{"id":88301,"date":"2021-03-16T20:21:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T14:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=88301"},"modified":"2021-03-16T20:21:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T14:51:08","slug":"indian-media-misreports-pak-singer-faces-3-years-in-jail-for-metoo-allegation-against-ali-zafar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/indian-media-misreports-pak-singer-faces-3-years-in-jail-for-metoo-allegation-against-ali-zafar\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian media misreports Pak singer faces 3 years in jail for MeToo allegation against Ali Zafar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multiple media outlets in India have reported that Pakistani singer Meesha Shafi faces up to three years in prison for “levelling false accusations of sexual harassment” against actor-singer Ali Zafar. “As per a report, post Ali Zafar’s defamation case against Meesha, a Pakistani Court has awarded 3 years of jail term to Meesha for causing ‘irreparable damages to his career thanks to the false case’,” reported The Times of India<\/a> citing an unnamed report.<\/p>\n

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In 2018, when the global #MeToo movement was at its height, Meesha Shafi had accused<\/a> Ali Zafar of sexual harassment on more than one occasion. A day later Zafar denied all allegations<\/a> and tweeted that he will take the case “through the court of law”. Last September, multiple other women came forward<\/a> with similar allegations.<\/p>\n

New18<\/a>, ABP News<\/a>, DNA<\/a>, Republic<\/a>, Amar Ujala<\/a>, Aaj Tak<\/a>, IB Times<\/a> and Newsd<\/a> were among the media outlets that claimed Meesha will face three years in prison. “As per Mail Online, Shaafi, who accused Zafar of sexually harassing her during the #MeToo 2018 movement, faces a three-year jail term in Pakistan after Ali filed criminal defamation charge against her,” reported Zee News<\/a>.<\/p>\n