Meesha Shafi’s accusations sparked a massive controversy on social media on Thursday, as fellow actors came forward to share their opinions on the issue. Pakistani actress Mahira Khan, who recently portrayed the role of a rape victim in her film ‘Verna’, also came forward and spoke against those “desensitising the issue” of Meesha’s allegations of sexual harassment against Ali Zafar. The ‘Raees’ actress tweeted, “The sick mentality of those commenting on an issue as serious as sexual harassment as casually as they are just shows where the root of this problem exists – in our minds. We will continue to breed harassers for as long as we continue to desensitise this issue.” The ‘Verna’ actor came forward and spoke against those ‘desensitising the issue’ of Meesha’s allegations of sexual harassment against Ali Zafar Actor and anchor, Hamza Ali Abbasi shared his two cents on the matter as well. Abbasi, who is famous for his conservative views tweeted, “I am beginning to realise that ISLAM was right all along when it ordains gap between the 2 genders. So called modernism has brought us to a point where the line between flirting & harassment is insanely blurred.”On this, Abbasi received backlash from Twitter users who said that gender segregation is not the solution to anti-women behaviour Subsequently, Abbasi tweeted, “FOR EXAMPLE: The man flirts, the woman doesn’t tell him she is feeling uncomfortable, maybe he is in a position of power or other reasons, the man takes it as consent, the woman years later comes out saying she got harassed & the guy keeps thinking he just flirted with consent!” Abbasi tweeted, ‘I am beginning to realise that Islam was right all along when it ordained gap between the 2 genders.’ On this, he received backlash from Twitter users who said that gender segregation is not the solution to anti-women behaviour Furthermore, he mentioned that #MeToo is a “serious global issue”. However, if people had followed the teachings of the Holy Quran, such issues would not have arisen. Nonetheless, he immediately clarified his statement by saying, “I am not justifying men here, neither justifying silence as consent, I am just saying how things are getting so blurred & so easily prone to manipulation! Easy liberal hawks… Easy!” Published in Daily Times, April 21st 2018.