actors who have contributed a lot in Pakistani cinema but never got recognition.
Shaan said: “An artist lives in his own zone, he speaks his own language. His choice of words might be hated but his endless dedication to his work and his brilliance in acting can never be disrespected.”
https://twitter.com/mshaanshahid/status/1156661717746819077
Superstar Humayun Saeed also shared his views on the matter saying that “I had tweeted after I saw Firdous Sahab sharing his opinion about Mahira Khan. I have no problem with him sharing his opinion but since his tone was a bit rude, I felt I needed to address it”.
https://twitter.com/iamhumayunsaeed/status/1155124578227773441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1155124578227773441&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.somethinghaute.com%2Fthis-isnt-a-good-precedent-humayun-saeed-reacts-to-momina-duraids-decision-to-ban-firdous-jamal%2F
Actor Feroze Khan also came in support of the veteran actor. He took this issue on twitter and wrote: “My question is what freedom of speech gets you. Getting someone bread and butter cancelled. If it does then I want every single thief out there bashing any human being on the internet gets cancelled the same way. Because you can’t, enough is enough. Get up before you are next.” He wrote.
Popular TV actor Zainab Qayum had also shared her thoughts on the matter and gave an unbiased opinion in an Instagram post.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0sMwYCgWdi/
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