Shireen Mazari applauds Mehwish Hayat for exposing ‘rabid Pakistan-hater’

Pakistan-born Canadian writer Tarek Fatah was recently trolled by Mehwish Hayat and other Twitter users after he posted a scene from Mehwish’s and Fahad Mustafa’s Load Wedding in an attempt to discredit Pakistan.

The video shows a mother slamming the door on two polio workers while screaming, “I will never ever allow my children to take these drops. Never never will my kids drink these drops. Never.”

Soon after the video was shared, Mehwish responded to Tarek and let him know that the video he shared was from her film and the scene aimed to raise awareness about polio. She called him out for spreading fake news and snubbed him by asking him “to verify the source before posting [any misleading videos] next time.

Thank u for giving ur 2 cents on this but pls first verify the source b4 posting next time. It’s a scene frm my movie”loadwedding”,the polio worker is me & that woman an actress.Through the film we were raising awareness of the issue.Glad 2 see our performances were so convincing https://t.co/ididoJJcxL

— Mehwish Hayat TI (@MehwishHayat) January 15, 2020

People also started trolling the writer for posting the video. Minister for Human Right Shireen Mazari also applauded Mehwish for exposing a “rabid Pakistan-hater!”

Thank you for your support. It is important that all citizens stand up against this anti Pakistan bigotry whenever needed. I for one will always be there first to defend our nation and its interests .

— Mehwish Hayat TI (@MehwishHayat) January 15, 2020

OMG HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAH I began watching the clip and I thought hey that looks familiar and then I saw your reply 😂😂😂😂

— Mahwash Ajaz 🇵🇰 (@mahwashajaz_) January 15, 2020

Queen!!!

— Zarrar Khuhro (@ZarrarKhuhro) January 15, 2020

Hahahahaha..👍🏻🤣🇵🇰 brilliant slap on this idiot face!

— Faisal Iqbal🇵🇰🏏فیصل اقبال (@FaisalIqbalCric) January 15, 2020

An ignorant idiot he remains…this is a scene from a Pakistani movie you moron 🤦🏻‍♀️ https://t.co/ZrLrjqChLY

— Sanaa Tauseef (@SanaaTauseef) January 15, 2020

HAHA you are right! Its on youtube too. At the 34:57 is the scene! https://t.co/wgFD1CkSbr
Sometimes Tarek is full of shit. Thank you for exposing him in English!

— Mattspear (@mattspear905) January 15, 2020

Hahahaha, i am dead, it was a scene from an upcoming movie, "loadwedding"

Love your obliviousness 🤣😂😂😂😂

— Kamran A. Mahar (@camranmahar) January 15, 2020

Meanwhile, in 2016, an actual video went viral of a woman fighting polio workers who had come to her house to vaccinate her children. All the dialogues of the Load Wedding scene were taken from the actual footage with minor amendments.