Following the arrest of her alleged stalker Hassan Zahid, social media influencer Samiya Hijab has broken silence on her relationship with the accused and hit out at trolls posting old pictures of the two claiming she received gifts and cash from him.

 

Taking to Instagram, Samiya said that no woman should be forced to remain in an abusive relationship or marriage.

 

She said that everyone supported her when she reported the abduction attempt and police were swift to respond. “But some people questioned how I came back… ‘you must have been in a relationship with that man’... is it allowed to abduct someone even if you are married to them?”

 

Samiya revealed that the accused did propose marriage to her. “At first, I ignored it. But when he formally sent a proposal through his mother, I agreed to consider it. I made it clear that I would only get married after four or five years. He is claiming to have given me gifts and money. Other than a gold ring, he hasn’t given me anything and that too I returned.”

 

On what went wrong, the social media star claimed that Zahid was abusive. “When we fix marriages, we take time… and if in the meantime we get to know that the other person is abusive and will hit you or kidnap you from your house… is it the girl’s fault? Should I have become someone who would have gone forward with marriage and get abused afterwards? Or is it my right to fight for myself?”

 

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Samiya also claimed that Zahid was a fraud with multiple cases filed against him. “Do you think a person like me, who earns herself, would have taken any money from Hassan Zahid, who himself is a thief?”

 

“If he would have killed me, you all must have been supporting me just the way you did after Sana Yousaf was murdered. Even then some people were saying that Sana was in contact with her murderer. Who says that if you are in contact with someone, the person can come to your house and try to abduct you?” she asked the trolls.

 

Samiya said her mother was sick and alone in the house when Hassan tried to abduct her. “I have the right to speak. That person tried to kidnap me from my house and was threatening me of acid attacks… he tried to kill me… he got inside my house and snatched my phone,” she recalled and urged people to not make it all even more difficult for her.

 

In the end, she addressed young girls and told them to be brave. “If someone is threatening you or hitting you… please speak up or you will become one of those who died and did not get justice.”