Meesha Shafi says wanted to resolve an issue with Ali Zafar privately
During the first session of her cross-examination, singer Meesha Shafi on Monday said she decided to speak up about the alleged incidents of sexual harassment after the matter could not be resolved privately.“… it became clear to me that this matter was not being resolved privately,”
she said, responding to the queries of the counsel for actor-cum-singer Ali Zafar, who is pursuing a defamation suit against the female singer. Asked about the possibility of private resolution, she said the resolution would have looked like an acknowledgment or apology from Zafar about his past behavior so that she could commit to her work feeling safe or not bring him to her space and make it unsafe for her.
She admitted that she tweeted one day before the recording of the first show of a concert on April 19, 2018. She said her intention was to help herself as nobody was helping her.
Shafi said she became a permanent resident of Canada in 2016 and admitted that her husband worked for the plaintiff during the same year in the foreign country.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Khan Mahmood adjourned the hearing for Tuesday.
In his suit, Zafar said the allegations tarnished his image in public and his family had been facing agony and pain.
He asked the court to issue a decree against Shafi and direct her to pay Rs1bn as damages to him.
Meesha Shafi says wanted to resolve an issue with Ali Zafar privately
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