Asim Azhar recorded his most famous songs in Coke Studio season 9 which were heavily praised. He has also lent his voice to both the Pakistani film Industry and Bollywood in which he sang the song Humraah for the film Malang. Now he is all set to release a new song and he shared a glimpse from his upcoming song. Taking to his Instagram, he uploaded a picture with TikTok star Areeqa Haq. With over 5 million followers on tik tok, Areeka Haq is considered as one of the biggest tik tok stars in Pakistan. However some people started speaking out against Areeka Haq, the moment Asim Azhar made the announcement.
Here’s what some of them had to say:
When I Watch #areekahaq Is Trending.
— Irfan | .plena | 🐞 $GAME | 🕹️ $RCADE (@OyyIrfan) June 27, 2020
Me: pic.twitter.com/hFBDzLxNPR
Ok am i the only one who is confused in to whom we troll asim or areeka?.....@AsimAzharr. @areeqa__haq pic.twitter.com/W4qgaObqns
— سید مصطفی شاہ (@syed_ki_batyn) June 26, 2020
Not even a single positive response to Asim Asher new song😳 with areeka haq 🙊😂😂
— zainbaaa's (@not__zainab) June 26, 2020
Part 2 coming soon....😂😂 pic.twitter.com/5CLRez0cYP
Asim Azhar was quick to respond to such trolls, pointing out their hypocricy and speaking out in favour of his colleague Areeka Haq.
Kamaal hai waise... pehle depression aur mental health pe lectures dete hain aur kuch din baad khud kisi ko depression ka shikaar bana dete hain apni bullying aur nafrat se. 😂👏🏽
— Asim Azhar (@AsimAzharr) June 26, 2020
Asim spoke out in favour of Areeka after seeing all the trolls and the Instagram story the tik tok star posted about depression.
Many Celebrities and people on social media united in favour of the Tik Tok star Areeka Haq and showed their love and support. Here’s what they had to say:
Pakistani actress Saba Qamar spoke about how proud she is of Areeka Haq and sent her best wishes Areeka’s way.
@AsimAzharr I'm eagerly waiting for your upcoming music video! ❤️
— Saba Qamar (@s_qamarzaman) June 27, 2020
Also, I'm proud of this little beautiful girl @areeqa__haq and all the other young talented people, trust me guys I'm your biggest cheerleader, no matter what! Keep Growing and Shining! Lots of love! 2/2
Hania Aamir was all praise for Areeka Haq and posted a special story for the tik tok star, appreciating Areeka’s talent.
Minal Khan also showed her support for the debutant:
Actress Areeba Habib also took to Instagram to show her support for the music video:
Shamoon Ismail was all praise for the team:
Not just celebrities, but people on Twitter also came out in support of Areeka:
A humble request to you all plz stop making fun of Areeka haq. Don't torture anybody mentally she haven't done anthing wrong i think and let her live the way the she wants and let her do what she wants plzzz..🙏😪 pic.twitter.com/WELPNmt136
— ~ (@_sayyamm) June 27, 2020
Mano ya na.
— Mai_Kon_Hu? 🌝(⚖️) (@Hammi_Tweets) June 28, 2020
She's really Talented Girl
She made Effort nd she's here now 😊. I hate TikTok but I support her❤️. Best Ov Luck @areeka_haq pic.twitter.com/ogHkOBVth0
https://twitter.com/AleyFarooq_/status/1276190686463897603?s=20
https://twitter.com/Diaa_tweets/status/1276944250362617857?s=20
https://twitter.com/emnobodylord/status/1276759377056272384?s=20
https://twitter.com/Tayyaba21507075/status/1276864563561013249?s=20
People spoke about how someone can go into depression because of this hate.
https://twitter.com/curi_hay/status/1276963628646895619?s=20
https://twitter.com/SaucyHuda/status/1276612952779612162?s=20
https://twitter.com/shehryarr2020/status/1276599949313150979?s=20
It’s great to see that people come out in support of each other whenever they see someone else being trolled on social media. More power to Areeka Haq and best of luck to her and Asim Azhar on their new music video.