ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s top actress Mahira Khan has said, “Like every woman,I do have a #MeToo story; but if somebody wants to share somethingpersonal, they should do it when they want to, not because there is amovement or someone else is talking about it.”
In 2017, #MeToo campaign stirred Hollywood with sexual harassmentallegations against producer Harvey Weinstein. Globally, many more actorscame in support of the campaign and revealed their stories of exploitationin the industry.
Now, Pakistani actress Maria Khan has come ahead to reveal her #MeToostory.
The 33-year-old actress’s film Verna was denied a clearance from theCentral Board of Films in Pakistan and the ban was lifted just hours beforethe film’s release.
“What we have to bear in mind is that, yes, Verna was going to get bannedbecause of the decision of a small minority, but [it] did not get bannedbecause of the majority who stood up for the film. To me, that is avictory,” she told Guarfian in an interview.