‘My husband didn’t allow me to work in the entertainment industry for 18 years,’ says Asma Abbas

Senior actress Asma Abbas has admitted that her husband did not allow her to work in showbiz for 18 years after marriage, which is why she had been absent from the drama industry.

Recently, she gave an interview to journalist Maleeha Rehman, in which she openly discussed her career and other matters.

“After marriage, my husband stopped me from working in the entertainment industry. He did not like the entertainment industry,” she said.

“With my husband in the army, he kept getting transferred, which made it difficult for me to work in show business, so I did not work for 18 years of marriage,” she added.

“Later, my husband came to understand the entertainment industry, after which he allowed me to work in dramas after 18 years of marriage,” Abbas said.

She also talked about her daughter Zara Noor Abbas and said, “At the beginning of her career, my daughter made many friends in the entertainment industry, but she got cheated.”

“Zara Noor Abbas did not understand; she made mistakes and considered everyone in showbiz as her friend, but she soon realised that the entertainment industry is not like that. There are deceptions, and after receiving losses, she understood,” she added.

Asma Abbas, while talking about awards shows, said, “In Pakistan, only lux and hum awards are held, and there too many people are ignored.

“I know that I will never get an award, and I do not need an award now.”

“I played a good role in the play ‘Chupke Chupke’, and the entire team was given an award, but the award was not far away. I was not even nominated and invited,” she said.

“I hoped that my daughter Zara Noor Abbas would win awards in the future,” Abbas expressed.

“I never instructed my daughter not to work in the entertainment industry, nor did I impose any strictness on her.”

Talking about her marriage and career, she said, “I married a serving army colonel at the age of just 23.”