Zaira Quits: ‘Pakistan Has Seen Such Exits, We Can Understand Her’

Zaira Wasim’s religious sermon has kicked off a debate that might take a while to die down. We, in Pakistan, are somewhat used to seeing this change of heart (as Zaira has expressed about her career) – Junaid Jamshed and Veena Malik are two names that immediately come to my mind.

Yet, there is something equally disturbing to note, apart from Zaira’s ‘deliverance’ from the big bad world of cinema: most reactions to her decision to quit the film industry, fell under two automated categories.

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Lydbog: 9. juli 2019