As we all know Pakistan at the moment is suffering from one of the worst floods in its history. With thousands having lost their lives and millions losing their homes and being relegated to relief camps, it is a devastating time for the country.
In the midst of this, we saw many stories come out of the entertainment industry as well like movie star Meera doing a dance performance in New York to raise funds for those affected by the floods. One other such story sees HUM Awards at the centre of it.
HUM Awards received backlash regarding the event. The masses were quick to bash them and all the celebrities that participated in the event rather than staying in the country to cast their vote.
Anglena jolie is a superstar. She is much famous and talented star than our so called heroines. We as a nation should think our whole country is facing crises and our stars are dancing in Canada. They are not stars. Shame on you #MahiraKhan #sajalaly #humawards2022 pic.twitter.com/1ADZoYcyOi
— Rai Ahmed Sultan (@RaiAhmedSultan1) September 25, 2022
Half naked celebrities, hugging kissing and dancing with na-mehrams. The debate shouldn’t be whether #humawards2022 should be happening at the time of flood. But as an islamic country we should discuss that these kind of award shows shouldn’t happen at all. pic.twitter.com/g6Vog1YYGv
— Maryam Malik (@riyamalik79) September 25, 2022
When your priorities are not the flood affected people of Pakistan but to attend Hum Awards in Toronto.
Not against the Awards Show but that’s not the right time at all. #HumAwards2022 #AngelinaJolie@TheMahiraKhan @ushnashah @farhan_saeed @VJURWA #LollywoodPictures pic.twitter.com/RVMKcHWncb— Lollywood Pictures 🇵🇰 (@LollyPictures) September 25, 2022
International celebrities are coming Pakistan to help flood victims while Pakistani are celebrating #HUMAwards in Canada. Shame on all of them… #PakistanFloods #humawards2022 pic.twitter.com/nNmqOeAkUQ
— Fatima Khalil Butt (@FatimaButt_4) September 25, 2022
Celebrities Come to the defense
All this drama and backlash led to several celebrities coming to their own and HUM’s defence. We saw the likes of Ahmed Ali Butt who took to Instagram stories, sarcastically mocking those praising Angelina Jolie and calling out our people’s double standards or lack of fact-checking skills by pointing out how a portion of ticket sales will go to relief funds and that the event is not just some lavish party.
Mahira Khan, Ushna Shah and Haroon Shahid also joined in on this with Haroon taking to Twitter to let people know that they already are and will continue to do their part in raising awareness and doing everything they can to help those in need.
