Jannat Mirza clarifies that she is not moving to Japan

The TikTok influencer, however, does intend to pursue higher education in the country

Pakistan's leading TikTok influencer Jannat Mirza recently announced that she is moving to Japan permanently. The 22-year-old who has over 10 million followers made the comments a few days after TikTok was banned across the country. While the ban on TikTok was subsequently lifted, many had assumed that Mirza's decision was in wake of how the app had become a topic of controversy.

However, the TikTok influencer has now clarified that she is not moving permanently to Japan and made the comments in the heat of the moment. She also stated that her comments had to do with the increasing rape cases in Pakistan and misogynistic narrative being perpetrated by certain officials as opposed to the TikTok ban.

"A lot of channels and blogs had published headlines that 'Jannat Mirza is moving to Japan because of banning culture in Pakistan'. I never said that I was moving because of banning culture. I knew that TikTok was going to get unbanned since I was in contact with the company. I did make a statement about moving to Japan but it was after seeing countless reports about women children being raped in the country. The final draw for me was when an official said that the victim shouldn't have gone out in the first place," she said in a video.

 

" I am not Moving to Japan " Says Jannat Mirza

" I am not Moving to Japan , I will come back to my Pakistan after completing my studies and have plans to work behind the camera as well as director or producer " says Tiktok star Jannat Mirza ! In a recent live sesssion with fans Jannat Mirza denied rumours of moving to Japan because of banning culture , she says she made statment to move Japan permanently because of unsafe environment of Pakistan for women, as there were so many news of rape cases on news channels and the irresponsible behaviour of police officials on the incident made it worst , but Media misquoted her statment and spread fake news .

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Adding on, Mirza stressed that her stay in Japan is temporary. " Anyway, I am not moving o Japan and coming back to Pakistan. But I will go back after a few months since after finishing my university in Pakistan, I want to pursue higher education," Mirza further clarified.

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