Actress Saima Qureshi has been in hot water for the past few days after a short clip from her interview with FHM Pakistan went viral where she was said there was no prosperity in a woman’s earning, and also said that no man needed permission from his wife to get married for the second time.
The actress had defended her comments in a video posted on her Instagram after intense backlash, where she explained that while she said there was no value in a woman’s earning, she was absolutely not against women working and being financially independent.
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Television host and journalist Reham Khan had posted a video on her Instagram account where she criticised Saima’s misogynist take, and said her take was an insult towards those women who had no choice but to make a living themselves in order to survive.
“Your words were an insult towards women who had no choice but to make a living on their own instead of waiting for a man to provide for them. And I am shocked at the hypocrisy after she said that a woman complains about earning. My sister, even a man complains about his earnings and work.”
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Among the people who criticised Saima Qureshi’s misogynist takes was also the veteran actress Simi Raheal, who shared a verse on her Instagram stories and stressed that even powerful women like Hazrat Khadija was a businesswoman when she married Hazrat Muhammad (P.B.U.H).
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We have to say that we’re shocked that even in this day and age, there are such people going around claiming that there is no prosperity brought with a woman’s earning. As a celebrity with a platform, we implore Saima Qureshi to do better and to be mindful of what she says in interviews. Women have every right to make a living and be financially independent, and we have witnessed time and time again how it is only a woman’s earnings that have helped a family prosper rather than a man’s.
