I’m Allowed my Own Introspection: Ushna Shah
Pakistan actor Ushna Shah who recently came under fire on social media for saying that she would not “bully or ostracise” anyone for fear of the grave repercussions such measures may have on those being treated this way while referring to co-actor Feroze Khan, took to social media once again to justify her stance.
The Habs starlet’s comment drew great ire since Khan had been bashed on social media following allegations of abuse by his wife.
Taking to Instagram on Saturday, Ushna wrote a heartfelt and detailed note on her stance on the matter.
“This Ramzan, I’ve stood up to a powerful corporation in solidarity with a woman who lost her father to them. I’ve stood up for a friend taken into custody unjustly.”
The star’s argument is based on the condition faced by late TV show host Aamir Liaquat — who in the months leading up to his demise gained excessive notoriety for several controversial statements and was subsequently bashed on social media.
Citing the example, Ushna wrote: “I’ve urged people to not abuse an ex-colleague who allegedly wronged a woman, to a point where we might lose him like we lost Amir Liaquat- I have urged people not go to the other end of extreme from which there is no turning back, for I have seen what social media does; the punishment of stealing may be chopping hands, we tend to chop heads.”
She then referred to backlash and trolling she herself had faced during her wedding ceremony at the end of February.
“The backlash at my choice to wear the supposed “Indian style lehenga” and dance at my own wedding, was a prime example.
“So when hundreds of thousands of people abuse a person for whatever they allegedly did and abuse their family persistently, day and night, non-stop, I know what that can do and it isn’t fair punishment, she wrote.
