Shehzad Roy, Ali Zafar support Mehwish Hayat's response on receiving 'Tamgha-e-Imtiaz'

KARACHI - Famed Pakistani stars Shehzad Roy and Ali Zafar come in support of Mehwish Hayat after she has received major backlash on social media after receiving Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.

On Pakistan Day, Mehwish Hayat along other 127 celebrities had received the accolade by the president of Pakistan. Later, Mehwish Hayat had thanked her family, fellows, fans and followers on her social media handles but along that on Tuesday (yesterday), Mehwish had penned down an elaborated note for all the haters and especially those who are criticizing the star on receiving the civil award.

Here is the post:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvd6OE_hgaz/?utm_source=ig_embed

In support of Mehwish, Shehzad Roy mentioned it on Twitter that one should admire all women in the media who despite all the hate continue to work hard untiringly.

The philanthropist tweeted on Tuesday (yesterday) lending support to  women in the field of arts, particularly to support Mehwish Hayat in which he stated:

“People waste no opportunity to tear down the Arts & women in PK. So of course if a woman wins an award in Arts, all hell wud break lose. U @MehwishHayat won the debate that followed & created an enabling environment for women from arts to come fwd.& when they do, trolls will think twice."

https://twitter.com/ShehzadRoy/status/1110565275538198530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenews.com.pk%2Flatest%2F449574-shehzad-roy-ali-zafar-come-out-in-support-of-mehwish-hayats-tamgha-e-imtiaz

Not only Shehzad but acclaimed Hamid Mir, Ali Zafar, Nadia Jamil and many other authors praised Mehwish Hayat after she made a tweet slamming her haters over her award.

Hamid Mir:

https://twitter.com/HamidMirPAK/status/1110498891512930305

Ali Zafar:

https://twitter.com/AliZafarsays/status/1110589749331460097

Mehwish Hayat was conferred Tamgha-e-Imtiaz on 23rd March by President Arif Alvi.

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