LAHORE – Catwalk Event Management chairperson Farieha Altaf has spokenabout the sexual abuse she had to face in her childhood, after Kasur rapecase surfaced.

“I was sexually abused by our cook at age 6. My parents took action buteveryone remained silent as if it was my shame. At 34 I realised how it hadimpacted my life.the only shame is keeping SILENT,” Altaf wrote on Twitter.

Fashion model and actress Ushna Shah responded to Altaf by saying that shehas given her courage to speak about it.

Ushna Shah wrote: “Thank you brave woman. Mustering up the courage to speakabout mine now. This helps! Also, so sorry you went through that.”

Another name from the fashion world, Maheen Khan shared on social media:”The Maulvi who came to teach me the Quran abused me sexually .I froze infear day after day. Share in support of children subjected to the sick acts..by so called custodians of our religion.”

She asserted that she had begun to receive telephone calls after shetweeted about her traumatic experience, about similar incidents ofclerics molesting little girls.