{"id":336784,"date":"2021-11-25T11:12:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T06:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=336784"},"modified":"2021-11-25T11:17:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T06:17:08","slug":"zia-ul-haq-and-musharraf-were-better-than-imran-khan-says-iffat-omar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/zia-ul-haq-and-musharraf-were-better-than-imran-khan-says-iffat-omar\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Zia-ul-Haq and Musharraf Were Better Than Imran Khan,&#8217; Says Iffat Omar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran actress Iffat Omar has not been one to hide her disdain for the current Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government. She even went as far as to say that Zia-ul-Haq&#8217;s dictatorship and Musharraf&#8217;s military rule were better than the current government.<\/p>\n<p>In her appearance on Naumaan Ijaz\u2019s talk show, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WnzdwpdRr8I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">G Sarkar<\/a>, the <strong><em>Mohabbat Aag Si<\/em><\/strong> actress got candid about her political views.<\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/iffat-omar-have-not-seen-anything-worse-than-a-pti-supporter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iffat Omar: &#8216;Have Not Seen Anything Worse Than a PTI supporter&#8217;<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>The actress-cum-host shared how having lived through military governance in the past, she believes those regimes were better than the current democratically elected Parliament.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe grew up in Zia-ul-Haq\u2019s era and then even saw Pervez Musharraf\u2019s regime, itnay buray halaat nahi thay (things weren&#8217;t so bad).\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-wnzdwpdrr8i\" style=\"max-width:662px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:724\/407\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.215470%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &#039;none&#039;;autoplay &#039;none&#039;;bluetooth &#039;none&#039;;browsing-topics &#039;none&#039;;camera &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-read &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-write;display-capture &#039;none&#039;;encrypted-media &#039;none&#039;;gamepad &#039;none&#039;;geolocation &#039;none&#039;;gyroscope &#039;none&#039;;hid &#039;none&#039;;identity-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;idle-detection &#039;none&#039;;keyboard-map &#039;none&#039;;local-fonts;magnetometer &#039;none&#039;;microphone &#039;none&#039;;midi &#039;none&#039;;otp-credentials &#039;none&#039;;payment &#039;none&#039;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &#039;none&#039;;publickey-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;screen-wake-lock &#039;none&#039;;serial &#039;none&#039;;summarizer &#039;none&#039;;sync-xhr;usb &#039;none&#039;;web-share;window-management &#039;none&#039;;xr-spatial-tracking &#039;none&#039;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-wnzdwpdrr8i\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/WnzdwpdRr8I?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"372.14640883978\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/WnzdwpdRr8I?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"662\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p>She even went as far as to say both these eras were much better in comparison to the current government. Iffat Omar said that the economic situation wasn\u2019t as worse as in Imran Khan\u2019s regime. She then went on to list her grievances with the Imran Khan government and how it hasn&#8217;t delivered on campaign promises.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe lied, PM Imran showed us dreams and then just shattered them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/did-iffat-omar-get-vaccinated-out-of-turn-reactions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Did Iffat Omar Get Vaccinated Out Of Turn? [Reactions]<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>Iffat Omar is quite critical of the PTI government on social media. While most in the entertainment industry support the alternative choice after a stagnant two-party system for so long, the veteran actress doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><em>Dour<\/em><\/strong> diva shared how Netizens often troll her and say that she has received money from Mariyam Nawaz or Pakistan Mulsim League Nawaz (PML-N) leaders for slamming PTI online.<\/p>\n<p>On a personal note, the <strong><em>Haiwan<\/em><\/strong> actress said that she will never become a politician, even if provided the opportunity. Her reasons for doing so? Because politicians lie a lot and that is something that she cannot do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran actress Iffat Omar has not been one to hide her disdain for the current Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government. She even went as far as to say that Zia-ul-Haq&#8217;s dictatorship and Musharraf&#8217;s military rule were better than the current government. In her appearance on Naumaan Ijaz\u2019s talk show, G Sarkar, the Mohabbat Aag Si actress got candid about her political [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/zia-ul-haq-and-musharraf-were-better-than-imran-khan-says-iffat-omar\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":336787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1298,2199,1291,1297],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-336784","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-featured","9":"category-social-media","10":"category-tv-movies-music"},"wps_subtitle":"Veteran actress Iffat Omar has not been one to hide her disdain for the current Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Iffat-Omar-1-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Iffat-Omar-1-758x424.jpg",758,424,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Iffat-Omar-1.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Ummara Sheraz","categories_name":["Culture","Featured","Social Media","TV &amp; Film"],"title_text":"\u2018Zia-ul-Haq and Musharraf Were Better Than Imran Khan,\u2019 Says Iffat Omar","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=1298,2199,1291,1297&exclude=336784","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336784"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=336784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}