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Meesha Shafi, a Pakistani singer, accused pop star Ali Zafar of groping her in a recording studio two years ago. Because Pakistan is a country best described [to use former President Trump's words] a s**thole country, Shafi faces up to three years in prison for "criminal defamation."
Shafi's claim sparked the #MeToo movement in the Muslim-majority country that once harbored Osama bin Laden until he was found and put down. The movement allows women to publicly accuse men of sexual harassment and assault without evidence [like what happened to Brett Kavanaugh, if you recall].
The singer tried to have her case adjudicated under Pakistan’s law against sexual harassment in the workplace, but because she was not an employee of Zafar’s when they toured together, multiple courts have thrown out her case. Had she filed a police report at the time, her allegations would have been adjudicated, but she never filed.
The singer tried to have her case adjudicated under Pakistan’s law against sexual harassment in the workplace, but because she was not an employee of Zafar’s when they toured together, multiple courts have thrown out her case. Had she filed a police report at the time, her allegations would have been adjudicated, but she never filed.
Several other women have also made allegations against Zafar, and they too are being prosecuted for "criminal defamation," and they also face up to three years in the slammer. The charges against Shafi and the others was made by Zafar after he made a complaint to the authorities, The Wall Street Journal reported.
While neither Zafar nor the women have proved their case, activists in the wonderful land of Pakistan have said that charging Shafi will scare other women from coming forward when this happens to them. If Shafi lied, however, then there is no reason to believe real victims wouldn’t come forward simply because a false accuser was punished. But it all depends on the "if."
Zafar has adamantly denied Shafi’s claims as well as those of other women, saying the allegations have hurt his career, much like Andrew Cuomo and Harvey Weinstein made similar claims.
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