Jannat Mirza clarifies that she is not moving to Japan

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.