Punjab Assembly lawmaker Hina Parvez Butt has strongly criticised a group of social media influencers, saying that their followers risk damaging values and upbringing of children.
Taking to her X account, she shared pictures of Rajab Butt, Ali Hyderabadi and Sami Rasheed, writing, “These are our social media influencers, our people follow these ignorant people. Children who follow them are ruining their upbringing. Parents need to think. Keep your children away from them.”
Her post comes days after a video of Ali Hyderabadi went viral, showing him divorcing his wife, Zainab Ali, on camera. The clip sparked widespread backlash, with Zainab later coming forward with allegations of physical and emotional abuse during their three-year marriage.
Ali, however, denied the allegations in a video response, holding the Quran while rejecting claims that he had broken her finger.
Rajab Butt and Sami Rasheed have also previously gone through public divorces besides drawing backlash for questionable behaviour online, a number of times.
Rajab Butt has faced repeated legal trouble beyond his split from wife Iman Fatima. In September, the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) booked him for allegedly promoting online gambling apps, one of several FIRs registered against him under cybercrime laws covering misuse of digital platforms and online harassment.
He was later granted protective bail by the Islamabad High Court and interim pre-arrest bail by a Lahore sessions court in connection with the case. In March, he was booked under blasphemy and cybercrime laws after the launch of his “295” perfume brand triggered a religious controversy, since the number references the blasphemy law section in the Pakistan Penal Code.
He had also previously been arrested for illegally keeping a lion cub and weapons at his residence, later pleading guilty to owning an undocumented wild animal and avoiding jail by agreeing to post animal rights content for a year. Separately, a viral clip of him filming inside a restaurant without the consent of other diners drew accusations of privacy violations.
