LAHORE – In April 2018, Pakistani singer Meesha Shafi had accused Ali Zafar of sexual harassment. Since then, the controversial case has seen multiple people taking the side of either Ali or Meesha regarding the case.
Some people stand with Meesha, claiming that Pakistan should also take strong measures against sexual harassers by following the global #MeToo movement. While some support Ali, saying that Meesha is misusing the #MeToo movement just to tarnish Ali’s reputation due to her personal agendas.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/lifestyle/ali-zafars-witnesses-recording-statements-in-defamation-case-against-meesha-shafi/
After a year, it seems highly unlikely that the case is getting closed anytime soon as new facts keep coming to light every day. Just in May of this year, media reported that nine witnesses came forward to refute Meesha’s allegations against Ali. You can see more on that here.
The recent development in the case comes from a woman named Sofi. On her twitter handle @seraphina444, Sofi has made tweets seeking an apology from Ali Zafar for posting a false allegation of harassment against him. The false allegation tweet, which was posted on the same evening Meesha had accused Ali, stated that Ali Zafar had gone to the US to attend a fundraiser by APNA which Sofi was organizing.
According to Sofi, they had sent a girl as their liaison to coordinate with Ali Zafar but later the girl claimed that Ali kept harassing her by moving close to her and touching her. Sofi also accused Ali of being a habitual “lecher” in that tweet.
But when a representative of Shaukat Khanum Hospital confronted her regarding her tweets, she deleted her tweet and later, her account as well. But on Monday Sofi reactivated her Twitter account to post an apology for Ali Zafar. She also posted a screenshot of the tweet which she had deleted last year.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/lifestyle/meesha-shafi-files-rs-2-crore-damages-suit-against-ali-zafar/?preview_id=366836&preview_nonce=42260adb49&post_format=standard&_thumbnail_id=366847&preview=true
Along with the screenshot, she wrote that she had posted that tweet because the woman in question had described the harassment incident to her. However, she had deleted the tweet that made the allegation within a day after new information was revealed to her about the incident.
She further added that she is also a victim of harassment. Being a supporter of the #MeToo movement, she was inclined to trust that woman but she was wrong about her and that she judged Ali based on her impartial judgment. She also posted that she had realized her mistakes and she wished to atone for her mistakes.
Since Sofi had mentioned Ali’s twitter account several times in her post, he was bound to notice it, and he did. Around 6:20 PM on Monday, he not only retweeted Sofi’s tweets in which she had refuted her allegations but also posted that it was courageous of her to apologize publicly.
Here are the tweets by Ali Zafar regarding this case:
https://twitter.com/AliZafarsays/status/1176117819425120256
https://twitter.com/AliZafarsays/status/1176120086949703680
https://twitter.com/AliZafarsays/status/1176122020226056193
The Meesha – Ali case doesn’t seems to end any sooner, things are getting complex day by day. Let us know your thoughts on this?
