Pakistani actress Saba Qamar has become the latest target of vicious social media trolls after some behind-the-scenes pictures from her latest photoshoot were leaked online. Saba has been trolled by Twitterati for smoking and wearing 'revealing' clothes. The actress who made her Bollywood debut with the film Hindi Medium was clearly in the middle of getting ready for her shoot when the pictures were taken.
In the pictures that have become viral Saba is wearing a white shirt, while her checkered coat is being removed by her assistant. The trolls went after her calling her inappropriately dressed as several of her shirt buttons are open. Saba can be seen holding a cigarette in her hand which was enough for the online trolls to see red and starts bad-mouthing the actress. They accused her of being another Mahira Khan who was attacked mercilessly by trolls when her pictures of smoking in a backless dress with Ranbir Kapoor in New York went viral.
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Many of the trolls said that she insulted the Muslim community while some came up with sleazy comments on the actress’s open shirt buttons. Check out some of the horrendous tweets doing the rounds.
https://twitter.com/OfficialHanzala/status/1020010635881373696
https://twitter.com/BlahBleh_/status/1020367867076923392
https://twitter.com/YDADOCTORS/status/1020073388876890112
https://twitter.com/marmalixious/status/1020265536603684864
However, her colleagues and friends from the industry came out in support of her and condemned the circulation of the leaked pictures online. Noted Pakistani actor Adnan Siddiqui supported Saba and slammed her haters for slut-shaming.
https://twitter.com/adnanactor/status/1020295118597836801
Saba’s colleague Osman Khalid, who has worked with her on TV show Baaghi, wrote a lengthy Instagram post, asking people to stop commenting on the leaked photos and asked people to stop looking for excuses to bring their icons down.
https://instagram.com/p/BldWorDjxNW/?utm_source=ig_embed
https://twitter.com/bissmahmehmud/status/1021081650686545929
Another Pakistani actor Aijaz Aslam took to Instagram to show his disapproval on the trolling that Saba has received. He called the viral photos a cheap publicity stunt that someone did to achieve 15 minutes of fame. Lending support to Saba he called the actress a superstar and advised her to not get down by these haters.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BlbNQ29FAOy/?utm_source=ig_embed
