Saba Hameed, mother of Meesha Shafi, recorded her statement in court today stating that her daughter informed her about the harrassement incidents two weeks prior to exposing Ali Zafar, but she did not urge Meesha to go public.
Additional Session Judge Amjad Ali Shah heard the Rs1 billion defamation case filed by actor-singer Ali Zafar against Meesha Shafi for accusing him of sexual harassment.
Saba Hameed admitted that there are incidents of harassment in the film industry which do not get exposed. She stated that she was shocked to hear about the incident with her daughter. “I did not urge her on going public but apprised her about the positive and negative consequences of going public with the accusations”, she added.
Responding to lawyer’s question,She said that after getting harassed three times, Meesha had made up her mind that she would not go to a place again where Zafar was.
Saba was asked by Ali’s lawyer as to why Meesha didn’t inform her immediately after getting harassed.
“I think it was because she was embarrassed,” she said. “Usually, women in Pakistan don’t talk about getting harassed.”
The court adjourned the proceedings till November 2 and called for further witnesses to record the testimony at the next hearing.
