Actress Meera and Captain Naveed. PHOTO: JAVED YOUSAF
LAHORE:
A court ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday to investigate a case against actress Meera and her husband Captain Navid for a controversial video.
The additional district and sessions judge passed the order after police told him that was a case of cyber crime. Police also said they had no authority to put names on the exit control list (ECL). Shabbir Muhammad had filed a petition on January 20 that he had watched an “immoral clip” featuring the actress and her husband that he said tarnished the image of Pakistan. He requested the court to direct police to register a case against them and put their names on the ECL. The court had ordered police to register a case against the two if a cognisable crime was made out. The actress has said the video is a fake and an attempt to malign her. She has said that those who had uploaded the video on internet were trying to create problem for her.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 17th, 2014.
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It is ptetty obvious from that pornographic video that it was publicity stunt from an aging showbiz personality.i wonder how did it get into 3rd party's hands ?? Anyhow I am truely surprised by the guts of these so called liberals who have come to the defence of this shameful act which if unpunished will creat a bad precedent in country largely inhabited by conservative muslims. Law of the land, tradition and culture have been violated in that video and culprits must be brought to the court of law and punished accordingly. This is of utmost importance to uphold the moral values of our society .
Just when I think my country and its people can't sink any lower into sheer stupidity, news items like this come along. (Apologies for the upcoming all-caps, but I think it bears being shouted out loud): WHAT IS THE BUSINESS OF THE STATE IN JUDGING ON A PRIVATE VIDEO MADE BY A COUPLE AND THEN LEAKED BY A THIRD PARTY????
I sincerely believe that us Pakistanis are a victim of centuries of inbreeding (cousin marriages), which over the generations must have lead to an ingrained stupidity. No other explanation for why we do things that are unthinkable and laughable in all other countries, including those poorer than us.