Mehwish Hayat clarifies stance on Kashmir

Mehwish Hayat recently came under fire after a video of her’s went viral on social media.

The 15-second video clip which appears to be from a charity event shows a reporter asking Mehwish about her stance on Kashmir.

To this, Mehwish responded that she cannot comment on the matter as she has been told to refrain from speaking on the subject.

“Mana kardiya hai (I have been told not to),” she says in the video.

The video soon made its way to social media and everyone started calling out Mehwish for being a hypocrite.

Mehwish then came out with a statement in which she clarified that her video is being taken out of context. She said that she will continue to remain vocal on the Kashmir issue and that she was requested by the charity event’s PR “not to be political and not distract from the orphans” she was there to help.

Several members of the film and media industry defended Mehwish.

Mehwish, in the recent past, has been vocal about Islamophobia, the depiction of Pakistanis and Muslims in Hollywood and Bollywood and Indian atrocities in Indian occupied Kashmir.