{"id":378828,"date":"2022-09-26T14:56:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T09:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=378828"},"modified":"2022-09-26T14:56:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T09:56:01","slug":"are-we-sick-ali-zafar-questions-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/are-we-sick-ali-zafar-questions-the-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Are We Sick?&#8217; Ali Zafar Questions the Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ali Zafar took to social media over the weekend and shared a cryptic note about his musings on the Pakistani public and their prying into celebrities&#8217; personal and private matters.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan&#8217;s showbiz industry is rife with controversies and scandals of late. Feroze Khan and Syeda Aliza Sultan&#8217;s messy divorce and Aima Baig&#8217;s broken engagement with Shahbaz Shigri and her purported scandal with British model Taloulah Mair&#8217;s ex-boyfriend and Qes Ahmed are all what the public seemed to talk about on social media this month.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-378837\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/celeb-scandals.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/celeb-scandals.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/celeb-scandals-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/celeb-scandals-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/celeb-scandals-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/celeb-scandals-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/celeb-scandals-758x758.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Celebrities are human, but the only difference is if that they make a mistake, it becomes a public spectacle. These scandals give netizens something to talk about, judge them, and enjoy their humiliation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-367253\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ali-zafar-1024x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ali Zafar\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ali-zafar-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ali-zafar-1024x576-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ali-zafar-1024x576-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ali-zafar-1024x576-1-364x205.jpg 364w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ali-zafar-1024x576-1-758x426.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One celebrity who is familiar with such scandals and vitriol is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ali_zafar\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ali Zafar<\/a> himself. The <strong><em>Teefa in Trouble<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0star had to endure public scrutiny because of his &#8216;alleged&#8217; harassment of Meesha Shafi, which resulted in a legal case that is still unsettled.<\/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\/here-are-the-winners-from-the-8th-hum-awards-2022-images\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here are the Winners from the 8th Hum Awards 2022 [Images]<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-276320\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ali-zafar-meesha-shafi-case-aqsa-ali-1200-e1597829306173.jpg\" alt=\"Meesha Shafi - Ali Zafar\" width=\"1000\" height=\"556\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He recently took to his Instagram account and wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We don&#8217;t want others to judge us but we want to judge others all the time. We hate it when someone pokes his\/her nose into our personal or private matter but we can&#8217;t live without doing the same. We seek pleasure in someone&#8217;s pain. We seek unnecessary attention all the time. We crave validation. We like to scream and shout to be heard. Bite and slander to be noticed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-378835\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2102_7963919_19_updates.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2102_7963919_19_updates.jpg 268w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2102_7963919_19_updates-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The singer concluded his message with a question to the nation, &#8220;Are we sick?&#8221;<\/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\/dananeer-mobeen-had-a-fan-moment-with-bollywoods-yami-gautam-at-the-chicago-south-asian-film-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dananeer Mobeen had a Fan Moment with Bollywood\u2019s Yami Gautam at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>Zafar is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, model, actor, producer, screenwriter, and painter. He started out in Pakistani television before becoming a popular musician, and later established a career in Bollywood.<\/p>\n<p>The Channo singer certainly raised some fair points about society&#8217;s mentality. What do you think about his take on it? Let us know in the comments down below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ali Zafar took to social media over the weekend and shared a cryptic note about his musings on the Pakistani public and their prying into celebrities&#8217; personal and private matters. Pakistan&#8217;s showbiz industry is rife with controversies and scandals of late. Feroze Khan and Syeda Aliza Sultan&#8217;s messy divorce and Aima Baig&#8217;s broken engagement with Shahbaz Shigri and her purported [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/are-we-sick-ali-zafar-questions-the-nation\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":378845,"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-378828","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":"The artiste shared his two cents about about public mentality and interest in celebrities' personal matters.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ali-zafar-feat-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ali-zafar-feat-758x426.jpg",758,426,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ali-zafar-feat.jpg",1000,562,false]},"author_name":"Sher Alam","categories_name":["Culture","Featured","Social Media","TV &amp; Film"],"title_text":"\u2018Are We Sick?\u2019 Ali Zafar Questions the Nation","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=1298,2199,1291,1297&exclude=378828","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378828","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\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378828"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=378828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}