{"id":349174,"date":"2022-02-22T15:28:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T10:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=349174"},"modified":"2022-02-22T15:32:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T10:32:41","slug":"ushna-shah-condemns-portrayal-of-cousin-marriage-in-dramas-public-reacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/ushna-shah-condemns-portrayal-of-cousin-marriage-in-dramas-public-reacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ushna Shah Condemns Portrayal Of Cousin Marriage In Dramas – Public Reacts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ushna Shah is often in the news for her outspoken stance on social issues, and for all the right reasons. The Parizaad<\/em> actress is pretty vocal about social issues in the country and this time she has drawn attention to a prevalent trend in the desi society, that is ‘cousin marriages’.<\/p>\n

The diva recently took it to her Twitter handle and urged the media industry as well as the artists to stop promoting cousin marriages as it causes several health issues in children. Shah encouraged the media personnel to avoid depicting such practices on-screen, posting down the diseases that manifest in children conceived out of cousin marriage.<\/p>\n

Thalassemia is known to be a major problem in Pakistan as millions of children suffer from it and have fallen victim to it due to cousin marriages.<\/p>\n

Ushna Shah tweeted;<\/p>\n

“As artists and creators, we should stop encouraging cousin romances in dramas. Generations of cousin marriages have resulted in countless health issues and birth defects in children, such as Thalassemia and learning disabilities. Let\u2019s take this seriously.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The\u00a0Parizaad\u00a0<\/em>star highlighted the plight of children suffering from genetic disorders due to cousin marriages.<\/p>\n

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Some people commented in the favor of Ushna’s stance while others strongly negated to her statement. Take a look!<\/p>\n

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Ushna Shah<\/a>\u00a0is a talented young actress. She has proven to be a versatile actress, starring in popular drama serials such as\u00a0Bashar Momin, Bala, Cheekh,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>and\u00a0Alif Allah Aur Insaan<\/em><\/strong>. The diva has made her mark in the hit Hum TV drama serial\u00a0Akhir Kab Tak<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and the super hit\u00a0Parizaad\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>alongside Ahmed Ali Akbar.<\/p>\n\t\t

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Ushna Shah is often in the news for her outspoken stance on social issues, and for all the right reasons. The Parizaad actress is pretty vocal about social issues in the country and this time she has drawn attention to a prevalent trend in the desi society, that is ‘cousin marriages’. The diva recently took it to her Twitter handle […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":260452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1291,1297],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-349174","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-media","8":"category-tv-movies-music"},"wps_subtitle":"Ushna urged the Media industry as well as the artists to stop promoting cousin marriages","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Untitled-design3-6-364x205.png",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Untitled-design3-6-758x426.png",758,426,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Untitled-design3-6.png",1000,562,false]},"author_name":"Mawra Tahir","categories_name":["Social Media","TV & Film"],"title_text":"Ushna Shah Condemns Portrayal Of Cousin Marriage In Dramas \u2013 Public Reacts","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=1291,1297&exclude=349174","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349174","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\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349174"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=349174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}