Tag: Moral policing
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For Pakistanis, happy brides aren’t the prettiest
Was there an earthquake on our Instagram account last night? We found some distressing comments bunched under the old war cry of ‘Is This The Islamic Republic Of Pakistan?!’. Some people declared that they will unfollow our account for posting such content. At first, naturally we thought this was in reaction to a murder story,…
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Iran abolishes ‘morality police’
After more than two months of protests triggered by the arrest of Mahsa Amini for allegedly violating the country’s strict female dress code, Iran’s local media said on Sunday that the country has suspended it’s morality police. “Gasht-e-Ershad,” which translates as “guidance patrols,” and is widely known as the “morality police,” was a unit of…
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PTA, TikTok agree at a ‘mutually acceptable mechanism’ for content
TikTok Head of Public Policy-Emerging Markets and Head of Global CSR, Helena Lersch, along with her team visited the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) headquarters . PTA has agreed to work with TikTok to build a framework to guarantee that all content shared on the site is legal and safe for society. As per the press…
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‘I’m not Pakistani’: Faryal Mehmood claps back at a troll for bashing her choice of clothing
Actor Faryal Mehmood has slammed a troll for moral policing her over her choice of clothing. A netizen commented on Faryal’s photo saying: “Pakistan or Islam se belong karti hain, Isi baat ka kheal dil me le aati to asi dressing hergiz na kerti. You are islamic and Pakistani girl.” View this post on Instagram…
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Momina Mustehsan hits back at trolls moral policing Alizeh Shah
Momina Mustehsan has hit back at the trolls who were moral policing actress, Alizeh Shah for her choice of clothing. Alizeh recently shared a video of herself in a light pink outfit and people started shaming her. Shah captioned the video, saying: “Not seeking approval.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alizooo…
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Yasir Hussain hits back at trolls telling Mahira Khan to wear a dupatta
While many are appreciating Pakistani celebrities for raising their voice for Palestine, others have their priorities displaced and are moral policing Mahira Khan for not wearing a dupatta to the pro-Palestine protest outside the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday. Yasir Hussain and Ahmed Ali Butt stepped forward to defend their colleague and hit back at…