Pakistani actor and model, Nadia Hussain has stepped forward to defend social media influencer Samiya Hijab, who has alleged that she was attacked by a man named Hassan Zahid.

 

Taking to her Instagram account, Nadia posted a video in which she said, “Abuse is abuse, doesn’t matter if the girl was in a relationship or married to the man. If it was in the starting of the relationship or in the end, even after 20 or 40 years, physical, emotional, verbal or financial abuse is absolutely unacceptable. What Samiya is saying is right.”

 

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She also said that if the duo had a relationship in the past and now she does not want to continue with him, “it was her right.” She also added, “If a woman does not want to continue her marriage and wants a divorce just because her husband is abusive, she has a right to do that and get out of that relationship.”

 

“Whenever a woman is forced against her will, it is wrong. If a woman is threatened, raped or is physically abused, you cannot ask her to keep quiet.”

 

She also mentioned that society does not want women to speak up against these crimes because people cannot accept that a woman has a voice.

 

She urged people to focus on the main issue, which is “abuse” and don’t judge Samiya for being in a relationship with him in the past.

 

Earlier on Wednesday, Samiya took to her Instagram to break silence on her relationship with the suspect and hit out at trolls posting old pictures of the two, claiming she received gifts and cash from him.

 

Samiya said that no woman should be forced to remain in an abusive relationship or marriage. Samiya revealed that the man did propose to her but she made it clear that she would only get married after four or five years.