This is why I think @AliZafarsays has been targeted maliciously, criminally and in a disgusting, defamatory way.

(Information that I'm sharing here is on the public record and public documents.)

#AliZafar #MeToo #FalseAllegations
(I was going to wait to do this but apparently a fake account cell is already active in targeting me with baseless claims - as is their habit - so I am going to share some stuff here which you can read at your own peril.) #MeToo #AliZafar #FalseAllegations
The first thing you should do is watch this entire program. I had not seen it until a few months ago. Please watch this in full if you haven't already.



(and please don't quote me stuff AZ has said in rejoinders before, I know it already)
Fake accounts were created. A whole narrative was built. Many well-meaning people such as myself supported the cause. What else would we do? We only went with the narrative and the information presented to us.

But hold on. Why didn't I see this? https://twitter.com/TahaSadaqat/status/1123182168023412736
We needed a villain so badly. We needed a hero so badly. We wanted to believe it was him. We wanted to throw eggs on him & loved the schadenfreude. We all wanted the moral high ground of being 'activists'.

#MeToo #FalseAllegations https://www.dawn.com/news/1485509 
"The witness further said that both singers were "standing four to five feet apart from each other" during the rehearsal session, that was being filmed."

You start picking at one point. It all starts coming apart. https://www.dawn.com/news/1481645 
How many of us who openly crapped on Ali Zafar and tarnished his reputation, likened him to actual criminals, shared unverified information, believed in hearsay, actually paid attention to this?

https://www.instagram.com/p/B2zGH9FlvMD/?igshid=18xw6lwelroxa
#AliZafar has been targeted b/c he is an easy target. He has been used by certain fauxtivists here who do not have the courage to come clean about their own dirty laundry but don't worry. This is a jungle. And the same sword you are living by, will come at you too.
As for the 'other women' all of them have been part and party to this propaganda against him.

I have nothing but respect for @AliZafarsays and @AyeshaFazli who have faced these insane two years. And I want to say it again. I'm sorry. I was wrong.
How would you like it if fake accounts came at you & screamed that you took a million dollars from them or that you assaulted them? This is not how justice works. Abuse & assault are serious matters, this is why witnesses are important. & Ali had them. Yet we still targeted them.
Many hypocrites here who I see speaking loudly abt bullying, mental health, feminism, activism blah blah blah target me b/c I was brave enough to understand that I was being used & my voice was being manipulated by these fauxtivists. They are not brave. They know it.
And I say this on the record. Many of you are afraid to speak up because you are afraid that what happened to me will happen to you. You will get 'canceled'. You will be targeted by fake accounts yet again.

Shame on you all. You would rather see injustice happen than apologize.
So every single person here who is reading this (I know you're blocked, but I know this will reach you), I want to tell you this.

I am not afraid. I am not afraid of FIA. I was not afraid of Ali Zafar when I spoke up against him and I am not afraid of your cliques now.
And you see what we did to #JohnnyDepp. He lost contracts. He lost actual will to live. He was on the suicide watch. The Sun called him a wife-beater (hearings are going on). I stood by Amber Heard too. Did she pay me too? Did Johnny Depp threaten me with FIA notices too?
You are so caught up in wanting to believe who you want to believe, you are so deeply involved in the web of lies and propaganda so DESIGNED to make Ali Zafar the devil incarnate, you would negate any evidence.

And no, 'my friend told me this' is not valid evidence or argument.
For two years I have stood by the narrative (I will not say victims) b/c how else could I justify this? I have written opeds, made vlogs, stood my ground, did whatever was in my capacity to speak up. And for what?

To find out that I was being manipulated by ppl who were using
the #MeToo movement for their own gains? Shame on you.

Oh and I am a survivor of abuse. So don't tell me I don't know what it's like. I was a child and I know EXACTLY what it is like. Shame on you all for using this movement for your own crap.
You would rather have someone die than accept you were wrong. The same libbus crying today about #SushantSinghRajput don't know how #MeToo was used against him too. How could you say that your crazy stupid comments did not contribute to his depression? Keep waving the SJW flag.
And for what it's worth. I think Meesha Shafi is being exploited as well. Who, you ask? It's definitely not Ali Zafar.

#MeToo #FalseAllegations
But what all of this has done is thrown apart the narrative that everything you see here & anyone who makes a random claim on social media (without evidence, hiding behind a fake account/shaky testimony) must not be believed or outraged for. It's stupid.
It's also important for journalists in Pakistan to get their head out of their cliques and actually do some real reporting. While I was the digital editor of Masala UAE, I consistently made sure that whatever we reported was not one-sided or in the favor of one person.
And you may be 'friends' with some people, but nothing, I repeat nothing, should matter more than your journalistic integrity in reporting facts. Do not let your activism get ahead of what is objective, truthful, factual reporting & investigation. #Metoo #Journalism
I am saying all of this today because not only have I lost friends over this, I have been called "sold" over this. And I will never ever forgive anyone who doubted my credibility as a journalist, as a person who speaks up for what she believes is right.

I'm not the sellout.
and I dare ANYONE. ANYONE of you to stand before me & prove that I have taken money from anyone to tweet what I did.

Attention seeker. Drama. Opportunist. All of these words were used against me. Because ... well. Now you know. We wanted a villain so badly, didn't we.
To all the ppl who were a part of this campaign (wittingly & unwittingly) to target #AliZafar, to make sure u were championing feminism by cyberlynching a man, u should apologize.

For all the friends who doubted my integrity, I don't want your apologies. Apologize to Ali Zafar.
For anyone who has made to the end of this thread, thank you for reading. If you agree with me, thank you once again. If you don't agree with me, I'm sorry you feel that way. Read without bias.

(Have a good day ahead. Don't attack me anymore. I am tired of this.)
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