The revered award-winning director, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy needs no introduction. She rose to fame with her ground-breaking documentaries on social issues prevailing in our nation and made us proud by being the first Pakistani to bring an Oscar home.
She is a strong advocate of women empowerment and is always taking to initiatives to promote the positive side of Pakistan.
However, she has found herself in the eye of a social media storm over a crucial matter that has Pakistan divided!
A couple of days back, Obaid took to Twitter, accusing a doctor employed at Agha Khan Hospital of committing “harassment” by sending a friend request to her sister.
There are zero boundaries in #pakistan! Last night my sister went to AKU emergency & the doctor who tended to her tried 2 add her on FB 1/2
— Sharmeen Obaid (@sharmeenochinoy) October 23, 2017
I don't quite understand how doctor tending 2 emergency patients thinks it's ok to take a female patient info & add her on FB! 2/2 unethical
— Sharmeen Obaid (@sharmeenochinoy) October 23, 2017
I don't quite understand how doctor tending 2 emergency patients thinks it's ok to take a female patient info & add her on FB! 2/2 unethical
— Sharmeen Obaid (@sharmeenochinoy) October 23, 2017
Following the whole chaos, the doctor has now been fired from his job due to his involvement in the on-going controversy.
Agha Khan University Hospital Breaks Silence on Sharmeen Obaid Controversy!
The fiasco created a mighty social media brouhaha!
People slammed Agha Khan Hospital for firing the doctor and started pouring hate on its Facebook page!
#BringTheDoctorBack and give the 1 star pic.twitter.com/hzZulq3IPc
— مہکان علی (@MehkanQasim) October 28, 2017
#bringthedoctorback started trending on social media!
Harassing 1296 and Harassed by 165k.#SharmeenObaid #sharmeenobaidchinoy@sharmeenochinoy @Twitter #BringTheDoctorBack#PakistanZindabad pic.twitter.com/QBqNi4s3OB
— Adil Umar (@AdilUmarQureshi) October 28, 2017
A way to protest. People have started rating AKUH poor in while trending #BringTheDoctorBack. Ratings down from 4 to 2.7 in a day. pic.twitter.com/aMVjRJEOiq
— Jibran T. Siddiqui (@jibransiddiqui) October 28, 2017
@sharmeenochinoy has gone mad after the stolen oscar and the fame came with it. Bitch! #BringTheDoctorBack
— Raheel Nawid (@RaheelNawid) October 28, 2017
Agha Khan University Hospital finally responded with a statement about the whole episode!
Major Revelations About the Doctor!
Meesha Shafi’s tweets on the matter reveal that the doctor was already under scrutiny for various other cases of harassment.
it’s safe to say @sharmeenochinoy absolutely does NOT need to seek attention or publicity. Or any validation!!! https://t.co/tJDN0adhAV
— Meesha Shafi (@itsmeeshashafi) October 28, 2017
Various other tweets by journalists too accused him of various misdeeds.
Also just so you know pic.twitter.com/9weWEUoC51
— Selina Rashid Khan (@selinarashid) October 28, 2017
Celebrities Take on Sharmeen Obaid’s Controversy
Ali Moeen Nawazish was the first to share his two cents on the matter, claiming that she has the word ‘harassment’ a little too carelessly.
Now that the issue has ballooned up, even celebrities have joined in the debate on social media!
-.- why sharmeen, why ?
— Feroze Khan (@ferozekhaan) October 27, 2017
Comedian, Syed Shafaat Ali penned down a strong note to Sharmeen about the whole fiasco!
Fatima Effendi too slammed Obaid for her idea of ‘harassment’
Of course, Waqar Zaka too could not stay silent on the matter!
Chachi botox @sharmeenochinoy u misused celeb power, that DR. Losing his job is Harrasment, I will make sure he gets a better job.
— Waqar Zaka (@ZakaWaqar) October 26, 2017
#ChachiBotoxMurdabaad @sharmeenochinoy DR. Should get his job back AKU hospital.
— Waqar Zaka (@ZakaWaqar) October 26, 2017
We all were waiting for Hamza Ali Abbasi to break silence on this topic and he finally did!
Sharmeen Obaid ppl look upto U, lets realize wht sexual harassment really means be4 getting a doc fired by a public fiasco for a fb request https://t.co/RUhNZvypck
— Hamza Ali Abbasi (@iamhamzaabbasi) October 27, 2017
Meanwhile, Mubasher Lucman is all ready to help the doctor get a new job!
Does anyone here have details of the Doctor who got fired from Agha Khan?? Please share his details with me. Thank you
— Mubasher Lucman (@mubasherlucman) October 28, 2017
Designer Nomi Ansari too is not happy with Sharmeen!
Use your power for a cause and handle your fame well.
— NOMI ANSARI (@NOMIANSARI) October 27, 2017
I have 1000 harassment cases pending #cutiepie #masoompari #babydoll and many more…
— NOMI ANSARI (@NOMIANSARI) October 27, 2017
But Ushna Shah is rooting for the documentarian and believes she is right!
reporting unprofessionalism which lead 2 HOSPITAL firing employee as per THEIR policy is the woman’s fault 4 not staying quiet? #aku
— Ushna Shah (@ushnashah) October 27, 2017
And now Veena Malik has been spotted trolling Obaid!
No….
he didn’t want to mess with a fat woman😂😂😂
As per her own statement…!!! https://t.co/rtLEKzhNNC— Veena Malik Khan (@iVeenaKhan) October 28, 2017
Let’s see what Sharmeen will reply to all the backlash!
What do you think about the whole controversy? Let us know in the comments below.
