Veteran actor Jamal Shah has denied allegations of domestic violence linked to his marriage to actress Faryal Gohar.
Gohar had earlier spoken about enduring domestic violence during an appearance on Nida Yasir’s Good Morning Pakistan, describing beatings severe enough to cause miscarriages and restrictions that limited her movement outside the home. She said the abuse lasted nine years, but did not name her husband in the interview.
Shah, her only husband before 2002, responded publicly as though the allegations were directed at him.
Responding to the claims, Shah offered a different account of the relationship’s timeline and firmly rejected any suggestion of abuse.
“We got married in 1984, she lost her pregnancy in 1985 due to dog bite, we were in London for my studies at the Slade College of Arts from 1986-1988 and we divorced each other in 1989,” he wrote on X. “No domestic violence, no more pregnancy as we had not planned children during my stint in London.”
Shah went on to describe his life after the divorce, saying he remarried in 2005 and now has three children.
“I remarried in 2005, a have very caring, capable and mature wife with Three beautiful Children (girl)19, (boy)17 and (girl) 10 years of age,” he wrote. “We live modestly but in a peaceful and happy relationship.”
He closed his post by inviting scrutiny of his current family life as a way of countering the allegations.
“You are most welcome to come and meet my family and confirm any domestic abuse,” he wrote.
Gohar’s account and Shah’s version differ on several details, including when the couple married and divorced. Public records and past interviews place their marriage and divorce in the mid-1980s to early 1990s, with Gohar previously saying the union lasted nine years and ended in 1992, while Shah’s account places both the marriage and divorce earlier in 1989.
The exchange comes months after the former couple appeared together on Shan-e-Suhoor, where they spoke publicly about the reasons behind their split, with Gohar saying Shah valued his freedom and Shah admitting he was “not marriage material.”
