ISLAMABAD: Renowned film actress Resham has exposed dubious claims made bythe singer Meesha Shafi against Ali Zafar.

She questioned sexual harassment allegations against Ali Zafar asking howit is possible for the women who were harassed to not retort.

“How can it be true that Ali Zafar harasses a woman and she doesn’t slaphim back, hit him with a shoe, push him away or complain to his wife?” theactress said as she broke her silence on Pakistan’s first high-profile#MeToo case.

In thecommentsthat she made on Geo News’ programme *Capital Talk*, Reshamcited her 20-year-long acquaintance with Ali Zafar for her stance that leftmany stunned.

“I have known Ali Zafar for 20 years; he is someone who gives a lot ofrespect to others… who gives respect to women,” she told host Hamid Mir.

“Ali cannot do such a thing [harass a woman],” she said, explaining herviewpoint on the accusations that actress-musician Meesha Shafi haslevelled against Zafar.

“Ali knows thedifference between friendship and harassment. He cannot dosuch a thing.”

Last week, Shafi took to Twitter to publicly accuse Zafar of physicallyharassing her on “more than one occasion”.